What is the meaning of -어?
The "infinitive" suffix, connecting verbs and adjectives.
- Joins the main verb or adjective to its auxiliary.
Joins the main verb or adjective to its auxiliary.
and, by; expresses a sequence of actions made by the same subject. There is a nuance that the first action is impacting or enabling the second; compare 고 (-go), which lacks this nuance.
since, because; expresses causation.
In the "intimate" speech level used between friends, by superiors to inferiors, etc., a general-purpose sentence-ending suffix attached to verbs and adjectives:
- Marks the declarative or indicative mood.
Marks the declarative or indicative mood.
Marks the interrogative mood.
Marks the imperative mood.
Marks the hortative mood.
See the entry at 어(語) (eo, “language”).
Source: wiktionary.org
- Marks the declarative or indicative mood.
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