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direct and indirect objects

# Posted: 2 Nov 2006 11:32 KST - Edited by: _joseph_
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direct objects
direct objects are shown by the marker 를. They precede the verb as is the case half of the time in English. You know, a direct object is the thing directly acted on by the verb. For example, ball in kick the ball. Ball in korean is 공 and kick is 차다 so using the object marker 를 we get the sentence 공을 차다 to mean kick the ball.

를/을 is the object particle. It is used for a word that is the object of the verb.

Eg.

* 나는 라면을 먹었다 = I ate noodles [Lit. noodles을 ate]
* 책을 읽었다 = read a book
* 콜라를 마셨다 = drank coke
* TV를 봤다 = watched TV

The only difference between 를 and 을 is that 를 is used for nouns with no final consonant, and 을 for nouns without a final consonant for pronunciation\‘s sake.

한국어를 가르쳐요. I teach Korean.
저도 영어를 조금 해요. I, too, speak a bit of English.
일본말을 공부하세요? Do you study Japanese?
무엇을 가르치세요? What do you teach?
수미는 무엇을 공부해요? What does Sumi study?

It is often the case that this particle is omitted in casual speech,
particularly in commonly used constructions:

한국어 가르쳐요. I teach Korean.
저도 영어 조금 해요. I, too, speak a bit of English.
일본말 공부하세요? Do you study Japanese?

indirect objects
에게 means to

transitive and intransitive verbs
transitive verbs take an object, intransitive verbs do not.
E.g. #1 끝내다 vs. 끝나다

겨울방학( ) 끝났습니다. : The winter break ended. (answer: 이, intransitive)

피터가 방학 숙제( ) 끝냈습니다. : Peter finished the assignment for the break. (answer: 를, transitive)

E.g. #2 to begin -- 시작하다/ 시작되다

한국어 수업을 시작합니다. : We will begin Korean class.

한국어 수업이 시작됩니다. : Korean class will ________.

an intransitive verb and a transative verb correlate well to passive/active verbs.

mint Posts: 269 native korean # Posted: 4 Nov 2006 00:50 KST - Edited by: mint ... Re-Sideview ... a little vocabulary difference is important. 공을 차다 = kick the ball(soccer...) 차다 kick something or someone with your foot. 공을 치다 = hit the ball(baseball, golf, pool...) 치다 hit something or someone with your hand or an object held in your hand.
Please point out my mistakes in English anytime. Thank you.

_joseph_ Moderator Posts: 119,684 native english # Posted: 7 Jan 2007 11:04 KST - Edited by: _joseph_ ... Re-Sideview ... mint, i would be lost without you! 공을 치다 would mean therefore hit the ball with the hand not kick the ball.

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# Posted: 9 Feb 2008 09:46 KST - Edited by: _joseph_
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EXERCISES AND QUIZZES
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1. make the ㄹ form by placing the ㄹ after the noun

a. 교과서 (textbook)
b. 신문 (newspaper)
c. 커피 (coffee)
d. 수영 (swimming)
e. 자우개 ( an eraser)

answers
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a. 교과서를
b. 신문을
c. 커피를
d. 수영을
e. 자우개를
2. Translate into Korean. Use the Haeyochae form (어/아요) not the ㅂ니다 form.

a. I speak Korean.
b. (I) love you.
c. I study Russian.
d. Do you love me?
e. Do you speak Korean.
f. Do you live in Russia?*

answers
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a. 저-는 한국어-를 해요.
b. 당신-을 사랑해요.
c. 러시아어-를 공부해요.
Russian-OBJ to study

d. 저-를 사랑해요?
I-OBJ to love

e. 한국말-을 해요?
Korean-OBJ to do

f. 러시아-에 살아요?
Russia-LOC to live

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