The Difference Between Korean and English Adjectives | Korean FAQ

[@rotu.regino]

Did I already know all of this? Yes. Did I watch Billy's video anyway? Of course, what kind of question is that?

[@XhoowieX]

The advice about learning the '다' form is very good. I did this when I was a beginner, and never really understood why (I just got the impression from people like you that it was a good idea). I hadn't thought about it for a while, but, with hindsight, it certainly was very helpful for building a foundation.

[@fransmith3255]

So glad I worked that out right at the beginning of my Korean learning! It's always worth the watch of Billy's videos anyway, because there is rarely a video where there isn't some little tid bit I didn't know. 🙂

[@BlobOfZero]

Omg this video came out at the perfect time I was just wondering about adjectives ❤

[@mansanhg]

Excellent content as always Billy. Honestly, this explanation sound so foreign to me because I just could not imagine learning a new verb in a form different than it's dictionary form. In my reasoning, it is self-explanatory that a verb in it's infinite form it's the base to build everything else. It would be crazy learning all of them. I guess I had very good teachers and never went that wrong path

[@andersonsabino_]

Your grattitude is my grattitude as well. Keep up with the videos! :)

[@MrMwurm]

Nice description of the differences. Sorry I don't watch your stuff often as I already have certain ones I'm using and am invented to them as they to are working hard to survive. But, I am a big fan of shorter lessons because of time.

[@sophiag7005]

My biggest problem with adjectives is from the other direction, in that I learned first that they look and behave similarly to verbs, but when you get to intermediate suffixes / conjugations you modify verbs and adjectives differently, and differentiating what is a verb and what is an adjective when their dictionary forms are both 다 is really difficult for me, even trying to use the English translation to divide them. Also I say all of that and still don’t know if I’m even explaining the problem correctly, because maybe it’s also a problem with words that come from Chinese vs Korean??? It’s all a muddle in my mind.

[@ainvip5ever285]

I would say, when comes to the differences of adjectives/descriptive verbs and action verbs (and also noun+이다 form), perhaps the only way is we just have to get familiar with what's the particular grammar form a phrase/sentence is formed from and its grammar rules, in which usually are divided by timing factors (past 과거, current 현재, future 미래/assumption 추측). Like, for example, for -(으)ㄴ/는 모양이다 grammar concept - means "seems/looks like/apparently/reckon/guess/think" (intermediate level), the ways to conjugate adjectives are different, compared to one's for verbs, depending on the timing of a phrase/sentence. The most obvious difference can be seen when we conjugate an adjective (dictionary form: 좋다 = to be good 👉 좋은 모양이다, means "Seems...in good condition") vs a verb (dictionary form: 가다 = to go 👉 가는 모양이다, means "Seems...is/are going) for current timing. There is also difference between comjugating verbs for past (dictionary form: 가다 = to go 👉 간 모양이다, means "seems...went"), compared to the one for current timing as I mentioned earlier. Anyway, as I said earlier, we have to get familiar first of the grammar rules. Try to comprehend them one by one and practice more, especially for different various contexts. Hope it would be helpful for you.

[@robertcopter5127]

nooooo. I need to know the adjective form of hada for past and future tenses!

[@EthanHurley]

~았/었던 if you add these to an adjective that modifies a noun, you get the form of something that USED to be the property the adjective described, but ISNT any longer. 똑똑한 고양이- smart cat/ 똑똑했던 고양이 -the cat that USED to be smart (but isn’t any more)

[@꼬꼬의한국어교실]

빌리 선생님^^ 안녕하세요? 저는 한국어 예비교사인데요. 혹시 선생님의 교재를 한국에서도 살 수 있을까요? 영어권 화자들에게 한국어를 가르칠 때 알기 쉽게 설명하도록 선생님의 교재를 활용하고 싶어요. ^^ 선생님 한국어 강의 재미있게 잘 보고 있어요. ^^

[@GoBillyKorean]

감사합니다! 저도 궁금해서 찾아보니 11번가에서 아마존 상품 주문하는 방식으로 가능한 것 같아요 ^^

[@꼬꼬의한국어교실]

감사합니다. ^^

[@mikkokim5998]

@GoBillyKorean How do you say "Dictionary form" in Korean?

[@EthanHurley]

Another word for dictionary form is “infinitive” and the Korean words for those are “동사 원형” or “부정사”

[@Shadowthevampire]

Ive had problems with he ENTIRE Korean language because I find not a single video that describes things in the visual wya my brain needs to understand.

[@SodaDrinker94]

Wait … English adjectives change too… no? “The cat IS small” v “The small cat”…. why you saying English adjectives don’t change man? I do like the explanation about learning dictionary forms though… the amount of times I’ve heard people say 나는 as “I” is ridiculous

[@EthanHurley]

Adding “is” doesn’t actually change the adjective itself. In English, regardless of the placement, “small” will always be “small” and never conjugates. The cat is small/ The small cat: “is” doesn’t actually change the form of the adjective it proceeds.

[@fransmith3255]

@@EthanHurley My cat is smallish... 🙂