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Omkara
Joined: 18 Feb 2006
Location: USA
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 Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:52 pm Post subject: Language Question: "Kay" vs. "Myong" etc |
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| There are so many ways to count things. Have you figured out a pattern for why they categorize things as they do? Ex.: "Han Mari" vs. "Han songi"? |
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Atavistic
Joined: 22 May 2006
Location: How totally stupid that Korean doesn't show in this area.
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| Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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| You mean the counters? jang=paper, mari=animals, myeong=people? Are you asking WHY they use counters? Or are you asking WHAT the counters are? |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Don't we do the exaclt same thing in English? |
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PeteJB
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:09 am Post subject: |
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개 = Fruits, supermarket things..
명 = People. Exclusively
마리 = Living things, such as animals. Or cooked ones.
병 = Things in bottles (like soju)
장 = Paper, or money (열장 = Ten notes)
송이 = Flowers, Plants?
번 = Can be used with time and things. IE I went there two times (두 번)
분 = Alternative to 명. More polite I guess. 몇 분있어요? |
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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normalcyispasse
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Location: Yeosu until the end of February WOOOOOOOO
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| Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:52 am Post subject: |
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| PeteJB wrote: |
분 = Alternative to 명. More polite I guess. 몇 분있어요? |
Also "minutes" -- good for counting/telling time. "몇 분?" -- "How many minutes?"
To the OP: We have TONS of counters in English, but you don't notice them until you try to learn another language. For example:
"Hand me those three bottles of beer, please."
"They're next to the two sheets of paper, near the four slices of bread and the five cans of Coke."
"I'd like a carton of milk, please, and a tub of yogurt." |
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Omkara
Joined: 18 Feb 2006
Location: USA
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| Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:04 am Post subject: |
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| Cool. Thanks all. I've been working with a teacher and I'm beginning to form some concepts. |
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