{"id":140,"date":"2009-09-14T00:14:50","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T04:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=140"},"modified":"2009-09-14T00:14:50","modified_gmt":"2009-09-14T04:14:50","slug":"%e3%84%b9-ending-verbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/%e3%84%b9-ending-verbs\/","title":{"rendered":"\u3139 ending verbs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The verbs that we encountered so far were regular ending verbs like \uac00\ub2e4<\/strong> (to go), \uc6b4\uc804\ud558\ub2e4<\/strong> (to drive). These verbs were simple in the sense that all you had to do was drop the \ub2e4<\/strong> and add \uc694<\/strong> in the standard polite form. For example, \uac00\ub2e4<\/strong> turns to \uac00\uc694<\/strong> and \uc6b4\uc804\ud558\ub2e4<\/strong> turns to \uc6b4\uc804\ud574\uc694<\/strong>. The verbs that we’re going to look at today are not so simple.<\/p>\n

In particular, the new verbs will end in \u3139<\/strong>and will be a part of verbs that are considered irregular in conjugation. Let’s look at the verb \uc54c\ub2e4<\/strong>, <\/strong>which means ‘to know’ in English. In the present tense, this verb will be \uc54c\uc544\uc694<\/strong>. Instantly, you can see that there are several things going on here: 1) the \ub2e4<\/strong> is dropped (nothing new, we saw that with the regular verbs) 2) \uc694<\/strong> is added to indicate the standard polite form (again, nothing new) 3) \uc544<\/strong> is placed between \uc54c<\/strong> and \uc694<\/strong> (this is what’s new).<\/p>\n

Now that I’ve told you the process, try conjugating\u00a0a verb\u00a0like \ub180\ub2e4<\/strong> (to play). If you follow the steps above, you should get \ub180\uc544\uc694<\/strong>. Now try conjugating a verb like\u00a0\ub9cc\ub4e4\ub2e4<\/strong>\u00a0(to\u00a0make). Before you conjugate anything, I’ll give you a hint by saying that it’s not going to be conjugated like \ub180\ub2e4<\/strong> and \uc54c\ub2e4<\/strong>. With\u00a0\ub9cc\ub4e4\ub2e4 <\/strong>you’ll get \ub9cc\ub4e4\uc694<\/strong> in the standard polite form. Notice that with\u00a0\ub9cc\ub4e4\ub2e4<\/strong>\u00a0the ending changes to \uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> instead of \uc544\uc694<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The reason why some \u3139 <\/strong>ending verbs end in \uc544\uc694<\/strong> versus \uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> has to do with the last vowel of the verb. With verbs like \ub180\ub2e4<\/strong>, you’ll see that the last vowel (and the only vowel) is\u00a0\u3157<\/strong>. Vowels like \u3157<\/strong>, \u315b<\/strong>, \u314f<\/strong>, and \u3151<\/strong> are called light\/yang\/positive\/bright vowels. (There are more vowels that fall in this category, but for today, we’ll just cover the simple vowels.)\u00a0The vowels in the verbs \uc54c\ub2e4<\/strong> and \ub180\ub2e4<\/strong> belong to this category. That’s why these verbs will\u00a0be conjugated as\u00a0\uc54c\uc544\uc694<\/strong> and \ub180\uc544\uc694<\/strong>, with both verbs ending in \uc544\uc694<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

However vowels like \u3153<\/strong>, \u3155<\/strong>, \u315c<\/strong>, and \u3160<\/strong> are called heavy, ying\/dark vowels. (Again, there are more vowels that fall in this category, but for today, this is all that’s necessary). You’ll see that verbs like \ub9cc\ub4e4\ub2e4<\/strong>, has the last vowel ending in \u315c<\/strong>. Verbs that have the dark vowels will have the \uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> ending. That’s why\u00a0\ub9cc\ub4e4\ub2e4<\/strong>\u00a0is conjugated as \ub9cc\ub4e4\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> instead of \ub9cc\ub4e4\uc544\uc694<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In the next post, I’ll clarify this in greater detail, but for today this is a good place to stop. \ub2e4\uc74c\uc5d0 \ubd10\uc694<\/strong>! (See you next time!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The verbs that we encountered so far were regular ending verbs like \uac00\ub2e4 (to go), \uc6b4\uc804\ud558\ub2e4 (to drive). These verbs were simple in the sense that all you had to do was drop the \ub2e4 and add \uc694 in the standard polite form. For example, \uac00\ub2e4 turns to \uac00\uc694 and \uc6b4\uc804\ud558\ub2e4 turns to \uc6b4\uc804\ud574\uc694. The…<\/p>\n

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