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Korean Grammar Beginner -Particles- (3): N을/를

I. Examples

을/를 is a object marker attached to a noun, making the noun function as the object of the sentence in Korean. When a noun ends in a vowel, 를 is used, and when it ends in a consonant, 을 is used. In colloquial speech, however, 을/를 is sometimes omitted.

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II. Grammar Point

1. Ending in Vowel + 를 / Ending in Consonant + 을

2. N을/를 하다 –> N하다

In most Korean verbs of the form ‘N하다’, N is the object. For example, 공부하다 originally comes from 공부를 하다, 수영하다’ from ‘수영을 하다’, and ‘운동하다’ from ‘운동을 하다’. That is, the form becomes shortened to a sing one-word form. Note that 좋아하다(like) & ‘싫어하다(dislike)’ are the one-word verb, and 좋아- and 싫어- are not nouns.

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