100 Unit 13: Case particles 2
In summary, there are three ways to express a possessor–possession
relationship in Korean:
1 noun 㦮 noun, as in ◆┞㠮㦮G㰖ṧ “Daniel’s wallet.”
2 noun noun, as in ◆┞㠮G㰖ṧ “Daniel wallet.”
3 noun ộ (or Ệ), as in ◆┞㠮GỆ “Daniel thing.”
The particle 㠦
The case particle 㠦 is a one-form particle that expresses four things: (1)
the static location, (2) the goal of the action (e.g., destination), (3) times,
and (4) quantity.
First, the particle 㠦G marks the static location, corresponding to “in,”
“at” or “on” in English. The static location refers to the place where some-
thing is (being), at or in. For instance, consider the following sentence:
㑮㧪㧊G㰧㠦G㧞㠊㣪 “Susan is at home”
The home 㰧 is a static location, where Susan is. Here are more examples.
䅊䜾䎆ṖG☚㍲ὖ㠦㧞㠊㣪 “The computer is at the library”
㫊㧊GὋ䟃㠦G㧞㠊㣪 “John is at the airport”
㺛㦚G㺛㌗㠦G⏩㞚㣪 “(I) place a book on the desk”
䕆䃎㧊G⪲Ⱎ㠦G㧞㠊㣪 “The Vatican is in Rome”
㞚Ⱎ㫊ṫ㧊Gぢ⧒㰞㠦G㧞㠊㣪 “The Amazon River is in Brazil”
Notice that all the location nouns above (e.g., ☚㍲ὖ, Ὃ䟃, 㺛㌗) are
marked by the particle 㠦, since they are all static locations.
Second, the particle 㠦Gexpresses the goal of the action (e.g., inanimate
objects or destinations), corresponding to “to” or “at’ in English. Consider
the following sentences:
㦖䟟㠦G☞㦚G㼦㭒㎎㣪 “Please send the money to the bank”
ἓ㺆㍲㠦G㡆⧓䟞㠊㣪 “(I) contacted the police station”
⋮⧒㠦G㎎⁞㦚G⌞㠊㣪 “(I) paid taxes to the government”
䞯ᾦ㠦G㩚䢪䟊㣪 “(I) make a phone call to school”
⌊㧒G㔲䃊ἶ㠦GṖ㣪 “(I) go to Chicago tomorrow”
䞲ῃ㠦G㢖㣪 “(They) come to Korea”
゚䟟₆ṖG㡺⓮ qmr Ὃ䟃㠦G☚㹿䟊㣪 “The plane arrives at JFK airport
today”
Notice that the goals of the actions marked by the particle 㠦 are all
inanimate objects (e.g., 㦖䟟, ἓ㺆㍲, ⋮⧒, 䞯ᾦ). In addition, when the
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