Adjective -아/어/여지다 Hien: I have been getting to know more Korean friends. Anna: Minsu looks nicer since he got married. Hien: You will be getting healthier if you work out. Now, we are going to learn ‘-아/어/여지다’. ‘-아/어/여지다’ is used when a status of people or objects’ are changed. For example, I had few Korean friends but now I have many of them. How can you say in this case? Yes. I’ve been getting more Korean friends. Let’s see another example. Minsu used to look nice before, but he looks nicer after marriage. How would you say? Minsu looks nicer since he got married. Let’s try one more. Do working out. How would it be after working out? Yes. You will get healthy. You will be getting healthier than before. You are going to be healthier if you work out. You can delete ‘다’ and add ‘아지다’ or ‘어지다/여지다’ to adjectives like ‘멋있다(nice), 많다(many), 건강하다(healthy)’ to use this grammar. Let’s take a look when we can use ‘아지다’ and ‘어지다/여지다’. Well, everyone look at here. If the adjective has a vowel such as ‘ㅏ’, ‘ㅗ’, you should say ‘아지다’. For the vowels except ‘ㅏ’, ’ㅗ’, such as ‘ㅓ’, ‘ㅜ’, ‘ㅣ’, ‘어지다’ comes after. If the verbs end with ‘하다’, the formats will be changed to ‘여지다’ which means ‘하여지다’ and this also can be used as ‘해지다’. For instance, ‘많다(many)’, ‘많’ that comes in front of ‘다’ has ‘ㅏ’ as its’ vowel. So, ‘많아지다’ is correct. However, ‘있’ of ‘멋있다(nice)’ has other vowel that is not ‘ㅏ’ or ‘ㅗ’. This means that ‘-어지다’ should be added and it becomes ‘멋있어지다’. Lastly, ‘건강하다(healthy)’ ends with ‘하다’, so it can be used as ‘건강해지다’. Now, can we practice? Practice for completing a conversation. Let’s try the example first. Friends are gathering and talking to each other after a long time. A friend looks slimmer before. How can you change ‘날씬하다(slim)’? Right. ‘날씬해졌어요’. It ends with ‘-하다가’ so ‘날씬해지다’ is correct. You can say like this. Then, the friend answers. I have been working out hard lately. Yes. Why is she get slimmer? She’s been working out lately. Teacher: Well, can you all try? Mehail, you can do (가) of number one. Robar, please try (나). Mehail: How do you feel? Robar: I am getting better than this morning. Teacher: Well done. You felt not good in the morning. It’s better now then. How can you say in this case? Right. I’m getting better. Great job. For number two, Robar, please try (가). Mehail, you can go with (나). Robar: Have you two been close before you came to Korea? Mehail: No. We got close to each other after we came to Korea. Teacher: Right. Good job. They were not close before they came to Korea. However, they are close friends now. How can you say this? We have got close to each other since we came to Korea. Well done. Teacher: Next, number three. (가) for Mehail, (나) for Robar. Mehail: How’s the weather in Seoul these days? Robar: It’s getting colder than last week. Teacher: Right. Good job. The weather in Seoul last week wasn’t cold that much. But, this week is colder that last week. How can you say? It’s getting colder than last week. Both did great job. Can we try number two then? This time, you should answer to the question properly. First, let’s see the example. Question. What has been changed since you came to Korea? Your Korean language skill? Right. It gets better. Compared to before and after coming to Korea, this person’s Korean language skill got better. Now, Mehail and Robar, can you try? Teacher: Number one. Robar will ask. Mehail, you will answer. Robar: Are you still sick these days? Mehail: No. I’ve been getting healthier by working out. Teacher: Great. This person used to sick but he’s been getting better since he started working out. So he says, I am healthy now. I’ve been getting healthier. Well done. Teacher: Next number two. Mehail will ask and Robar will answer. Mehail: How’s the price of vegetables these days? Robar: It’s getting more expensive than last month. Teacher: Yes, well done. Vegetable prices are higher than last month. How can you say in this case? It’s getting more expensive than last month. If it’s cheaper, how can you say? You can say, it’s getting cheaper than last month. Teacher: I will ask number three. Mehail, please answer first. Mehail, what has been changed with Robar? Mehail: She’s prettier than last week. Teacher: Right. I think so, too. She looks prettier than last week. Now, Robar can answer this time. Robar, what has been changed with Mehail? Robar: He looks more handsome than last week. Teacher. Right. He looks nicer than last week. Well done everyone.
