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How do I say "I like/hate (VERB)." in korean?!
How do I say "I like/hate (VERB)." in korean?!
For instance:
I like running.
I hate eating peaches.
Mar 12, 2017 5:26 PM
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Many foreingers have difficulties learning Korean because of so many "reverse constructed nature" of emotion-related "verbs".
By reverse-construction I mean the Spanish verb "gustar"
https://spanishobsessed.com/blog/like-in-spanish/
I cannot say for certain for Portuguese, but I suppose this concept isn't all that new for you, I hope.
To add insult to injury, these reverse-constructions verbs aren't active verbs in Korean, but "adjective verbs", causing so much confusion to foreigners.
I love dogs
나는 개가 좋다
I hate dogs
나는 개가 싫다
Note that dog is the subject in both cases.
좋다 = "to like" in reverse construction in adjective form combined with "to be"
싫다 = "to hate" in reverse construction in adjective form combined with "to be"
Yes, Korean is such a different language.
There is a way to re-reverse these verbs and turn them to active ones though:
좋아하다 (to like)
싫어하다 (to hate)
And these are answers most native Koreans would give, and most foreigners actually use.
However, this kind of re-reversing very often doesn't sound all that natural.
And since most emotion related verbs are in reversed adjective form in Korean, it is very important to get a hang of this in the beginning.
examples:
부럽다: "to envy" in reverse construction in adjective form combined with "to be"
I envy you = 나는 네가 부럽다
그립다: "to miss" in reverse construction in adjective form combined with "to be"
I miss you = 나는 네가 그립다
역겹다: "to digust" in adjective form combined with "to be" (one of very few reverse construction verbs in English)
His attitude disgusts me = 나는 그 녀석의 태도가 역겹다.
March 12, 2017
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I like running. -> 나는 달리기가 좋아. 나는 달리기를 좋아해.
I hate eating peaches -> 나는 복숭아 (먹는거) 싫어.
March 12, 2017
TTMIK Level 2 Lesson 19 / Making verbs into nouns / -는 것
https://secure-hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/c/0/6/c063741acae6caaf/ttmik-l2l19.pdf?c_id=1901215&expiration=1489382497&hwt=73b1166e0da336a93fc22cf9ac12ed4b
March 13, 2017
I like running :
- 달리는 거 좋아해.
- 달리기 좋아하지.
I hate eating peaches :
- 난 복숭아 안 먹어.
- 복숭아 못 먹어.
- 복숭아 싫어해.
- 복숭아는 잘 못 먹습니다. (formal)
March 13, 2017
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Jéssica
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English, Korean, Portuguese
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Korean
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