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By: Ahuva

Ahuva — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:17:38 +0000

Thank you Rob,
I think I get it now, about the 좀…
in this sentences:
점심 좀 사주세요.
(좀) 맵게 해주세요.
the meaning is: Buy me ‘Some’ lunch, please.
Make it ‘a little’ spicy, please ?
also: does the 좀 changes its position in the sentence according to the meaning? I mean , if I use it as a softener to 주세요 then I have to attach it in the beginning
( 좀 주세요)?
Thank you

By: RobJ

RobJ — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:33:15 +0000

And about the 좀…

좀 can actually have two meanings. One is the softener I mentioned in a previous class, and the other is just a shortened version of 조금, meaning “a little” or “some”.

Good questions, Ahuva. Hope I’ve answered them okay!

By: RobJ

RobJ — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:31:19 +0000

Hi Ahuva,

In the verb, 춤(을) 추다, the actual verb part is 추다, and the noun 춤 is “a dance”. So similar to ha-da verbs, it is able to be split, and is so when we use the adverb form 많이, meaning “a lot of”.

If you wanted to use the adjective form of “a lot of”, we could use “많은”, and in this case it would come before the noun, and we could say “많은 춤(을) 추다”, but I really don’t think that form would be used quite as often.

Does that help?

By: Ahuva

Ahuva — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:05:56 +0000

Hi Rob,
About the verb:춤(을)추다 ,
why in the sentence: 나이트에 가서 춤(을) 많이 췄어(요)
it splits, and “많이” comes in the middle? would you please explain a little bit more about it?
and also:
Is the “좀” at: 점심 좀 사주세요.
(좀) 맵게 해주세요.
is the “좀” which you’ve mentioned in a previous class,
that comes to soften the command/demand 주세요?
Thank you
Ahuva