부러워하다 Korean verb conjugation

to envy

Every form of 부러워하다 across the four speech levels. It is 여 irregular — 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
부러워하는
아/어Infinitive
부러워해
-으니Since
부러워하니
합니다Formal
부러워합니다

현재Present

The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 부러워해요부러워합니다부러워해부러워한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 부러워했어요부러워했습니다부러워했어부러워했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 부러워하겠어요부러워하겠습니다부러워하겠어부러워하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 부러워할 거예요부러워할 것입니다부러워할 거야부러워할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 부러워해요?부러워합니까?부러워해?부러워하니?
과거Past 부러워했어요?부러워했습니까?부러워했어?부러워했니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 부러워하세요부러워하십시오부러워해부러워해라
청유Let's 부러워해요부러워합시다부러워해부러워하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 부러워해요안 부러워합니다안 부러워해안 부러워한다
-지 않다Not (long) 부러워하지 않아요부러워하지 않습니다부러워하지 않아부러워하지 않는다
Cannot 못 부러워해요못 부러워합니다못 부러워해못 부러워한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 부러워하세요부러워하십니다부러워하셔부러워하신다
과거Past 부러워하셨어요부러워하셨습니다부러워하셨어부러워하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
부러워하는
과거Past
부러워한
미래Future
부러워할
회상Used to
부러워하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
부러워하고
-게-ly / so that
부러워하게
-어서so / and then
부러워해서
-으니까since
부러워하니까
-으면if / when
부러워하면
-지만but
부러워하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
부러워하는데
-어도even if
부러워해도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 부러워하고 있어요부러워하고 있습니다부러워하고 있어부러워하고 있다
과거Was doing 부러워하고 있었어요부러워하고 있었습니다부러워하고 있었어부러워하고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

그는 이웃주민의 행운을 부러워했다.

She was jealous of her neighbor's good fortune.

세상 남잔 다 자넬 부러워해

Every guy here'd love to be you, Gaston

아직도 나는 그를 부러워해.

And yet I envy him.

하지만 난 널 부러워하지 않아

But I don't even envy you.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 부러워하다 in Korean?

부러워하다 (to envy) is 부러워해요 in the polite 해요체, 부러워합니다 in formal 합니다체, 부러워해 in casual 반말 and 부러워한다 in the plain written style. The past is 부러워했어요.

What is the past tense of 부러워하다?

부러워했어요 in everyday polite speech, 부러워했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 부러워하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 부러워하다 irregular?

Yes — it is 여 irregular (여 불규칙). 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요. That is why the stem looks different in 부러워하여 and 부러워하니 but unchanged in 부러워합니다.

What TOPIK level is 부러워하다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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