Wider in Korean 🇰🇷

넓어지다 info.

Tips to remember:
• Think of 넓다 (neolbda), meaning “wide.” Adding 어지다 (eojida) indicates a change—so 넓어지다 (neolbeojida) means “to become wide” or “to widen.”
• The ending 어지다 is used for verbs that express a transformation; associating “widening” with transformation may help you recall its form.

Explanations:
• 넓어지다 is an intransitive verb formed from the adjective 넓다 (“wide”) plus the change-of-state suffix 어지다. It means “to become wider” or “to expand” (in width or scope), and it is used when something transforms into being more spacious or broad.

Similar words:
• 확대되다 (hwakdae-doeda) – “to be expanded” or “to enlarge”
• 확장되다 (hwakjangdoeda) – “to be extended” or “to broaden”

Conjugations (using the stem 넓어지-):

Infinitive: 넓어지다 (neolbeojida)
• Present Informal Low: 넓어져 (neolbeojyeo)
• Present Polite: 넓어져요 (neolbeojyeoyo)
• Present Formal: 넓어집니다 (neolbeojimnida)
• Past Informal Low: 넓어졌다 (neolbeojyeotda)
• Past Polite: 넓어졌어요 (neolbeojyeosseoyo)
• Past Formal: 넓어졌습니다 (neolbeojyeotseumnida)
• Future Informal Low: 넓어질 거야 (neolbeojil geoya)
• Future Polite: 넓어질 거예요 (neolbeojil geoyeyo)
• Future Formal: 넓어질 것입니다 (neolbeojil geosimnida)

Example sentences:
1. The room became wider after the wall was removed.
→ 그 방은 벽이 없어지면서 넓어졌어요.
(Geu bangeun byeok-i eops-eojimyeonseo neolbeojyeosseoyo.)

2. As technology advances, opportunities widen.
→ 기술이 발전함에 따라 기회가 넓어지고 있어요.
(Gisul-i baljeonham-etta gore gihoe-ga neolbeojigo isseoyo.)

3. The river widens as it approaches the sea.
→ 강은 바다에 가까워지면서 넓어져요.
(Gang-eun badae gakkawojimyeon seo neolbeojyeoyo.)

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