How to use Korean Grammar A + 게

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Adjective +

In Korean, -게 is used to transform an adjective into an adverb.

(e.g. easy → easily, slow → slowly)

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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.

친구+ 재미있 영화 보++어요.

누나가 예쁘게 입었어요.

Korean

누나

예쁘다

입다

English

sister

beautiful

to put on clothes

My sister dressed up pretty.

누나 예쁘 입++어요.

아들이 깨끗하게 방을 청소해요.

Korean

아들

깨끗하다

청소하다

English

son

clean

room

to clean up

My son cleans the room clean.

아들 깨끗하 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++ 행복하고 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 ).