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Why we can say “너 예쁘다” when only “예쁘” is only verb stem ? I saw this from lyric of Seventeen. I wondering why it could say this way. We should cut “~다” out and use only verb stem (예쁘) don’t we ? Thank you for your kindness
Jun 2, 2019 6:59 PM
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예쁘다 is the dictionary form of pretty, and "예쁘" is the stem. In order to use 예쁘다 we must conjugate it. To conjugate it we must take "~다" away from the stem and conjugate the stem. It can be conjugated into: 예뻐 (casual/informal), 예뻐요 (polite/casual), 예쁩니다 (formal). We can also use 예쁘다 without conjugating it, but that will also be considered casual/informal.
June 2, 2019
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예쁘다 is the dictionary form of pretty, and "예쁘" is the stem. In order to use 예쁘다 we must conjugate it. To conjugate it we must take "~다" away from the stem and conjugate the stem. It can be conjugated into: 예뻐 (casual/informal), 예뻐요 (polite/casual), 예쁩니다 (formal). We can also use 예쁘다 without conjugating it, but that will also be considered casual/informal.
June 2, 2019
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Korean, Thai
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