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Old 07-12-2007, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by yugidogz View Post
Yeah, they use the same S-O-V, whereas english is S-V-O. My bf tells me that a lot of particles in Japanese aren't used in Korean though. And they do use the Chinese characters, though I guess not in everyday or something? I don't know how that works at all; my bf's mom knows most of the Chinese characters for Korean use, but that's all I know about it. XD
Korean uses a lot more consonant/vowel particles that are absent in Japanese. Japanese uses lots of kanji to specify meaning. Korean doesn't use hanja much...
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