is/am/are: ~이에요/~예요

Let's think about an English sentence

It is water.

In Korean, the verb goes to the end of sentence. Also, subject can be omitted when the subject is obvious. When the subject is "it" or "this", they are often omitted. Therefore, it will look like

is water.

--> 물(water)이에요(is).

이에요 is like be verb in English and there is no space before "이에요".

In English, be verb changes its form depending on the grammatical person of the subject and the tense of the verb. In Korean, they change the form depending on the pronunciation of the previous word - in particular, if the word has 받침(ending consonant) or not. For example,

It is school.

--> 학교(school)예요(is).

After 학교, 예요 is used, instead of 이에요, because 학교 does not have 받침(ending consonant).

More examples:

효정이에요: (It) is Hyojeong.
제프예요: (It) is Jeff.

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