What's Different Between Verb and Adjective in Korean Language?

What's different between Verb and Adjective in Korean Language?

In Korean language, Verb and Adjective are similar in ways to change, function of sentences, etc. So, it's not easy to find differences out. There are three ways.


1. There are ‘-ㄴ다’ and ‘-는다’ representing as ending of present tense. Verb can be put ‘-는다’, but adjective can not. Adjective can be put ‘-ㄴ다’ on the end of itself, but verb can not.

ex>
먹다. (to eat)
내가 밥을 먹는다. (o)
내가 밥을 먹다. (x)

예쁘다. (to be pretty)
효리는 예쁜다. (x)
효리는 예쁘다. (o)


2. There are ‘-아라’ and ‘-어라’ representing as ending of making people do something and ‘-자’ as ending of doing something together like 'let's.' ‘-아라’, ‘-어라’ and ‘-자’ can put on verb and cannot put on adjective.

ex>
읽다( to read)
효리야, 책을 읽어라. (o)
효리야, 책을 읽자. (o)

키가 작다. (to be short)
효리야, 키가 작아라. (x)
효리야, 키가 작자. (x)


3. Progressive tense and perfect tense like ‘-고 있다’, ‘-아/-어 있다’, or ‘-는 중이다’ can not be with Adjective. But, verb can have progressive tense.

ex>
가다. (go)
효리는 지금 학교에 가고 있다.(o)
효리는 지금 학교에 가 있다.(o)
효리는 지금 학교에 가는 중이다. (o)

좋다. (to be good)
날씨가 무척 좋고 있다.(x)
날씨가 무척 좋아 있다.(x)
날씨가 무척 좋은 중이다.(x)

What's Arirang (아리랑)?

What's Arirang(아리랑)?

If you are interested in Korea or not, you might have heard a song, "Arirang", on media. Now, I am going to explain about Arirang(아리랑). Actually, some of my friends have asked what Arirang means and stands for, but I couldn't answer clearly.

"Arirang~ Arirang~ Ah Ra Ri Oh~"

Have you ever heard this song? As you may guess, Arirang is one of the name of Korean folk songs. Let's see the lyrics of it.

“아리랑 아리랑 아라리요 / 아리랑 고개를 넘어간다 / 나를 버리고 가시는 님은 / 십리도 못가서 발병난다.”
(Arirang Arirang Arariyo / Arirang gogaelul nurmeganda/ nalul burigo gasinun nimuen / siplido motgaseo balbyungnanda.)

Actually, there are a lot of Arirang songs in difference of region. Lyrics, tempo, beats are different also. Why is Arirang? Here are some Arirang stories.

1. 'Ari'(아리) is 고운(goun) standing for sweet, tender, pretty, and good-looking. 'rang'(랑) means 님(nim) which is kinda formal expression on you, darling, or lover.
아리랑(arirang) means like sweet or pretty darling, or lover.

2. There is another view on Arirang. Ari(아리) has another meaning, "extremely missing." So, Arirang is also "extremely missing darling or lover."

Arirang can be sung by Koreans when they really want something like for win of sports game. As a representative of Korean traditional folk songs, it's widely spreaded all over the world. In other words, it can be another Korean national anthem showing Korean's nationality and personality considered as 한(han, 恨 like lamentation) and 정(jeong, 情 like human nature).