Are the Korean sentences below correct?

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salient · Answer

1) 저는 사람들 앞에서(는) 노래를 절대로 안 해요.
If you add ‘는’, it means that you can sing if you are alone, but never in front of people.
(both share same meaning, but just the difference of nuance)

2) 처음에는 공부가 힘들었지만, 이제는 완전 재미있어요.

3-1)
제 여동생은 케이크를 구울 수 없어요.
This is just the same translation, but if you want to say that sister doesn’t know how to bake, I’d like to recommend you 3-2.
In addition, ‘저의’ and ‘제’ are the same meaning, but we don’t usually use ‘저의’ (for the meaning of ‘my’)

3-2)
제 여동생은 케이크를 굽는 방법(법)을 몰라요.

4) 그 방에 사람이 있었어요. 여자였어요. 

5) 저는 정말 조금만 먹습니다.

6) 작년에 제가 싫어한 학교가 지금도 그립지는 않아요.
I think I need more information (about the reason ‘I’ hated school) for clearer translation.

But if you mean that ‘I’ hated school last year, and still don’t have emotions(regret, sorrow, etc..), it’d be the appropriate one.

salient · Answer

@methmi_pw

2) 처음에 공부는 힘들었어요. 이제 완전 재미있어요.
-> 처음에는 공부가 힘들었지만, 이제는 완전 재미있어요.

‘-는’ has a nuance of ‘at least’, so if you say ‘처음에 공부는 힘들었어요’, it sounds a little bit weird.
(Strictly speaking, ‘-는’ doesn’t always have a nuance of ‘at least’. : e.g. ‘저는 학생입니다’ has a faint nuance of ‘at least’) 
But in this sentence, ‘는’ sounds like you wanted to say something was not hard.
To explain this, I think I need to use complicated grammar rules, so I’d like to recommend you to encounter various sentences.)
 
As you wanted to say, corrected sentence means “at first, studying was hard for me, but now it’s totally fun.”

By adding ‘-는’ in this sentence, you can indirectly say that your mind about studying changed.

3-2) No, ‘굽는’ is the present participle in this sentence. ‘굽는 방법’ means ‘how to bake’, so it is used as an adjective.

6) As ‘hatred’ was your emotion, I wanted to say about your emotion’s change.
I wondered why you said you don’t miss(maybe you could use you still dislike it), and I understood the sentence’s context as someone asked you if you miss it, and you said no, I still don’t miss it.

So, ‘그립지는 않다’ means at least you don’t miss.

If you just wanted to say you don’t miss it, and you still hate it, ‘그립지 않습니다’ is the best choice. (it has a nuance that you still have bad emotions)

But if someone asked you, and you wanted to say at least you don’t miss it, ‘그립지는 않습니다’ is the best choice.

I just translated it liberally, and both are grammatically okay to use :D

salient · Answer

@methmi_pw

almost correct but not actually

‘그립지는 않습니다’ doesn’t mean that ‘I’ no longer hate it.
In addition ‘그립지 않습니다’ has a nuance that you still hate it, but it is case by case so you can understand it as a standard sentence.

2 sentences’ meaning are highly similar but the only difference is : ‘그립지는 않습니다’ says that you don’t miss it, and this doesn’t have any information about other emotions.

So, both mean, of course, you don’t miss it. But I considered that I don’t have any information of context, and I just used ‘는’ to make sentence have a general meaning.

Maybe I confused you a lot lol.. I just wanted to explain you perfectly non-syntax-error sentence(cuz I’m explaining Korean as a native), but I guess quite a lot of people don’t differentiate two, and as I said above, both are grammatically okay and have same meaning.

There aren’t grammatical elements such as ‘는’ in English, so don’t take it too hard. It is okay even if you don’t completely understand it. Have a nice day!

Fauviest · Answer

1) 저는 사람들 앞에서 절대로 노래를 안 해요.
(I never sing in front of people)

2) 처음에는 공부가 힘들었어요. 지금은 완전 재미있어요.
(At first, studying was difficult. Now, it's totally fun)

3) 저의 여동생은 케이크를 구울 수 없어요.
(My younger sister can't bake cakes)
- 제 여동생은 케이크 구울 줄 몰라요  IN case she does not know how to bake

4) 그 방에 사람이 있었어요. 여자였어요.
(There was a person in that room. It was a woman)

5) 저는 정말 조금만 먹습니다.
(I'm eating very little)

6) 작년에 학교를 너무 싫어 했는데 아직도 생각하기 싫어요
(I still don't miss the school I hated last year)
작년에 그 학교 너무 싫었는데 여전히 생각 하기도 싫어요
- Just revised for more natural way with your meaning as is

Fauviest · Answer

@methmi_pw  지금, 이제

Both are translated to “now” but slight different for the nuance

지금  “now” without special nuance. (Could be just now, today, this month,  etc.)

이제 is more like “now that (something is happening)” , “from now on”.

Ex:
지금 갈거야. I'm going right now
이제 가자. Let’s go (now)  -since we’ve been here for a while

지금은 겨울이야 It’s winter 
이제는 겨울이지 It’s winter now. (It is not fall,  the fall has gone)

and Yes, you can use as a comparison for 이제
If you didn't understand something but now you understand then better to use 이제는/이젠  알아요

~줄 : Your understanding is correct
It is suffix for the method, way (what to do, how to do)

Ex. 그 아이는 혼자 학교 갈 줄 몰라요
The kids can't go to school alone (does not know how to go alond)

그림 그릴 줄 잘 몰라요
I don"t draw paint very well  (I don't know how to draw well)

dreamerhyeng · Answer

1) 저는 사람들 앞에서 절대로 노래 안 해요.
2) 처음에는 공부가 힘들었어요. 지금은 완전 재미있어요.
3) 저의 여동생은 케이크를 구울 수 없어요.
4) 그 방에 사람이 한 명 있었어요. 여자였어요.
5) 저는 정말 조금만 먹습니다.
6) 저는 작년에 싫어했던 학교가 지금도 별로 보고 싶지 않아요. (보고 싶다가 조금 어색하기는 한데, 지금도 별로 아쉽지 않아요... 저에게도 자연스럽지 않은 문장이네요.)

Are the Korean sentences below correct? See a translation

Are the Korean sentences below correct?

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