How to use Korean Grammar V + 는 것
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Verb + 는 것
Just like -기, -는 것 is used to convert a verb or a full sentence into a noun form. Unlike -기, -는 것 is more flexible and useful.
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제 조카가 그림을 그리는 것을 좋아해요.
Korean
저
조카
그림
그리다
좋아하다
English
I
nephew / niece
picture
to draw
to like
My nephew likes to draw.
저+의 조카가 그림을 그리는 것+을 좋아하+여요.
새벽에 일어나는 것이 힘들지 않아요?
Korean
새벽
일어나다
힘들다
않다
English
dawn
to get up
difficult
not
Isn't it hard to get up at dawn?
새벽에 일어나는 것+이 힘들지 않+아요?
저는 운전하는 것을 배우고 싶어요.
Korean
저
운전하다
배우다
싶다
English
I
to drive
to learn
to want
I want to learn to drive.
저는 운전하는 것+을 배우고 싶+어요.
이 곳에서 사는 것이 어때요?
Korean
이
곳
살다
어떻다
English
this
place
to live
how
How is it to live in this place?
이 곳에서 사는 것+이 어떻+어요?
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 ).