How to use Korean Grammar A + 게
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Adjective + 게
In Korean, -게 is used to transform an adjective into an adverb.
(e.g. easy → easily, slow → slowly)
See examples,
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친구들과 재미있게 영화를 봤어요.
Korean
친구
재미있다
영화
보다
English
friend
interesting
movie
to watch
I enjoyed watching a movie with my friends.
친구들+과 재미있게 영화를 보+았+어요.
누나가 예쁘게 입었어요.
Korean
누나
예쁘다
입다
English
sister
beautiful
to put on clothes
My sister dressed up pretty.
누나가 예쁘게 입+었+어요.
아들이 깨끗하게 방을 청소해요.
Korean
아들
깨끗하다
방
청소하다
English
son
clean
room
to clean up
My son cleans the room clean.
아들이 깨끗하게 방을 청소하+여요.
모든 사람들은 행복하게 살고 싶어합니다.
Korean
모든
사람
행복하다
살다
싶다
하다
English
all
people
happy
to live
to want
to do
All people want to live happily.
모든 사람+들+은 행복하게 살고 싶어하+ㅂ니다.
Quick reference (click to open)
Vowels: a, e, i, o, u
Consonants: b, c, d, f, g, h, j
Syllable: Bra-zil (2 syllables), Ar-gen-ti-na (4), In-di-a (3), Viet-nam (2), thin-king (2), beau-ti-ful (3), good (1)
Batchim: is a final consonant in a syllable. → Bra-zil (batchim: 'l'), Ar-gen-ti-na (batchims: 'r' and 'n'), In-di-a ('n'), Viet-nam ('t', 'm')
Romanization: is a conversion of text (not pronunciation ! ) from different writing system (Korean, Arabic, Russian, etc.) to the Roman (Latin) alphabet.
IPA: is an alphabetic system of phonetic (pronunciation) notation.
Noun: road, user, sister, table, sky
Pronoun: I, my, we, you, they, her
Verb: to go, to study, to think, to feel
Adjective: cold, kind, hungry, curious, expensive
Adverb: quickly, nicely, never, exactly, urgently
Preposition: from, to, on, in, with, till
Conjuction: and, because, if, but, while
Declarative sentence: I learn Korean.
Interrogative sentence: Do you learn Korean?
Imperative sentence: You must learn Korean!
Exclamative sentence: Wow, you learn Korean!
Verb / Adj. stem in Korean: part of a verb or adj. which is left after removing the last syllable -다 ( e.g. 가다 → 가, 예쁘다 → 예쁘, 듣다 → 듣 ).