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Descriptive verbs conjugate
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Korean descriptive verbs (adjectives) conjugate: 커요, 좋아요, 예뻐요: not 이다 + adjective.
Noun identity uses 이다: 학생이에요. Description uses descriptive endings.
Past: 좋았어요. Negative long form: 좋지 않아요.
This is why “is pretty” is 예뻐요, not 예쁜 이에요 in basic speech.
Examples
날씨가 좋아요.
The weather is nice.
이 집이 커요.
This house is big.
그 영화가 재미있었어요.
That movie was fun.
Common mistakes
- 예쁘다이에요 style calques.
- Forcing 이다 onto every English “is + adj.”
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