Preposition 부터 in Korean

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Noun + 부터

FROM, SINCE some time

The Korean grammar -부터 means "starting from" and it is mainly used with time expressions.

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언제부터 영어를 배웁니까?

Korean

언제

영어

배우다

English

when

English

to learn

When did you start learning English?

언제부터 영어 배우+ㅂ니까?

오늘부터 한국어를 열심히 공부하겠습니다.

Korean

오늘

한국어

열심히

공부하다

English

today

Korean language

diligently, hard

to study

I will study Korean hard from today.

오늘부터 한국어 열심히 공부하++습니다.

12월부터 스페인에서 삽니다.

Korean

12월

스페인

살다

English

December

Spain

to live

I've been living in Spain since December.

12월부터 스페인에서 사+ㅂ니다.

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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 ).