Jessica
Adjective Ordering in Korean Hi everyone! I really need some native Korean speakers to provide me with sample sentences for my linguistics essay :) Firstly, I am under the impression that in Korean, adjectives (most of the time) precede the noun (e.g. 나는 비싼 음식을 먹다 - where the adjective 비싼 precedes the noun 음식 ) Can someone please confirm that this is the case? Secondly, could you please translate the sentence 'the beautiful big red ball' (for academic purposes, it must be from a native speaker or a fluent speaker, hence, I can't use my own translation :( thanks!) and then translate the sentence 'the big black dog' I am looking at the ordering of adjectives across different languages, to see if there is a universal rule (depending on whether the noun precedes the adjective or vice versa) Thank you for your time!!!
20 sty 2018 02:39
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According to my experience of learning 26 different languages, there is no universal rule in the ordering of adjectives. As you know, there are two types of adjective usage i.e. attributive and predicative. I guess you are only interested on attributive adjective in this question. As you might guess, all attributive adjectives precede the noun in Korean. We call the adjective comes before noun as 관형어(adnoun) There are 3 types of adnoun in Korean 1. 지시관형어(demonstrative adnoun) e.g. 이, 그, 저, 요, 이런, 저런, 그런, 다른, 무슨, 어느 (this, that, such, those, these, other, which ...) 2. 수관형어(numeral adnoun) e.g. 한, 두, 세(석, 서), 네(넉, 너), 몇, 많은, 약간의 (one, two, a, many, much, some ..) 3. 성상관형어(descriptive adnoun) e.g. 새, 헌, 헛, 옛, 빨간, 파란 (new, old, blue, red) It is possible to use more than one adnominal in the same sentence, but in such circumstances Korean observes the order demonstrative adnoun - numerical adnoun - descriptive adnoun. e.g. 이 두 젊은 남녀는 서로 사랑하는 사이입니다.(demonstrative + numeral + descriptive adnoun) This young boy and girl love each other. The order between descriptive adnouns is not defined. You can follow the order of English sentence. This is a very short, easy, and fun game. 이것은 아주 짧고 쉽고 재미있는 게임이다. The tall kind-hearted working man was out of town. 그 키가 크고 친절한 직원은 출장중이었다. The dirty and crowded city is so scary. 지저분하고 붐비는 도시는 너무 무섭다. I gave her a little white stuffed animal for Christmas. 나는 그녀에게 크리스마스선물로 작고 하얀 봉제동물인형을 주었다. "the beautiful big red ball" would be 그 아름답고 크고 빨간 공 "the big black dog" would be 그 크고 검은 개
20 stycznia 2018
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You're correct that when the adjective is modifying the noun, it proceeds the noun. 비싼 음식 - expensive food but like English, it can follow the noun if it's a sentential adjective 음식이 비싸다. the food is expensive Korean has no preferential order when it comes to adjective stacking, unlike English. My friend did a similar study to yours in my psycholinguitics class. so, I'm guessing 큰 예쁜 공 크고 예쁜 공 예쁜 큰 공 예쁘고 큰 공 are all legitimate in Korean
20 stycznia 2018
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20 stycznia 2018
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