Korean grammar · Level 5
A-기 그지없다 · A-기 짝이 없다
Beyond words · Utterly — adjectives pushed to their limit
Taught in Level 5, Unit 11: Nunchi and jeong
a debate about feelings, a toast at the end of the year and a 1930s story all need feelings at full strength — thanks with no end, rudeness with no equal, a heart left utterly empty. Formal and literary Korean pushes an adjective to its limit with -기 그지없다 and -기 짝이 없다.
Example
먼 곳까지 와 주셔서 감사하기 그지없습니다.
We are more grateful than words can say that you came all this way.
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Practise it in context · Level 5, Unit 11
Nunchi and jeong
The rule with a table, Sori’s tips, practice that checks itself, a review room and a one-page cheat sheet.
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