Language/Korean/Grammar/Adjectives
In today's lesson, we will be discussing the basics of Korean adjectives. Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. In Korean, adjectives are usually placed before the noun they modify. We will look at how to form and use adjectives in Korean, as well as some common examples. Please feel free to edit this wiki page if you think it can be improved. ๐
Forming Adjectives
In Korean, adjectives are formed by adding the suffix -i (์ด) to the stem of the word. For example, the stem of the word "beautiful" is "beauty" (๋ฏธ์). To make it an adjective, we add the suffix -i (์ด) to the end, making it "beautiful" (๋ฏธ์ด).
Irregular Adjectives
There are some irregular adjectives in Korean. These adjectives do not follow the same pattern as regular adjectives. Some of the most common irregular adjectives are:
- ์ข๋ค (joh-da): good
- ๋์๋ค (nah-ppeu-da): bad
- ํฌ๋ค (keu-da): big
- ์๋ค (jahk-da): small
- ๋ง๋ค (mahn-da): many
- ์ ๋ค (jeok-da): few
Using Adjectives
Adjectives are usually placed before the noun they modify. For example, the phrase "a beautiful flower" would be translated as "๋ฏธ์ด ๊ฝ" (mi-i kkot).
Adjectives can also be used to describe verbs. For example, the phrase "I am happy" would be translated as "๋๋ ํ๋ณตํด์" (na-neun haeng-bok-hae-yo).
Adjectives can also be used to describe other adjectives. For example, the phrase "very beautiful" would be translated as "๋งค์ฐ ๋ฏธ์ด" (mae-u mi-i).
Common Adjectives
Here are some common adjectives in Korean:
- ์์๋ค (yeh-ppeu-da): pretty
- ์์๊ธด (jal-saeng-gin): handsome
- ์ฌ๋ฏธ์๋ค (jae-mi-it-da): interesting
- ์ฌํ๋ค (seul-ppeu-da): sad
- ์ ๋๋ค (shin-na-da): exciting
- ์ฆ๊ฑฐ์ (jeul-geo-weo): enjoyable
- ์๋ฆ๋ต๋ค (ah-reum-dap-da): beautiful
- ์ ์พํ๋ค (yu-kweh-ha-da): cheerful
- ์ง๋ฃจํ๋ค (ji-ru-ha-da): boring