2020-08-25

Let’s learn about "-어서” / "-아서" suffix

1. “-어서" : a connection suffix between two verbs indicates condition, means, reason of next word and the pre-and-post relationship of time, attached to the stem root of word ends vowels not ´ㅏ•ㅗ’.


1) 과일은 씻어서 먹어야 한다 : We have to wash and eat fruits.


* 과일 : fruit

* 은 : a suffix makes 과일 subjective

* 씻다 : wash

* -어서 : the pre-and-post relationship of time

* 먹다 : eat

* -어야 한다 : should / must / ought to


2) 물이 깊어서 못 건너겠다 : The water is too deep to cross / The water is so deep that we can't cross it.


* 물 : water

* 이 : a suffix makes 물 subjective

* 깊은 : deep

* 깊다 : be deep

* -어서 : because

* 못 : not

* 건너다 : cross

* -겠다 : (1) will do [be] (2) probably do [be] (3) can; possible

* 못 건너겠다 : can’t cross it


2. a connection suffix between two verbs indicates condition, means, reason of next word and the pre-and-post relationship of time, attached to the stem root of word ends ‘ㅏ•ㅗ’ vowels 


1) 고기를 잡아서 구워 먹었다 : I caught some fish and ate it.


* 고기 : (1) meat (2) fish in this sentence

* 를 : a suffix makes 고기 objective after a word ends vowel

* 잡다 : catch; capture

* -아서 : the pre-and-post relationship of time

* 굽다 : roast

* 구워 : 굽다(ㅂ moved to next letter and changed to 우 for easy pronunciation) + 어(a connection suffix between two verbs. 우+어 —> 워)

* 먹다 : eat

* 먹었다 : ate


2) 산이 너무 높아서 오를 엄두가 안 난다 : The mountain is so high that I can't even think of climbing it.


* 산 : mountain

* 이 : a suffix makws 산 subjective

* 너무 : too

* 높은 : high

* 높다 : be high

* -아서 : because

* 오르다 : climb

* 오를 of 오를 : future tense of 오르다

* 엄두 : the very thought ; daring

* 가 : a suffix makes 엄두 subjective

* 안 : not

* 내다 : (1) put [let] out; take [bring] out; pull out (2) emit; give out; utter; make

* 나다 : (1) be born; come into the world; come into being (2) come out [forth]; smell; taste (3) have; get; have a thought of 

* 엄두를 못 내다 / 엄두가 안 나다 : cannot even conceive the idea of / be hardly thinkable


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