To be ill in Korean 🇰🇷

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to be ill	앓다

How to say “to be ill” in Korean? “앓다”. Here you will learn how to pronounce “앓다” correctly and in the comments below you will be able to get all sorts of advice on to be ill in Korean like tips & tricks to remember it, questions, explanations and more.

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Tips to Remember:
• Associate 앓다 with “ache” in English; both contain the “ah” sound, which can remind you of physical pain or illness.
• Visualize someone wincing from pain to link the sound 앓 (al) with the concept of suffering.

Explanations:
• 앓다 is used to express that someone is suffering from an illness or pain. It often appears in contexts like "suffering from a disease" (e.g., 감기로 앓다 means "to be ill with a cold").

Synonyms/Related Words:
• 아프다 – to be sick or in pain (more general)
• 병들다 – to fall ill
• 고생하다 – to suffer or have a hard time (can imply illness)

Conjugations (Polite Informal/Formal Variations provided):

Base Form (Infinitive): 앓다 (alhta)

Present Tense:
• Informal Polite: 앓아요 (alhayo) – e.g., "I am suffering."
• Formal Declarative: 앓습니다 (alseumnida)

Past Tense:
• Informal Polite: 앓았어요 (alhasseoyo) – e.g., "He suffered from…"
• Formal Declarative: 앓았습니다 (alhasseumnida)

Future Tense:
• Informal Polite: 앓을 거예요 (alheul geoyeyo) – e.g., "She will suffer from…"
• Formal Declarative: 앓을 것입니다 (alheul geosimnida)

Present Progressive:
• Informal Polite: 앓고 있어요 (alhgo isseoyo) – e.g., "They are currently ill."
• Formal Declarative: 앓고 있습니다 (alhgo itseumnida)

Example Sentences:
1. 그는 감기로 앓고 있어요.
(Geuneun gamgiro alhgo isseoyo.)
– He is suffering from a cold.
2. 지난 주에 저는 독감으로 앓았어요.
(Jinan ju-e jeoneun dokgam-euro alhasseoyo.)
– Last week, I was ill with the flu.
3. 앞으로 감기 때문에 앓을 거예요.
(Apeuro gamgi ttaemune alheul geoyeyo.)
– In the future, I will suffer from a cold due to the weather.
4. 우리 할머니께서 오래 앓으셨어요.
(Uri halmeonikkeseo ora alheusyeosseo.)
– Our grandmother was ill for a long time.

Romanized cues are provided alongside the Korean sentences to assist with pronunciation.

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