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Getting Better, Instead -아/어지다

The weather is getting cooler, so you change your weekend plans. -아/어지다 describes a change in a quality. 대신에 can replace one action with another or balance a drawback against a benefit.

A Quality Changes

Adjective -아/어 form + 지다 means become that way: 좋아지다, 따뜻해지다, 조용해지다. The change may be gradual or quick. Tense belongs on 지다: 좋아졌어요, 좋아질 거예요.

achimjeonyeogeuro nalssiga siwonhaejyeosseoyo.

The mornings and evenings have become cooler.

undongeul hamyeon gibuni joajyeoyo.

Exercise improves my mood.

A Replacement or a Trade-Off

Use -는 대신에 after an action verb and -(으)ㄴ 대신에 after an adjective. A noun takes 대신에 directly: 커피 대신에 차. With actions it often means instead of; with contrasting qualities it can mean in return for that drawback, there is a benefit.

sane ganeun daesine jibeseo swieosseoyo.

I rested at home instead of going to the mountains.

i bangeun jageun daesine wolsega ssayo.

This room is small, but the rent is cheap.

Hint · 힌트

For a changing adjective use -아/어지다: 조용해졌어요. For coming to do an action use -게 되다: 일하게 됐어요. Both describe change, but attach to different kinds of predicate in these uses.

Vocabulary

Korean	English
시원하다 siwonhada	to be cool or refreshing
기분 gibun	mood
대신 daesin	substitution
월세 wolse	monthly rent
싸다 ssada	to be cheap
아침저녁 achimjeonyeok	morning and evening
날씨 nalssi	weather
기온 gion	air temperature
비 bi	rain
눈 nun	snow
바람 baram	wind
하늘 haneul	sky
구름 gureum	cloud
계절 gyejeol	season
봄 bom	spring
여름 yeoreum	summer
가을 gaeul	autumn
겨울 gyeoul	winter
덥다 deopda	to be hot
춥다 chupda	to be cold

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