In past lessons, we’ve seen the object marker used in sentences. The object marker always attaches directly after a noun. It marks the noun as the object of the action verb.
What is an action verb? It is a verb that indicates a physical action is being performed on something. Some action verbs:
The object of an action verb is whatever is being affected by the verb.
If you were saying “I eat pizza,” pizza would be the object of the verb “eat.”
So, in Korean, how do we mark nouns with the object marker when action verbs are involved?
Examples:
I want to eat pizza
I like K-pop
I learn Hangul (Korean alphabet)
I want to make dumplings
Descriptive verbs, unlike action verbs, are verbs that don’t represent a physical action, but more a state of being.
For example, 어렵다 means “to be hard/difficult.” Action verbs and descriptive verbs sometimes pair with different grammar particles, so it’s important to make the distinction.
Descriptive verbs do not pair with the object marker. We’ll talk more about descriptive verbs in a later lesson.