How to make Korean sentences (For absolute beginners)

안녕하세요. That's hello in Korean. I'm Hyunwoo and you're watching Talk To Me In Korean. This is a video for absolute beginners who have recently decided to start learning Korean. So if you're not a beginner anymore, well, you can still watch it to see if it's a good video to share with your friends who are beginner learners. So we're gonna look at the general word order used in a lot of Korean sentences. It might be quite similar to your native language if it's not English, but it is at least quite different from English. First, here's a sentence that means I am an alien. The order is subject, particle, noun, verb. You say 저, which means I, and 는, which shows that 저 is the topic of the sentence, like as for me or to talk about myself. And then it's followed by 외계인, alien, and 이에요, which means is. I, which is the topic, alien, is. And now here's a sentence that means I am not an alien. That part at the end, 아니에요 means is not. So what you might find interesting is that the part that determines whether the sentence is a positive sentence or a negative sentence, or in other words, the main verb, usually comes at the very end. So before you hear the end of the sentence, you can never be too sure how the story will go. So in English, when you hear someone saying or starting to say something like I'm not, you kind of have to guess what they are not. But in Korean, when you hear someone starting to say 저는 외계인, you have to guess you alien what? Now, the two sentences we have looked at so far are A is B or A is not B sentences. And the same rule of the main verb coming at the end is also applied to A does B sentences. 저는 집안일을 좋아해요. This means I like house chores. 집안일 is literally 집, 집, house, 안, inside, 일, work. So work that you do inside the house, house chores. The structure is subject, particle, noun, object marking particle, and verb. So literally translated, it goes like I, which is the person that I'm talking about, house chores, which is the object of the following verb, like. So let's look at a different sample sentence. But before we look at that sentence, here's a reminder. Don't worry about the specific words or the pronunciation for now, okay? Just focus on understanding the general word order of Korean sentences. That's the purpose and goal of this video lesson, okay? So here's a sentence for I study Korean. 저는 한국어를 공부해요. 저, I, is a subject. 는 is a particle. 한국어 is the Korean language. 를 is an object marking particle. 공부해요, which is the verb of the sentence, has been changed into the present tense form, like I study. So as you can see, the present tense, I study, or the past tense, I studied, or the future tense, I will study, or I am going to study, is expressed at the end of the sentence in general, okay? Now, let's add an adverb, like every day. And that is 매일 in Korean, 매일, 매일. And in English, you add it at the end, like I study Korean every day, right? But in Korean, because verbs usually come at the end, the adverb that you're adding will come before the verb. 저는 한국어를 매일 공부해요. I study Korean every day. Again, 저는 한국어를 매일 공부해요. Again, if you translate it literally word for word, I, which is the person I'm talking about, Korean language, which is the object of the verb that will follow, every day, study. And now, let's change this into the past tense. We just change the very end. 공부해요 becomes 공부했어요. 저는 한국어를 매일 공부했어요. I studied Korean every day. So even as an absolute beginner, if you watch some Korean dramas or movies, you will notice these 아써요, 했어요 endings, right? Those sentences are in the past tense. 오, 과거시제로 말하고 있군. And just one more thing. For the future tense, you can change the ending to 을 거예요, like this. 이거 다 먹을 거예요. I'm going to eat all of this. Well, if you've watched this far, great job. I hope you were able to understand the general structure of Korean sentences. And of course, not every Korean sentence follows these rules. And there are many other types of structures. And as you learn more Korean, you will encounter a diverse range of variations. The overall structure is quite different from English and many other languages. So you will need to practice a lot and expose yourself to as many real-life examples as possible. And the particles I mentioned in the video and the structure are also going to take some time to fully understand and use correctly. But that's what learning a new language is like, right? Learn little by little, practice consistently and make lots of mistakes. And before you know it, you will find yourself understanding and speaking Korean comfortably. I myself have never lived in an English-speaking country before and learned all my English here in Korea. So you can do exactly the same with your Korean and even better. No matter where you are living in the world. So keep it up everyone. And like always, if you want to learn more Korean, with our hundreds of systematic online lessons, we'll be waiting for you at TalkToMeInKorean.com. You can find all of our materials and books and ebooks on our website. Again, at TalkToMeInKorean.com. Well then, I will see you over there. 감사합니다. 안녕히 계세요.