Korean

Noun

형용사 • ‎(hyeong-yongsa) ‎(hanja 形容詞)

1. (grammar) adjective; descriptive words

Usage notes

Words categorized as 형용사 (hyeong-yongsa) conjugate similarly to verbs, so some English texts translate 형용사 (hyeong-yongsa) as "descriptive verb" or as "stative verb", but 형용사 (hyeong-yongsa) are distinctly separate from 동사 (動詞, dongsa, “verbs”).

English does not have an identical grammatical category, so the English translation of Korean words classified as 형용사 (hyeong-yongsa) may misleadingly suggest that the words are verbs. For example, 붉다 (bukda, “to be red”) and 아쉽다 (aswipda, “to miss”) are both 형용사 (hyeong-yongsa, “adjectives”).

See also

• Category:Korean adjectives