To suffer in Korean 🇰🇷

고생하다 info.

Tips to Remember the Word:
• Think of 고생 as “hardship” or “suffering” and 하다 as “to do.” In other words, you're “doing hardship” when you experience tough times.
• You can associate 고생하다 with working hard or enduring difficulties, similar to how you “suffer” through challenges.

Explanations:
• 고생하다 means “to suffer” or “to go through hardship.” It is widely used to describe any situation involving difficulty, hard work, or misery.
• The nuance can refer both to physical hardships and emotional or situational hardships.

Synonyms and Similar Expressions:
• 힘들다 (himdeulda) – “to be hard” or “to struggle”
• 고통받다 (gotong batda) – “to suffer pain”
• 어려움을 겪다 (eoryeoumeul gyeokda) – “to go through difficulties”

Conjugations of 고생하다:
• Infinitive: 고생하다 (gosaenghada)
• Present (polite informal): 고생해 (gosaenghae) or 고생해요 (gosaenghaeyo)
• Past (polite informal): 고생했어 (gosaenghaesseo) or 고생했어요 (gosaenghaesseoyo)
• Future (polite informal): 고생할 거야 (gosaenghal geoya) or 고생할 거예요 (gosaenghal geoyeyo)
• Present Progressive: 고생하고 있어 (gosaenghago isseo) or 고생하고 있어요 (gosaenghago isseoyo)

Example Sentences:
1. I suffered a lot during the trip.
– 여행 중에 많이 고생했어. (Yeohaeng junge mani gosaenghaesseo.)
2. She is suffering because of her busy schedule.
– 그녀는 바쁜 일정 때문에 고생하고 있어요. (Geunyeoneun bappeun iljeong ttaemune gosaenghago isseoyo.)
3. They will suffer if they don’t prepare properly.
– 제대로 준비하지 않으면 많이 고생할 거예요. (Jedaero junbihaji aneumyeon mani gosaenghal geoyeyo.)
4. I am really suffering today.
– 오늘 정말 고생해. (Oneul jeongmal gosaenghae.)

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