Your family needs you more than you think in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

가족은 생각하는 것보다 더 그쪽을 필요로 해요.
 
• 가족은 (gajok-eun)
  – 가족 means “family.”
  – 은 is the topic marker, indicating that “family” is what the sentence is about.
 
• 생각하는 (saeng-gakhaneun)
  – 생각하다 means “to think.”
  – The form 생각하는 is the present “-는” form used to modify a noun. Here it describes “것” (“thing”) and implies “(what you) think.”
 
• 것보다 (geotboda)
  – 것 means “thing” or “what.”
  – 보다 is a comparison marker meaning “than.” Combined, 생각하는 것보다 translates as “than (what you) think.”
 
• 더 (deo)
  – More. It intensifies the comparison.
 
• 그쪽을 (geujjogeul)
  – 그쪽 literally means “that side.” In conversational contexts, it can refer to “you” or “your place/role.”
  – 을 is the object marker, indicating that “그쪽” is what is needed.
 
• 필요로 해요 (piryoro haeyo)
  – 필요로 하다 means “to require” or “to need.”
  – 해요 is the polite present form of 하다 (“to do”), making the phrase “(is) needed.”
 
Translation: “Family (is) in need of you more than (you) think.”
 
Tips to Remember:
 • Notice the use of topic marker 은 after 가족 to set the sentence theme.
 • To express “than what you think,” you form a modifying clause using “생각하는” + “것” (nominalizing the verb) and then add the particle 보다.
 • The word 더 is simply “more,” which appears right before the object.
 • Using 그쪽 as “you” is informal but common in everyday language; context tells you it refers to the person being addressed.
 
Alternate Ways to Express “Your family needs you more than you think”:
 • 네 가족은 네가 생각하는 것보다 너를 더 필요로 해요.
  – (Ne gajok-eun nega saeng-gakhaneun geotboda neoreul deo piryoro haeyo.)
 • 너의 가족은 네 생각보다 네가 더 필요로 해요.
  – (Neoui gajok-eun ne saenggakboda nega deo piryoro haeyo.)

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