Korean

Noun

용언 • ‎(yong-eon) ‎(hanja 用言)

1. (grammar) a word that can be conjugated

Antonyms

• 체언 (cheeon)

Usage notes

Words in the 용언 (yong-eon) class are those that can be conjugated and used as Korean predicates. The class includes 동사 (dongsa, “verbs”), 형용사 (hyeong-yongsa, “adjectives”), the copula 이다 (ida), and its antonym 아니다 (anida).