After learning about the different endings for words in Korean language, I realized the importance of endings in Korean grammar. The endings decide the tense and the form of the word that is being used in the sentence. As a result I decided to learn the different types of endings in greater detail. While searching for online resources I came across the website http://www.learnkoreanlp.com which provides detailed explanation of all the parts of elementary level grammar. One of the types of endings is called particle. There are different types of particles. Instead of learning partially about several types of particles, I decided that it would be more beneficial to learn in greater detail about the usage of only two types of particles.
Moreover, since we do not have an official class for Korean, it will help my understanding if I tried to explain what I learned to my friends or maybe in my reflections. Therefore I will be providing a small explanation of the first two types of endings: topic particle and identifier particle.
Topic particles are used as endings for the subject of the sentence. There are two topic particles: leul and eul. For nouns ending with a vowel, neun is used and for nouns ending with a constant, eun is used.
Identifier particle is also used as the endings of subjects but it is only used when we put more emphasis on the subject of the sentence rather than the object, especially to the answer of the question "who". In such cases g/ka is used for nouns that end with vowels and ee is used for nouns that end with consonants. \
I have noticed that explaining the rules of grammar to others help me understand the rules better myself and also retain them better. Thus from now on I will explain to others whatever I learn.
I also found some exercises online to practice topic and identifier particles.
Comments
This is an excellent way to learn grammar. I'm confused, however, since you use leul and eul in one sentence and neun and eun in another. What is the difference?