Expanded Description of Korean Parts of Speech
See korpos.htm for POS Chart
Note: These tables are not finalized and may contain minor errors.
| Japanese | English | English Description |
|---|---|---|
| 名詞 | generic noun | a word used to represent a person, a place, or a thing and to name a particular one of them |
| 動名詞(名詞兼形容詞) | verbal noun (noun also adjective) | a noun that functions as an adjective with an affix |
| 動名詞(名詞兼動詞) | verbal noun (noun also passive verb) | a noun that functions as a passive verb with an |
| 動名詞(名詞兼動詞) | verbal noun (noun also verb) | a noun that functions as a verb with an affix |
| 依存名詞 | bound noun | a noun that requires a modifier |
| 普通名詞 | common noun | a word that represents a person, a place, or a thing |
| 助数詞 | counter | a unit for counting things |
| 数詞 | numeral | a word that represents a number or an order |
| 固有名詞 | proper noun | a noun used to name a particular one of people, places, or things |
| 代名詞 | pronoun | a word used instead of a noun or a noun phrase |
| Japanese | English | English Description |
|---|---|---|
| 動詞 | generic verb | a declinable word used to describe an action as a process |
| 使役動詞 | causative verb | a verb that shows the action of causing something |
| 受動動詞 | passive verb | a verb showing that someone or something undergoes an action |
| 不規則動詞 | irregular verb | a verb that does not follow the usual rules for conjugation, and is conjugated irregularly often changing the form of its stem |
| Japanese | English | English Description |
|---|---|---|
| 冠形詞 | adnominal adjective | an adjective that is always used before an indeclinable word without a postposition or an inflectional ending |
| 形容詞 | (regular) adjective | a declinable word that describes an attribute or a state |
| 不規則形容詞 | irregular adjective | an adjective that does not follow the usual rules for inflection, and is inflected irregularly often changing the form of its stem |
| 副詞 | generic adverb | >a word that modifies a declinable word |
| 副詞(副詞兼形容詞) | adverb (adverb also adjective) | an adverb that also functions as an adjective |
| 副詞(副詞兼動詞) | adverb (adverb also verb) | an adverb that also functions as a verb |
| 感嘆詞 | interjection | a sudden cry or remark that expresses a strong feeling or will |
| 助詞 | particle | >a word attached to a word or a phrase to show the relationship between the word and another one, or add meaning |
| 助詞 | unknown | unknown POS |
| Japanese | English | English Description |
|---|---|---|
| 語尾 | inflectional ending | the part of a word attached to the stem of a declinable word to show various grammatical meanings |
| 補助形容詞 | adjectival ending | an adjective attached to a declinable word to add grammatical meanings such as desiderative or negative |
| 補助語幹 | prefinal ending | a word placed between the stem and the inflectional ending to show a tense, honorification etc. |
| 補助動詞 | auxiliary verb | a verb attached to another verb or an adjective to add grammatical meanings such as progressive or cohesive |
| 接頭辞 | (lexical/derivational) prefix | an element placed at the beginning of a word to emphasize or add meaning |
| 接尾辞 | (lexical/derivational) suffix | an element added at the end of a word to emphasize, add meaning, or change the word’s part of speech |