I have been learning Korean for 2 1/2 years now and this has been one of the most useful and lightening videos on the subject I have ever watched. Appreciated the well structured lesson, the clear explanations you provided and the exercise sentences were the cherry on the top!This is THE perfect compendium of the "rules" to distinguish when to properly use these difficult particles. Thank you so much from Mexico I will gladly share this video with my korean classmates.
Omg!! This is good explanation for 은 는 이 가!! Some of korean learners want me to make a video on this topic!! But instead of making the video I would rather recommend this video!! Thank you for your effort!!
I've watched several of the most recommended videos on this topic, and this one still gave me some insights I haven't encountered before! Super useful, thank you so much ^.^ I also want to say that I see all the effort you put into this (examples, illustrations, practice questions) and I really appreciate it. You're the best
I've watched more than a few videos on this subject but I feel like this is the first time I get that 'aha!' moment, where I feel like I'm really starting to get a grip on a grammar point. I can't thank you enough for that.
I'm so happy that you in particular made a video on this topic. The way you explain Korean language topics on this channel is done in such a clear manner; it always clicks for me. 감사합니다~
This is definitely one of the best explanations of this subject I have seen (and like many Korean learners, I have seen a lot, some of which are oversimplified or just plain wrong). Your explanations and examples are so clear and you covered so much in 20 minutes. I think I'll be referring back to this video a lot in the future. Thank you!
thank you sooooo much I was struggling so bad, I watched ten videos, red grammar books, exercises books etc but none explained as good as you did, in depth, but not confusing, again thank you so much !!!!
I've watched a lot of RU-vid videos about this difference, but you still helped me a lot. For example, your simple remark at the beginning that 이/가 and 은/는 serve completely different purposes in a sentence and so are like apples and oranges triggered some ideas for me. Like ... I don't know ... eyeglasses vs. sunglasses. They might look the same in a lot of ways-you wear them to cover your eyes and they help you see-but the types of clarification they provide are very different. One helps with near-sightedness and one helps with glare. I don't know if that makes any sense. lol
Honestly, you are the best korean teacher i know on youtube. I rarely give out comments but this video you've really outdone yourself because i know how confusing the particles can be and when i was just started to learn korean, nobody could explain to me as well as you did, thus being lost for 5 years until one day it just clicks (its been 10 years now since then and I'm still studying the language, its my life now). Thank you for your effort and i enjoyed it a lot. And just to let you know how well your explanation was, i got all 8 questions correct! ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
I have a question! Say you're playing Go Fish with some vocabulary cards to practice the words and practice 있다/없다. Would you do it like this? 딸기가 있어요? 네, 딸기가 있어요. 아니요, 딸기는 없어요. That's what Papago is suggesting. I'm feeling a little iffy on the responses, like it could go either way depending on the inflection.
Thank you so much for this! Great explanation. Love your channel! Edit: this video is great to have it on favorites and rewatch it a couple of times. So complete and easy! Please do more of this kind!!
Omg, this is by far the best explanation I've ever watched on 은/는 이/가. thank you so much!! I always love your thorough explanations and your way of teaching has really been my cup of tea.
This video is like sent from heaven. The explanation is amazing and you are amazing! I started studying Korean 10 months ago and this topic has always been a problem for me to understand, but nevertheless I decided to move on from it and continue learning more grammar. I think I've watched 8 other videos about this and read multiple articles, but after watching this video, I finally understand. Now i just need to do more practice. 정말 감사합니다!
매우 감사합니다. I tried to comprehend these markers many times but didn't get them. you are the best teacher to me who makes it possible to understand it easily.I salute you as a good teacher. I always watch all your videos. My aim is to go to Korea By EPS. Going to korea,I would like to meet you.
This is really helpful, I started learning Korean a few month age and this was a problem to learn and you really helped me understand and now I need to learn eul/leul and I hope you will talk about that next, thank you.
Wow! Thank you for this video! This topic is indeed one of the most confusing for me, and no matter how many times I try to get clarification through videos or asking people, I still get pretty confused by it. Thank you for making this video as it has provided more clarity on the topic in a way that it is easy to understand. Thank you for explaining what the difference is when one replaces the other! 정말 감사합니다!
I'm so thankful for this. I recently asked my co-teacher about this and she said she could explain everything but this! 🤣 Out of every explanation I've seen, this one is the most helpful and has me understanding the differences easily. Thank you so much!
You've really organized this video so well, it flows so coherently! Everything from the explanation to the examples and the editing really helped to consolidate the information so much better!! Thank you for your hard work! :)
Amen!! One of the most informative explanations I've heard to date! I will watch this video again and again and will create questions and statements to help me get used to how to apply these particles with a little more confidence.
This has been a great and helpful lesson! And the examples and exercises were on point. I took notes and will come to them and to this video to study. Thank you!!!!
쌤~ I've watched a lot of good videos on topic & subject markers, and this was extremely helpful!! Thanks for all your hard work on this video and for being understanding with the struggle😄
As a Korean language learner, everytime I hear subject marks the subject of the sentence and the topic is the topic, that in itself is confusing because "subject" and "topic" are sometimes used synonymously in English.
안녕하세요!! I haven't finished yet but had a quick question! At 12:28, is -게요 like an abbreviated form of -거예요? I'm still a beginner so I've never seen the version you use in the video & am curious 🤗 Thank you for this! It's helping! It's like the 3rd or 4th video I've watched in the past few months on this subject 😂 And it's taught me sooooo many new things!!! Incredible! 😍 Sidenote: What are you saying in your sign off?
I've seen tens of articles and videos on this subject and I can confidently say this one is the best! Very well done! Regarding difference #5, which part of speech would you regard the part in parentheses in the following sentence: (잘해서)가 아니에요 Does it comply with the rule you explained?
Thank you! And as for your question, your sentence is actually addressing one of the other uses of 이/가 (it actually can do more than just “mark the subject” but I didn’t include that in the video bc I thought it would be too overwhelming). So basically 이/가 is used in this case to negate the “이다” that comes after the noun phrase 잘해서. The basic sentence structure is A is B = A는 B(이)다. A is not B = A는 B이/가 아니다. And yeah 잘해서 is being used like a noun but that’s a whole other story… But anyway I’d explain it as: A is not B (It) is not (because [sb] did well) (Not mentioned, let’s just say 그거)는 (잘해서)가 아니다. Does that help at all? I confused myself looking into this lol! 이다/아니다 is often looked at separately from your typical verb and is always a tricky topic (it’s like the verb “be”). 😅
Is it a bit like indefinite (이/가) vs. definite (은/는) article? I know it's not the same, but by a long stretch? Regardless, this is by far the best class on this subject!!🥰
Thank you so much! This was much needed practice. Thanks to your explanation I got all of the example questions right except for #6. Now that I'm looking at it, 차가 makes more sense because if it were 차는 it would have been better translated as "The car will be waiting", right? Since we know about the car.
Hi, 선생님! I just wanna ask if you have a video why 같이 is pronounced as "gachi" instead of 'gati' and 곁으로 is read as gyeocheureo instead of geoteureo? But 곁에 is read as "gyeote"? The ㅌ seems to be tricky. Thank you! 😍😍😍
Sooo, I have a question out of curiosity. For the most part, I think I've been using these particles correctly, but I have stumbled across something unusual regarding names. Sometimes when Koreans use these particles with names that end in a consonant, they do not only add 이 but also 가 after 이. For example 재은이가 등등. Why is that and is there any kind of rule regarding this? I assume this is only spoken Korean?
That 이 is actually not the subject particle, it just gets added to names that end in consonants when you’re addressing a friend or someone someone close (usually your age or younger). So I’d be called 샘물이. 샘물이+랑. 샘물이+한테. And so forth. And the 가 subject marker is just following the 이 😁