It’s Hard To – in Korean

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Remember how to say it’s hard in Korean? We’ve learned it in the previous tutorial. If you didn’t learn it yet, then go check it! It would help you to learn this tutorial much easier. If you learned it already, try to write it’s hard in Korean on your mind and say it in 5 seconds.

How To Say It’s Hard To – in Korean

-기 어려워요

[gi eoryeowoyo]
It’s hard to –

Basic form : -기 어렵다
Informal non-honorific(반말) form : -기 어려워
Negative form : -기 안어려워요

You can use -기 conjugation to say ‘to infinitive’. -기 is not 100% same to to to infinitive in English. It’s pretty similar with the phrase ‘it’s (adjective) to do something’. Of course, you can switch a verb to others like 쉬워요(easy), 좋아요(good) to make a new phrase.

어렵다 doesn’t have a meaning ‘firm’. It only means difficult in Korean.

발음하기 어려워요
[baleum-hagi eoryeowoyo]
It’s hard to pronounce

Another Way To Say It’s Hard To – in Korean

-는 거 어려워요

[neun geo eoryeowoyo]
Verb+ing is hard

You can use ‘-는 거 어려워요’ too. It’s same to ‘(gerund) is hard’ like ‘studying Korean is hard’. In Korean grammar, -기 어려워요 and 는 거 어려워요 are pretty same to use. There is no big difference between them.

How To Use

A: 이거 먹기 너무 어려워요!
It’s too hard to eat!
B: 잘라서 먹어요
Cut it (to eat)

A: 팔꿈치를 핥기 너무 힘들어요
It’s too hard to lick my elbow
B: 도대체 왜 그걸…?
Why the hell do you…?

A: 오리가 되고 싶어요
I want to be a duck
B: 인간은 오리 되기 어려워요
It’s hard to become a duck for a human

Vocabulary Note

이거 [igeo] : this
먹다 [meokda] : eat
너무 [neomu] : too much / too many
자르다 [jarada] : cut
쓰다 [sseuda] : write
진짜 [jinjja] : really
오리 [ori] : duck
인간 [ingan] : human, mankind
되다 [doeda] : become