Nouns:
냄새 = smell (나다)
청소기 = vacuum cleaner
기계 = machine
얼굴 = face
시장 = market
몸 = body
불 = light/fire
숙제 = homework
기억 = memory
상자 = box
바람 = wind
세금 = tax
Verbs:
켜다 = to turn on
끄다 = to turn off
숨다 = to hide
숨기다 = to hide an object
고장내다 = to break
놓다 = laying an object down
눕다 = to lay down
존경하다 = to respect
대체(하다) = replacement (to replace)
제공하다 = provide/offer
포함하다 = include
내다 = to make something come up
싸우다 = fight
속이다 = to trick somebody
감동하다 = impress
서다 = to stand
Passive Verbs:
잠기다 = state of being locked
켜지다 = the state of being on
꺼지다 = the state of being off
나다 = to have something you didn’t have
고장나다 = passive state of broken
화나다 = mad
짜증나다 = to be annoyed
놓이다 = the state of an object laying
열리다 = the state of being open
속다 = to be tricked
Adverbs:
자꾸 = repeatedly
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Introduction
This lesson contains a lot of boring, confusing grammar. I am warning you now.
If you looked at the vocabulary list of this lesson before reading this, you may have noticed something strange with some of the words. A lot of the words look very similar to each other. The reason for this is because today you will learn about passive verbs in Korean. Though I studied passive verbs very early in my studies, it is something that actually took me a year to fully grasp – and not because it is incredibly difficult, but rather that I never received any proper instruction regarding passive verbs.
What are passive verbs? A passive verb is a word that indicates that an action was done in the past – which results in something being in a non-active state after that action. It’s hard to explain with words – and much better explained with examples. In this sentence:
I open the door:
The verb “open” is an active verb because the subject (I) is acting on an object (the door). But, in the following sentence:
