8Parts of speech (8품사)

8 Parts of speech ( 8 품사 )

1. Noun : 명사  
-noun
1. any member of a class of words that are formally distinguished in many languages, as in English, typically by the plural and possessive endings and that can function as the main or only elements of subjects or objects, as cat, belief, writing, Ohio, darkness. Nouns are often thought of as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities. 

-adjective
2. Also, nounal. of or resembling a noun.
 

2. Pronoun : 대명사  
- noun Grammar.
any member of a small class of words found in many languages that are used as replacements or substitutes for nouns and noun phrases, and that have very general reference, as I, you, he, this, who, what. Pronouns are sometimes formally distinguished from nouns, as in English by the existence of special objective forms, as him for he or me for I, and by nonoccurrence with an article or adjective.


3. Verb : 동사
-noun
any member of a class of words that are formally distinguished in many languages, as in English by taking the past ending in -ed, that function as the main elements of predicates, that typically express action, state, or a relation between two things, and that (when inflected) may be inflected for tense, aspect, voice, mood, and to show agreement with their subject or object.


4. Adjective : 형용사 
-noun
1. Grammar. any member of a class of words that in many languages are distinguished in form, as partly in English by having comparative and superlative endings, or by functioning as modifiers of nouns, as good, wise, perfect. 
-adjective
2. pertaining to or functioning as an adjective; adjectival: the adjective use of a noun. 
3. not able to stand alone; dependent. 
4. Law. concerning methods of enforcement of legal rights, as pleading and practice (opposed to substantive). 
5. (of dye colors) requiring a mordant or the like to render them permanent (opposed to substantive). 


5. Adverb : 부사 
-noun Grammar.
any member of a class of words that in many languages are distinguished in form, as partly in English by the ending -ly, or by functioning as modifiers of verbs or clauses, and in some languages, as Latin and English, also as modifiers of adjectives or other adverbs or adverbial phrases, as very, well, quickly. Adverbs typically express some relation of place, time, manner, attendant circumstance, degree, cause, inference, result, condition, exception, concession, purpose, or means.


6. Preposition : 전치사 
-noun Grammar.
any member of a class of words found in many languages that are used before nouns, pronouns, or other substantives to form phrases functioning as modifiers of verbs, nouns, or adjectives, and that typically express a spatial, temporal, or other relationship, as in, on, by, to, since.


7. Conjunction : 접속사
-noun
1. Grammar. a. any member of a small class of words distinguished in many languages by their function as connectors between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences, as and, because, but, however. 
b. any other word or ｅxpression of similar function, as in any case.

2. the act of conjoining; combination. 

3. the state of being conjoined; union; association: The police, in conjunction with the army, established order. 

4. a combination of events or circumstances. 

5. Logic. a. a compound proposition that is true if and only if all of its component propositions are true. 
b. the relation among the components of such a proposition, usually expressed by AND or & or.  

6. Astronomy. a. the coincidence of two or more heavenly bodies at the same celestial longitude. 
b. the state of two or more such coinciding heavenly bodies.

7. Astrology. the coincidence of two or more heavenly bodies at the same celestial longitude, characterized by a unification of the planetary energies; an astrological aspect. 


8. Interjection : 감탄사 
-noun
1. the act of interjecting. 
2. something interjected, as a remark. 
3. the utterance of a word or phrase expressive of emotion; the uttering of an exclamation. 
4. Grammar. a. any member of a class of words expressing emotion, distinguished in most languages by their use in grammatical isolation, as Hey! Oh! Ouch! Ugh! 
b. any other word or ｅxpression so used, as Good grief! Indeed!


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