{"id":403,"date":"2010-04-29T12:15:17","date_gmt":"2010-04-29T12:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=403"},"modified":"2010-04-30T12:15:36","modified_gmt":"2010-04-30T12:15:36","slug":"the-progressive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/the-progressive\/","title":{"rendered":"The Progressive"},"content":{"rendered":"

In English, the present progressive is expressed by adding -ing. In Korean, the gerund is expressed by the construction ~\uace0 \uc788\ub2e4<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\ubcc0\ud638\uc0ac\ub4e4\uc774 \uc11c\ub958\ub97c \uc900\ube44\ud558\uace0 \uc788\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> = The lawyers are preparing the documents<\/p>\n

(\ubcc0\ud638\uc0ac<\/strong> = lawyer. \ub4e4<\/strong> = plural marker. \uc774<\/strong> = subject marker. \uc11c\ub958 <\/strong>= document. \ub97c<\/strong> = object marker. \uc900\ube44\ud558\uace0 \uc788\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> = preparing)<\/p>\n

The verb used in the above sentence was \uc900\ube44\ud558\ub2e4<\/strong> = to prepare. To form the present progressive, drop the \ub2e4<\/strong> of \uc900\ube44\ud558\ub2e4 <\/strong>and add it to \uace0 \uc788\ub2e4<\/strong>. \uc788\ub2e4 <\/strong>was conjugated in the standard polite in the example above, but it can also be conjugated in the deferential polite as well.<\/p>\n

With the sentence below, can you tell how this construction is different from \uace0 \uc788\ub2e4<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

\uc720\ub9ac\ub294 \ucc45\uc744 \uc77d\uace0 \uc788\uc5c8\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> = Yuri was reading a book.<\/p>\n

(\uc720\ub9ac<\/strong> = Yuri. \ub294<\/strong> = topic marker. \ucc45<\/strong> = book. \uc744<\/strong> = object marker. \uc77d\uace0 \uc788\uc5c8\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> = was reading)<\/p>\n

The construction ~\uace0 \uc788\uc5c8\ub2e4<\/strong> was used instead of ~\uace0 \uc788\ub2e4<\/strong>. With the ~\uace0 \uc788\uc5c8\ub2e4<\/strong>\u00a0 construction, the -ing remains intact, but unlike ~\uace0 \uc788\ub2e4<\/strong>, the action is happening in the past. As a result, if the above construction was replaced by ~\uace0 \uc788\ub2e4<\/strong>, it would mean that Yuri “is” reading a book, instead of “was” reading a book. Also, as a sidenote, \uc788\uc5c8\ub2e4<\/strong> was conjugated as \uc788\uc5c8\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> in the standard polite, but the deferential polite can also be used.<\/p>\n

There’s another construction that is similar in meaning to \uace0 \uc788\ub2e4<\/strong>, but with a specific nuance that is completely different from \uace0 \uc788\ub2e4<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\uadf8 \ud589\uc0ac\uac00\u00a0\ubc94\uc8c4\ub97c \uc870\uc0ac\ud558\ub294 \uc911\uc774\uc5d0\uc694<\/strong> = That detective is in the middle of investigating the crime<\/p>\n

(\uadf8<\/strong> = that. \ud589\uc0ac<\/strong> = detective. \uac00<\/strong>\u00a0= subject marker. \ubc94\uc8c4<\/strong> = crime. \ub97c<\/strong> = object marker. \uc870\uc0ac\ud558\ub294 \uc911\uc774\uc5d0\uc694<\/strong> = in the middle of investigating)<\/p>\n

The construction used was \uc740<\/strong>\/\ub294 \uc911\uc774\ub2e4<\/strong>, which means, “in the middle of” or “in the process of”<\/p>\n

If you take the same sentence above and replace it with \uace0 \uc788\ub2e4<\/strong>, it would mean “That detective is investigating the crime”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In English, the present progressive is expressed by adding -ing. In Korean, the gerund is expressed by the construction ~\uace0 \uc788\ub2e4. \ubcc0\ud638\uc0ac\ub4e4\uc774 \uc11c\ub958\ub97c \uc900\ube44\ud558\uace0 \uc788\uc5b4\uc694 = The lawyers are preparing the documents (\ubcc0\ud638\uc0ac = lawyer. \ub4e4 = plural marker. \uc774 = subject marker. \uc11c\ub958 = document. \ub97c = object marker. \uc900\ube44\ud558\uace0 \uc788\uc5b4\uc694 = preparing) The…<\/p>\n

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