To be true in Korean 🇰🇷

그러하다 info.

Tips to Remember:
• Break the word into “그러–하다”: Think of “그러” sounding like “that” in “that is true” and “하다” meaning “to do/be.”
• Recall similar words like “그렇다” (geureota) that mean “to be so,” and imagine “그러하다” as a stylistic variant.

Explanations:
• “그러하다” (geureohada) is a verb meaning “to be true” or “to be that way,” used to indicate that something is as it is described or expected.
• It describes a state or quality, affirming that things are indeed as mentioned or depicted.

Synonyms/Other Words with Similar Meaning:
• 그렇다 (geureota) – to be so, such, or that way
• 이렇다 (ireota) – to be like this (context dependent)

Conjugations of 그러하다 (based on the 하다 pattern):

Infinitive:
• 그러하다 (geureohada)

Present Tense:
• Informal low: 그러해 (geureohae)
• Informal polite: 그러해요 (geureohaeyo)
• Formal polite: 그러합니다 (geureohamnida)

Past Tense:
• Informal low: 그러했어 (geureohaesseo)
• Informal polite: 그러했어요 (geureohaesseoyo)
• Formal polite: 그러하였습니다 (geureohaetseumnida)

Future Tense:
• Informal low: 그러할 거야 (geureohal geoya)
• Informal polite: 그러할 거예요 (geureohal geoyeyo)
• Formal polite: 그러하겠습니다 (geureohagetseumnida)

Example Sentences:
1. 사실, 그가 말한 대로 모든 일이 그러해.
(Sasil, geuga malhan daero modeun iri geureohae.)
"In fact, everything is as he said."

2. 상황이 예상대로 그러했어요.
(Sanghwangi yesangdaero geureohaesseoyo.)
"The situation was as expected."

3. 앞으로도 모든 것이 그러할 거예요.
(Apeurodo modeun geosi geureohal geoyeyo.)
"Everything will remain true in the future."

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