These are my favourite movies in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

Breakdown of the sentence:

• 이들 (I-deul) – Means “these.” It is the plural form of “this” or “these ones.”
• 은 (eun) – A topic marker attached to “이들” to set “these” as the topic.
• 내 (nae) – Means “my.”
• 좋아하는 (joahaneun) – The modifying form (relative clause) of the verb “좋아하다” (joahada, “to like”). It means “that (I) like.” Notice that in Korean, a verb in its modifying form comes before the noun it modifies.
• 영화들 (yeonghwadeul) – “영화” (yeonghwa) means “movie” and “들” (deul) is the plural marker, so “movies.”
• 입니다 (imnida) – The polite form of the copula “이다” (ida, “to be”), meaning “are.”

Thus, the structure is: [These] + [topic marker] + [my] + [that (I) like] + [movies] + [are] — literally “These are my movies that I like” or equivalently “These are my favourite movies.”

Tips to remember:

• In Korean, adjectives or modifying verbs like “좋아하는” always come before the noun they describe.
• Use particles such as 은/는 to mark the topic and 들 to indicate plural forms.
• Understanding that relative clauses (e.g., 내가 좋아하는) come immediately before the noun they modify is key.

Alternate ways to say “These are my favourite movies”:

1. 이것들은 내가 좋아하는 영화들입니다.
  Romanized: Igeot-deureun naega joahaneun yeonghwadeul-imnida.
  Explanation: “이것들” explicitly means “these things,” which can sound a bit more natural for everyday speech.

2. 이 영화들은 내가 좋아하는 영화입니다.
  Romanized: I yeonghwadeureun naega joahaneun yeonghwa-imnida.
  Explanation: Here “이 영화들” explicitly specifies “these movies” as the topic, and “영화” is used in the predicate without a plural marker, which is common in Korean when referring to the general concept.

These alternate formulations still carry the same meaning with minor stylistic differences.

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