Console in Korean 🇰🇷

위로하고 있어 info.

Tips to Remember:
• Think of “위로하다” as lifting someone “up” emotionally—just as “위” can mean “up” or “above,” remembering that it’s about making someone feel higher or better.
• Associate the sound “wiro” with “warm reassurance” to recall its comforting meaning.

Explanations:
• The base verb is 위로하다 (wirohada), which means “to console” or “to comfort.”
• The form 위로하고 있어 (wirohago isseo) is the present progressive form, meaning “is consoling” or “is comforting.”

Other Words with a Similar Meaning:
• 달래다 (dallaeda) – to soothe or calm
• 격려하다 (gyeongryeohada) – to encourage
• 안심시키다 (ansimsikida) – to reassure

Conjugations of 위로하다:
• Infinitive: 위로하다 (wirohada) – to console
• Present Simple Informal: 위로해 (wirohae) – consoles
• Present Simple Formal (polite): 위로해요 (wirohaeyo)
• Present Progressive Informal: 위로하고 있어 (wirohago isseo) – is consoling
• Present Progressive Formal: 위로하고 있어요 (wirohago isseoyo)
• Past Informal: 위로했어 (wirohaesseo) – consoled
• Past Formal: 위로했어요 (wirohaesseoyo)
• Future Informal: 위로할 거야 (wirohal geoya) – will console
• Future Formal: 위로할 거예요 (wirohal geoyeyo)

Example Sentences:
• 친구가 슬플 때, 내가 위로하고 있어.
 (Chinguga seulpeul ttae, naega wirohago isseo.)
 “When a friend is sad, I am consoling them.”

• 그는 어려운 시기에 동료들을 위로하고 있어요.
 (Geuneun eoryeoun sigie dongnyodeureul wirohago isseoyo.)
 “He is consoling his colleagues during a difficult time.”

• 어제, 선생님이 학생들을 위로했어요.
 (Eoje, seonsaengnimi haksaengdeureul wirohaesseoyo.)
 “Yesterday, the teacher consoled the students.”

• 내일은 네가 그를 위로할 거야.
 (Naerineun nega geureul wirohal geoya.)
 “Tomorrow, you will console him.”

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