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Compound verbs may be formed by combining more than two verbs. As illustrated below, the regular method of combining uses only the stem of the first verb. The irregular method may use a conjugated verb ending or a changed stem of the first verb.

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Verb in Korean are the predicates in the sentence. Various meanings are given to verb by conjugation. Korean verbs may be divided into Action verbs and Adjectival verbs.

1. Action Verbs

Communicate the movement or the action of things

Examples:

Interrogative Pronouns

a) Summarizes the use of Interrogative Pronoun

Demonstrative Pronoun

a. Material Demonstrative Pronoun

Pronouns are the words which replaces a noun but convey the same inference as the subject of the noun.

There are three kinds of pronouns in Korean.

1) Personal Pronoun

2) Demonstrative Pronouns

3) Interrogative Pronoun

Personal Pronoun

Certain suffixes follow nouns and supplement their meanings.

Nouns can be used in independent of other words in their own right. They can be also used idiomatically with preceding and modifying nouns or verbs.

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Nouns are those words that refer to things or persons, depending upon their meanings and usage. Nouns are further divided into Independent Nouns, and Dependent nouns are further divided into common nouns and proper nouns. By using case particles the case of nouns is assigned.

Nouns are made plural by adding the word. –들- There is no gender differentiation in Korean.

Another special feature of Korean Language “Nominal Endings” make a verb into noun, by adding some predefined particles.

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Adnominal endings follow verbs stems or verb suffixes and modify nouns. Adnominal endings also convey verb tense. Depending upon the verb type, the selection of adnominal ending varies.

The Chart of Adnominal Endings: