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Latest revision as of 08:34, 15 May 2012

왜 - Why
어디 - Where
무엇이 - What (with the subject marker)
무엇을 - What (with the object marker)
뭐/뭣 - What (contraction of 무엇)
뭘 - Contraction of 무엇을
어느 - Which
언제 - When
어떻게 - How (adverb form of the verb 어떻다 which could be translated as 'to be how')
누가/누구 - Who (누가 is used as a subject while 누구 is used as an object)
어떤 - What kind of
무슨 - What (kind of)
얼마/얼마나 - How (much/many)

Both 어떤 and 무슨 are translated into English as 'what kind of ~). The difference is that the former is considered from a subjective point of view e.g. 그분이 어떤 여자예요? 아름다운 여자예요. The latter on the other hand is objective. 무슨 꽃을 사고 싶어요? 붉은 꽃 사고 싶어요.

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-*왜 - why
+<!--We should post simple examples, but in which format?-->
-*어디 - where
-**어딘가 - somewhere
+*왜 - Why
-*뭐/뭣 - what
+*어디 - Where
-*어느 - which
+*무엇이 - What (with the subject marker)
-*언제 - when
+*무엇을 - What (with the object marker)
-**언젠가 - sometime
+*뭐/뭣 - What (contraction of 무엇)
-*어떻게 - how (adverb form of the verb 어떻다 which could be translated as 'to be how')
+*뭘 - Contraction of 무엇을
-*누가/누구 - who (누가 is used as a subject while 누구 is used as an object)
+*어느 - Which
-**누군가 - someone
+*언제 - When
+*어떻게 - How (adverb form of the verb 어떻다 which could be translated as 'to be how')
+*누가/누구 - Who (누가 is used as a subject while 누구 is used as an object)
+*어떤 - What kind of
+*무슨 - What (kind of)
+*얼마/얼마나 - How (much/many)
+<!--Difference between 어떤 and 무슨-->
+Both 어떤 and 무슨 are translated into English as 'what kind of ~). The difference is that the former is considered from a subjective point of view  e.g. 그분이 어떤 여자예요? 아름다운 여자예요.      The latter on the other hand is objective. 무슨 꽃을 사고 싶어요? 붉은 꽃 사고 싶어요.
+==Related Pages==
+*[[무슨]]
+*[[어디]]
+*[[무엇]]
+*[[뭐]]
+*[[어느]]
+*[[언제]]
+*[[왜]]
+*[[어떤]]
+*[[:Category:Grammar|Grammar]]
+*[[Linguistics and language]]
+*[[Pronouns]]
 [[Category:Vocabulary]]