Unit 23: Adverbs and adverbials 185
Degree adverbs include the following:
㺎 really 㫆⁞ a bit
㭒⪲ mainly ⍞ⶊ so much
㞚㭒 very
However, when there is more than one componential adverb in a sentence,
the adverbs tend to occur in the following sequence: time, degree, and
manner, as shown below.
㓺䕆ぢṖG 䟃㌗G 䄺䞒⯒G 㞚㭒G Ⱔ㧊G Ⱎ㎪㣪 “Steve always drinks coffee
very much”
Notice that the first adverb is time adverb 䟃㌗ “always,” followed by the
degree adverb 㞚㭒 “very,” and the manner adverb Ⱔ㧊 “much.”
Adverbials
In Korean, adverbs do not take any morphological variation. Those adverbs
that take morphological variations are called “adverbial.” Consider the
following examples:
1 㩦㕂㦚Gⰱ㧞ỢGⲏ㠞㠊㣪. “(I) ate lunch deliciously.”
2 ↙㧊G㞚⯚╋ỢG䞒㠊㣪. “Flowers blossom beautifully.”
In 1, notice that ⰱ㧞Ợ “deliciously” modifies the verb ⲏ㠞㠊㣪 “ate,”
and 㞚⯚╋Ợ “beautifully” modifies 䞒㠊㣪 “blossom” in 2. However,
ⰱ㧞Ợ or 㞚⯚╋Ợ are not adverbs but adverbials in Korean, since they
are the results of the morphological variations:
ⰱ㧞┺ “delicious” : ⰱ㧞Ợ “deliciously” = ⰱ㧞 + Ợ
㞚⯚╋┺ “beautiful” : 㞚⯚╋Ợ “beautifully” = 㞚⯚╋ + Ợ
Notice above that the adverbial form -Ợ is attached to the adjective stems.
In Korean, one can change an adjective into an adverbial form by attaching
Ợ to an adjective stem. Here are some more examples:
Adjectives Adverbials
㓓┺ easy 㓓Ợ easily
㕎┺ cheap 㕎Ợ at a low price
䋂┺ big 䋂Ợ hugely
㧧┺ small 㧧Ợ tinily
⍩┺ wide ⍩Ợ widely
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