Those people were so nice in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

The sentence breaks down as follows:

• 저 (jeo) means “that” (referring to something or someone over there).
• 사람들 (saramdeul) means “people” with 들 indicating plural.
• 은 (eun) is the topic marker attached to 사람들, emphasizing them as the topic.
• 너무 (neomu) is an adverb meaning “so” or “very.”
• 즐거웠습니다 (jeulgeowosseumnida) is the formal, past tense form of 즐겁다 (jeulgeopda), meaning “to be joyful/fun.”

Structure tip: Korean adjectives like 즐겁다 function as both adjectives and verbs. In the past formal form 즐거웠습니다, the root 즐겁- is modified by the past ending -었- and the polite sentence ending -습니다.

To remember the pattern, note that Korean often follows the order: [Topic] + [Adverb] + [Adjective/Verb]. In this sentence, “those people” is set as the topic, followed by the adverb “so,” and ending with the descriptive past tense predicate.

Romanized sentence: Jeo saramdeureun neomu jeulgeowosseumnida.

Alternate ways to say “Those people were so nice” include:

• 저 사람들은 참 착하셨어요.
  Romanized: Jeo saramdeureun cham chakhasyeosseoyo.
  (Here, 착하다 means “to be kind/nice,” and 참 adds emphasis like “really” or “so.”)

• 저분들은 정말 친절하셨어요.
  Romanized: Jeobundeureun jeongmal chinjeolhasyeosseoyo.
  (Here, 친절하다 means “to be kind/nice,” and 정말 means “really.”)

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