사는 것 vs. 살기 1) I've been reading about turning verbs into nouns and have come across two ways of doing it. I don't know when to use one or the other and if they are interchangeable or not. For example, from the verb 살다... 사는 것 = 사는 거 = something that lives, something that is living 살기 = living (noun) An example sentence I've seen: 서울에서 사는 것 보다 대구에서 사는 게 더 싸요. (isn't "사는 게" supposed to be "사는 거"?) Living in Seoul is cheaper than living in Daegu. Can you use the 살기 form? 서울에서 살기 보다 대구에서 살기 더 싸요. Another example: 나는 쇼핑 하기를 좋아한다. I like shopping. Can I say something similar? 나는 서울에서 살기를 좋아한다. I like living in Seoul. What about this? 나는 서울에서 사는 거를 좋아한다. 2) One other thing I am confused about in reading some examples. I see sentences like: 이 노트북이 가장 빠른 거에요. = This laptop is the one that is the fastest. 거 or 것 is the noun for "thing" and 에요 is conjugated from 이다, right? But I have been taught that if a noun ends in a vowel, you attach 예요 and it a noun ends in a consonant, you add 이에요. So why is it "... 거에요" in this sentence?