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Chapter 10: KOREAN

CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE: MORPHOSYNTAX

Feature Korean English Examples of Errors
Word order SOV SVO I food eat.*/I eat food.
Articles Do not exist Definite (the) and Cat is brown. / The cat is
indefinite (a, an) brown.
Prepositions Do not exist Exist She lives parents.*/She
lives with her parents.
rd
Third person 3 person pronoun Masculine, feminine He is my mother.*/She is
pronoun does not mark and neuter pronoun my mother.
gender used
Pronoun use Repeat noun rather Replace noun with John goes to school, and
than use pronoun pronoun John studies every
day.*/John goes to
school, and he studies
every day.
Adjectives Adjective always Adjective usually This is pretty
comes before the comes before the something.*/This is
word it modifies word it modifies but something pretty.
not always
Passive voice The same form is Different forms are The party was
used for active and used for active and bored.*/The party was
passive meanings passive meanings boring.
Direct object Not required Required Yes, I want.*/Yes, I want

pronouns some.
Modifiers Placed between verb Placed after direct She speaks very well
and direct object object English.*/She speaks
English very well.
Singular vs. Nouns are not Nouns are marked I like comedy movies.*/I
plural marked for number for number like comedy movie.
Subject/verb Not required Required He go to work every
agreement day.*/He goes to work
every day.
John and Sarah has a new
dog.*/John and Sarah
have a new dog.
Past tense Do not exist Exist I eat pizza yesterday.*/I
verb forms ate pizza yesterday.
Future tense Present tense is used Has future tense I come next week.*/I will
verbs to talk about the verb form come next week.
future
Auxiliary Do not exist in Exist in negative I no understand.*/I do
verbs negative statements statements not understand.
Present Do not exist Exist Stop talk.*/Stop talking.
progressive
verb forms 58
“If” vs. Same word Different meanings If you arrive, call
“When” me.*/When you arrive,
call me.

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