Lesson 6 - Korean Verb Ending ㅂ/습니다 and ㅂ/습니까 KSP

This is a formal form. It is not polite if talking about other people, if you want to do that a honorific must be used. This is an icebreaker when talking about yourself or giving general descriptions.

Statements or Exclamations
Base + ㅂ니다 (if base ends in a vowel)
Base + 습니다 (if base ends in a consonant)

Questions
Base + ㅂ니까? (if base ends in a vowel)
Base + 습니까? (if base ends in a consonant)

Irregulars: Verb bases ending in ㄹ drop it and add ㅂ니다 or ㅂ니까? .

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Tags:

• s2l6
• l6
• ksp
• korean
• 한국어
• 한국말
• language
• learning
• verbs
• ㅂ니다
• ㅂ니까
• 습니다
• 습니까
• formal
• honorific
• polite

[vrsvesach]

can i ask, what is the difference if you use I (as in I am...) as na-neun or nae-ga? like in your example of 'I am adam' and 'I am buying the book' ? THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH. YOU ARE ACTUALLY DAMMMMMN HELPFUL! this whole series is kickassz! :D

[KoreanSimplyPut]

Okay, this is a loose rule. In general, you use 나는 this implies that you've been talking mentioned yourself before somewhere you were talking. 내가 is when you JUST brought yourself up in the conversation. From then on, you want to use 나는. Even with that rule, 나는 is often preferred overall.

Hope that helps!

Thanks :) I'm glad you like the videos!

[ultimateoranges]

ah, thanks for teaching me this :D you make it really easy!

[KoreanSimplyPut]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

[TexasSizzle]

@janafern Exactly the volume is SUPER LOW and in MONO!!!! Please rectify!

[janafern]

cant hear anything!!!!!please help

[Marion118]

I love these lessons! I am refreshing after 10 years later from learning in college! YOu are way better than my college class!

[modipete90]

@KoreanSimplyPut So basically, you're saying that both of them mean I am?

[vrsvesach]

Alright, got it :) Thank you so much