Korean Introductory I
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Verbs in Korean have an infinitive form ending in -. Suffixes are added to verbs to change properties like time, politeness level, and location. Korean sentence structure follows subject-object-verb order, unlike English, and a sentence can consist of just a verb with subject and object implied by context.
Korean Introductory I
- 1. About Verbs As you may have noticed the infinitve form verbs (to ) all have the ending This is called the dictionary form The part before the is the base
- 2. Suffixes By adding a suffix you can change many properties, such as time, politeness level, location and much more Suffixes we encountered so far ()語 formal imperative /給 formal polite present Implies "because", "since"
- 3. Sentence structure As opposed to English order (subject verb object), Korean order is subject object verb Additionally the closer a word is to the beginning the less important it is A sentence only consisting of a verb is gramatically correct in Korean as the subject and/or object can be implied by the context