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있다/ 없다



                                                                          있다

The verb 있다 could be seen as the second part of the verb "To be" (? I guess. You use 있다 to say:

"I'm at home"

"Where is the book?"

But it's also used as "There is/are". Or even "I have".

"There is a chair"

"I have a girlfriend"

있다 basically implies that something exists, and the context and particles of the sentence indicate you if that thing/person "exists somewhere", or "belongs to someone", etc.

So how do we use this verb?

I know, I know, I haven't teach you how to conjugate verbs yet... So I'll give you the present form of this verb so you can use it ^^

•있습니다 (Formal)

저는 강아지를 있습니다

I've got a dog

    -저: I

   -강아지: Puppy/dog

    -있다

•있어요 (Polite)

의자를 있어요

There is a chair

    -의자: Chair

    -있다

•있어 (Informal)

나는 친구들을 있어

I have friends

      -나: I

      -친구: Friend (들 is for the plural)

      -있다

없다

The verb 없다 is basically the opposite. "Doesn't exist" "Don't have" "Not be".

And this are the conjugations in the present:

•없습니다 (Formal)

저는 고양이를 없습니다

I don't have a cat

    -저: I

   -고양이: Cat

   -없다

•없어요 (Polite)

물을 없어요

There isn't any water

    -물: Water

   -없다

•없어 (Informal)

나는 여자친구가 없어

I don't have a girlfriend

      -나: I

      -여자친구: Girlfriend

      -없다


A little practice

So if you have tiktok you might have heard an audio about someone saying they don't have a name (없어) (? It's hard to explain, but I leave you here the link of one of them for you to see the conversation and read it. It's kind of funny ^^

Link to the tiktok video here ♡

And it uses the verbs we've just learnt! Some of the grammar is a bit more complicated, but it is easy to understand so if you listen carefully you will be able to recognize what we already studied.

I'm going to write down here the dialogue too, so that you can read it out loud if you want to. This way we will practice our listening and put speaking skills in Korean.

1 : 이름?

Name?

2: 없어

I don't have

1 : 이름?!

Name?!

2: 없어!

I don't have!

1: 너 이름이 없어?

You don't have a name?

      -너: You

     -이름: Name

     -없다

2: 그래

Yes

1: 진짜 없어?

really don't have?

       -진짜: Really

       -없다

2: 그래, 없어!

Yes, I don't have it!

1: 이름이 없냐고?!

You don't have a name?!

2: 이름이 있다고!

I DO have a name!

1:그럼 빨리 이름 말해!

Then fast tell me your name!

       -그럼: Then

       -빨리: Fast

       -이름: Name

       -말해: From the verb 말하다 (Talk/speak/say)

2:없어!

.                            :seedling:                              .

This is the end of the post! See you in the next post!

︶︶︶︶︶︶︶(( :seedling: ))︶︶︶︶︶︶︶

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