Previously, we’ve learned about action verbs, verbs that describe an action being done. Examples:
Descriptive verbs are everything else - verbs that describe something, or represent a state of being.
Remember, these do not pair with the object marker. Examples:
Let’s take a look at some common descriptive verbs and their conjugations:
to be good
That movie is good.
to be delicious
Ice cream is really delicious!
to be fun/entertaining
This game is fun.
to be easy
Korean is easy.
좋다 looks very similar to 좋아하다, which we’ve seen before. However, they are different.
좋다 is a descriptive verb, while 좋아하다 is an action verb. Think of their definitions like this:
Simply put, 좋아하다 means “to like.”
It’s important to distinguish between action and descriptive verbs because they pair with different grammar particles. When descriptive verbs describe a noun, that noun cannot be paired with the object marker.
We will learn more about this in the next lesson. See you there!