Just like English, the Korean language has its way of turning a sentence into a clause that modifies a noun or a noun phrase. This is done by changing the final verb of the statement into the modifier form. For to day, I am introduced to the (으)ㄴ modifier. Just like the subject and object particles the rules in adding this modifier are as follows:
- Plain base of verb ending in vowel + ㄴ
- Plain base of verb ending in consonant + 은
Below are some examples of verbs in modifier form:
| 앉은 | Anjeun | Sit |
| 만난 | Manan | Meet |
| 좋은 | Choneun | Be Good |
| 기다린 | Kidarin | Wait |
| 간 | Gan | Go |
The following verb types are exceptions. For L-extending verbs, the modifier is attached to the un-extended form as shown below:
| 산 (사-ㄹ) | San | Live |
| 논 (노-ㄹ) | Non | Play |
| 연 (여-ㄹ) | Yeon | Open |
For w (우) type of verbs below are sample transitions:
| 도운 (도w-) | Doun | Help |
| 구운 (구w-) | Kuun | Boil |
| 더운 (더 w-) | Deoun | Hot |
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