How to use Korean Grammar V + ㄹ / 을 만하다

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Verb + / 을 만하다

ㄹ - if a word ends in a vowel or ㄹ, 을 - if it ends in a consonant (except ㄹ)

The Korean grammar pattern -ㄹ 만하다 / -을 만하다 is used to express that something is "worthy of" or "deserves" a particular action. -ㄹ 만하다 / -을 만하다 can be translated as "is worth".

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저 식당에는 먹을 만한 음식이 뭐예요?

Korean

식당

먹다

음식

무엇

English

I

restaurant

to eat

food

what

What food is good to eat at that restaurant?

저 식당+을 만하+ 음식 무엇+이에요?

읽을 만한 책을 추천해 주세요.

Korean

읽다

추천하다

English

to read

book

to recommend

Please recommend a book to read.

을 만하+ 추천하+여 주+세요.

이 노래는 들을 만해요.

Korean

노래

듣다

English

this

song

to listen

This song is worth listening to.

이 노래 듣+을 만하+여요.

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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 ).