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Adverbs 게 얇게 Adjectives Transformed Adding Derived Attaching

Front 얇게 썰거나 자른 사과는 빨리 누렇게 변해요
Back Sliced or cut apples turn yellow quickly
Notes All adjectives that cannot be transformed into adverbs by adding -이/히/오/우 can be turned into derived adverbs by attaching -게 to their stem.

크다 → 크게
적다 → 적게
늦다 → 늦게

예쁘다 → 예쁘게
아름답다 → 아름답게
얇다 → 얇게
짧다 → 짧게

There is a number of adjectives that can be transformed into adverbs by adding more than one type of suffix. For example, 빠르다 → 빠르게/빨리.
Derived adverbs cannot be obtained from verbs in the way described above. The result of attaching -게 to the verb is the causative connective that corresponds to 'so that'. -게 is also a part of the causative principle -게 하- used after verb stems.

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