Lesson 34 - The Other Functions of 기

Hello everyone, and welcome back to another grammar post. 

Today we're going to talk about some other functions that the nominalizer 기 we talked about yesterday has got (if you can't remember what we talked about, check lesson 33).


Now, we did introduce you to some other forms of this pattern, and the following ones are not too different from the previous ones. However, the one difference they have is that they're attached to different particles, whereas the ones in Lesson 33 were followed by different kind of verbs.

Let's start, shall we?



-기도 하다 and -기도 하고=

This pattern is probably one of the simplest one among the ones that concern this nominalizer. It just sees the particle -도 being attached to it, as a way to indicate that the sentence is an addition to another one that has been said before.

그녀가 친절하기도 해요

She’s kind, too

춤을 추기도 진짜 잘 해요

He’s really good at dancing, too!

어머니가 닭고기를 사기도 했어요

Mother bought chicken, too

If you want to use this pattern twice in one sentence, don’t worry, because you can do it! You just need to attach the connecting pattern -고 to one of them, and you can go on with your sentence (if you don't remember this pattern, check here).

네가 똑똑하기도 하고 잘생기도 해요

You’re smart and handsome, too

양파를 썰기도 하고 고기를 굽기도 했어

I cut onions and grilled meat, too

You can conjugate the verbs 하다 in both patterns in the same sentence, but make sure you don’t conjugate the verb right before the nominalizer (the one attached to it).

어렸을 때 한국어를 잘 하기도 했고 일본어를 잘 하기도 했어요

When I was young I was good at Korean and Japanese, too

선생님이 되고 싶기도 했어요

I wanted to become a teacher, too

-기로 하다=

This pattern is used to express the decision you made.

우리가 내일 교회 앞에서 만나기로 했어

We decided to meet in front of the church tomorrow

가수가 되기로 했어요

I decided to become a singer

피곤해서 지금 쉬기로 했어

Since I was tired I decided to rest


Another version of this pattern which we forgot to mention in the previous post is the following one. It is 기 바라다 which changes of function through the verb after the nominalizer (like the ones in lesson 33).

-기 바라다=

This pattern is used when you want to express what you hope for, what you wish will happen.

항상 행복하기를 바라요

I hope you are always happy

내일 파티에 사람들이 많이 오기를 바라요

I hope a lot of people will come to tomorrow’s party

부모님이 집에 곧 오시기를 바라요

I hope our parents will come home soon

Note that since this pattern makes the verb a noun, it can be attached to any particle.

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I will see you next time with another grammar post!

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