lesson 22 some grammar

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- 그 자리를 어떻게 찾았어요? <AudioButton src="https://www.howtostudykorean.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Lesson-22-1.mp3" /> = <span class="md spoiler">How did you find that seat?</span>
- 그 파일을 어떻게 보낼 거예요? <AudioButton src="https://www.howtostudykorean.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Lesson-22-2.mp3" /> = <span class="md spoiler">How are you going to send that file?</span>
One thing that is different between English and Korean is when you ask “_what_ do you think about…” If you want to say that in Korean, you have to use the equivalent of “how do you think about…”:
One thing that is different between English and Korean is when you ask “what do you think about…” If you want to say that in Korean, you have to use _the equivalent of “how do you think about…”_:
- 그 여자에 대해 어떻게 생각해요? <AudioButton src="https://www.howtostudykorean.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Lesson22-5.mp3" /> = <span class="md spoiler">What do you think about that girl?</span>
That’s pretty much all you need to know with regards to ‘어떻게,’ but there is still more that you should know about the word 어떻다.
## 어때?
### 어때?
The word 어떻다 is rarely used as 어떻다 in sentences. Actually, if you asked Korean people if they thought that ‘어떻다’ and 어떻게’ are the same word, they would probably say that the two are completely different words.
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- 점심 어때? <AudioButton src="https://www.howtostudykorean.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Lesson22-7.mp3" /> = <span class="md spoiler">How about lunch? / What do you think about lunch?</span>
Think of this example. You and I are searching through a bunch of pictures, trying to find the best one for my profile picture on Facebook. I find one that I like, but I want to ask you “what do you think about this picture/how about this picture?” In that case, I can say:
Think of this example. You and I are searching through a bunch of pictures, trying to find the best one for my profile picture on Facebook. I find one that I like, but I want to ask you <span class="md spoiler">“what do you think about this picture/how about this picture?”</span> In that case, I can say:
- 이 사진(이) 어때? <AudioButton src="https://www.howtostudykorean.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Lesson-22-3.mp3" /> = <span class="md spoiler">How about this picture?</span>
In fact, 어때 is probably _the_ most commonly miss-translated word by Korean speakers learning English. If you ask a Korean person what ‘어때’ means, they will all say it means “how about.” Sometimes, this is true, but 어때 can only be used as “how about” in a limited number of cases. In the example I just gave about choosing a good picture, 어때 can be translated to “how about.” But what about in example with the boyfriend?:
In fact, 어때 is probably _the_ most commonly mistranslated word by Korean speakers learning English. If you ask a Korean person what ‘어때’ means, they will all say it means “how about.” Sometimes, this is true, but 어때 can only be used as “how about” in a limited number of cases. In the example I just gave about choosing a good picture, 어때 can be translated to “how about.” But what about in example with the boyfriend?:
- How about your boyfriend?
Sounds weird, and most English-speaking people probably couldn’t even understand the meaning of this sentence.
Try it sometime. If you have a Korean friend (one that can’t speak 100% perfect English), ask him how to say “한국 어때?” in English. I guarantee he will say “How about Korea?” But really, this should be translated to “what do you think about Korea?/How is Korea?”
Try it sometime. If you have a Korean friend (one that can’t speak 100% perfect English), ask him how to say “<TTS>한국 어때?</TTS>” in English. I guarantee he will say “How about Korea?” But really, this should be translated to <span class="md spoiler">“what do you think about Korea?/How is Korea?”</span>
\~요 can be added to 어때 to make it more formal. Also, 어때 can be put into the past-tense to ask about something in the past. But note that even if you are asking about the past, it is not 100% necessary to use 어때 in the past tense:
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- 뭐 – which is a pronoun
- 무엇 – which is a pronoun
- 무슨 – which is a word that can be placed before nouns to describe them
- 무슨 – which is a word that <span class="md spoiler">can be placed before nouns to describe them</span>
Let me explain how each one is used.
@@ -1047,29 +1047,29 @@ These two essentially have the same meaning and function. Let me introduce 뭐 f
뭐 can be used similar to 언제, 어디 and 누구. That is, to represent an unknown thing in a sentence. For example:
- 밥을 먹었어 = I ate rice
- 밥을 먹었어 = <span class="md spoiler">I ate rice</span>
- 뭐 먹었어요? <AudioButton src="https://www.howtostudykorean.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Lesson-25-1.mp3" /> = <span class="md spoiler">What did you eat?</span>
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- 계란을 샀어요 = I bought eggs
- 계란을 샀어요 = <span class="md spoiler">I bought eggs</span>
- 뭐 샀어요? <AudioButton src="https://www.howtostudykorean.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Lesson-22-4.mp3" /> = <span class="md spoiler">What did you buy?</span>
Like 누구 (as you learned in the [previous lesson](./21-why-when-where-who.md)), “뭐” and “what” act as a pronouns in their respective sentences. More examples:
- 파일을 첨부했어요 = I attached the file
- 뭐 첨부했어요? = What did you attach?
- 파일을 첨부했어요 = <span class="md spoiler">I attached the file</span>
- 뭐 첨부했어요? = <span class="md spoiler">What did you attach?</span>
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- 치마를 입었어요 = I put on a skirt
- 치마를 입었어요 = <span class="md spoiler">I put on a skirt</span>
- 뭐 입었어요? <AudioButton src="https://www.howtostudykorean.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Lesson-22-6.mp3" /> = <span class="md spoiler">What did you put on/wear?</span>
Particles are not usually attached to 뭐 when asking a question like this. For example, these would be unnatural:
- 뭐를 먹었어요?
- 뭐를 첨부했어요?
- 뭐를 입었어요?
- ~~뭐를 먹었어요?~~
- ~~뭐를 첨부했어요?~~
- ~~뭐를 입었어요?~~
One of the times it is possible to attach a particle to 뭐 is when asking somebody what they are referring to in a previous sentence where a noun was omitted. For example, if you look at this dialogue:
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Instead of:
- 이것이 무엇이야?
- 이름이 무엇이야?
- 점심이 무엇이야?
- ~~이것이 무엇이야?~~
- ~~이름이 무엇이야?~~
- ~~점심이 무엇이야?~~
### 무슨
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For example:
- 그 영화를 보고 싶어요? = Do you want to see that movie?
- 무서운 영화를 보고 싶어요? = Do you want to see a scary movie?
- 그 영화를 보고 싶어요? = <span class="md spoiler">Do you want to see that movie?</span>
- 무서운 영화를 보고 싶어요? = <span class="md spoiler">Do you want to see a scary movie?</span>
- 무슨 영화를 보고 싶어요? <AudioButton src="https://www.howtostudykorean.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Lesson22-22.mp3" /> = <span class="md spoiler">What movie do you want to see?</span>
The dictionary form of 무슨 _is_ 무슨. Although it looks like an adjective with \~ㄴ/은 attached to it, the word itself is 무슨, and thus, is not actually an adjective. However, it looks and feels like an adjective because of how it is used in sentences.