ID	bd144d16-2bee-400e-8a35-30d2d02f7f41
ROAM_ALIASES	"Verbal noun (Korean)" -기 "-는 것" "-은 것" "-ㄴ 것" "-(으)ㄴ 것"
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Nominalisation (Korean)

Nominalisation is the linguistic transformation of non-nouns into nouns. There are a couple ways of doing this in Korean grammar.

Appending -기 to a verb stem forms the verbal noun:

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This is like forming "to [v.]" or "[v.]ing" from [v.].

Another way to nominalise is with -는/-(으)ㄴ 것:

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Examples

지금 듣는 것은 노래예요.: What I am listening to now is a song.
오늘 만나는 것 알아요?: Do you know that we are meeting today?
매운 것 잘 먹어요?: Are you good at eating spicy food?
요즘 공부하는 거는 워예요?: Recently, what is it that you are studying?