Billy Go’s Beginner Korean Course | #14: Intro to Verbs

In this lesson you’ll learn about what a verb is - specifically action verbs - and how to use them. You’ll also learn a bit more about Korean sentence structure, and start making your first sentences.
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[@EscapismJunkie]

hi! i know this video is 3 years old and i dont know if you still look at these comments, but i want to say thank you so much for these videos and all your content! One of my resolutions this year was to start learning a language and I chose Korean. Your videos are some of the most helpful and integral parts of my learning and your enthusiasm is both motivating and encouraging. I am sure you hear it a lot, but THANK YOU BILLY! also, for the practice portion, I tried guessing how my name would be spelled in Korean and i got SO CLOSE and was so proud of myself hahah. i should have known it was a double consonant for Kylie.

[@GoBillyKorean]

Hey guys, I fixed a typo with the Object Marker at the end of the video and re-uploaded. It's all good now~

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[@derpderp9281]

i was so happy when you said korean verbs don't conjugate for different people, that's so good because I have no patience in learning all the different verbs for each person :/ even for my native language, I never liked memorizing all the different conjugations, so I'm glad this won't slow me down :))

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I was happy as well haha, I’m learning Spanish in school and every person has a new conjugation lmao

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@@jamunarai5080 They are Korean Made Simple: A beginner's guide to learning the Korean language and Korean Reading Made Simple :)

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[@ronaldmcdonaldduck]

I just want to say thank you for an amazing course. I always wanted to try learning korean and set it as my new years challenge since we visit korea this year. This lesson was quite funny. I learned japanese in college and kept thinking how for "I eat pizza" there would be the object marker を at pizza, and korean grammar is so similar that it would fit as well. And it does go there! Studying korean over japanese now is so amazing because you can just read everything, no need to learn kanji. Thank you for the course!

[@tummetje1240]

I was in chapter four off your book and I was just not understanding the part about verbs and stems. This video really helped me. Thank you so much!

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[@michaengisreal4413]

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[@iBelieveInRainbow]

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[@charles6133]

Hi Billy, I am very happy that I came across your channel a few weeks back. I am enjoying the process of learning Hangul from you. What you are teaching is a lot clearer and easier to digest than the apps I subscribed to on the app store. Thanks for the valuable lessons you are providing to your audience! God bless you.

[@crocusmilli6099]

The sentence order of Korean is very similar to my native language, so I find it easy to understand ✌

[@marinette_ninja]

Hi, Billy! You are so amazing! Thank you for your work, this is invaluable present that you gave!!! I like studying Korean with you, you are so positive and a perfect teacher! Thank you for your work again, you are amazing! I hope you are feeling yourself good today! Have a nice friday and good weekends

[@sarahmaronick7923]

Thank you! A lot of the Korean language learning resources I have found try to explain too many concepts at once so I find it hard to absorb any information. You are a great teacher and I can't believe you cover so many topics!!! And yes this is so similar to Turkish so yeah if you already speak an Altaic language you should give Korean a try!!

[@sheenaaguirre4899]

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[@dhali3122]

thank you so much Billy! This videos are very useful for me because hangeul is the only thing I know at the moment, so i'm learning the basics

[@wintur2856]

I always had trouble with grammer and vocabulary. but you make things so simple. 🥺🥺 formulating words seem alot easier now.

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[@bekturasanbekov1979]

thank you for lesson Billy !

[@valeriaquintero1902]

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[@crazypurplepanda9244]

Lesson #14: Intro to Verbs✅ I have been sick for the last couple of days 😷🤧 even tho I still don't feel the best, I finished this🙂

[@nori_tutor]

Wow, this is getting funnier at each class!

[@Allyseria]

Thank you so much for the video!

[@kal.xi3]

practice questions...i was like ooh i will nail this! 5/5! object marker 를: 🤭🫵🤡😆

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[@score_yt.official]

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I note down everything too haha. Literally everything that appears on the blue background

[@yeontanzeomma]

I also note down everything and revise later.

[@folusoolateju1808]

It continue to make sense now. So that's how I am (name) was formed. Nice one!

[@heyitsmee4980]

thank you billy

[@rameshbairathi]

Thanks for this Billy. I am trying a lot to learn hanguel. And you are helping me in this. Thanks. And when will you be uploading your next video of this series. Desperately waiting for it.🌷

[@GoBillyKorean]

I'll post 2 new videos in this series every week until it's complete.

[@leebonana]

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[@robbo2768]

감사합니다 선생님

[@mudrikagupta7408]

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Heroes never change shirts

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His branding

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I’m pretty sure he has multiple of the same shirts lol

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[@livelove1844]

#14 done ✅

[@barbiegirlmary]

Anyway I'm going to try making some sentences

[@jakehewitt2697]

Oh it’s gettin tricky now 😅😮‍💨

[@_hannahmichi]

I learned more on your free lessons compared to the language training center I enrolled at.

[@thisismetoday]

3:08 What is “standard conjugation” though? I am guessing present tense?

[@jac9999]

Hi Billy...been going through your course and thoroughly enjoying it. Can I please ask how do I use or when do I use..좋아압니다 and this 좋아해요

[@GoBillyKorean]

There will be a future episode in this series about the ~니다 ending, as well as how and when to use it. Here's a short summary from a different series: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGSTZXVuq9qmoas

[@carelessbear800]

From what I can say the object particle (or object marker) 를(을). Can be easy to think of as is, are’. Like connecting sentences! Hopefully this is explained clearly (probably not) ! Hopefully this is correct

[@derpderp9281]

humm, i dont know, "is" and "are" come from the verb to be, so they are not quite indicating the object, it's just the action being done i don't know if there is something like this in English, I am just learning korean too so I dont understand much of it either

[@kavitagoyal6321]

Hindi and Korean sentence structure is similar😍

[@ReelBasileno]

14th Video of my Korean Language Class.

[@sockies4290]

oh geez this is going to be really difficult to get the hang of LOL

[@GoBillyKorean]

Just make sure to take your time. It's not a race, and the most important thing is to practice actually using what you're learning (more important than finishing all of this series).

[@unknown_user0928]

Nice. Crash Lesson in korean, english AND german. Bro call me Einstein xD

[@sunnyd5565]

Hey Billy! Great video! I have a question: so when conjugating or using 이에요/여요, is it only used for introducing yourself or it can be used to conjugate descriptive verbs (not in an adjective form with 은/ㄴ) for example: 나는 행복이에요 to say “I am happy”. Also, is 아요/어요/해요 only used for action verbs? Like would it be incorrect to say 나는 행복아요?

[@GoBillyKorean]

No, 이다 only means "to be" (or "equals") as I explained, but I'll cover how to use descriptive verbs in a later lesson :)

[@danasalipsip8742]

hi Billy! Thanks so much for this. I am learning so much! I have a question. I hope you can answer :) Is there a difference between 보아요 and 봐요? Thanks!

[@GoBillyKorean]

보아 just shortens to 봐. I explain how this works in the episode in this series teaching "conjugation."

[@AmeerahGanda-yw7mk]

"Joneun billy bwayo" does not sound right for me but I'll trust

[@bekturasanbekov1979]

I won't give up

[@vsureshm]

Hey Billy! Annyeonghaseyo! So can I use this course as my main curriculum? I just wanted to know because in your previous videos you mentioned that keeping KZbin videos for reference and online courses as a main is more preferable. So plesse tell me can I follow this course as my main curriculum, I'm still a complete beginner!

[@GoBillyKorean]

Yes, you can use this to *start*, but once it finishes (it will go to episode 100) then you'd have to find something else. I'm making this as a free course that anyone can use to start learning, and it all goes in order, so it should be fine to use as a main (although limited) curriculum.

[@rcbiomes7934]

Hey Billy! thank you so much for these lessons. Im using this along side a Korean book I got got. But my question is why do we use 저 는 instead of just 저 because I thought 저 was "I or that"?

[@GoBillyKorean]

This video is part of a series, and if you watch the series in order I have another video which explains that :-) There's also a later episode about what that "는" part means and how it's used.

[@rcbiomes7934]

@@GoBillyKorean oh ok thank you

[@neilkendall5499]

What forms of these verbs are you teaching here? In the Michel Thomas Korean course, they teach verbs with the 'yo' ending (for the formal form). What are the forms here?

[@GoBillyKorean]

This course also teaches the 요 ("yo") form. I recommend watching the first episode which explains everything that this course will teach you :-)

[@kelliethequeen]

I’m in a beginner Korean class now and I have to say your videos are just as helpful if not more so I can’t thank you enough!! I do have a question though. I watched your sound changes video and I’m confused on something you said in this video. You said “저는 수영하고 있어요 and pronounced ㅅㅅ in batchim as an ‘S’ but I though if it was in batchim, it sounds like a ㄷ. Similar to ㅅ in batchim. Did I misunderstand?

[@GoBillyKorean]

That's due to the consonant ㅇ, so the sound just flows through it :)

[@kelliethequeen]

@@GoBillyKorean Ahhh okay. Thank you! I may need to rewatch that sound change video. There were a lot! :)

[@viridian9940]

Hey Billy :) When writing hangul, how do you know whether a syllable ends in the vowel, or in the next consonant? For example, if you're not familiar with the word 좋아해, how do you know thats how to write it, instead of 조하해?

[@GoBillyKorean]

You'll need to learn spelling for each word, just as you would for English.

[@viridian9940]

@@GoBillyKorean Oh dear.

[@GeorgiaMyname]

Billy can u explain something ? Is there any rule for the letter “ㅎ” when it is at the end of the syllable? I didn’t hear the sound of it when u pronounced the verb “좋아하다 “ to like.The sound of each word helps me to learn to write it correctly.Thank u ..hugs from Greece 😊

[@GoBillyKorean]

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[@GeorgiaMyname]

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[@gurufabbes1]

I looked it up out of curiosity and 수영 in hanja is 水泳 and the conjugation here seems like nothing more than conjugating the verb "to do" in several different ways, as with suru verbs in Japanese.

[@GoBillyKorean]

Yes, that is explained in this series :-) Both Japanese and Korean borrowed a ton of words from Chinese, so there are a lot of similarities in that regard.

[@gurufabbes1]

​@@GoBillyKorean Your series is excellent and I want to thank you for going to the trouble of making it. I originally discovered your channel a while ago thanks to your Korean dialects video, including the one on North Korean. You should be really proud.

[@markchiodras9291]

Hey Billy! I’ve got a question. Is the 초는 before verbs kinda like the “Yo” in spanish? Meaning, is it technically correct in a sentence but maybe a little redundant in actual speech? For example “Yo sabo” vs just “sabo”. Essentially, should I always include it in my sentences or not/does it depend/should I just keep watching the lessons and shut up?

[@GoBillyKorean]

Kind of. It's unrelated to Spanish or any other languages, but it's not used in every sentence. You'll learn about how that works later in this course, but it's not used every time :)

[@markchiodras9291]

@@GoBillyKorean Goat. thanks billy

[@corgisrule21]

I think I'm confused...so 피자 and빌리 and 김치 are also verbs (since the object marker is attached to those words and not the conjugated verbs)? thank you in advance for answering my (probably silly) question haha

[@BiaNoctua]

(This is late, but in case it's still helpful) 피자, etc. are nouns just like they are in English, but they are the object of the verb. So "I like pizza"--pizza is what's being liked. If you said "pizza likes me", "me" would be the object and the thing that is being liked, so it would get the object marker.

[@thisismetoday]

So the name in ‘I am (name)’ does not have an object marker?

[@GoBillyKorean]

No, as there is no action.

[@thisismetoday]

@@GoBillyKorean Thanks! ❤️

[@onegoodauthor]

I have a question... you said in the sound change rules that the if any syllable ends with ㅅ ㅆ ㅎ ㅈ ㅊ ㅌ they will become ㄷ... when you said swimming in continuous tense, that rule didnt apply. Why is that and how am I supposed to identify whether or not should that happen?

[@GoBillyKorean]

I'm sorry but I don't understand your question. Could you rephrase it?

[@sarahweaver2108]

Hi, i'm not sure if Billy replied but I think why the sound change rule didn't apply because the following consonant was 'O' therefore it allowed the syllable to continue naturally? (Billy, correct me if I'm wrong but this seemed the most logical answer) ((apologies if this is wrong, I'm just guessing haha))

[@youdontknowannyeonghaseyo4104]

Question! From the 하다 verbs, for example 좋아하다, 공부하다 etc, what will be the verb stem?

[@GoBillyKorean]

It's the same as for any verb stem :) 하다 would be 하, etc.

[@youdontknowannyeonghaseyo4104]

@@GoBillyKorean Oh thank you.😊

[@srey2626]

So we have to memorize the tenses right, what we have learned from your class ?

[@GoBillyKorean]

Yes, everything in this series is worth memorizing and is considered to be beginning level :)

[@srey2626]

@@GoBillyKorean ok thank you

[@arshiamazumder9724]

hello! i had a question. how come in the sentences all of them got object markers except 저는 빌리예요?

[@GoBillyKorean]

I recommend watching this series in order, as everything is explained in order. You don't need the object marker there (because the verb is 이다), and it is taught in another episode :)

[@siriblue]

Hi Billy I love your teaching but one thing is disturbing me is the images for me to write them

[@Trollfacevidz]

1:39 what's the letter used after ㅈ and before ㅗ in chuwa hada (to like)

[@GoBillyKorean]

좋 (ㅈ ㅗ ㅎ) 아 (ㅇㅏ) 하 (ㅎㅏ) 다 (ㄷㅏ)

[@lisaringdahl]

I cannot pronounce ㄹ for the life of me and 를 is even more of a challenge for me 😭 idk why i can’t say it right!!!

[@GoBillyKorean]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aF6XhJt4aJh4q5Y

[@fantagerobloxandmore]

5:46

[@imsunflower4471]

Hi billy :) hope you're doing well♥️ It's hard to write my name in Korean😭😅 How can I write "shokoofeh" in Korean? /:

[@beepbeepimasheep237beepbee3]

you write it as 소쿠페 i think

[@taba2286]

At 3:15 I didn't understand the verb forms.... are those going from present to past or something,I am a lil confused there

[@GoBillyKorean]

No, the past tense hasn't been taught yet. This is simply an introduction to how verbs work. All of the videos in this series move in order from 1-100 :)

[@taba2286]

@@GoBillyKorean ok, thank you very much.I was really confused there

[@DanCollier1]

Hi Billy, wouldn't it be 은 after 빌리 and not 를 as he's a person and not an object. Can people be objects too?

[@GoBillyKorean]

An "object" is just a grammatical term for a noun that's being affected by some verb. A noun can be a person, place, or thing.

[@DanCollier1]

@@GoBillyKorean ah 고마워 빌리 😊. I'm going through book 1 atm!

[@gghelis]

Sorry, I don't undersand. What does "standard conjugation" mean? What are these forms at 3:16? First person present tense or what?

[@GoBillyKorean]

I recommend starting from the first lesson in this course, since everything goes in order :)

[@gghelis]

@@GoBillyKorean Yeah, that's what I did, I still don't understand. 가다 is "to go", you say it becomes 가요, when does it become that, what does 가요 mean?

[@GoBillyKorean]

@@gghelis "Standard" is just whatever the ~요 form would conjugate as. So 하다 becomes 해요, 가다 becomes 가요, and so on. It was previously explained that this is present tense.

[@fantagerobloxandmore]

3:34

[@barbiegirlmary]

Did he reupload this

[@victoriavnh6527]

yeah, i just watched it last night!

[@GoBillyKorean]

Yes, I fixed a typo that I feel was pretty important.

[@shrutiyadav3740]

can u plz describe how to write "chu O he yo" ( to like) in hangul. I don't understand its spelling. nd one thing. I honestly decided to quit Korean after sound change rules despite being a dedicated Korean learner. then I opened this series to learn general hangul. But I genuinely decided to never have the thought of quitting Korean bcos of Ur sheer dedication towards teaching it. thanks a ton. really I admire ur efforts and give all the credit of my Korean language purely to u. KHUMAVOYO BILLIYEYO :)

[@GoBillyKorean]

I recommend watching this series in order, because I teach that word in an earlier episode :)

[@shrutiyadav3740]

@@GoBillyKorean I watched all videos is series only. well, I guess I missed it somehow. anyway, I will see to it.

[@GoBillyKorean]

@@shrutiyadav3740 Ok! I also recommend re-watching the lessons about the alphabet so that you can write in Korean here when you have questions. I think it will be very difficult to continue the series past the first few episodes if you use romanization.

[@shrutiyadav3740]

@@GoBillyKorean ohh i guess my question conveyed the wrong meaning. whatr I meant actually was that ii don't understand the formation of "to like" in hangul . otherwise ik the hangul very well. :)

[@Doinkusboinkus]

I know this is an older video, so no hard feelings if this doesn't get answered. When you are explaining the basic conjugations of the 5 verb examples, why does "to eat" suddenly start with a "b" sound - the character remains the same but the pronunciation drastically changes.

[@GoBillyKorean]

It's not old yet, since the series is still being updated. It'll complete the end of this month. The answer to your question is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/naewlnZjeKyCaNE It's just due to the mouth position tricking your ears.

[@Doinkusboinkus]

@@GoBillyKorean You are amazing. Thank you for everything you do!

[@urpreety]

If I want to say "I want to watch a movie" then should I be saying 영화 보고싶어

[@fabiolamachuca]

I don't like writing my name in 한글 because it always sounds weird to me lol

[@crazypurplepanda9244]

Billy would these practice sentences be correct? 저는 바다 가요 저는 바나나를 먹어요 저는 모자를 좋아해요 저는 사진을 바요

[@GoBillyKorean]

You'd want a particle for the first sentence, and 바요 should be 봐요 :-)

[@crazypurplepanda9244]

@Learn Korean with GO! Billy Korean 아...감사합니다🙏 Really thank you for your wonderful lessons, I'm so grateful for them 😭 Fixed* 저는 바다를 가요 저는 바나나를 먹어요 저는 모자를 좋아해요 저는 사진을 봐요 (it was spelling mistake above)

[@heike4421]

@@crazypurplepanda9244 The particle for the first one is probably not correct as you are not doing sth. with 바다 but going there... We just have to follow Billy along and we'll find out, I guess :)

[@sakura9422]

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[@millenniumgeek7374]

저는 비디오를 봐요!

[@user-cq5zk6qs1x]

"Object Marker" is called "조사" in Korean

[@GoBillyKorean]

조사 is just a word for any general particle - not specifically any one.

[@auroramistral]

🐋

[@Purple_sparkles]

구독자는 10억 명 이상입니다 👆👆

[@richardlaed1582]

my advice is to learn more korean vocabularies first before continuing this video.

[@gloriamartinez5540]

What type of vocabulary would you recommend learning? And is there a certain website you can find vocab lists to learn? I have trouble finding useful lists. Thank you!

[@richardlaed1582]

@@gloriamartinez5540 just search in youtube all the basic vocabularies

[@Sheeka-]

this fried my brain a lil cant lie