First Conversation 3: What's your name?

1.  이름이 뭐예요?
What's your name?
ee-tuhm-ee  mwo-ay-yo?

Break it down:
이름:  name
뭐:  what
이:  subject marker--put this after a word to say it's the subject of the sentence
이다:  to be
예요:  form of 이다





2.  제 이름은 _____ 이에요.
My name is _____.
chay  ee-tuhm-un ____ ee-ay-yo

제 이름은 _____ 예요.
My name is _____.
chay ee-tuhm-un ____ ee-ay-yo

Use 이에요 if your name ends with a consonant and use 예요 if your name ends with a vowel.  But they sound the same.
Break it down:
제:  my
이름:  name
은:  subject marker--use 은 rather than 이 when the subject has already been stated
이다: to be
이에요/예요: forms of 이다



3.  만나서 반갑습니다.
It's nice to meet you.
mahn-ah-saw  pahn-gahp-sum-nee-tah

Break it down:
만나다:  to meet
서:  gives a reason, like "because" (Literally:  Because I'm meeting you, it's nice.)
반갑다:  to be nice
-습니다:  verb ending indicating formality





4.  Quiz Yourself
Answers below

1.  How do you tell someone your name?

2.  How do you ask someone their name?

3.  How do you say, "It's nice to meet you?"







Answers:  1.  제 이름은 _____ 예요/이에요.  2. 이름이 뭐예요?  3. 만나서 반갑습니다.