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Nouns, Particles & Basic Sentences

Topic/subject/object particles, 이다 and basic sentence structure
한국어 명사 파생
Korean noun derivation
noun derivation
-이, -음, -기 and other noun-forming suffixes
한자어 vs 고유어 vs 외래어
Sino-Korean vs native vs foreign
lexical layers
Three layers of Korean vocabulary
한자어 어휘의 특성
characteristics of Sino-Korean
Sino-Korean lexis
Sino-Korean dominates formal/technical vocabulary
합성어 유형
types of compound words
compounds
N+N, V+V, Adj+N and other compound patterns
접두사와 접미사
prefixes and suffixes
affixation
맨-, 풋-, 군-; -이, -쟁이, -꾼
파생 형용사와 동사
derived adjectives and verbs
derivation
-롭다, -스럽다, -답다; -하다, -되다
수사와 의존명사 결합
numerals + bound nouns
numeral + counter
How numbers and counters interact
의성어·의태어
sound/manner mimetics
sound/manner words
콸콸 (gurgling), 빙글빙글 (spinning)
속담과 관용어
proverbs and idioms
proverbs/idioms
발이 넓다 = have a wide social network
신조어와 줄임말
neologisms and abbreviations
neologisms
헐 (wow), 넘사벽, 갑분싸 — modern Korean slang