Korean Grammar 203: V-ㄴ 채로/-은 채로
"한국에서는 신발을 신은 채로 집에 들어가면 안 돼요." ( “In Korea, you shouldn’t enter the house with your shoes on.”) "텔레비전을 켠 채로 잠들었어요." (“I fell asleep with the television on.”) Both sentences use the form ‘-ㄴ 채로 / -은 채로’ after a verb. What does this expression mean? Today, we’ll learn the grammar ‘Verb-ㄴ 채로 / -은 채로’ , which is used when one action or state remains unchanged while something else happens. 💡 Usage ‘-ㄴ 채로 / -은 채로’ is attached to a verb stem and is used to express that a certain action or state remains unchanged. ↳ It’s often used when one action or state continues while another action occurs. You can shorten it to ‘-ㄴ 채 / -은 채.’ Similar expressions include ‘-아/어 놓은 채로,’ ‘-둔 채로,’ ‘-고 있는 채로.’ 📘 Explanation 1. Verb-은 채로 "신발을 신은 채로 집에 들어가면 안 돼요." (“You shouldn’t enter the house with your shoes on.”) ① Form 신다 + 은 채로 → Here, ‘신은 채로’ is formed by attaching ‘-은 채로’ to the verb ‘신다 (to wear on feet).’ Since the verb stem ‘신-’ ...
