we wanna learn How to say “more” in Korean
In Korean, the word for “more” is 더 [deo]. In English relatively short words change their forms instead of having the word “more” in front of them, like shorter, hotter, faster, but in Korean all the words just have this word 더 attached before them.
Example:
빠르다 (ppareuda) = to be fast더 빠르다 (deo ppareuda) = to be faster
비싸다 (pissada) = to be expensive더 비싸다 (deo pissada) = to be more expensive
예뻐요. (yeppeoyo) = It’s pretty. / You’re pretty. / She’s pretty.
더 예뻐요. (deo yeppeoyo) = It’s prettier. / You’re prettier. / She’s prettier.
and now How to say “than” in Korean:
The word for “than” or “compared to” is 보다 [bo-da]. The basic construction for this is not very complicated, but the word order in Korean is completely different from English. Let us compare the two.
English: A watermelon is bigger than an apple.
Korean: 수박은 사과보다 더 커요. [su-ba-geun sa-gwa-bo-da keo-yo.]
** In the English sentence above, the word “than” comes BEFORE “apple” but in Korean, the word -보다 [bo-da] (which means “than”) comes AFTER 사과 [sa-gwa], which means “apple”.
Construction:
예뻐요. (yeppeoyo) = It’s pretty. / You’re pretty. / She’s pretty.
더 예뻐요. (deo yeppeoyo) = It’s prettier. / You’re prettier. / She’s prettier.
and now How to say “than” in Korean:
The word for “than” or “compared to” is 보다 [bo-da]. The basic construction for this is not very complicated, but the word order in Korean is completely different from English. Let us compare the two.
English: A watermelon is bigger than an apple.
Korean: 수박은 사과보다 더 커요. [su-ba-geun sa-gwa-bo-da keo-yo.]
** In the English sentence above, the word “than” comes BEFORE “apple” but in Korean, the word -보다 [bo-da] (which means “than”) comes AFTER 사과 [sa-gwa], which means “apple”.
Construction:
than A = A보다 (A-boda)
more (verb/adjective/adverb) than A = A보다 더 [A-boda deo] (verb/adjective/adverb)
Example
Example
to be big = 크다 [keu-da]
to be bigger = 더 크다 [deo keu-da]
It’s bigger. = 더 커요. [deo keo-yo.]
It’s bigger than this one. 이거보다 더 커요. [i-geo-bo-da deo keo-yo.]
note :
더 [deo] is not always necessary in Korean sentences. In English, it would be weird if you said “She’s busy than me.” instead of “She’s busier than me.” but in Korean the meaning is perfectly clear even without the word 더 [deo].
Sample sentences
1. 오늘은 어제보다 더워요. [o-neu-reun eo-je-bo-da deo-wo-yo.] = Today is hotter than yesterday.
2. 영어는 한국어보다 어려워요. [yeong-eo-neun han-gu-geo-bo-da eo-ryeo-wo-yo.] = English is more difficult than Korean.
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