Korean Prepositions Part 2

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 I have a new preposition to teach you. 

엔 "en" 

Like other prepositions it is a suffix. You add it to the end of a word. 엔"en" is actually a combination of two suffixes we've seen before 에 "e" and 는/은 "neun/eun". 

에"e" means "in/at/on/to" depending on the context. 

는/은 "neun/eun" are subject marking particles. They go at the end of the word which is the subject of the sentence. 

When we have a sentence like:

"On Monday it will be sunny"

 the subject of the sentence is Monday, so it should get a subject marking particle. But, also we are saying ON Monday so it should also get the preposition 에"e". So we would say "Monday -e-neun" change Monday to Korean 월요일에는 "wol-yo-il-e-neun"

And you can say it that way: 월요일에는 "wol-yo-il-e-neun". It makes sense, but it sounds very formal. So, most of the time, Koreans will push these 2 suffixes together to make 엔"en" so you can say 월요일엔 "wol-yo-il-en". 

On Monday it will be sunny.

월요일엔 화창할거야

월요일엔 화창할거예요

월요일엔 화창할겁니다 although we could keep the "e" and "neun" separate for the formal form if we wanted to be really formal 월요일에는 화창할겁니다.

And we don't actually have to add the word "it" in the Korean sentence because Korean doesn't do pronouns. Korean is a very implicit language. Which means you can leave words out of the sentence when you talk and the listener has figure out what you mean based on context. In Korean you just say "On Monday will be sunny" The "it" is just implied. 

For these weather forecast sentences instead of using 엔"en" you could, if you like, just use the subject marking particle 는/은 "neun/eun". 

월요일은 화창할거야

월요일은 화창할거예요

월요일은 화창할겁니다

When you use 는/은 "neun/eun" the translation is "Monday will be sunny". When you use 엔"en" the translation is "On Monday it will be sunny". Both of these sentences make sense, but in Korean this is the better sentence to use ->"On Monday it will be sunny" 

월요일엔 화창할거야

월요일엔 화창할거예요

월요일엔 화창할겁니다

And I'm sure you can figure out how to modify these sentences to describe what the weather will be on different days. First say the day, then add your suffix, then say the type of weather conjugated into the probable future tense.

On __(day)____ it will be  _____(weather)____.

  ___(day)___엔    ____(weather)_____.

 

It's time to put our knowledge to the test. We are going to translate statements about the weather in the probable future tense using our new suffix 엔"en". We are going to use the formal form of the sentence for this challenge and we will use the abbreviated suffix 엔 "en" rather than 에는"e-neun"

I'm going to show you a sentence in either English or Korean and you will need to translate it.

Make sure you know your days of the week, types of weather vocabulary, and your probable future tense conjugation rules. Click the links if you need to review or use the charts to help you as you answer. Let's begin the challenge. 

1. 일요일엔 바람이 불겁니다

2. 수요일엔 눈이 내릴겁니다.

3. 금요일엔 천둥이 칠겁니다.

4. On Saturday it will be sunny.

5. On Friday it will be rainy. 

if it's been difficult so far, then do some studying before you try the next set of 5 questions

6. 화요일엔 구름이 낄겁니다

7. 목요일엔 번개가 칠겁니다

8. 토요일엔 바람이 블겁니다

9. On Monday it will be snowy. 

10. On Sunday it will be thunder and lightning. 

ANSWERS 

No Peaking!

1. On Sunday it will be windy.

2. On Wednesday it will be snowy.

3. On Friday there will be thunder.

4. 토요일엔 화창할겁니다

5. 금요일엔 비가 올겁니다 (내릴겁니다)

6. On Tuesday it will be cloudy.

7. On Thursday there will be lightning.

8. On Saturday it will be windy.

9. 월요일엔 눈이 올겁니다 (내릴겁니다)

10. 일요일엔 천둥 번개가 칠겁니다 

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