Learning grammar is one of the most difficult things for Korean language learners. On this blog, we will try to help you learn Korean grammar in the quickest and easiest way possible. This blog will be helpful for those who are studying the Korean language and want to improve their grammar skills.

Today, we’ll look at how to form sentences using the grammar pattern “Noun + 보다”, along with some example sentences.

Noun + 보다

보다 compares two or more nouns, with the noun placed before 보다 being of lesser extent than the one that follows.

It doesn’t matter whether the preceding noun ends with a consonant or a vowel — 보다 is used in both cases. The sentence can also be intensified with 더.

보다 can be translated as “in comparison to / than,” and 더 as “more” in English.

How to conjugate " Noun + 보다 " grammar pattern?

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Pattern

Case

Example

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Noun + 보다

It doesn't matter if the preceding noun had a consonant or vowel.

어제보다

겨울보다

Let's look at an example: 어제보다 오늘 더 더워요.

Now let's break down the words one by one:

  • 어제 – yesterday

  • 보다 – in comparison to / than

  • 오늘 – today

  • 더 – more

  • 더워요 – (it is) hot

So the sentence translates to: “Today is hotter than yesterday.”

You can also say 어제보다 오늘 더워요 without 더, and it will still mean the same. However, adding 더 emphasizes the comparison.

Since we are using 보다 (“than”) and 더 (“more”), we are clearly talking about the comparative degree.

EXAMPLE SENTENCES

  • 언니보다 내가 더 그림을 잘 그려.

I draw better than my older sister.

  • 남동생보다 제가 키가 더 작아요

I am shorter than my younger brother.

  • 델리는 서울보다 더 복잡해요.

Delhi is more crowded than Seoul.

  • 한국어보다 중국말이 더 어려워요.

Chinese is much more difficult than Korean. 

  • 겨울보다 봄을 더 좋아해요?

Do you like spring more than winter?

  • 비행기가 기차보다 더 빨라요.

Airplanes are much faster than trains.

Learning Korean can be tricky, especially when the goal of your learning is conversation. If you’ve ever attempted to speak Korean but were unable to, then hopefully you’ll find this post helpful.

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Smriti


Smriti Ekka graduated in Commerce and Library science, and currently she is working as a content writer at TOPIK Guide website. She is a Korean language and culture enthusiast and has been working across multiple disciplines which broadly addresses narratives of similarities between Korean and Indian culture. Apart from being a content writer at TOPIK Guide she manages Annyeong India website and has had her pieces published in Learn Korean in India website as well. In her other life, she is a singer, rising entrepreneur, life enthusiast and a learner.

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