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Hi everyone,
Please, could you help me to clarify between 이다 and 있다? 이더 is verb "to be", right? Why 있다 also has the meaning of "to be" and "have"? Then 있었어요 and 이었어요 both have meaning of "was"? How I can distingush them?
Thank you
Hi everyone,
Please, could you help me to clarify between 이다 and 있다? 이더 is verb "to be", right? Why 있다 also has the meaning of "to be" and "have"? Then 있었어요 and 이었어요 both have meaning of "was"? How I can distingush them?
Thank you
Please, could you help me to clarify between 이다 and 있다? 이더 is verb "to be", right? Why 있다 also has the meaning of "to be" and "have"? Then 있었어요 and 이었어요 both have meaning of "was"? How I can distingush them?
Thank you
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you have to give us sentences for examples, and then we can explain them.
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