koreanfromdummies: Today we have two major players who both kinda have the same meaning but cannot i
koreanfromdummies: Today we have two major players who both kinda have the same meaning but cannot in anyway be interchanged, of course I’m talking about 이다 and 있다! These two verbs are probably your most important verbs,both meaning to be in some way, and I’m sure you hear them all the time. But when do you use them, how and which one? Why don’t we take a look. In the red corner, you should be familiar with 이다, who first entered the ring in the post about self introduction (if not, go there when you’ve read this). 이다, the name of this fighter copula and it’s your plain old is. 이다 describes the noun it is in the ring with.Conjugated according to the last letter of the block in front of it is a strong verb often seen and heard. Our copula is conjugated in the fashion that meeting a consonant means 이다 becomes 이에요 and a vowel ending means it becomes 예요. 이다 has a strong social connection and you will never find it standing on its own in any form. Fairly simple, so lets just take a quick round in the ring.고양이는 동물이에요. The cat is an animal. 저는 고야이예요*. I am a cat. The other contestant in our “to be” battle is 있다. This fighter has more of a meaning of “existing” or it’s more of an “there is” instead of just “is” as 이다, it even goes as far as to mean “have”. 있다 is in the game to show or confirm that you have the noun or that the noun is there or in existence.This fighter is a light weight champ and conjugates like a regular 어 verb. 있다 is a lone wolf as well as a social fellow, you’ll meet it both on its own and in company. Lets take on for a round, shall we? 있어요!There is (something)/I have (something)!고양이 있어요.There is a cat.저는 고양이 있어요.I have a cat.Now that you have met our contestants, why don’t you get into the ring with them and see, if you can become the new champ of being? *Notice:고양이 is the full word, the 이 in 고양이예요 is not connected to 이다. -- source link