"The small girl reads a difficult book."

Translation: 작은 여자아이가 어려운 책을 읽습니다.

[wackadoo1]

I keep getting "small" and "book" confused. Thanks Duo for putting them both in the same sentence so i could figure that out!

[avanade]

[Okawoa]

There isn't the option to write 읽어요 only 읽습니다.

[ainhoasullivan]

both are correct! just different ways of saying it. you could consider 읽습니다 to be more formal, while 읽어요 is used more regularly.

[Chayrette]

What is the difference between (은) and (운) in the end of the word???

[ainhoasullivan]

hi! 어렵다 means "to be difficult". verbs ending in ㅂ다 end in 운 instead of 은 when converted to adjectives.
ex: 맵다 "to be spicy" (verb) -> 매운 "spicy" (adjective).

작다 "to be small" (verb) ends in a consonant therefore 은 is used to make it an adjective = 작은 "small"

[fabiola.machuca]

Following cause I need to know too.

[SUDIBTSOT7]

Can someone tell if 작은 can be used for humans in context...? Feels bizzare... I understand for puppies..but for a girl/boy..?

[goohayoon]

Good girl

[ToddlyEnough]

This sentence was super hard for me. X.x

[Shaxton]

Is 소녀 more common than 여자아이 in conversational Korean?

[slowsummits]

shouldn't it be 키가 작은 여자아이... ?

[ainhoasullivan]

"키" refers to height, so "키가 작은 여자아이" would mean "the short girl", although most times when we say "small girl" in English we're talking about height