How to use Korean Grammar V/A + 게 하다

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Verb, Adjective + 게 하다

Korean grammar construction -게 하다 is used to indicate that someone or something is making something to happen. Simply speaking, -게 하다 means "to make someone to do or to be something". -게 하다 can be translated as "to make" or "to let".

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친구가 저를 노래를 부르게 했어요.

Korean

친구

노래

부르다

English

friend

I

song

to sing

A friend made me sing.

친구 노래 부르게 하++어요.

어머니가 아이를 밥 먹게 합니다.

Korean

어머니

아이

먹다

English

mother

baby

food

to eat

The mother makes the child eat.

어머니 아이 밥 먹게 하+ㅂ니다.

시험 중이니까 아무도 못 들어오게 해 주세요.

Korean

시험

-중

아무도

들어오다

English

exam

in the process of

nobody

cannot

to come in

I'm on a test, so please don't let anyone in. (...make sure nobody can come in.)

시험 +이니까 아무도 못 들어오 하+여 주+세요.

이 파리가 저를 귀찮게 해요.

Korean

파리

귀찮다

English

this

fly

I

annoying

This fly is bothering me. (...makes me feel annoyed.)

이 파리 귀찮게 하+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 ).