This entire channel is the reason I haven't given up on being proficient at Korean. You explain so many things that my textbooks gloss over or that you wouldn't catch on from without being around native speakers. Thank you so much for these videos!!!
I'm new here and I've just finished your lessons 1-4 and I felt compelled to comment and say that I really like how you explain things. I've learned these lessons before in some other resources but watching your videos, I've come to understand them better and they become somehow easier for me. So thank you very much. I'll be continuing to study using this series and will check out your other videos as well.
So basically, 이다 means that something IS a certain thing, whereas 있다 means that the object exists- irrelevant to what the object in question is, hence why it means to HAVE something, at times. You are saying that, in regards to you, the object exists! So for the sentence IT is a cat, you would use 이다. For the sentence THERE is a cat, you would use 있다!
They both mean "I" or "me," but 나 is only for casual, informal situations and 저 is for all other situations. My next video this coming week (Ep. 21) will actually be explaining the differences between these in more detail as well :)
That's exactly what I thought too! It's the easiest way for me to remember it. Since Spanish is my 2nd language and Korean is my 3rd, drawing a connection to Spanish helps me a lot when there isn't a connection to English.
+Storyteller Spanish is my 2nd language too ! (Arabic is 1st,French is 3rd,English is 4th and I am trying to make Korean my 5th!) thanks for pointing it ^^ 이다 = ser and 있다 = estar but only with the particle 에 , because 있다 meaning 'to have' used with 이/가 won't make the 'estar' meaning ... and Arabic helped me understand the Adj (at the end of a sentence better as in 저는 너무 귀여워요*lol*) concept , we have it in arabic as 'مبتدأـخبر' (moubtadaa'-khabar) In the end knowing many languages helps learning another ones !
"있다" is the plain form conjugation, so technically it is conjugated - it just so happens to look the same when it's not conjugated (as well as "없다," and "이다, and "아니다" which remain the same in plain form).- check out Ep 17 on Plain Form.
+TheRexRider Lol, well being a Star Wars fan, I'd have to say that Yoda doesn't quite speak using Korean grammar, but sometimes Korean grammar is like a parody of how Yoda speaks. It especially seems this way with short sentences.
word for word the korean sentence would be "I clean (article of) clothing-(subj.) 1-(clothes counter)-even not there" or just "I clean clothing 1-even not there" but seeing as you made this comment 4 years ago(at the time I made this one for anyone reading from the F U T U R E) you've probably already figured out that
I’m watching this after nearly three years of studying because I am still making mistakes with this basic grammar point. Thanks for the clear explanation.
I'm new here but seeing Billy excited to teach us makes me feel excited too ☺️ But I still don't understand when to conjugate 있다 or other verbs to 요 form and when just leave them like 있다 😳
in the example about the clean clothes the adj/verb - to be clean - is not conjugated but the verb- to exist is if there is more than one verb do we leave the infinitive of the first one . . .or since it can be considered an adjective do we just drop the ta
깨끗하다 ("to be clean") is conjugated in the example as 깨끗한 (adjective). 있다 ("to exist") is also conjugated in the example, as 있다 - this is Plain Form. I have videos about these two concepts on my channel - one is about conjugating descriptive verbs (깨끗한~) and the other is about Plain Form (있다).
안녕하세요! I’m a bit confused. In your pdf it says to use 이 or 가 when using 있다 but in your example sentences, it uses 는. I’m a bit confused as to when you should use the topic marker.
I have a few videos on my channel about topic and subject markers, as well as a live stream. There's also one in this "Learn Korean" series which is a bit older.
I just found out that there is a series of these kinds of episodes. So I'm going to study with these episodes from now on starting from the first episode even though I'm not a complete beginner anymore. Will it be a waste of time?
I'd strongly recommend avoiding romanization when learning Korean, as using 한글 will improve your learning speed and allow you to learn much more efficiently. 나는 존재한다 grammatically makes sense, but is not the form you'd most likely want to use when speaking. The reason is that form is Plain Form (I have a video about "Plain Form" in this video series on my channel). Instead, I'd recommend using something like the 요 form instead (or without the 요 when speaking to close friends).
soo it's kinda similar to the English "become" and "get", right? to become => you equal sth afterwards (like with 이다) to get => you have sth afterwards (like with 있다) does that make sense?
@@nelly7202 Check out my live stream playlist and you can find several videos I made about how this works :) If you search for "Changing action verbs to adjectives" you can also find other episodes. For example here's one of the several videos I've made about it: ruclips.net/video/hEjIp2eMMq4/видео.html
@@GoBillyKorean thank you so much for replying! Just want to say your lessons were the first I studied and created a great foundation for my future studies
HELP! Why in 그 것은 고양이가 아니에요 there is a topic marker in 것은 and a subject marker in 고양이가 if both are referring to the same thing. I mean, can the cat be the subject and the topic at the same time?
Billy, may I ask, does 그 남자는 내 친구이다 and 내 친구는 그 남자이다 have the same meaning? And since both 친구 and 남자 ends in a vowel, does the 이 in 이다 has to be cancelled or only if the speaker feels like to? Thanks in advance and have a Happy New Year!
They don't have the same meaning. The first means "That man is my friend," and the second means "My friend is that man." Slightly different meanings when translated to English.
when I saw the title the first thing that came to my mind was "to be or not to be that is the question" then when I played the video that's the first thing he said WTH 😂😂😂
thank god my first language isn't english, then i know the difference between both "be". to make it simple to a non native english speaker too, translate it: 입니다/이다 - ser 있다 - estar
Zodiac Kokoro because just like 하다 this verb has its own special conjugation as it is so common, there's no specific reason it's just that 이다 --> 여요. I'm not sure but I think it used to be 이에요 before it got shortened which is why it doesn't look like the dictionary form
am i the only one who can't hear the difference...like at all? is the ㅆ silent in 있다? I'm brand new to learning korean and I thought this verb would be a good place to start but maybe I need to go back to something more basic first...
Finally a no-nonsense, straight to the point, no waffle way to go over Korean grammar!
아니에요 means "It isn't~" - it's the opposite of 이에요/예요 "It is~." 아니야 is the same, but it's only for casual, informal situations.
This entire channel is the reason I haven't given up on being proficient at Korean. You explain so many things that my textbooks gloss over or that you wouldn't catch on from without being around native speakers. Thank you so much for these videos!!!
I'm new here and I've just finished your lessons 1-4 and I felt compelled to comment and say that I really like how you explain things. I've learned these lessons before in some other resources but watching your videos, I've come to understand them better and they become somehow easier for me. So thank you very much. I'll be continuing to study using this series and will check out your other videos as well.
So basically, 이다 means that something IS a certain thing, whereas 있다 means that the object exists- irrelevant to what the object in question is, hence why it means to HAVE something, at times. You are saying that, in regards to you, the object exists! So for the sentence IT is a cat, you would use 이다. For the sentence THERE is a cat, you would use 있다!
They both mean "I" or "me," but 나 is only for casual, informal situations and 저 is for all other situations. My next video this coming week (Ep. 21) will actually be explaining the differences between these in more detail as well :)
When I started this lesson with TTMIK, I was like hmm..it's kinda like 'ser' and 'estar' in Spanish!!
Very well explained!! Keep it up!
You know, my web site also has PDFs in Spanish too ;-) And I think you're right~ Spanish has a similar concept.
That's exactly what I thought too! It's the easiest way for me to remember it. Since Spanish is my 2nd language and Korean is my 3rd, drawing a connection to Spanish helps me a lot when there isn't a connection to English.
+Storyteller Spanish is my 2nd language too ! (Arabic is 1st,French is 3rd,English is 4th and I am trying to make Korean my 5th!) thanks for pointing it ^^ 이다 = ser and 있다 = estar but only with the particle 에 , because 있다 meaning 'to have' used with 이/가 won't make the 'estar' meaning ... and Arabic helped me understand the Adj (at the end of a sentence better as in 저는 너무 귀여워요*lol*) concept , we have it in arabic as 'مبتدأـخبر' (moubtadaa'-khabar)
In the end knowing many languages helps learning another ones !
I don't speak spanish but, lucky, "ser" and "estar" exist in Portuguese (my first language) what really helped me. Thanks
yay another portuguese person learning korean! how far have you come? :D (btw yeah im portuguese too but english is more comfortable for me xD)
"있다" is the plain form conjugation, so technically it is conjugated - it just so happens to look the same when it's not conjugated (as well as "없다," and "이다, and "아니다" which remain the same in plain form).- check out Ep 17 on Plain Form.
"Clean clothes I do not have." Is Korean grammatically similar to how Yoda speaks?
+TheRexRider Lol, well being a Star Wars fan, I'd have to say that Yoda doesn't quite speak using Korean grammar, but sometimes Korean grammar is like a parody of how Yoda speaks. It especially seems this way with short sentences.
word for word the korean sentence would be "I clean (article of) clothing-(subj.) 1-(clothes counter)-even not there" or just "I clean clothing 1-even not there" but seeing as you made this comment 4 years ago(at the time I made this one for anyone reading from the F U T U R E) you've probably already figured out that
ohhhhhhhh so, when i say 돈이 없어요 it's like "there's no money"
but (그 것은) 돈이 아니예요 is like "(this thing) is not money"
right?
"아니에요" and that's correct!
thank you SO much!
Thanks for the comment! I was lost but this comment made it click for me! Thaaaaank you!
Sure! I keep a list of ideas for the next videos, so I'll add that there.
Amazing! Easy, to the point and also entertaining! Thank you!
I’m watching this after nearly three years of studying because I am still making mistakes with this basic grammar point. Thanks for the clear explanation.
By the way, Episode 7, which I just uploaded, goes over how to make negative sentences.
I bought your book Korean Made Simple and the Workbook as well. :)
3:24 In the pdf, the sentence is written like this 깨끗한 옷이 하나도 없어요. Which one is correct, 하나도 or 한벌도?
Both are correct. 하나 can be used in place of "one" when used with a counter, or you can use 한~ with a counter.
Learn Korean with GO! Billy Korean Thank you. I love your videos, they are exactly what a beginner needs.
It's "것" ("thing") plus the Topic Marker (see Ep. 9).
Thanks for this video billy.
I'm new here but seeing Billy excited to teach us makes me feel excited too ☺️
But I still don't understand when to conjugate 있다 or other verbs to 요 form and when just leave them like 있다 😳
Learn about "Plain Form" which should answer that question :) I have a video about it on my channel.
Learn Korean with GO! Billy Korean thank you ☺️ I will watch it
I love your channel, I like to complement ttmik lessons with your videos so I can know more about the topics :)
정리 잘 해놓으셔서 오히려 한국인 한테도 영어공부 하기에 좋은것 같네요ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 잘 보고있어요! 이제 막 보기 시작했네요:)
I'm still really confused about 이/가. Is 이 for consonants and the other one is for vowels?
That's correct.
Learn Korean with GO! Billy Korean 😱 I can't believe you replied! 감사합니다!
Your videos are great. I'll be buying your book for sure.
Wow , these are great!!!
They're similar, but not the same. But to explain how exactly they're similar, I'd have to make another video :P
thank you so much for the lessons!!! >w<
thanks billy
You're awesome. Thanks!
in the example about the clean clothes
the adj/verb - to be clean - is not conjugated
but the verb- to exist is
if there is more than one verb do we leave the infinitive of the first one . . .or since it can be considered an adjective do we just drop the ta
깨끗하다 ("to be clean") is conjugated in the example as 깨끗한 (adjective). 있다 ("to exist") is also conjugated in the example, as 있다 - this is Plain Form. I have videos about these two concepts on my channel - one is about conjugating descriptive verbs (깨끗한~) and the other is about Plain Form (있다).
Learn Korean with GO! Billy Korean Ahhhh Thank you so much! You're a big help. Heading to Korea next year can't wait!!
Thx, now I know why it is: "ibnida" and not "ida" when I introduce myself.
I used first: "나는 도미니크 가요." what google translates as "I am Dominik."
안녕하세요! I’m a bit confused. In your pdf it says to use 이 or 가 when using 있다 but in your example sentences, it uses 는. I’m a bit confused as to when you should use the topic marker.
I have a few videos on my channel about topic and subject markers, as well as a live stream. There's also one in this "Learn Korean" series which is a bit older.
Learn Korean with GO! Billy Korean ok, I will have a look for that. Thanks
I just found out that there is a series of these kinds of episodes. So I'm going to study with these episodes from now on starting from the first episode even though I'm not a complete beginner anymore. Will it be a waste of time?
You might prefer this series instead: ruclips.net/video/sx0yyQqkpqo/видео.html
In case anyone sees this and was wondering, 난 is not slang but the contraction of 나 (I/me) and the particle 는.
byunTAE but it’s informal, right?
So? how can I say "I Exist?" in korean?
You can use the verb 존재(를) 하다 which literally means "to exist."
Learn Korean with GO! Billy Korean can I use "Naneun Jonjaehada?" to say I exist??
I'd strongly recommend avoiding romanization when learning Korean, as using 한글 will improve your learning speed and allow you to learn much more efficiently. 나는 존재한다 grammatically makes sense, but is not the form you'd most likely want to use when speaking. The reason is that form is Plain Form (I have a video about "Plain Form" in this video series on my channel). Instead, I'd recommend using something like the 요 form instead (or without the 요 when speaking to close friends).
Learn Korean with GO! Billy Korean Okay! thank you so much! I will watch your Video Plain Form. thanks again. :))
Thanks❤
soo it's kinda similar to the English "become" and "get", right?
to become => you equal sth afterwards (like with 이다)
to get => you have sth afterwards (like with 있다)
does that make sense?
No, because 이다 can never be "become." 되다 is "become." 있다 also can't mean "get," but 받다 or 얻다 can.
In 1:29 wouldnt the correct form be 난 바분 ㅇ나이야 because you would need to conjugate the adjetive?
Could you re-write your sentence so I can check it?
@@GoBillyKorean 난 바보 아니여 shouldnt it be 난 바 본 아니여
@@terrarobbinson4630 The word is 바보, and 아니다 would become 아니야 in casual speech (아니에요 is a different speech level).
Pretty awesome video. You definitely make it interesting! Will you do a video on negating sentences? I get confused on how and where to use 안. 고마와요!
I always dance when I hear your intro hahahaha
You can thank "Kevin MacLeod" for that, who made that music track :)
thank you teacheeeeer
So basicaly 있다 is a mix of Spanish estar, tener and hay
Can someone explain to me how 있다 works as an adj? I know how to change verbs to adjectives to describe nouns, just not how you can also do it to 있다.
있다 can become 있는.
@@GoBillyKorean how is it used? I just don't get how a verb for having can be used as an adj. Can you give me an example?
@@nelly7202 Check out my live stream playlist and you can find several videos I made about how this works :) If you search for "Changing action verbs to adjectives" you can also find other episodes.
For example here's one of the several videos I've made about it: ruclips.net/video/hEjIp2eMMq4/видео.html
@@GoBillyKorean thank you so much for replying! Just want to say your lessons were the first I studied and created a great foundation for my future studies
HELP! Why in 그 것은 고양이가 아니에요 there is a topic marker in 것은 and a subject marker in 고양이가 if both are referring to the same thing. I mean, can the cat be the subject and the topic at the same time?
I have a few videos about topic and subject markers on my channel. I recommend checking out the live stream about them, in the Live Streams playlist.
@@GoBillyKorean Thanks a lot!
at 2:46 why didn't you conjugate 있다? why wasn't the sentence 저는 학교에 있어요. Can 있다 be conjugated like a normal verb? Like 먹다?
Billy, may I ask, does 그 남자는 내 친구이다 and 내 친구는 그 남자이다 have the same meaning? And since both 친구 and 남자 ends in a vowel, does the 이 in 이다 has to be cancelled or only if the speaker feels like to? Thanks in advance and have a Happy New Year!
They don't have the same meaning. The first means "That man is my friend," and the second means "My friend is that man." Slightly different meanings when translated to English.
Is it ok if I ask what the difference between
있다 and 있단다. Example that I found it was 내가 있단다.
It's simply a quoting form using the Plain Form attached to the end of 있다. Check out my channel for videos about quoting forms and the Plain Form :)
great vid!
Ser e Estar... fácil essa!
when I saw the title the first thing that came to my mind was "to be or not to be that is the question" then when I played the video that's the first thing he said WTH 😂😂😂
thank god my first language isn't english, then i know the difference between both "be". to make it simple to a non native english speaker too, translate it:
입니다/이다 - ser
있다 - estar
이다 is more usally mean `is`
Why in the sentence "That is a cat" is the conjugation for "idta" iyeh?
The 있다 was already conjugated to its polite form
Zodiac Kokoro because just like 하다 this verb has its own special conjugation as it is so common, there's no specific reason it's just that 이다 --> 여요. I'm not sure but I think it used to be 이에요 before it got shortened which is why it doesn't look like the dictionary form
I really dont understand where you are using what youre teaching in your examples, can you please help me out im getting super frustrated
you can read the attached PDF with every lesson ... It´s more deataled and helps me out when I get lost with examples
Do you know what 은겁자제 means? :)
am i the only one who can't hear the difference...like at all? is the ㅆ silent in 있다? I'm brand new to learning korean and I thought this verb would be a good place to start but maybe I need to go back to something more basic first...
Perhaps you didn't learn about sound change rules? The end parts of my Hangul video explain how they sound: ruclips.net/video/s5aobqyEaMQ/видео.html
Done 🥰
how i wish you could explain it a little bit slow...thank you
Check out the free PDFs on my web site for these lessons. You can read through them as slowly as you'd like :)
Great lesson, but black lettering on a dark blue background is very hard to read…
this reminds me of French having two "to know" but this is worse. Their pronunciation is so similar. Help
Always confused with 도. Hahaha
옷이 한벌도-was the 도 in that sentence, also? even? Neither?
Ah nevermind, i watched ep 5 hahahahaha
what does 것은 mean?
Is it correct to say, " 저는 학생이 아니에요"?
Yep!
Learn Korean with GO! Billy Korean Thanks a lot!!
그건 = 그것은 (그거는)
전 = 저는
I thought “많이” means “money” lmao thanks for the clarification in the video
in past tense, "ㅈ는 학생이 있어요" or ㅈ는 학생이 있었어요" which is correct?
You used 있다 but you should use 이다 for "to be."
You mean, "ㅈ는 학생이 이었어요" is it right?
@@raipushp7454 저는 but I'd recommend re-watching this video since 이다 doesn't use the subject marker (이/가) as you've used in your sentence.
What r u saying dude? oke, "I was a student." write this sentence in korean lg..
@@raipushp7454 '저는 학생이었어요'
꼭 밥고 싶어요.
.......did you know the Shakespeare book was upside down? 😂
yup ;)
too fast...
난 아직 준비가 아니에요
이것은 파이프가 아니다
저는 담배가 많이 없어요
그는 인천국제공항에 있다
The music is nuts - seriously distracting.
Y IS IT SO LONG TO SAY??!?!?!?!