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🎨 Describing Things
Unit 11 of 30 in the Kaja Hangul course.
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The phrases
날씨가 좋아요
nalssiga joayo
The weather's nice
Korean adjectives ARE verbs — 좋다 conjugates exactly like 먹다. There is no separate 'to be'.
너무 비싸요
neomu bissayo
It's too expensive
너무 literally means 'excessively', but in speech it is just a strong 'very'.
이게 더 좋아요
ige deo joayo
This one's better
더 = more. Korean makes comparatives by putting 더 in front, with no change to the adjective.
이게 제일 맛있어요
ige jeil masisseoyo
It's the best one
제일 (or 가장) = most. Same trick as 더, one step up.
커피보다 차를 더 좋아해요
keopiboda chareul deo joahaeyo
I prefer tea to coffee
보다 attaches to the thing you're comparing AGAINST, and comes first. 더 (more) before the verb completes it.
방이 너무 작아요
bangi neomu jagayo
The room is too small
방 = room. 작다 → 작아요, because the last vowel is ㅏ.
조금 더 큰 거 있어요?
jogeum deo keun geo isseoyo?
Do you have a slightly bigger one?
To put an adjective in front of a noun, use -(으)ㄴ: 크다 → 큰 거 = 'a big one'.
색이 예뻐요
saegi yeppeoyo
The colour is lovely
색 = colour. 예쁘다 → 예뻐요: the ㅡ drops out, as it does in 바쁘다 → 바빠요.
아주 편해요
aju pyeonhaeyo
It's very comfortable
아주 = very, and unlike 너무 it carries no hint of 'too much'.
생각보다 쉬워요
saenggakboda swiwoyo
It's easier than I expected
생각보다 = 'than (my) thought'. 쉽다 → 쉬워요 is a ㅂ irregular.
사람이 많아요
sarami manayo
It's crowded
Literally 'there are many people'. 많아요 is said 마나요 — the ㅎ goes silent.
좀 시끄러워요
jom sikkeureowoyo
It's a bit noisy
시끄럽다 → 시끄러워요, another ㅂ irregular. That family is large and worth spotting.
한국 사람처럼 말해요
hanguk saramcheoreom malhaeyo
You speak like a Korean
처럼 = like, as. It attaches straight to a noun, no space: 아기처럼, 저처럼.
Words introduced here
사람 — person작다 — to be small많다 — to be many / a lot차 — tea방 — room날씨 — weather색 — colour아주 — very너무 — too / very제일 — most생각 — thought처럼 — like, as말하다 — to speak믿다 — to believe원하다 — to want필요하다 — to be needed느끼다 — to feel놀라다 — to be surprised묻다 — to ask대답하다 — to answer설명하다 — to explain부탁하다 — to request a favour약속하다 — to promise편하다 — to be comfortable모두 — everyone, all모든 — every, all여러 — several아무 — any, no-가장 — most of all전부 — all of it어느 — which
A conversation using them: Too expensive
In a shop, looking at something you half want.
A
이거 얼마예요?
igeo eolmayeyo?
How much is this?
B
삼만 원이에요.
samman wonieyo
It's thirty thousand won.
A
너무 비싸요.
neomu bissayo
That's too expensive.
A
조금 더 큰 거 있어요?
jogeum deo keun geo isseoyo?
Do you have a slightly bigger one?
B
네, 있어요. 이게 더 좋아요.
ne, isseoyo. ige deo joayo
Yes. This one's better.
A
색이 예뻐요. 이거 주세요.
saegi yeppeoyo. igeo juseyo
The colour's lovely. I'll take this one.
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