Envy in Korean 🇰🇷

부러워하다 info.

Tips to Remember:
• Notice that 부러워하다 consists of 부러워 (envy) and 하다 (to do), similar to how many Korean adjectives or feelings are turned into verbs by adding 하다.
• You might think of “being blue” with envy—even if imperfectly, the sound “부러워” can remind you of that emotional state.

Explanations:
• 부러워하다 means “to envy” or “to feel envious of.” It expresses the emotion of desiring what someone else possesses.
• It is a regular 하다 verb, so it conjugates like other 하다 verbs.

Other Words with Similar Meaning:
• 시기하다 (sigihada) also means “to envy” or “to be jealous,” though it can carry a slight nuance of resentment.
• Sometimes 탐내다 (tamnaeda) is used to imply “to covet” rather than simply envy.

Conjugations:
• Infinitive/Dictionary Form: 부러워하다 (bureowo hada)
• Present Tense (informal polite): 부러워해요 (bureowo haeyo)
• Present Tense (casual): 부러워해 (bureowo hae)
• Past Tense (informal polite): 부러워했어요 (bureowo haesseoyo)
• Past Tense (casual): 부러워했어 (bureowo haesseo)
• Future Tense (informal polite): 부러워할 거예요 (bureowo hal geoyeyo)
• Future Tense (casual): 부러워할 거야 (bureowo hal geoya)

Example Sentences:
1. I envy my friend’s talent.
– Korean: 나는 친구의 재능을 부러워해요.
– Romanized: Naneun chingueui jaeneung-eul bureowo haeyo.
2. She envied her colleague’s success.
– Korean: 그녀는 동료의 성공을 부러워했어요.
– Romanized: Geunyeoneun donglyo-ui seong-gong-eul bureowo haesseoyo.
3. They will envy the winner.
– Korean: 그들은 우승자를 부러워할 거예요.
– Romanized: Geudeureun useungjareul bureowo hal geoyeyo.

a few seconds ago