Unit 3: Classroom & Roomexistencesubject-marker

명사 + 이/가 있어요/없어요 Korean Grammar

명사+이/가 있어요/없어요

Explanation

Subject + exists/doesn't exist. Use 이 after consonants, 가 after vowels.

Examples

책이 있어요

chaek-i i-sseo-yo

There is a book

시간이 없어요

si-gan-i eop-seo-yo

I don't have time

Related Vocabulary (Unit 3)

책

chaek

book

가방

ga-bang

bag

연필

yeon-pil

pencil

지우개

ji-u-gae

eraser

공책

gong-chaek

notebook

컴퓨터

keom-pyu-teo

computer

휴대폰

hyu-dae-pon

cell phone

책상

chaek-sang

desk

의자

ui-ja

chair

침대

chim-dae

bed

어디

eo-di

where

이것

i-geot

this

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