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gerunds 4 ~기

# Posted: 4 Jul 2009 23:00 KST - Edited by: _joseph_
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add 기 to the stem

Finally, there is also the ending 기.... we take a verb like 하다 and it becomes 하기 and VOILA we have a noun!

먹기 좋다 good/convenient/easy to eat
보기가 좋다 nice looking (good to see)
살기 좋다 good to live
숨기에 좋다 good for hiding
팔기에 좋다 good for selling
발견하기가 어렵다 to be difficult to find

* 읽다 → 읽기 = reading
* 쓰다 → 쓰기 = writing
* 듣다 → 듣기 = listening
* 말하다 → 말하기 = speaking
* 가다 → 가기 = going
* 오다 → 오기 = coming
* 보다 → 보기 = watching
* 먹다 → 먹기 = eating
* 자다 → 자기 = sleeping
* 달리다 → 달리기 = running
* 사다 → 사기 = buying
* 팔다 → 팔기 = selling
* 서다 → 서기 = standing
* 앉다 → 앉기 = sitting
* 살다 → 살기 = living
* 죽다 → 죽기 = dying

The above are from http://parksguide.blogspot.com/2008/09/nouns-nominalizing-verbs.html
example sentences:

한국말을 배웁니다 I learn Korean.
배우기가 재미있습니다. To learn is fun.

세계 어디든 돈벌기는 힘든가 봅니다
earning money is hard anywhere in the world
more examples of 기 gerunds from parksguide are

* 외국어를 배울 때 읽기, 쓰기, 듣기, 말하기는 모두 매우 중요하다. = When we learn a foreign language, reading, writing, listening and speaking are all very important.

외국어 = foreign language
배울 때 = When we learn (To learn how to use when, see Conjunctions - When)
모두 = all
매우 = very
중요하다 = important

* 에스더는 밀란의 푸른 하늘 보기를 좋아했다. = Esther liked watching the blue sky of Milan.

밀란 = Milan (A city in Italy)
푸른 = blue
하늘 = sky
좋아하다 = like

* 사기와 팔기는 비지니스의 기초다. = Buying and selling are the basic operations of a business.

비지니스 = business
기초 = basis, foundation

and another good example is http://learnkorean.blogsome.com/2007/05/13/p48/

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# Posted: 26 Feb 2013 18:51 KST
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The nominal ending after the stem makes the stem function as a noun.

The nominal ending after the stem makes the stem function as a noun. This stem can form a noun phrase or a noun clause with preceding words.
-기 is the nominal ending as the above post says.

For example:

오늘 밥 먹기가 싫어요.
I don’t want to eat a meal today.
먹 (to eat) + 기
여기는 정말 살기 좋아요.
Here is really nice to live.
살 (to live) + 기

달리 (to run) + 기 = 달리기 <noun> running
굵 (to be thick) + 기 = 굵기 <noun> thickness
크 (to be big) + 기 = 크기 <noun> size

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