# Posted: 25 Dec 2007 13:21 KST - Edited by: jcs
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yes, adjectives use passive voice
1. 밀리는 파도
a) the waves (which are) pushing up
b) the waves which have been pushing up
This expression is often used, but my Korean helpers don't know why it works like that, they can't explain who is pushing the waves, but they say it's just one of those things ... a spoken language has idiosyncracies line.
2. 배다.
배다 is to be pregnant. Here, though, it is an adjective not a verb so it can simply modified.
새끼를 밴 어미 사슴. A pregnant deer.
Since it's the adjective, there is no tense and no passive/causative issues. It's just sometimes difficult to remember which words are AVT (action verbs) and which are DVT (descriptive verbs).
but:
손바닥에 배인 땀
3. 맞다. The normal one is used here stead of the passive.
화살에 맞은 사슴. the deer who had been hit by the arrow
햇볕에 탄 .... suntanned
You will notice that 맞다 is not thepassive tense,but the English sentence is .
4. confusing translation, which shows that not all adjectives are passive (하다 is simply a 타동사)
세상에 필요하지 않은 것은 없다.
was needed?
is needed?
needs?
all the same, this is Korean! (like this is Sparta!)
5. 속도가 붙은 차
a car racing fast .. .. would think would be passive, but it's not.
6. 어머니는 나를 키운 집에
키우다 is a 타동사 (neither passive nor causative?) and here it is used passively.
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