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Adjectives

Korean Adjectives

Learning the Korean Adjectives is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Korean language. But first we need to know what the role of Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Korean.

Korean Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Here are some examples:

English Adjectives

Korean Adjectives

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형용사 - hyeong yong sa

a green tree

초록빛나무 - cho rok bic na mu

a tall building

높은건물 - nop eun geon mul

a very old man

나이가많은사람(노인) - na i ga manh eun sa ram no in

the old red house

오래된빨간집 - o rae doen ppal gan jip

a very nice friend

매우좋은(멋진) 친구 - mae u joh eun meot jin chin gu

As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adjectives in Korean has a logical pattern. Locate the Adjectives above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Korean.

List of Adjectives in Korean

Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Korean placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Korean vocabulary.

English Adjectives

Korean Adjectives

colors

색상 - saek sang

black

검정 - geom jeong

blue

파랑 - pa rang

brown

갈색 - gal saek

gray

회색 - hoe saek

green

초록 - cho rok

orange

오렌지 - o ren ji

purple

보라 - bo ra

red

빨강 - ppal gang