Korean Grammatical Terms / 한국어 문법 용어

Term	Korean Term	Meaning
Noun	명사	A word that names an object, person or place
Action verb (=verb)	동사	A word that tell you what someone or something does
Descriptive verb (=adjective)	형용사	A word that describes what someone or something is
Adverb	부사	A word that describes how something is done
Pronoun	대명사	A shorthand for a noun
Directional verb	-	A word that describes the action of going or coming
Past tense	과거 시제	-
Present tense	현재 시제	-
Future tense	미래 시제	-
Passive verb	피동사	A verb that describes what is done to something else
Causative	사동사	A verb that describes the action of making something happen
Statement	서술문	A sentence ending in a period that neither orders nor suggests anything to anyone else
Question	서술문	A sentence that asks for information and ends with a question mark
Command	명령문	An order telling someone else to do something
Suggestion	청유문	A suggestion to someone else that they do something