Accusative Case in Korean

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Noun, Pronoun + 을/를

을 - if a word ends in a consonant, 를 - if ends in a vowel

In this lesson, you will learn about object markers -을 / -를.

See the following examples:

I am studying Korean.

We are watching TV.

Brother closes the window.

My sister buys clothes.

Korean, TV, window and clothes are "objects". In linguistics, an object is a noun or pronoun on which the action of a verb is performed.

Use -을 / -를 to indicate the object of a sentence.

See examples,
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저는 한국어를 배웁니다.

저는 영화를 봅니다.

저는 책을 읽습니다.

우리가 밥을 먹습니다.

선생님은 무엇을 합니까?

읽다 is pronounced as [ 익따 ].

Remember this reading rule:

ㄺ is pronounced as 'ㄱ' if it's followed by a consonant (except ㄴ, ㄹ, ㅁ). If ㄺ is followed by ㄴ, ㄹ, or ㅁ, read ㄺ as if it was 'ㅇ' (-ng).

Simply speaking, when you see these patterns: 'ㄺ → consonant (except ㄴ, ㄹ, ㅁ)' read 'ㄺ' as 'ㄱ'.
And if you see this pattern: 'ㄺ → ㄴ', 'ㄺ → ㄹ', or 'ㄺ → ㅁ', read 'ㄺ' as 'ㅇ'.

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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 ).