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why when I conjugate 짓다 to the future ㄹ/을 것이다 form it's 지을 and not 질 ?
I know it's an irregular so i thought because i take of the ㅅ and are left with 지 and it's a vowel i add ㄹ
Apr 30, 2019 10:20 AM
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Because ㅅ irregular is not elimination of ㅅ but changing into 으
There was ㅿ character in ancient times.
The pronunciation of ㅿ is similar to /z/
It was eliminated in the first place nowadays.
It was changed into ㅅ in the last place nowadays.
짓다(build) was 지ᇫ다 in ancient Korean.
낫다(recover) was 나ᇫ다 in ancient Korean.
The rule is that ㅅ changes into ㅿ(light ㅅ) and then ㅇ(null sound)
짓다 : 지ᇫ(다) + ㄹ/을 것이다 -> 지ᅀᅳᆯ 것이다. -> 지을 것이다.
낫다 : 나ᇫ(다) + ㄹ/을 것이다 -> 나ᅀᅳᆯ 것이다. -> 나을 것이다.
c.f.
사(다)(buy) + ㄹ/을 것이다 -> 살 것이다.(pronounced as short vowel: [살 것이다])
살(다)(live) + ㄹ/을 것이다 -> 살 것이다.(pronounced as long vowel: [사알 것이다])
지(다)(lose) + ㄹ/을 것이다 -> 질 것이다.
April 30, 2019
Hello ^^
집을 짓다 (normal) i build the house
내가 지을 집.(future) the house which I will build
집을 지을 것이다.(future) () ganna build something that is house
집을 질 것이다.(wrong)
well, simply, cuz 질 is not a correct one.
maybe you heard about 질 집 but it is just shortened sound of 지을. sound 지을 as fast as you can. maybe you will understand.^^
지을 것이다- 짓다+~을 것이다. as you know, ~을 것이다. gives a 'future' tense
질-- a short form of `-지를' for example 그녀는 웃질 않는다. -> 그녀는 웃지를 않는다.
thanks
April 30, 2019
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