Korean grammar - What? 뭐 |
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In Korean you can ask the question 'what?' using the pronoun 뭐. -- The formal form 무엇 is used in formal language - this will be covered in a latter topic. The topic/subject/object markers can be added to 뭐 as required. -- When attaching the object marker it is common (and more natural sounding) to contract as follows: 뭐 + 를 ⇒ 뭘 Note that in simple phrases (with just a subject and verb for example) markers are often not necessary for clarity of meaning and are excluded. 뭐 as a subject (with the subject marker가) can also be used to mean 'which one'. |
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뭘 마셔요?
What do (you) drink? |
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뭘 먹었어요?
What did you eat? |
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뭐 해요?
What are (you) doing?
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뭐가 문제에요?
What is the problem? |
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이 책이 뭐예요?
What is this book?
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철수가 뭐를 던졌어요?
What did Cheolsu throw?
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학교에서 무엇을 읽었어요?
What did (you) read at school? |
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친구가 뭘 줬어요?
What did (your) friend give (you)? |
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뭐가 좋아요?
Which one is good?
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뭐가 장난감이에요?
Which one is a toy?
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거기 뭐가 있어요?
What is there? |
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그 가방에 뭐가 있어요?
What is there in that bag? |
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