About This Lesson
Use Basic Prices, Weather, and Discoveries to practice Korean conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.
Dialogue
A
이거 얼마예요?
EE-guh uhl-MA-yeh-yo How much is this?
B
어디에 살아요?
UH-dee-eh sah-LAH-yo Where do you live?
A
날씨가 좋아요.
NAHL-sshee-gah joh-AH-yo The weather is nice.
B
지금 비가 와요.
jee-GUHM bee-gah WAH-yo It is raining now.
A
휴대폰을 잊어버렸어요.
hyoo-deh-poh-nuhl ee-juh-buh-RYUH-suh-yo I forgot my phone.
B
찾았어요.
chah-jah-SSUH-yo I found it.Word by Word
이거
이거 means “this” and points to the item whose price is being asked about. It is the spoken form used when identifying a nearby or understood thing. In the dialogue, it appears in the price question 이거 얼마예요?.
얼마예요
얼마예요 means “how much is it?” here and asks for the price of something. It is used after the item being priced, as in 이거 얼마예요? Use this polite question when asking the price in a shop or similar situation.
어디에
어디에 means “where” in a question about a location. The 에 marks the place connected with living, so 어디에 살아요? asks where someone lives. A reusable pattern is a place or location followed by 에 and 살아요.
살아요
살아요 means “live” here and is the polite spoken form used in the question 어디에 살아요?. It describes where a person has their home. Use a location before 살아요 when saying or asking where someone lives.
날씨가
날씨가 means “the weather” with 가 marking 날씨 as the subject. In 날씨가 좋아요., the weather is what is being described as nice. Use 날씨가 before an expression that describes the weather.
좋아요
좋아요 means “is nice” or “is good” here, describing the weather in 날씨가 좋아요. It is the polite spoken form used to give a positive evaluation. With 날씨가, it is useful for saying that the weather is pleasant.
지금
지금 means “now” and specifies when the rain is happening. In 지금 비가 와요., it comes before the weather statement to set the time. Use it when describing something happening at the present moment.
비가
비가 means “rain” with 가 marking rain as the subject. Together with 와요 in 비가 와요., it describes rain falling. Use 비가 as the subject in this common expression for rainy weather.
와요
와요 means “comes” in general, but in 비가 와요. it means that rain is falling. It is the polite spoken form of 오다 used in this weather expression. Use it after 비가 to say that it is raining.
휴대폰을
휴대폰을 means “the phone” with 을 marking the phone as the object of the forgetting action. In 휴대폰을 잊어버렸어요., the speaker says that they forgot their phone. Use the object before a verb when saying what was forgotten.
잊어버렸어요
잊어버렸어요 means “forgot” here and tells someone that the speaker forgot the phone. With 휴대폰을, it describes the phone as the thing forgotten. This is useful when telling someone after realizing that an item has been left behind or forgotten.
찾았어요
찾았어요 means “found it” here, referring to the phone mentioned in the previous line. The object is omitted because the context makes it clear. When the object is known, 찾았어요 can be used alone as a reply; otherwise, place the object before it with the appropriate object marker.
Grammar Points
어디 + 살아요?
어디 살아요?
UH-dee sah-LAH-yoWhere do you live?
In Korean, 어디 comes before the verb to ask where someone lives. The subject can be omitted when it is clear.
비가 와요
지금 비가 와요.
jee-GUHM bee-gah WAH-yoIt is raining now.
비가 means “rain” with the subject marker 가. Korean uses 오다, “come,” to express that rain is falling.
Korean Vocabulary
날씨
noun
NAHL-sshee
weather
비
noun
bee
rain
비가 와요
phrase
bee-gah WAH-yo
it is raining
살아요
verb
sah-LAH-yo
live
어디
adv
UH-dee
where
얼마예요
phrase
uhl-MA-yeh-yo
how much is it
이거
pron
EE-guh
this
잊어버렸어요
verb
ee-juh-buh-RYUH-suh-yo
forgot
좋아요
adj
joh-AH-yo
is nice
지금
adv
jee-GUHM
now
찾았어요
verb
chah-jah-SSUH-yo
found
휴대폰
noun
hyoo-deh-pohn
phone
Quiz
Word Order
Arrange the words in the correct order.
How much is this?
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이거 얼마예요?Where do you live?
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어디에 살아요?The weather is nice.
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날씨가 좋아요.Spelling
Tap the letters to spell the word.
how much is it
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얼마예요found
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찾았어요forgot
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잊어버렸어요now