Do you remember the usages of 은/는 [eun/neun], the topic marking particles and 이/가 [i/ga], the subject marking particles?

은 and 는 mark the topic of a sentence, and at the same time emphasize the contrast between the topic of the sentence and the other things.

So if you say 시간 없어요. [si-gan eops-eo-yo] that means "I don't have time." and if you want to say, "I have other things but just TIME is not what I have." you can say that simply by add [eun] or 는 [neun] at the end of 시간 [si-gan] (but in this case, 시간 ends with a last conso- nant so 은 is used), that becomes 시간은 없어요.

And if someone asks you "What is it that you don't have? What are you saying that you don't have?" you can answer that question by saying "TIME. Time is what I don't have." and that can be expressed through 시간이 없어요.

있어요 and 없어요 can be used to form many interesting and frequently used expressions in Korean.

재미 [jae-mi] = fun

재미 + 있어요 = 재미있어요 literally means "fun exists" but it means "to be interesting"

**Notice how the two words are even written without any space inbetween. That's because it

has already become an expression used daily.

Example)

TTMIK 재미있어요! [jae-mi-i-sseo-yo] = TTMIK is fun! / TTMIK is interesting!

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A/N:This is just a compilation. I don't own this book. Credits to them!