Korean Listening Exercise: Nouns - Nominalising

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The sentences below are also found in Nouns - Nominalising.

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Written Korean

• 하는 것 = something that you do
• 한 것 = something that you did
• 큰 것 = something that is big / large

Note: 것 is also used in spoken Korean but it's used a lot less often.


Spoken Korean (것 is often simplified to 거)

• 하는 거 = something that you do
• 긴 거 = something that is long

Spoken Korean (informal)

• 이 노트북이 가장 빠른 거야. = This laptop is the one that is the fastest.

• 이 과일주스 병들은 다 마신거야. = These bottles of fruit juice are all what we drank from already.

• 이 음식들도 오늘 먹는 거야? = Are these food something that we eat today as well? (=Are we going to eat these food today as well?)

• 지금 티비 보는 거야? = Is TV something you're watching now? (= Are you watching TV now?)

• 이 물고기들은 다 어제 바다에서 잡은 것들이야 = These fish are all what (I) caught at the sea yesterday.

Spoken Korean (polite)

• 이 노트북이 가장 빠른 거예요 = This laptop is the one that is the fastest.

• 이 과일주스 병들은 다 마신거예요 = These bottles of fruit juice are all what we drank from already.

• 이 음식들도 오늘 먹는 거예요? = Are these food something that we eat today as well? (=Are we going to eat these food today as well?)

• 지금 티비 보는 거예요? = Is TV something you're watching now? (= Are you watching TV now?)

• 이 물고기들은 다 어제 바다에서 잡은 것들이에요 = These fish are all what I caught at the sea yesterday.

For More Audio Recordings:

• Korean Alphabet - Consonants and Vowels
• Listening Exercise - Topic Particle 는/은
• Listening Exercise - Identifier Particle 가 / 이
• Listening Exercise - Object Particle 를/을