can someone please explain this grammar to me?
우리는 미래에 당신에 게 가까이 될 모든 비랍니다.
what is the 게 doing there?
and why is it 가까이? not 가까운?
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The main problem with the sentence is 당신에게 가까이 될 모든.
모든 바랍니다 is grammatically wrong because 모든(adj) cannot come before a verb(바랍니다).
-에게 가까이 되다 is also not right. We say -에게 가까워지다 or -와/과 가까워지다 (되다 is used for becoming a thing(noun), not when you want to become some state or quality(adjective)).
You can rewrite it as: 우리 모두는 앞으로 당신과 더 가까워지기를 바랍니다 [or 기대합니다].
- 우리 모두는 - subject phrase.
- 앞으로 - adverb (similar to 미래에, but more natural. 미래에 sounds like in more distant future).
- 당신과 더 가까워지기를 - object phrase for "hope" - "that we get closer to you".
(당신과 가까워지다 = to become close to you => 당신과 가까워지기(noun phrase form) + 를(object marker))
- 바랍니다 or 기대합니다 - main verb. (바라다 = hope, 기대하다 = look forward to).
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Hello, I'm a Korean tutor here on italki.
I don't understand the meaning of the sentence,
but 에게 means 'to'. So 당신에게 means 'to you'
가까이 is adverb and 가까운 is adjective.
I hope this will help you (:
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