How to Say “I Love You” in Korean - Clozemaster

How to Say “I Love You” in Korean · 사랑해 (saranghae). · 난 너를 사랑해 (nan-neoreul-saranghae). · 사랭해요 (saranghaeyo). · 사랑합니다 ( ... Skiptocontent Learningtosay‘Iloveyou’inKoreanisactuallyquitesimple,butbecauseofthewaythisspecialphrasecanbeusedinmanydifferentcontexts,learningitsdirecttranslationisnotenough.Wealsoneedtolearnthevariouswaysthisphrasecanbeused. Sointhisarticle,we’llfirstlookatthemostcommonwaysofsaying‘Iloveyou’inKoreanandhowtheexpressionisusedinpractice.Then,we’lllookathowtosay‘Idon’tloveyou’,andhowtosaysomeoneisapersonwelove. ‘Iloveyou’inKorean Thephrasefor‘Iloveyou’inKoreanis: 사랑해 (saranghae). Whatdoesitmean? Theword사랑isanounthatmeans‘love’andtheverbfor‘tolove’is사랑하다(saranghada). 사랑해isthecasualformof사랑하다.Sothissentenceonlyhastheverb,andthereisno‘I’or‘you’inthesentence.FormingsentenceswithjusttheverbisacommonfeatureofKoreanlanguage,andsentencesareformedinthiswaybecausebasedonthecontext,it’sveryclearwho’sexpressingtheirlovetowhom. However,ifyouwantedtomakeitclearthatitwasyouthatlovedtheotherpersonandyouwantedtoincludethepronouns‘I’and‘you’,thenyoucansay: 난너를사랑해(nan-neoreul-saranghae). 난means‘I’and너를means‘you’,sothissentenceliterallymeans‘Iloveyou’. How‘Iloveyou’isusedinKorean 사랑해isthecasualformof‘Iloveyou’,andwhenweexpressourlovetoourpartner,weusethecasuallanguagebecausewealreadyhaveacloserelationshipwiththem.Also,whenclosefriendssay‘Iloveyou’,theyusethesamecasualform. Whentousethepoliteform It’snotascommonforpeoplealreadyinrelationshipstousethepoliteformofthisexpression,butsomepeopledo,andaswithallKoreansentences,wecanmakethepoliteformbyadding-요attheend: 사랭해요 (saranghaeyo). However,thepoliteformof‘Iloveyou’hasabroaderrangeofuses.Wecanusethisformtosay‘Iloveyou’toparentsandteachersasitismorerespectful,andinKorean,wesay‘Iloveyou’toparentsandteachersnotonlytoexpressourlove,butalsotoshowourappreciationandgratitude. Isthereaformalformof‘Iloveyou’inKorean? Theanswerisyes,anditis: 사랑합니다 (saranghamnida). Again,theformalformof‘Iloveyou’israrelyusedbetweencouples,butsomecouplesmayusethisformjusttobesuperpolite.Similarly,whensaying‘Iloveyou’toparentsandteachers,somepeoplemaychoosetousetheformalformbecausetheywantorneedtobemorerespectful. ‘Idon’tloveyou’inKorean Assadasthisexpressionis,ifwe’relearninghowtosay‘Iloveyou’,thenweshouldalsolearntosay‘Idon’tloveyou’inKorean. Therearetwowaystosay‘Idon’tloveyou’inKorean: Firstwayofsaying‘Idon’tloveyou’inKorean Thefirstwayistosay: 안사랑해(ansaranghae). TheForm Simplewaytoformnegativestatementistoaddtheword안infrontoftheverb,sothepoliteandtheformalformswouldlooklikethis: Polite–안사랑해요(ansaranghaeyo) Formal–안사랑합니다(ansaranghamnida). Thesecondwayofsaying‘Idon’tloveyou’inKorean Thesecondwayistosay: 사랑하지않아(saranghajiana). TheForm Wemakethisnegativestatementbyadding지않다totheverbstem.Earlierwelearnedthattheverbtoloveis사랑하다. Sohere,weremove다andthenadd지않다tomakethenegativeform.Thentomakethecasualform,wechange다attheendof지않다to아.Thepoliteandtheformalformslooklikethis. Polite–사랑하지않아요(saranghajianayo). Formal–사랑하지않습니다(saranghajianseumnida). ‘Ilikeyou’inKorean SimilartoEnglish,anotherwayofsayingthatwehavepositivefeelingsforsomeoneistousetheverb‘tolike’,andthisverbinKoreanis좋아하다. Sotosay‘Ilikeyou’,wecansay: 좋아해(joahae). 좋아해isthecasualform,andit’sverycommoninKoreaforpeopletoexpresstheirfeelingsoffondnessbyusingtheverb좋아하다.Thepoliteandformalformof좋아하다looklikethis: Polite–좋아해요 (joahaeyo). Formal–좋아합니다 (joahamnida). Andlike‘tolove’,ifwewanttosay‘Ilikeyou’andinclude‘I’and‘you’inthesentence,wecansay: 난너를좋아해(nan-neoreul-joahae). Thedescriptivewordfor‘love’inKorean Now,we’velearnedthatthenounofloveis사랑,andtheverbis사랑하다.Thedescriptivewordforlove,theadjective,is사랑하는andwecanmakethisformbychanging다intheverbto는. Wecanusethiswordtosaythatsomeoneisapersonthatwelove,likethis: 사랑하는사람(saranghaneunsaram). 사랑하는istheadjectiveformforlove,and사람meansperson,so사랑하는사람means‘apersonIlove’,sotosay‘MinaissomeoneIlove’,wewouldsay: 미나는내가사랑하는사람이야.(Minaneunnaegasaranghaneunsaramiya.) So,wefirstsaytheperson’sname(미나)withtheparticle는.Thenwesay‘I’(내)withtheparticle가.Andlastly,wesay사랑하는사람withtheKoreanbe-verb이야.Hereareacoupleofotherexamplesentences: MinsuissomeoneIlove. 민수는내가사랑하는사람이야.(Minsuneunnaegasaranghaneunsaramiya.) HaejungissomeoneIlove. 해정이는내가사랑하는사람이야.(Haejungineunnaegasaranghaneunsaramiya.) OtherusefuladjectivesrelatedtoloveinKorean Similartohowtheadjectiveformofloveismade,theadjectiveformof좋아하다is좋아하는,sotosaythatsomeoneisapersonIlike,wecansay: 좋아하는사람(joahaneunsaram) Andlikewise,tosay미나issomeoneIlike,wecansay: MinaissomeoneIlike. 미나는내가좋아하는사람이야.(Minaneunnaegajoahaneunsaramiya.) MinsuissomeoneIlike. 민수는내가좋아하는사람이야.(Minsuneunnaegajoahaneunsaramiya.) AnothercommonverbKoreansusetotalkaboutsomeonespecialis아끼다(akkida).아끼다meanstobespecialanditsadjectiveformis아끼는anditdescribessomeoneorsomethingwhichispreciousandspecialtosomeone,sotosaythatsomeoneispreciousandspecial,wecansaythis: 아끼는사람(akkineunsaram). Usingthesamesentencepatternasbefore,tosaythatsomeoneisprecioustome,wecansay: Minaisprecioustome. 미나는내가아끼는사람이야.(Minaneunnaegaakkineunsaramiya.) Minsuisprecioustome. 민수는내가아끼는사람이야.(Misuneunnaegaakkineunsaramiya.) Wrapup! Firstwelookedat‘Iloveyou’inthreelevelsofformality: Casual–사랑해 Polite–사랑해요 Formal–사랑합니다. Thesephraseslackasubjectandanobject,butifwewantedtoinclude‘I’and‘you’inthesentence,wecansay: 나는너를사랑해. Thereweretwowaysofsaying‘Idon’tloveyou’andwelookedathowwecanformcasual,politeandformalnegativestatements: Method1 Casual–안사랑해 Polite–안사랑해요 Formal–안사랑합니다. Method2 Casual–사랑하지않아 Polite–사랑하지않아요 Formal–사랑하지않습니다. Afterthat,wealsolookedattheuseof‘tolike’toexpressourfeelingstoothers,andwelookedatthreelevelsofformality: Casual–좋아해 Polite–좋아해요 Formal–좋아합니다. Wealllookedatasentencethatincludethesubject‘I’,andtheobject‘you’,whichwas: 나는너를좋아해. Finally,welearnedthreedifferentadjectivestodescribepeoplewelove,like,andthosewhoareprecioustous. SomeoneIlove–사랑하는사람 SomeoneIlike–좋아하는사람 Someoneprecious–아끼는사람. It’seasytolearnhowtosay‘Iloveyou’,butwhenlearningtheexpressioninanotherlanguage,it’salsoimportanttoknowhowthatexpressionisusedbynativespeakers,soaswellaslearningallthedifferentwaystosay‘Iloveyou’inKorean,wealsolookedathowtheword‘love’canbeusedasanoun,verb,andadjective,andwealsolearnedotherusefulexpressionsrelatedtothetopicoflove. Hopeyouenjoyedreadingthisarticle,andasalways,don’tforgettopracticeKoreandailywithClozemaster!사랑하는여러분,안녕히계세요!Byefornow! 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