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Nominalization

-기, -(으)ㅁ, 것

-기 turns a verb into a noun (activity)

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📊 Nominalizers
Form Use Example
-기 activity, preference 수영하기
-(으)ㅁ abstract / formal noun 믿음 (belief)
것 general 'thing / fact' 먹는 것
💬 Examples
수영하기를 좋아해요.
suyeonghagireul joahaeyo.
(I) like swimming.
📝 -기 nominalizer
읽기 / 쓰기
ilgi / sseugi
reading / writing
📝 -기 names the skill / activity
것 (거) = 'the thing / fact that'

A noun-modifying clause + 것.

💬 Examples
제가 만든 것이에요.
jega mandeun geosieyo.
It's the thing (that) I made.
📝 것 nominalizes the clause
운동하는 것이 중요해요.
undonghaneun geos-i junghaeyo.
Exercising is important.
📝 -는 것 = the act of
-(으)ㅁ for abstract / formal nouns

More literary.

💬 Examples
믿음 / 꿈
mideum / kkum
belief / dream
📝 -(으)ㅁ derives abstract nouns
기쁨
gippeum
joy
📝 -ㅁ = abstract noun