A Study of ‘-Eul Saenggak/Gyehoek/Yejeongida’ for Foreign Learners

This study aims to propose a method for teaching Korean learners to understand the meanings and pragmatic differences of ‘-Eul Saenggak/Gyehoek/Yejeongida’ and to use them appropriately. For this purpose, spoken and written corpora were analyzed to examine which verbs are used with ‘-Eul Saenggak/Gyehoek/Yejeongida’. Based on the analysis, the similarities and differences among these three were described. ‘-Eul Gyehoekida’ and ‘-Eul Yejeongida’ were used more frequently in written language compared to ‘-Eul Saenggakida’. ‘-Eul Saenggak/Gyehoek/ Yejeongida’ were more frequently used with verb derivative suffixes in written language than in spoken language. ‘-Eul Yejeongida’ was the most frequently combined with verb derivative suffixes in both spoken and written language. Teaching these aspects to foreign learners of Korean in language classes could help them use appropriate expressions in various contexts.