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So Min
How to make an adjective?
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Sun -> sunny
Rain -> Rainy
Wind -> Windy
What is there something similiar to this in korean?
How would I say the 'y/ny' part ^
so it changes from snow to snowy if that makes sense :L
Jan 29, 2012 4:18 PM
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I'm afraid that you can't talk like that in Korean. English is a noun-developed language while Korean is a verb-developed language. It means English adjectives are incidentally developed since they modify nouns, and so Korean adverbs - which modify verbs - are.
"How do you make an adjective?" means the same as "How do you make a verb?" in Korean.
It's rainny. 비 와요. It rains.
It's sunny. 맑아요. (맑다 = to be clear as in "not cloudy"
It's windy. 바람이 불어요. The wind blows.
So basically, learning Korean means changing your thinking. It might be hard at first, but soon you'll find out you don't need language to think(like I did), and by then it'll get much easier. Good luck!
February 1, 2012
[noun] + 스럽다
ex) 여성스럽다 = girly
[noun] + 답다
ex) 남자답다 = manly
January 29, 2012
There are two types of adjectives in Korean.
1) As a predicate, it ends "-다" like a verb.
예쁘다 = to be pretty
맑다 = to be sunny
바람이 분다 = to be windy
2) Before nouns, "verb stem + ㄴ/은/는"
for adjectives,
예쁘다(to be beautiful) + 꽃(a flower) = 예쁜 꽃 = a beautiful flower
맑다(to be sunny) + 날(a day) = 맑은 날 = a sunny day
좋다(to be nice) + 사람(a person) = 좋은 사람 = a nice person
for verbs
바람이 분다 + 날 = 바람이 부는 날 = a windy day
눈이 오다(to snow) + 날 = 눈이 오는 날 = a snowy day
비가 오다(to rain) + 날 = 비가 오는 날 = a rainy day
\^o^/
January 30, 2012
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