It is urgent that they buy rice in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

This sentence is built by taking the adjective 긴급하다 (“it is urgent”) and attaching to it a nominalized clause that expresses what is urgent. The clause 너희가 쌀을 사기를 is formed as follows:

1. 너희가 (neohui-ga) means “you” (plural) marked with the subject particle 가.
2. 쌀을 (ssal-eul) is “rice” marked with the object particle 을.
3. 사기를 (sagil‑o) is formed by taking the verb 사다 (“to buy”) and adding the nominalizing ending –기. This –기 transforms the verb stem into a noun that can serve as the target of an adjective (in this case, “urgent”).

Thus, the entire clause “너희가 쌀을 사기를” functions as the “thing” that is urgent.

Tips for remembering:
• Use –기 to turn a verb into a noun when you want to express that an action (like “buying”) has a certain quality (like being urgent).
• Mark the subject (너희가) and the object (쌀을) with their respective particles before nominalizing the verb with –기.
• The adjective 긴급하다 then describes the noun clause as a whole.

Alternate ways to express “It is urgent that you buy rice” include:
• 너희가 쌀을 사는 것이 긴급하다. (neohui-ga ssal-eul saneun geosi gingeuphada)
 – Here, 사는 is the present form of 사다 and 것이 is used to nominalize the clause “you buy rice.”
• 쌀을 사는 것이 시급하다. (ssal-eul saneun geosi sigeuphada)
 – This version omits the explicit subject and uses 시급하다 (“urgent” or “pressing”) instead of 긴급하다.

These forms offer clear, alternative sentence structures conveying the same meaning.

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