Word spacing: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 20:11, 30 June 2012

In Korean written language, spaces are used to help differentiate parts of the sentence, similar to English or other similar languages. There are some simple rules to use when determining whether a space is required in a sentence:

There is no space between a name and 씨 such as:
- 미영씨
Words are separated by spaces. A "word" is anything in the Korean-Korean dictionary. Kind of a circular definition, I know.
Leave a space between parts of speech:
- Noun + verb (one space) as in:
  - 김치 먹어요 (eating kimchi)
- Noun + Adverb + Verb (two spaces) as in:
  - 선생님 일찍 왔어요 (teacher came early).
There is no space between particles (이, 는, 를, etc.) and verb endings (어미) such as 나는 or 너는. Other examples includes:
- 공을 치다 (to strike a ball)
- 공을 차다 (to kick a ball)

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-writing and spaces
+In Korean written language, spaces are used to help differentiate parts of the sentence, similar to English or other similar languages.  There are some simple rules to use when determining whether a space is required in a sentence:
-. There is no space between a name and 씨
+# There is no space between a name and 씨 such as:
+#* 미영씨
-미영 씨
+# Words are separated by spaces. A "word" is anything in the Korean-Korean dictionary. Kind of a circular definition, I know.
+# Leave a space between parts of speech:
+#* Noun + verb  (one space) as in:
+#** 김치 먹어요 (eating kimchi)
+#* Noun + Adverb + Verb (two spaces) as in:
+#** 선생님 일찍 왔어요 (teacher came early).
+# There is no space between particles (이, 는, 를, etc.) and verb endings (어미) such as 나는 or 너는.  Other examples includes:
+#* 공을 치다 (to strike a ball)
+#* 공을 차다 (to kick a ball)