A Study on Chinese Corresponding Expressions for the Korean Connective Ending ‘-고’ : Focusing on <My Happy Home> and <快樂我家>

This study analyzes the Chinese corresponding expressions of the Korean connective ending ‘-go.’ By examining three Korean dictionaries and three Korean-Chinese dictionaries, it was found that ‘-go’ in Korean encompasses eight meanings: [enumeration], [sequence], [contrast], [reason], [continuation], [condition], [simultaneity], and [means]. In contrast, its Chinese corresponding expressions exhibit six meanings: [parallelism(竝列)], [contrast(對立)], [sequence(先 後)], [condition(條件)], [cause(原因)], and [state(狀態)]. A comparative analysis of the Korean novel <Happy My Home> and its Chinese translation <快樂我家> revealed that out of 1,073 instances of ‘-go’, only 427 were explicitly expressed in Chinese, with 60% omitted as unmarked expressions. This discrepancy arises from structural differences, as Korean is a morphologically rich dependent-marking language, while Chinese relies on logical relationships without morphological changes, characteristic of a parataxis-oriented language. The analysis results show that the Korean connective ending “-고” appears in the Chinese translation of <Happy My Home> in the following order of marked meanings: [enumeration]>[state]>[sequence]>[contrast]>[reason]. The Various Chinese corresponding expressions of ‘-go’ identified in this discourse analysis offer practical value for Korean-Chinese translation and for Chinese learners of Korean.