" 아이 들 이 조금 이야기 합니다 . " - Duolingo 
 " 아이 들 이 조금 이야기 합니다 . " 
 Translation : The children talk a little . 
 What is the difference between 이야기 하 다 and 말 하 다 ? 
 이야기 하 다 , 말 하 다 and 대화 하 다 ( to converse ) all overlap somewhat in meaning in the area of talking or conversing . They are also all examples of verbal expressions , quite common in Korean ( and Japanese ) , that are actually made from nouns + the verb to do / make 하 다 ( J する ) . So the various meanings of the nouns are the key . 
 이야기 ( sometimes pronounced and written 얘기 ) means story , tale , rumor , hearsay , as well as talk or conversation . Note the similar connection in English between ' tale ' and ' tell . ' Compounds include 이야기 책 storybook , 이야기 꾼 storyteller , 이야깃거리 topic / subject . 
 말 and the more elevated or honorific form 말씀 mean words , speech , or even language . So another way of saying 한국어 is 한국 말 ( pronounced hangungmal due to the assimilation of the k before m ) . 
 대화 means dialog , conversation , chat , or talk and is originally formed from the two hanja ( Chinese characters ) 對話 , opposite / across + speech / talk . The Naver Dictionary ( relied on heavily above as well to supplement some now very sketchy prior knowledge ) gives the compound 대화 창 chat window . 
 I need to save this somewhere so I remember to put it in my notes later lol 
 머리 에 저장 하 십시오 
 ShinedKae 
 감 삼 니다 ! ^ ㅅ ^ 
 Actually its kamsahamnida as 감사 합니다 but the ㅂ is pronounced as ㅁ bcoz its followed by ㄴ , also the korean usually do not pronounce the ㅎ clearly 
 the children speak a little is as good as talk little 
 When you say " a little " that is put forth in a positive light , while " little " gives a negative tone , such as " not much ". " speak " and " talk " are not always interchangeable . https : / / www . merriam - webster . com / dictionary / speak https : / / www . merriam - webster . com / dictionary / talk 
 " speak " focuses on the process of talking or is used when one makes a speech or talks to someone in a one way sort of manner . " talk " is just a general back and forth exchange of ideas and focuses on communication by word of mouth . " talk " is used for general conversation . So , if you say " The children speak a little . " I think that they are still learning how to talk . If you say " The children talk a little . " I think that they had a short conversation . 
 The hints do show both " talk " and " speak ", did you try " speak "? 
 gravitybyexo 
 I really wish the verbs were taught BY THEMSELVES instead of in a sentence . It ' s annoying to have to look for the meaning of the word by hovering over it , makes me feel dumb AF . Also , the format they appear in the sentence is not the ' original ' one . It ' s always modified in order to be in sync with the noun and such . 
 It ' s like asking me to swim without telling me WHAT swimming is . That needs to be fixed and broken - down in order to be comprehensible for everyone . 
 You can use Memrise for the verbs . -- English does not conjugate words like most other languages . And the Korean way of conjugation is more simple . 
 Just learn , like a child , even if you feel dumb . The more you try to be logical the harder it gets to learn another language . 
 There is WAY TOO MUCH NEW VOCABULARY in this lesson . No way I can keep it all straight . 14 new verbs so far . WAY TOO MUCH . This should be broken down more - verbs of movement ( walk , run , jump , swim , sit ) etc . 
 Iyagi means story . How does this translate to the children talk a little ? 
 이야기 하 다 means " to tell / talk " 
 Panda 356309 
 이야기 하 다 - verb 이야기 - noun 
 Doesn ' t 이야기 하 다 mean something more along the lines of " chat " than talk ? 
 2018 december 31 : chat was accepted . I suspected same meaning as you because previous lessons always implied social mingling . 
 Is it necessary to use 들 to make the word plural ? 
 Yeah if you did not use 들 you totally changed the meaning as its the only way ( as long as i know til now ) to mark plural in korea , also i think there ' s a big difference between " a child " & " children " right 
 Jean 2592 
 They said we can use both speaks or talk . What is the difference between them ? 
 ARVINDNATH 2 
 Uh ~ please I have a problem I want slow motion to learn ut well 
 Got damn i thought alittle was one word welp back to basics 
 cuckook 
 Does the sentence mean that the children are talking to each other " a little "? 
 We don ' t know who they are talking to or if they are very young and this is about their ability to talk . 
 JohnWinn 3 
 How can you tell the difference between an adjective applying to the subject versus the verb ? For this question , for instance , why is it not , " The little children speak ? " 
 조금 refers to quantity rather than size . 
 2 reasons . 1 st , a word that describes the subject goes before the subject . 2 nd , 조금 doesn ' t mean size . 
 Franchesca 751281 
 From what i know , in order for little to be applied to the noun you would have to use the word little along with the post position 은 / 는 in front of the word for children . However , in this case , the word 조금 cannot be used to describe people . It is used to describe ' a little amount of something '. 
 I think you ' re attributing the term " little " to its English connotations . In the translation it means " a little " as in " a piece of ". This is different from " little " as in " small ". Keeping that in mind , it would seem less reasonable for us to translate the sentence to " A bit of children speak ", it would be weird . Furthermore , children has a subject marker and although I haven ' t gotten to adjectives yet in Duolingo and how that sentence structure operates , there will probably some indication as to when the subject is being modified , as would be the case if the word " little " was to modify children rather than speak . 
 Saying the children are talking a little is just as acceptable as the children talk little . 
 When children talk a little , that usually means for a little while , but when children talk little that means they barely talk . They do not mean the same thing . 
 Shouldn ' t the answer be " talks a little " and not " talk a little "? 
 Subject - verb agreement . The children talk a little . If it were simply the child , it would be , The child talks a little . 
 This should really have several answers . The children speak a little . The children speak some . They are both right . Having such a strict answer format really affects the system . Also anyway to add a speaking check part to all this ? Its a great apo , I love it but would love if it had a speaking check part to make sure you are pronuncing correctly . 
 " the children speak some " isn ' t correct english though 
 What does the 이 ending mean here ? 
 Late response but : Typically it denotes the subject of the sentence . 
 ~ 이 comes after a consonant ( which in this case would be 들 ) 
 ~ 가 comes after a vowel . So for example if it was just 아이 , it ' d be 아이 가 
 This was covered in Basics 1 if you need the refresher still . https : / / www . duolingo . com / skill / ko / basics - 1 
 What ' s the difference between " talk a little " and " talk less "? 
 Even if I think in English , those two phrases have a different meaning . 
 Talk a little is a positive thing , maybe I did not expect them to talk much or at all and here they did talk a little . 
 Tall little is not much , so it appears as a negative thing . 
 Talk less is not as much as before , so there is a comparison to a time when they talked more than this time . 
 아이 들 이 조금 이야기 합니다 . 
 What ' s the difference between 알 합니다 and 이야기 합니다 ? 
 Why isn ' t " the children converse a bit " accepted ? 
 You could try reporting it . 
 RumaizahNo 
 what is actually the different between speaks and talk ? 
 People speak a language and talk to each other . You speak in front of a crowd which is the same as giving a speech . You speak to someone about something , which sounds a bit more serious than talking to someone about something . You talk for hours on end . You talk with your friends . You can even teach your dog to speak , but that dog will never talk unless it is in a children ’ s story or cartoon where animals do things like humans . Your child may speak for the very first time , but it will take longer for him to talk with you . So speaking is concerned with the physical ability to form words or create speech and is also used when you plan to speak to someone about a serious situation . Talk is more casual and is used for the exchange of ideas and feelings between people . 
 Put " speak " instead " talk " and got it correct so my guesses are these words are interchangeable : 이야기 하 다 , 말 하 다 and 대화 하 다 . Please correct me if my assumption is wrong . 
 Got it wrong recently 
 Why are they like 5 variations for the word " Talk "? 
 Why can ' t it be talks it keeps tellimg me its incorrect . 
 this is false . if a child talks , the scream XD