This administrative system is primarily based around provinces, counties, and villages, designated by the suffixes –do, -kun, and –ri, respectively, which serve as the basis for North Korean 'country grammar'. The territory of the modern DPRK covers four of the eight Korean provinces (조...
GEOGRAPHIC namesDIALECTSSUFFIXES & prefixes (Grammar)The languages spoken in the state of Kara 加羅 or Kaya 伽耶 (ca. AD 42 – 562) have remained largely beyond reach, impeded by previous approaches to the data. In this paper, I examine the earliest editions of ...
Below are somecommon Korean suffixesand forms of address that you’ll commonly hear. These are titles you can use when you need to address someone. Someone may use these titles to address you as well. Some of them are used in combination with the person’s name, and others just use the...
Korea is divided into administrative regions. They have official names and official suffixes that designate the type of region. However, some places also have older or simplified names used colloquially that are similar to the official name. This can make it confusing when you’re trying to find...
Korean prepositions actually appear after nouns, and they come with specific suffixes. This is quite different from English, which usually has prepositions placed before nouns. The box is under the bed –상자는 침대밑에있어요(The box the bed under is) ...
we account for verbs or adjectives consisting of a loanblend with the Korean verbalizing suffixes, -hada‘do’ or -tweda‘become’, as long as they indicate the predicate value of borrowed words. For example,tɯraibɯhada(English verb ‘drive’ + Korean active suffix -hada),mɛtsʰ...
You may need to politely ask for someone’s name (이름이 어떻게 되세요?) if you plan on using suffixes such as 님 or 씨. It’s important to bear in mind that you should also use the appropriate speech politeness level along with the honorific.Read this guide to fin...
Passiveandcausativeforms are formed by adding suffixes to the verb base. There is a large number ofmoodmarkers. The most typical moods are declarative, interrogative, imperative and cohortative. The mood markers occur in the final position of a finite verb form, e.g., ...
Soo-ryun asks him to rescind his orders… “Or cut my throat.” Whoa. Now this I didn’t see coming. The problem is, he doesn’t seem too broken up about having to kill her to get what he wants, so he reaches for his sword and raises it… ...
Particles are key for Korean grammar Don’t be fooled by their name because particles play a huge role in Korean sentences. Knowing the most basic ofKorean particleswill help you understand most phrases. Functionally, particles are suffixes or attachments that follow nouns. They explain what exactl...