Adverbs - 부사

Adverbs - 부사

Adjective	Present	Adverb
Positive	크다	크게
Negative	크지 않다	크지 않게 안크게

Note: 크지 않게 is more commonly used in written Korean while 안크게 is more common in spoken Korean.

Rules

1. Take 다 off an adjective of the present tense and attach 게/지 않게 to it.
2. Attach 안 to a positive form of adverbs to turn it into its negative form.

Written	Present	Adverb
High	높다	높게, 높이
Low	낮다	낮게
Big	크다	크게
Small (size)	작다	작게
Spacious	넓다	넓게
Delicious	맛있다	맛있게
Many	많다	많게, 많이
Small (quantity)	적다	적게
Kind	착하다	착하게
Fast	빠르다	빠르게, 빨리
Slow	느리다	느리게
Handsome	멋있다	멋있게

Note:

Adverbs come just before verbs to describe actions.

많다, 빠르다 and 높다 each have two adverbial forms. 많이, 빨리 and 높이 are more commonly used than 많게, 빠르게 and 높게.

Example sentences

• 나는 스테이크를 맛있게 먹었다 = I ate my steak "deliciously" (Lit. I enjoyed my steak)
• 거북이는 느리게 걷는다 = A tortoise walks slowly
• 밥을 많이 먹었다 = I ate a big meal. (Lit. I ate a meal a lot.)
• 집에 빨리 가자! = Let's go home quickly!
• 철수는 결승점까지 빨리 달렸다. = Cheol-su ran fast to the finish line.
• 성우는 케이크를 크게 만들었다 = Seong-u made a large cake. (Lit. Seong-u made his cake big.)
• 높이 나는 새가 멀리 본다 = The higher a bird flies, the farther it sees. (Lit. A bird which flies high sees afar.)