Nouns - Nominalising

is attached descriptive forms of verbs an adjectives to nominalise them, i.e. make

them nouns.
(Descriptive I)
+ = = something that you do

(Descriptive II)
+ = something that you did

(Descriptive)
+ = = something that is big / large

Nominalised Verbs (Descriptive I)

= something that you do / that does

= something that goes

= something that comes

= something that you eat (food)

= something that you drink

= something that you read

= something that you listen

 = something that speaks / you talk about

= something that you watch

= something that you write / use

= something that you make

Nominalised Verbs (Descriptive II)---in Talk to me in Korean

level 4, lesson 26
-() [-(eu)n] + noun
= something that you did

 = something that went

= something that came

= something that you ate

= something that you drank

Nominalised Adjectives (Descriptive)

= something that is many (in quantity)

= something that is small (in quantity)

 = something that is big / large

= something that is small

= something that is spacious

= something that is cramped

----narrow, cramped
[geuneun migan-i jobda]-[Kare wa miken
ga semai]

= something that is high

---high, tall

----a high place

= something that is low

= something that is fast

= something that is slow

= something that is long

 = something that is short

Note: However, in spoken Korean is pronounced .

e.g.
= something that you do
= something that is long
Also, attach to to make it informal spoken form, or make it a polite spoken
form.




When a plural form is used, is attached to instead.
= things that we do
= things that are long
Example sentences
= This laptop is the one that is the fastest.

 = These bottles of fruit juice are all what

we drank from already.

? = Are these food something that we eat today as

well? (=Are we going to eat these food today as well?)

? = Is TV something you're watching now? (= Are you

watching TV now?)

= These fish are all what I

caught at the sea yesterday.

Korean Listening Exercise: Nouns - Nominalising

Click on the play button below to listen to the audio recording.
The sentences below are also found in Nouns - Nominalising

Written Korean
= something that you do
= something that you did
= something that is big / large
Note: is also used in spoken Korean but it's used a lot less often.
Spoken Korean ( is often simplified to )
= something that you do
= something that is long
Spoken Korean (informal)
. = This laptop is the one that is the
fastest.

. = These bottles of fruit juice are all

what we drank from already.

 ? = Are these food something that we eat

today as well? (=Are we going to eat these food today as well?)

? = Is TV something you're watching now? (=

Are you watching TV now?)

= These fish are all

what (I) caught at the sea yesterday.

Spoken Korean (polite)

= This laptop is the one that is the
fastest.

= These bottles of fruit juice are

all what we drank from already.

? = Are these food something that we

eat today as well? (=Are we going to eat these food today as
well?)

? = Is TV something you're watching now?

(= Are you watching TV now?)

= These fish are all

what I caught at the sea yesterday.

TalkToMeInKorean.com - Free Korean Lesson Notes

LEVEL 4 LESSON 26

In the previous lesson, we looked at how to make future tense

noun groups, using the verb ending -() with a noun. Today, we
are going to look at how to do something similar, except this time,
its going to be past tense noun groups.
-() [-(eu)n] + noun
The noun here can be either the subject of the verb or the object of
the verb, so you need to check the context to figure out which one it
is, but basically it means something that did or something that
someone did
Examples:
1. = to watch, to see
--> + -() =
--> ex) [eo-je bon yeong-hwa] = the movie that I saw
yesterday

2. = to come
--> + -() =
--> ex) [eo-je on sa-ram-deul] = the people who came
here yesterday

3. = to say, to talk about

--> + -() =
--> ex) [chin-gu-ga mal-han ka-pe] = the cafe that a
friend talked about

Now lets compare a few different tenses for noun groups, since we
learned three different tenses for noun groups.
Using what you have already learned from our previous lessons, you
can say things like a place I often go to, the book I bought
yesterday, the person that I will invite, etc.
Examples:
1. = to watch, to read, to see
Present tense noun group: + noun
Past tense noun group: + noun
Future tense noun group: + noun
. = Its a book that Im reading.

 . = Its a book that Ive read.

. = Its a book that I will read.

2. = to study
Present tense noun group: + noun
Past tense noun group: + noun
Future tense noun group: + noun

 . = Its a foreign language that I am studying

these days.

. = Its a foreign language that I studied

yesterday.

. = Its a foreign language that I will study

tomorrow.

Korean verbs are divided into two categories: Action (AV) and
Descriptive (DV). In some books, AV will simply be refered to as
verbs while DV is called adjectives. Both are correct and its
important to know why.
Both AV and DV in Korean behave the same way. And by behave, I
mean conjugate. So an adjective like to be pretty () will
conjugate to was pretty ()the same way to go ()
conjugates to went ().
A
Action Verbs action verb
(ga-da) to go
(o-da) to come
(deon-ji-da) to throw
(doe-da) to become

Descriptive verbs
(a-reum-dab-da) to be beautiful
(jo-ta) to be good
(ggae-ggeut-ha-da) to be clean
(ee-da) -to be
There are also words like (itt-da) -to exist and (eop-da)
to not exist which are kind of in the middle, as they seem like a DV
but act like an AV.

Maybe you noticed how the words ends with - (da)? Thats because
all verbs ends with when they are unconjugated. This is also
known as the dictionary form, as this is how they will appear in the
dictionary. Oh, and speaking of dictionaries, the Naver Dictionary is a
must use if you are learning Korean!
If you remove the and you get the stem. This is an important
word that youll encounter very often, along with abbreviations such
as AVST (Action Verb Stem) and DVST (Descriptive Verb Stem). VST
(Verb Stem) usually references both AVST and DVST, but its
important to know that not all books go by this rule. Note that a
stem will never appear alone and will always have a suffix
(something that comes after) attached to it.
Thousands of conjugated forms
Depending on how you count, the number of ways a verb can be
conjugated in Korean can add up to thousands. This is why Korean
grammar is a time consuming monster. But it makes the
language all the more prestigious to know, doesnt it? If you like a
challenge, Korean is the language for you.
On top of being plentiful, they also tend to be very long. This is
because the suffixes that attach to a stem when conjugated can
attach to each other.
A very useful site if youre unsure how a specific word is conjugated
is dongsa.net. There you can find the most common conjugations
youll use and its especially useful with irregular verbs (yes, those
exist too).
All sentences end with a verb
Unless you know Japanese, chances are good that the Korean sentence structure will
confuse you. Sentences always end with a verb. That is why you have to wait until the
end of a sentence to actually know what is being said. Or written. Because its usually
when you read that you get too impatient and conclude that you dont understand. So
just remember always read until the period.

Or as a Korean would say, in a true SOV fashion, always period until read.
Just scratching the surface
Korean verbs have a lot of sub-topics and explaining them more in-depth in separate
articles feels far more appropriate than to covering everything in one giant blob of
text. Because it would be enormous. Consider therefore this merely an introduction to
the wonderful world of the Korean language. After some frustration, youll eventually
grow to like them. Maybe even love them.
Did you know?
Japanese and Korean are very similar to each other. If you already
know a little Japanese, Korean verbs will come very easy to you
since they serve the exact same role, and behave almost the exact
same way, in both languages.
By Kimchi Cloud
FacebookPinterestTwitterGoogle+TumblrShare
Related Posts

- Grammar Lesson- while doing

No Comments | Feb 11, 2015

if/once/when in Korean / Grammar Lesson

No Comments | May 13, 2014

- Grammar Lesson it all depends on how

No Comments | May 23, 2014

- Grammar Lesson regardless of

No Comments | May 24, 2014

Subrcribe to KIMCHICLOUD

How To Say Sun in Korean

How To Say Cat in Korean

How To Say Okay in Korean

 How To Say Cheers in Korean

/ How To Say MOM and DAD in Korean

Im Just Kidding in Korean

How To Say Stupid in Korean

Everyday Korean

How To Say Okay in Korean

 How To Say Cheers in Korean

/ How To Say MOM and DAD in Korean

? How are you? in Korean

 How To Say Merry Christmas in Korean

How To Say Happy in Korean

Special conjugation rules for Korean verbs and adjectives

Conjugation Rule
When the stem ends in , the is removed when the next
syllable starts with a vowel. For example, (build) becomes
( build) and (if you build).
Conjugation Rule
When the stem ends in , the is removed when the next
syllable starts with a vowel . For example, becomes
(listen).
Conjugation Rule
When the stem ends in , the is removed when the next
syllable starts with , , , , or . For example, (long)
becomes (is long) and (because its long).
Conjugation Rule
When the stem ends in , the changes into before +
and before +. For example, becomes (help)
and becomes (beautiful).
Conjugation Rule
When the stem ends in , the is deleted when the next
syllable starts with a vowel. For example, (big)
becomes (is big) and (sick) becomes (is sick).

 Conjugation Rule
When forming the +/ form of stems that end in , is
deleted and +/ are added to the stem. For example
becomes (cut) and becomes (sing).
Conjugation Rule
For stems ending in , can be found instead of in
some formal writing.
Conjugation Rule
When the adjective stem ends in , the is deleted when the
next syllable starts with or . For example,
becomes (ifis blue).

Korean Grammar Beg. ~/ (Intention/Plan)

by
/ = Intention/Plan
This Korean grammar point is used to show an intention or plan of
the speaker. / also shows that the speakers intention or
plan is still under consideration and can change.

Example of / grammar:
? = I am thinking of
learning Japanese. Do you know of any good institutions?

 . = I am thinking of
going to an event with my friends next week.

. = I am busy thinking of whether i

should have coffee or not.

Previous post:
Korean Grammar Beg. ~ (You/It Must be) Next Post:
Korean Grammar Beg. ~Special Conjugation Grammar Rules of Verbs
& Adjectives
Related Posts
Korean Grammar Beg. ~// (D.V to A.V)
Korean Grammar Beg. ~ / (to exist/to not exist)
Korean Grammar Beg. ~ (am/is/are not)