Grammar
Korean is an agglutinative language. The Korean language is traditionally considered to have nine parts of speech. For details, see Korean parts of speech. Modifiers generally precede the modified words, and in the case of verb modifiers, can be serially appended. The basic form of a Korean sentence is subject–object–verb, but the verb is the only required and immovable element.
| A: | 가게에 | 갔어요? | ||
| gage-e | ga-ss-eo-yo | |||
| store + | +++ |
- "Did go to the store?" ("you" implied in conversation)
| B: | 예. (or 네.) | |
| ye (or ne) | ||
| yes |
- "Yes."
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