"Something is" using 이다
How to say something is something in Korean?
Introducing your name with 이다
Section titled “Introducing your name with 이다”To say I am Ian you can say: 저는 이안이에요
To say I am Sarah: 저는 사라예요
저는 comes from 저 (meaning I or me) and 는 which will be covered later in this unit.
이에요 and 예요 both come from the verb 이다 which means to be. As you can see there are two different versions, which one you use depends on the last character used in the block before them.
이에요is used after a consonant.예요is used after a vowel.
Using 이에요 and 예요
Section titled “Using 이에요 and 예요”Since 이다 means something is something we can also use it to describe other things.
Examples:
- This is a banana:
이거 바나나예요. - This is coffee:
이거 커피예요.
이거 means “this thing”. There is some nuance here and other ways to say “this”, but that will be covered in a later chapter.