Vocabulary

Vocabulary

In Korean, there are several parts of speech.

Nouns

There are many different kinds of nouns. See Category:Nouns

Adjectives

Adjectives are really a special kind of verb. See Category:Adjectives

Verbs

See Category:Verbs

Adverbs

See Category:Adverbs

Particles

Particles, by themselves, mean nothing. But they attach to other words to explain what role they are playing in the sentence. There are only a handful of them. See Category:Particles

• (n)eun: topic marker
• ga/i: subject marker
• (l)eul: object marker

Verb Endings

Verb Endings are attached to verbs. They change the meaning of the verbs, or add additional context. There are two kinds of endings: Final and Non-Final. See Category:Verb Endings

Non-Final Verb Endings

• 었/았/였: Past
• 겠: Future
• 으시/시: honorific
• 어/아/여: Glue

The following allow verbs to be attached to nouns as clauses:

• 을/ㄹ: Future
• 는/ㄴ: Present
• 은/ㄴ: Past
• 은/ㄴ: Adjective

• 히/이: Passive (eat -> be eaten)
• 이: Objective (eat -> fed to)

Final Verb Endings

• 습니다/읍니다 Polite, formal statement
• (으)십시오: Polite, formal please

... etc ...