Grammar Focus ...... .

1 / designates the t opic, or the target of exposition, of a particar sentence or group of

sentences. Thus it means the same as as for r regarding For words ending in a vowel, is
added, and for words ending in a consonant, is added
|m Korean
29 Richard is 29 years old.
Im a lawyer.
2 / is also used when referring to something mentioned earlier in a conversation or when talking
about somhi ng already known by both sides in the conversation. In other words, / is used
when expressing old information.
. .
l11 meet Yoko tomorrow. Yoko came from Japan.
. .
I went to New York last year. New York was really beautiful
} . .
Once upon a time, there lived a man. He had two sons.
3 / is used when comparing or contrasting two things, and, in such cases, it can be attached
not only to subjects but also the objects or other parts of the sentence.
. .
Eric is American. Junho, however, is Korean. (subject comparison)
. .
I like soccer. However, I dont care for baseball. (object contrast)
. .
Snow fell in Seoul. In Pusan, however, snow did not fall. (Iocation contrast)
A ? Do you have apples?
B . . No, (but) we have pears. (alludes to the fact that while there are no apples,
there are, however, pears)
!!!! -/- is used for emphasizing act