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This document introduces the pattern "은/는 + 예요/이에요" in Korean to say things like "It's a book" or "I am American." It explains that 예요/이에요 means "is equal to" and 은/는 is a topic marking particle. Some example sentences are provided to demonstrate how to use this pattern by substituting different nouns. The lessons aims to teach learners how to describe objects and introduce themselves in Korean using this basic grammatical structure.

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LearnKorean24 Course Lesson 1

This document introduces the pattern "은/는 + 예요/이에요" in Korean to say things like "It's a book" or "I am American." It explains that 예요/이에요 means "is equal to" and 은/는 is a topic marking particle. Some example sentences are provided to demonstrate how to use this pattern by substituting different nouns. The lessons aims to teach learners how to describe objects and introduce themselves in Korean using this basic grammatical structure.

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Lesson 1: 은/는 + 예요/이에요


Welcome to LearnKorean24’s free Korean language course. In this first
은 는 예요 이에요
lesson, you will learn how to use the pattern / + / to say things
like “It’s a book”, “I am American.”, “I am a teacher.”, etc.

KEY INFORMATION

예요/이에요 [ye-yo/i-e-yo] = Ending which means ‘equal to’.


은/는 [eun/neun] = Topic Marking Particle
예요/이에요 [ye-yo/i-e-yo]
예요 이에요
First, let’s take a look at the ending / [ye-yo/i-e-yo]. 예요 이에요
/ is
used at the end of a sentence and is similar to the English word ‘is’ in the
sense of ‘is equal to’. To help you understand what we mean, let’s look at an
example.

책 [chaek] = book
책 [chaek] + ~이에요 [i-e-yo] = 책이에요 [chae-gi-e-yo]
책이에요. [chae-gi-e-yo] = It is a book.
When making your own sentences using 예요/이에요 you must choose either
예요 [ye-yo] or 이에요 [i-e-yo] to attach to the noun. The one you use
depends on whether the final letter in the preceding noun is a vowel or a
consonant. See the table below.

Conjugation Rule Examples

Noun Ending In Consonant + 이에요 가방이에요. (It’s a bag.)


Noun Ending In Vowel + 예요 바나나예요. (It’s a banana.)

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Lesson 1: 은/는 + 예요/이에요


은/는 [eun/neun]
Next, let’s look at how to say things like “This is a book.“, “I am American.“, “I
은는
am a teacher.“. To make sentences like this you can use / [eun/neun]
together with 예요 이에요/ .

은/는 [eun/neun] is what is known as a ‘topic marking particle’ and is used to


mark a noun or pronoun as the topic of the sentence. Here are some
examples:

이것 [i-geot] = this
이것은 [i-geo-seun] = this (with topic marking particle attached)
이것은 책이에요 [i-geo-seun chae-gi-e-yo]. = This is a book.
저 [jeo] = I
저는 [jeo-neun] = I (with topic marking particle attached)
미국 사람 [mi-guk sa-ram] = American Person
저는 미국 사람이에요. [jeo-neun mi-guk sa-ra-mi-e-yo] = I am American.
In the first example, the topic of the sentence is 'this' and so 이것 is marked
with the topic particle 은. In the second example, the topic is 'I' and so 저 is
marked with the topic particle 는.

Here are the conjugation rules for choosing 은 or 는:

Conjugation Rule Examples

Noun Ending In Consonant + 은 이것은 (This)


Noun Ending In Vowel + 는 저는 (I)

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Lesson 1: 은/는 + 예요/이에요


Example Sentences
은 는 예요
Now let’s look at some example sentences using the structure / + /
이에요 . To make your own sentences using this structure, you can simply
substitute the nouns in the sentences. You can find many free vocabulary
lists on LearnKorean24.com that you can use.

바나나예요. [ba-na-na-ye-yo] = It’s a banana.


가방이에요. [ga-bang-i-e-yo] = It’s a bag.
이것은 사과예요. [i-geo-seun sa-gwa-ye-yo] = This is an apple.
이것은 책이에요. [i-geo-seun chae-gi-e-yo] = This is a book.
저는 제니예요. [jeo-neun je-ni-ye-yo] = I am Jenny.
저는 케빈이에요. [jeo-neun ke-bi-ni-e-yo] = I am Kevin.
저는 미국 사람이에요. [jeo-neun mi-guk sa-ra-mi-e-yo] = I am American.
마이클은 영국 사람이에요. [ma-i-keu-reun yeong-guk sa-ra-mi-e-yo] =
Michael is British.

저는 선생님이에요. [jeo-neun seon-saeng-ni-mi-e-yo] = I am a teacher.


마르틴은 요리사예요. [ma-reu-ti-neun yo-ri-sa-ye-yo] = Martin is a chef.

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