Lesson 26
If you are studying these lessons in order, you just learned about “future tense noun groups” in the previous lesson. So, what better way to continue your studies than to now learn about past tense noun groups!
-(으)ㄴ + noun
The noun in this structure can either be the subject or the object of the verb. Thus, it is really important that you understand the context to figure out which one it is, but basically it means “something that someone did…”.
Examples
- 보다 = to watch; to see → 보 + -(으)ㄴ = 본
→ 어제 본 영화 = the movie that I saw yesterday
- 오다 = to come → 오 + -(으)ㄴ = 온
→ 어제 온 사람들 = the people who came yesterday
- 말하다 = to say; to talk about → 말하 + -(으)ㄴ = 말한
→ 친구가 말한 카페 = the cafe that a friend talked about
Sample Sentences
어제 본 영화 어땠어요?
= How was the movie that you saw yesterday?
새로 이사 간 집은 어때요?
= How is your new house that you moved to?
오늘 배운 내용 복습하세요.
= Please review what you learned today.
Now, take a moment to compare a few different tenses for noun groups using what you have already learned from previous lessons.
Examples
(1)
보다 = to watch; to read; to see
Present tense noun group: 보는 + noun
Past tense noun group: 본 + noun
Future tense noun group: 볼 + noun
제가 보는 책이에요.
= It is a book that I am reading.
제가 본 책이에요.
= It is a book that I have read.
제가 볼 책이에요.
= It is a book that I will read.
(2)
공부하다 = to study
Present tense noun group: 공부하는 + noun
Past tense noun group: 공부한 + noun
Future tense noun group: 공부할 + noun
요즘 공부하는 외국어예요.
= It is a foreign language that I am studying these days.
어제 공부한 외국어예요.
= It is a foreign language that I studied yesterday.
내일 공부할 외국어예요.
= It is a foreign language that I will study tomorrow.