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INTRODUCTION
Eric: Hi everyone, I'm Eric.
Lyn: And I'm Lyn.
Eric: And welcome to Must-Know Korean Sentence Structures, Season 1, Lesson 5. Using Adjectives to Describe.
Eric: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern for describing something using an adjective.
PATTERN
Eric: For example,
Eric: "The book is boring."
Lyn: 그 책은 지루해요. (geu chaegeun jiruhaeyo.)
Lyn: [slow] 그 책은 지루해요. (geu chaegeun jiruhaeyo.)
Eric: The pattern for describing something using an adjective has 3 elements. First, a phrase, "that book."
Lyn: 그 책 (geu chaek).
Eric: Second, a topic marking particle.
Lyn: 은 (eun).
Eric: Third, an adjective, "boring."
Lyn: 지루해요 (jiruhaeyo).
Eric: Altogether, we have.. "The book is boring."
Lyn: 그 책은 지루해요. (geu chaegeun jiruhaeyo.) [slow] 그 책은 지루해요. (geu chaegeun jiruhaeyo.) [normal] 그 책은 지루해요. (geu chaegeun jiruhaeyo.)
Eric: To be polite in Korean, you can end a sentence with the sentence ending...
Lyn: 요 (yo)
Eric: But when you use this, make sure to check how the verb-stem ends. If the last syllable of the verb-stem has a vowel which has...
Lyn: ㅏ (a) OR ㅗ (o)
Eric: … just add…
Lyn: 요 (yo)
Eric: after the verb-stem and say…
Lyn: 만나요 (mannayo).
Eric: If the last syllable of the verb-stem doesn't have
Lyn: ㅏ (a) or ㅗ (o)...
Eric: you need to add one syllable between the verb-stem and the sentence-ending, which is…
Lyn: 어 (eo)
Eric: So together, you can say…
Lyn: 먹어요 (meogeoyo). 먹 (meok)
Eric: And there’s one more. Lyn, can you explain more?
Lyn: If the verb is 하다 (hada), for example, 공부하다 (gongbuhada), replace 하 (ha) with 해 (hae) and add 요 (yo) as in 공부해요 (gongbuhaeyo).
Lyn: 그 책은 지루해요. (geu chaegeun jiruhaeyo.)
Eric: So remember to check the verb-stem when you use the sentence-ending particle...
Lyn: 요 (yo).
Eric: Here is another example meaning, "The tree is small." First, a phrase, "that tree."
Lyn: 그 나무 (geu namu).
Eric: Second, a topic marking particle.
Lyn: 는 (neun).
Eric: Third, an adjective, "small."
Lyn: 작아요 (jagayo).
Eric: Altogether we have..
Lyn: 그 나무는 작아요. (geu namuneun jagayo.) [slow] 그 나무는 작아요. (geu namuneun jagayo.) [normal] 그 나무는 작아요. (geu namuneun jagayo.)
Eric: "The tree is small."
[pause]
Lyn: 그 나무는 작아요. (geu namuneun jagayo.)
Eric: How do you say - "That apple is delicious." To give you a hint, "delicious" in Korean is..
Lyn: 맛있어요 (masisseoyo). [slow] 맛있어요 (masisseoyo). [normal] 맛있어요 (masisseoyo).
Eric: “That apple is delicious.”
[pause]
Lyn: 그 사과는 맛있어요. (geu sagwaneun masisseoyo.) [slow] 그 사과는 맛있어요. (geu sagwaneun masisseoyo.) [normal] 그 사과는 맛있어요. (geu sagwaneun masisseoyo.)
[pause]
Lyn: 그 사과는 맛있어요. (geu sagwaneun masisseoyo.)
REVIEW
Eric: Let's review the sentences from this lesson. I will give you the English equivalent of the phrase and you are responsible for shouting it out loud in Korean. Here we go.
Eric: "The book is boring."
[pause]
Lyn: 그 책은 지루해요. (geu chaegeun jiruhaeyo.)
[pause]
Lyn: 그 책은 지루해요. (geu chaegeun jiruhaeyo.)
Eric: "The tree is small."
[pause]
Lyn: 그 나무는 작아요. (geu namuneun jagayo.)
[pause]
Lyn: 그 나무는 작아요. (geu namuneun jagayo.)
Eric: "That apple is delicious."
[pause]
Lyn: 그 사과는 맛있어요. (geu sagwaneun masisseoyo.)
[pause]
Lyn: 그 사과는 맛있어요. (geu sagwaneun masisseoyo.)

Outro

Eric: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for describing something using an adjective, as in..
Lyn: 그 책은 지루해요. (geu chaegeun jiruhaeyo.)
Eric: meaning "The book is boring."
Eric: You can find more vocab or phrases that go with this sentence pattern in the lesson notes. So please be sure to check them out on KoreanClass101.com. Thanks everyone, see you next time!
Lyn: 그럼 다음 시간에 만나요! (Geureom daeum sigane mannayo!).

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