How to use Korean Grammar A + (으)ㄴ 것

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Adjective + ㄴ / 은 것

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

Korean grammar pattern -ㄴ / -은 것 is used to convert an adjective or a full sentence into a noun form. If an adjective stem ends in a vowel, -ㄴ 것 is attached, and if it ends in a consonant, -은 것 is attached.
For adjectives that end in 있다 or 없다, use -는 것.

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추운 것을 못 참아요.

재미있는 것을 보여 줄 까요?

시장에서 맛있는 것들이 많아요.

다음 주 목요일에 하고 싶은 것이 뭐예요?

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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 ).