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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. ๐Ÿ˜Ž

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Œ). To make it an adjective, we add the suffix -i (์ด) to the end, making it "beautiful" (๋ฏธ์ด).

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:

  • ์ข‹๋‹ค (joh-da): good
  • ๋‚˜์˜๋‹ค (nah-ppeu-da): bad
  • ํฌ๋‹ค (keu-da): big
  • ์ž‘๋‹ค (jahk-da): small
  • ๋งŽ๋‹ค (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 "๋ฏธ์ด ๊ฝƒ" (mi-i kkot).

Adjectives can also be used to describe verbs. For example, the phrase "I am happy" would be translated as "๋‚˜๋Š” ํ–‰๋ณตํ•ด์š”" (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 "๋งค์šฐ ๋ฏธ์ด" (mae-u mi-i).

Common Adjectives

Here are some common adjectives in Korean:

  • ์˜ˆ์˜๋‹ค (yeh-ppeu-da): pretty
  • ์ž˜์ƒ๊ธด (jal-saeng-gin): handsome
  • ์žฌ๋ฏธ์žˆ๋‹ค (jae-mi-it-da): interesting
  • ์Šฌํ”„๋‹ค (seul-ppeu-da): sad
  • ์‹ ๋‚˜๋‹ค (shin-na-da): exciting
  • ์ฆ๊ฑฐ์›Œ (jeul-geo-weo): enjoyable
  • ์•„๋ฆ„๋‹ต๋‹ค (ah-reum-dap-da): beautiful
  • ์œ ์พŒํ•˜๋‹ค (yu-kweh-ha-da): cheerful
  • ์ง€๋ฃจํ•˜๋‹ค (ji-ru-ha-da): boring


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