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Some Hangul notes I made for my friend, I don’t need them because I’m way past learning it but if you’re a beginner then feel free to take a look at it 🥺🧡

아니요 VS 아니에요

(notes I made from a video by TTMIK)

아니요 = No

아니에요 = to be not ___ (It’s not, I’m not, she’s not, he’s not, they’re not, etc. or it’s not *something*)

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>> Sometimes they can replace each other <<

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Example Sentences

EXAMPLE 1

A : 지금 바빠요? (Are you busy now?)

B : 아니요. (No.) - simply answering no

OR

B : 아니에요. (I am not.) - I am not (busy). It’s not true (that I’m busy)

EXAMPLE 2

A : 이거 먹는 거예요? (Is this food?)

B : 아니요. (No.) - again, just saying no.

OR

B : 아니에요. (It’s not.) - could be omitting —> (먹는 거) 아니에요.

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RECAP

아니요 simply means no

아니에요 means it’s not or to be not

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casual form :))

아니요 = 아니

아니에요 = 아니야

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아니요 is FORMAL

아니 is the INFORMAL version of 아니요

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아니에요 is FORMAL

아니야 is the INFORMAL version of 아니에요

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LET ME KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY MISTAKES, I GOT MY INFO FROM A VIDEO BUT I MAY HAVE MISTYPED SO IF I DID LET ME KNOW PLEASE 😄

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video I made these notes from here

<3 el

누구 VS 구가

(more notes from a TTMIK video)

누구 and 누가 both mean “who” but they are different :))

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 누구 = original base for for “who”

누가 = “who” but it works as the subject of the sentence

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누구 is an interrogative word (의문사) 

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In order to make 누구 the subject of a sentence, you add -가 to it.

누구 + 가 ≠ 누구가

누구가 would be unnatural and wrong.

누구 + 가 = 누가 (which is correct :))

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누구 + particle usually remains 누구 + that particle

It usually doesn’t change.

Like, 누구를 is still 누구를

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SENTENCES USING 누가

Who made this? ↴

이거 누가 만들었어요?

(“who” is the subject of the action so we used 누가)

만들다 = to make

만들었어요 = “made”, past tense of 만들다

YOU CANNOT SAY 이거 누구 만들었어요?

It’s unnatural and could be misinterpreted as “this made whom?” which doesn’t make much sense

IN CONCLUSION ‼️

이거 누구 만들었어요? ❌

이거 누가 만들었어요? ✅

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Who brought this? ↴

이거 누가 가져왔어요?

Who wants to do it first? ↴

누가 먼저 할래요?

⤷ You can make this more formal by adding honorific suffix -시

누가 먼저 하실래요?

Who told you? ↴

누가 말해 줬어요?

⤷ could be written as ↴

누구한테 들었어요?

from who did you hear it?

This is an example of what was said earlier, 누구 + particle remains the same

누구 + 한테 = 누구한테

누구한테 = from whom/to whom

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누구를

누구 + 를

the object marker still remains

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SENTENCES USING 누구 + 를 or particles

Whom do you want to invite? ↴

누구를 초대하고 싶어요?

초대하다 = to invite

초대하고 싶어요 = (I) want to invite

를 is an object marker or particle

In this case, you can drop the object marker ↴

누구 초대하고 싶어요?

Who will you invite/call for? (written differently than the previous phrase) ↴

누구를 부를 거예요?

부르다 = to call for/invite

You can drop the object marker here as well as it’s often omitted ↴

누구 부를 거예요?

Let’s say someone drew a person, you can ask:

Who did you draw? ↴

누구를 그린 그림이에요?

You can drop the particle here, too! ↴

누구 그린 그림이에요?

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SENTENCES JUST WITH 누구

Who is it? ↴

누구예요?

Let’s say someone knocks on your door, you can ask:

Who is it?/Who are you? ↴

누구세요?

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RECAP

누가

누구 + 가

Works as the subject of the sentence

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누구

original form of “who”

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BOTH mean “who” but they can be used differently!

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LET ME KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY MISTAKES, I GOT MY INFO FROM A VIDEO BUT I MAY HAVE MISTYPED, SO IF I DID PLEASE LET ME KNOW ☺️

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video I took notes from here

<3 el