Hungry in Korean 🇰🇷

고프다 info.

Tips to remember "고프다" (gopuda):
• Notice the similarity to the common expression "배고파" (baegopa) for “hungry.” Remember that "고프다" is essentially the base form that drops the "배" (bae), so linking the two can help recall the meaning.
• Associate “gopuda” with “go” sounds representing that you’re “go”-ing to eat when hungry.

Explanations:
• "고프다" means “to be hungry.” It is an adjective (descriptive verb) used to describe a state of hunger.
• Although "배고프다" (baegopeuda) is more common in everyday speech, "고프다" is its shortened or base form.
• It functions as an adjective; when used attributively before a noun, it changes form.

Other words with similar meaning:
• 배고프다 (baegopeuda) – the more common way to say “hungry.”
• 허기지다 (heogijida) – to feel hunger (often used in a more literary or emphatic sense).

Conjugations for "고프다" (gopuda):

[Present Tense]
• Informal: 고파 (gopa)
  Example: 나는 고파. (“I’m hungry.” – naneun gopa)
• Polite: 고파요 (gopayo)
  Example: 저는 고파요. (“I’m hungry.” – jeoneun gopayo)
• Formal: 곤칩니다 is generally not used for adjectives like 고프다; instead, the plain descriptive assertion “고픕니다” is not common. Stick with 고파요 for polite speech.

[Past Tense]
• Informal: 고팠어 (gopasseo)
  Example: 어제 너무 바빠서 고팠어. (“I was so busy yesterday that I was hungry.” – eoje neomu bappaseo gopasseo)
• Polite: 고팠어요 (gopasseoyo)
  Example: 어제 고팠어요. (“I was hungry yesterday.” – eoje gopasseoyo)

[Future Tense]
• Informal: 고플 거야 (gopul geoya)
  Example: 지금 일하고 나면 고플 거야. (“I’ll be hungry after working now.” – jigeum ilhago namyeon gopul geoya)
• Polite: 고플 거예요 (gopul geoyeyo)
  Example: 점심 전에 고플 거예요. (“I’ll be hungry before lunch.” – jeomsim jeon-e gopul geoyeyo)

[Attributive Form (modifying a noun)]
• 고픈 (gopun)
  Example: 고픈 아이 (a hungry child – gopun ai)

Examples of sentences:
1. 나는 지금 고파. (Naneun jigeum gopa.)
  → “I’m hungry right now.”
2. 친구가 고팠다고 했어. (Chinguga gopasseotago haesseo.)
  → “My friend said he was hungry.”
3. 점심 식사 후에 다시 고플 거예요. (Jeomsim siksa hue dasi gopul geoyeyo.)
  → “I will be hungry again after lunch.”
4. 어린 동생이 고픈 얼굴로 엄마를 찾았어. (Eorin dongsaengi gopun eolgulro eommareul chajasseo.)
  → “The little sibling looked for mom with a hungry face.”

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