Regret in Korean 🇰🇷

후회하다 info.

Tips to Remember:
• Think of 후회하다 as “to do regret” – since 하다 means “to do,” you can imagine “doing regret” when you experience remorse.
• The syllable 후 (hu) might make you think of “after” or “subsequent,” and 회 (hoe) sounds similar to “whine,” linking the idea of regretting afterward.

Explanations:
• 후회하다 is the Korean verb meaning “to regret” or “to feel remorse over something.”
• It is made up of 후회 (regret) and 하다 (to do), literally “to do regret.”
• The nuance is similar to expressing remorse about a past action or decision.

Other Words with Similar Meaning:
• 뉘우치다 (nwiuchida) – often used in the sense of repenting or making amends.
• 아쉬워하다 (aswihada) – to feel sorry or regretful, though it can also imply a sense of wistfulness.

Conjugations:
Infinitive: 후회하다 (huhoe-hada)

Present Tense:
• Informal low: 후회해 (huhoe-hae)
• Informal polite: 후회해요 (huhoe-haeyo)
• Formal polite: 후회합니다 (huhoe-hamnida)

Past Tense:
• Informal low: 후회했어 (huhoe-haesseo)
• Informal polite: 후회했어요 (huhoe-haesseoyo)
• Formal polite: 후회했습니다 (huhoe-haetseumnida)

Future Tense:
• Informal low: 후회할 거야 (huhoe-hal geoya)
• Informal polite: 후회할 거예요 (huhoe-hal geoyeyo)
• Formal polite: 후회할 것입니다 (huhoe-hal geosimnida)

Examples of Sentences:
1. I regret not studying hard enough for the exam.
• 시험 공부를 더 열심히 하지 않은 것을 후회해요.
• (siheom gongbureul deo yeolsimhi haji aneun geoseul huhoehaeyo)

2. He regretted his decision immediately.
• 그는 자신의 결정을 바로 후회했어.
• (geuneun jasinui gyeoljeongeul baro huhoe-haesseo)

3. We will regret it if we don’t try.
• 우리가 시도하지 않으면 후회할 거예요.
• (uriga sidohaji an-eumyeon huhoe-hal geoyeyo)

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