Korean grammar · Level 3 · 3급
A-게 생기다
Has a … face
생기다 is about someone's features — the face they were born with — and it is almost always in the past form: 착하게 생겼어요, “she has a kind face”. Compare 피곤해 보여요, which is how someone looks right now. 잘생기다 (good-looking) and 못생기다 (not good-looking) are single words.
| When | Use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| adjective + 게 | -게 생겼어요 | 귀엽게 생겼어요 · 무섭게 생겼어요 |
| single words | 잘생겼어요 · 못생겼어요 | good-looking · not good-looking |
| asking | 어떻게 생겼어요? | What does he look like? |
Examples
호야 씨는 좀 무섭게 생겼어요.
Hoya looks a bit scary.
그 사람은 어떻게 생겼어요?
What does that person look like?
소리쌤은 똑똑하게 생기셨어요.
Sori-ssaem has a clever face.
Practise it in context · Level 3, Unit 1
I tend to be a bit impatient
A dialogue with audio, practice that checks itself, Hoya’s mistakes, a reading and a writing task.
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