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Unit 2: -아요/어요/여요, -을/를, -에 가다

Vocabulary:
가다 - to go
먹다 - to eat
마시다 - to drink
싫어하다 - to not like/dislike
잘생기다 - to be good looking/handsome (used towards men)
예쁘다 - pretty, beautiful (used towards women)
책 - book
읽다 - to read
밥 - meal/rice
한국어 - Korean (language)
말하다 - to speak/talk
집 = house, home
밖 = outside
대학교 - university

-__ -아요/어요/여요:
-> verb/adjective ending
-> declarative sentences formed in informal politeness. Is mainly used towards people of respect (older person, higher person). Sentence order in declarative and interrogative sentences is identical.

Example:
가다 -> 가요
먹다 -> 먹어요
마시다 -> 마셔요
싫어하다 -> 싫어해요
잘생기다 -> 잘생겨요
예쁘다 -> 예뻐요

-__ - 을/를:
-> the (direct) object is marked by the particles 을/를. Transitive verbs (eat, read, learn, etc.) require these particles. The noun marked with the particle 을/를 is comparable to the German accusative (Wen oder was?)

Addition: Verbs consisting of "noun + 하다" can be split. Since the verb 하다 needs an object, the noun has to be provided with 을/를.

Addition: In Korean sentences, adjectives & verbs always come at the end.
Order: "subject-object-verb/adjective".

Example:
책을 읽어요. = I read a book
밥을 먹어요. = I eat a meal/rice
한국어를 말해요. = I speak Korean

-__ -에 가다:
-> this expresses the movement to a place (question: where to?). Besides 가다 (to go), the particle 에 can also be used with 오다 (to come) & 다니다 (to commute).

Caution! "Going" and "coming" have a different relationship in Korea than in Germany. "가다" is used whenever the speaker moves away from a spot or someone moves away from the speaker. "오다" is used by the speaker when the speaker has moved to where they are or when someone is moving towards the speaker.

Example:
집에 가요. = I go home
밖에 가요. = I go outside
대학교에 와요. = I am (currently) at university