quick question

[usakorjb03]

when would it be approprate to use -는 -ㄴ -은 when using them to make verbs adjectives? and to make sure this question is clear, I do know how to use these. Just want to know when it would be approprate to use them. examples would be helpful

[manyakumi]

When you want to describe a specific condition for a noun, you could make a verb into an adjective by attaching them.

For example,

예쁜 꽃 : 예쁘(다) + ㄴ + 꽃
군만두 : 굽(다) -> 구우 + ㄴ + 만두
입은 옷 : 입(다) + 은 + 옷
가는 세월 : 가(다) + 는 + 세월


Hope this helps.

[usakorjb03]

question

-아(어/여)보다...would this mean "to try something out"? "to see if something work"? something in those lines?

[manyakumi]

You're exactly right.
Here are some examples.


음식 맛이 좋은지 먹어 보자.

네가 먼저 들어가 봐라.

해 보지도 않고 포기하면 안 된다.

[usakorjb03]

awesome, I was writing something earlier today and that idea came into mind but wasn't sure if i was right or if it was something else.

i'm glad i was right tho WOOO

[usakorjb03]

got another question. i was recently looking at an old lession "it's cool" and if I want to say "I am a cool person" would I say "나는 시원한 사람에요"? would that make sense?

[manyakumi]

got another question. i was recently looking at an old lession "it's cool" and if I want to say "I am a cool person" would I say "나는 시원한 사람에요"? would that make sense?

It makes sense but little bit awkward.

You'd better say,

저는 성격이 시원한 사람이예요.
저는 성격이 시원한 편이예요.
저는 (매사에) 시원시원한 사람이예요.

but it's not very often to say a compliment oneself in Korean culture.

[javiskefka]

What's the meaning of 시원한 성셕?

'cool personality' is not a compliment in English. It means distant and unfriendly.

[usakorjb03]

i'm an amerian...raise in america and i've never heard anything like that being a neg. thing. i've always heard "cool" referring to personality as a positive thing. where u get "distant and unfriendly" from?

[javiskefka]

It's a variation on saying that someone is cold as in:

'A cold look'
'A cold shoulder'
'An ice queen'
'Cold-blooded'

[usakorjb03]

oh yeah...lol...those...well, i wasn't speaking in any of those tones so, no worries.

[usakorjb03]

also, "cold shoulder" "cold look" those are actions. what i was speaking of was what u could say to someone, or about urself "you are a cool person" "i'm cool"

[javiskefka]

Right. My first thought was just ' a more mild form of cold'. There's also the meaning of relaxed and non-plussed, like:
'As cool as a cucumber'

[usakorjb03]

really, for that word, there seems to be no ending on how to use it.

[manyakumi]

Well... I think it's same with English.

시원한 성격 : cool personality (positive)

차가운 성격 : cold personality (negative)