Prepositions are an essential part of the Korean language. Having a good understanding of them will help you to improve your comprehension, and to construct more complex sentences.<\/p>\n
In this guide, I’ll explain how prepositions work in Korean, and give you some examples of some of the most common ones.<\/p>\n
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Korean prepositions are called \uc870\uc0ac.<\/strong> They\u2019re quite different from English ones.<\/p>\n Firstly, the word \u201cpreposition<\/em>\u201d isn\u2019t completely accurate. In English, prepositions are words that describe the relationship between words in a sentence<\/strong>. They usually come before nouns or noun phrases<\/a>, and they can specify direction, location and time. They may also introduce a new item within the sentence that will have an association with something else in the sentence. They’re words such as \u201cafter,\u201d \u201cat,\u201d \u201cin,\u201d \u201cto,\u201d \u201cfrom\u201d and so on.<\/p>\n Korean prepositional terms actually come after the noun and before the verb<\/em>, so they\u2019re more like<\/strong> post<\/em>positions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Secondly, using Korean prepositions has an extra step: the inclusion of particles<\/strong>. Particles are a critical aspect of Korean grammar\u2013indeed, you may even say the entire scaffolding of a Korean sentence consists of particles. They\u2019re added after the prepositional term so that the relationship is clearly defined.<\/p>\n 6 Most Common Types of Korean Particles<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n