Conjunction Because in Korean

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Noun + 여서 / 이어서

여서 - if a word ends in a vowel, 이어서 - if ends in a consonant

The grammar construction that we learned in the previous two lessons can also be used with nouns.

For sentences that end with nouns, use -여서 / -이어서 to say "because of", "since". If the noun ends in a vowel, use -여서, and if it ends in a consonant, use -이어서.

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여기가 개인 아파트여서 좋아요.

Korean

여기

개인

아파트

좋다

English

here

individual, private

apartment

good

It's good since this is a private apartment.

여기 개인 아파트여서아요.

혼자여서 안 외로워요?

Korean

혼자

외롭다

English

alone

not

lonely

Don't you feel lonely being alone?

혼자여서 안 외롭+어요?

인도 음식이어서 아주 잘 먹어요.

Korean

인도

음식

아주

먹다

English

India

food

very

well

to eat

It's Indian food, so I eat very well.

인도 음식이어서 아주 잘 먹어요.

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Vowels: a, e, i, o, u

Consonants: b, c, d, f, g, h, j

Syllable: Bra-zil (2 syllables), Ar-gen-ti-na (4), In-di-a (3), Viet-nam (2), thin-king (2), beau-ti-ful (3), good (1)

Batchim: is a final consonant in a syllable. → Bra-zil (batchim: 'l'), Ar-gen-ti-na (batchims: 'r' and 'n'), In-di-a ('n'), Viet-nam ('t', 'm')

Romanization: is a conversion of text (not pronunciation ! ) from different writing system (Korean, Arabic, Russian, etc.) to the Roman (Latin) alphabet.

IPA: is an alphabetic system of phonetic (pronunciation) notation.

Noun: road, user, sister, table, sky

Pronoun: I, my, we, you, they, her

Verb: to go, to study, to think, to feel

Adjective: cold, kind, hungry, curious, expensive

Adverb: quickly, nicely, never, exactly, urgently

Preposition: from, to, on, in, with, till

Conjuction: and, because, if, but, while

Declarative sentence: I learn Korean.

Interrogative sentence: Do you learn Korean?

Imperative sentence: You must learn Korean!

Exclamative sentence: Wow, you learn Korean!

Verb / Adj. stem in Korean: part of a verb or adj. which is left after removing the last syllable -다 ( e.g. 가다 → 가, 예쁘다 → 예쁘, 듣다 → 듣 ).