ISSEOYO (있어요)

LEARN WORD NO. 48: ISSEOYO

IN HANGUL: 있어요

What is the meaning of the korean word "isseoyo"? The korean word "isseoyo" which is written in hangul as "있어요" is used to say "I have it", "there is" or "it exists". It can also be used to say that something or someone is at a certain location. The term "isseoyo" is actually the present tense form of "issda (있다)". For example, you wanted to say "I have money", you can say "don isseoyo (돈 있어요)". As mentioned you can also use this to say that something or someone is on a specific location. For example, if you wanted to say "I am at school", you can say "naneun hakgyo-e isseoyo (나는 학교에 있어요)". On this sentence, naneun means "I", hakgyo means "school" and isseoyo means "I am at (a certain location)". Take note as well that "e (에)" is added to "hakgyo" to indicate that it is a location.

To assist you on retaining the meaning of the korean word "isseoyo" you may check this video lecture.

A remake for this video is also available, you may check on this one too.

 

 

A video for the root word of "isseoyo" which is "issda" is also available. You may check on this video.

 

 With these, I hope one new word has entered your vocabulary list. Again, I'm Dae-Hangul and let's meet again on the next blog.