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Expanded Description of Korean Parts of Speech

See korpos.htm for POS Chart
(These tables are not finalized and may contain minor errors)

Japanese

English

English Description

–ผŽŒ

generic noun

a word used to represent a person, a place, or a thing and to name a particular one of them

“ฎ–ผŽŒ(–ผŽŒŒ“Œ`—eŽŒ)

verbal noun (noun also adjective)

a noun that functions as an adjective with an affix

“ฎ–ผŽŒ(–ผŽŒŒ““ฎŽŒ)

verbal noun (noun also passive verb)

a noun that functions as a passive verb with an affix

“ฎ–ผŽŒ(–ผŽŒŒ““ฎŽŒ)

verbal noun (noun also verb)

a noun that functions as a verb with an affix

ˆห‘ถ–ผŽŒ

bound noun

a noun that requires a modifier

•’ส–ผŽŒ

common noun

a word that represents a person, a place, or a thing

•”ŽŒ

counter

a unit for counting things

”ŽŒ

numeral

a word that represents a number or an order

Œล—L–ผŽŒ

proper noun

a noun used to name a particular one of people, places, or things

‘ใ–ผŽŒ

pronoun

a word used instead of a noun or a noun phrase

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Japanese

English

English Description

“ฎŽŒ

generic verb

a declinable word used to describe an action as a process

Žg–๐“ฎŽŒ

causative verb

a verb that shows the action of causing something

Ž๓“ฎ“ฎŽŒ

passive verb

a verb showing that someone or something undergoes an action

•s‹K‘ฅ“ฎŽŒ

irregular verb

a verb that does not follow the usual rules for conjugation, and is conjugated irregularly often changing the form of its stem

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Japanese

English

English Description

ŠฅŒ`ŽŒ

adnominal adjective

an adjective that is always used before an indeclinable word without a postposition or an inflectional ending

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Œ`—eŽŒ

(regular) adjective

a declinable word that describes an attribute or a state

•s‹K‘ฅŒ`—eŽŒ

irregular adjective

an adjective that does not follow the usual rules for inflection, and is inflected irregularly often changing the form of its stem

•›ŽŒ

generic adverb

a word that modifies a declinable word

•›ŽŒ(•›ŽŒŒ“Œ`—eŽŒ)

adverb (adverb also adjective)

an adverb that also functions as an adjective

•›ŽŒ(•›ŽŒŒ““ฎŽŒ)

adverb (adverb also verb)

an adverb that also functions as a verb

Šด’QŽŒ

interjection

a sudden cry or remark that expresses a strong feeling or will

•ŽŒ

particle

a word attached to a word or a phrase to show the relationship between the word and another one, or add meaning

•ŽŒ

unknown

unknown POS

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Japanese

English

English Description

Œ๊”๖

inflectional ending

the part of a word attached to the stem of a declinable word to show various grammatical meanings

•โ•Œ`—eŽŒ

adjectival ending

an adjective attached to a declinable word to add grammatical meanings such as desiderative or negative

•โ•Œ๊Šฒ

prefinal ending

a word placed between the stem and the inflectional ending to show a tense, honorification etc.

•โ•“ฎŽŒ

auxiliary verb

a verb attached to another verb or an adjective to add  grammatical meanings such as progressive or cohesive

ฺ“ชŽซ

(lexical/derivational) prefix

an element placed at the beginning of a word to emphasize or add meaning

ฺ”๖Žซ

(lexical/derivational) suffix

an element added at the end of a word to emphasize, add meaning, or change the wordfs part of speech