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Korean Grammar Patterns
-에요 vs -예요
Meaning
이에요/예요 spelling
How to use it
After a noun ending in a consonant use 이에요; after a vowel use the contraction 예요 (이에요 → 예요). Also write 아니에요 (not 아니예요), because 아니다 takes 에요 directly with no 이.
Consonant: 책이에요; vowel: 의자예요.,아니에요 is correct; 아니예요 is a frequent mistake.
Examples
| Korean | English |
|---|---|
| 이건 제 책이에요 (O) / 책예요 (X) igeon je chaegieyo (O) / chaegyeyo (X) | After consonant 책 use 이에요; 책예요 is wrong. |
| 저기가 학교예요 (O) / 학교이에요 (어색) jeogiga hakgyoyeyo (O) / hakgyoieyo (eosaek) | After vowel 학교 use 예요; 학교이에요 sounds unnatural. |
| 그건 사실이 아니에요 (O) / 아니예요 (X) geugeon sasiri anieyo (O) / aniyeyo (X) | '아니에요' is correct; '아니예요' is a misspelling. |
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