To lose in Korean 🇰🇷

잃어버리다 info.

Tips for remembering the word:
• Notice that 잃어버리다 is composed of 잃다 (to lose) plus the auxiliary verb 버리다, which adds a sense of completely or unfortunately losing something. Think of the extra “버리” as meaning “lacking recovery.”
• Associate the word with a personal memory of misplacing something important, reinforcing the idea of it being irretrievably lost.

Explanations:
• 잃어버리다 means “to lose” in the sense of misplacing or not being able to recover something. It implies a complete or regrettable loss.
• The basic verb 잃다 also means “to lose,” but 잃어버리다 emphasizes the finality or the unintended nature of the loss.
• In formal contexts, another verb 분실하다 can be used, which means “to lose (an object)” as well.

Other words with similar meanings:
• 잃다 – a more neutral term for “to lose.”
• 분실하다 – often used in formal situations, like reporting a lost item.

Conjugations:
Base form (Infinitive): 잃어버리다
Romanized: ilgeo-beorida

Present Tense (Polite):
• 잃어버려요 (ilgeo-beoryeoyo) – “lose/am losing”
• 잃어버려 (ilgeo-beoryeo) – informal

Past Tense (Polite):
• 잃어버렸어요 (ilgeo-beoryeosseoyo) – “lost”
• 잃어버렸어 (ilgeo-beoryeosseo) – informal

Future Tense (Polite):
• 잃어버릴 거예요 (ilgeo-beoril geoyeyo) – “will lose”
• 잃어버릴 거야 (ilgeo-beoril geoya) – informal

Present Progressive:
• 잃어버리고 있어요 (ilgeo-beorigo isseoyo) – “am losing”
• 잃어버리고 있어 (ilgeo-beorigo isseo) – informal

Examples of sentences:
• I lost my keys.
– 내 열쇠를 잃어버렸어요.
– Romanized: nae yeolsoereul ilgeo-beoryeosseoyo.
• Please be careful not to lose your phone.
– 핸드폰을 잃어버리지 마세요.
– Romanized: haen-deu-pon-eul ilgeo-beoriji maseyo.
• He always loses his wallet.
– 그는 항상 지갑을 잃어버려요.
– Romanized: geuneun hangsang jigabeul ilgeo-beoryeoyo.
• I’m worried I might lose it.
– 잃어버릴까 봐 걱정돼요.
– Romanized: ilgeo-beorilkka bwa geokjeongdwaeyo.

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