Easy Korean Level 4 - Unit 16: Much more / 훨씬

In Level 2, we learned how to say "more" (더) and how to compare things using "than" (~보다).

In this lesson, we will learn how to emphasize comparisons by saying "much more."

The word for "much" (when comparing) is 훨씬.

1. Using 훨씬 with adjectives

When you want to say something is "much [adjective]," you put 훨씬 before the adjective.

• 비싸요. (It is expensive.)
• 더 비싸요. (It is more expensive.)

• 훨씬 비싸요. (It is much more expensive.)

• 예뻐요. (It is pretty.)

• 훨씬 예뻐요. (It is much prettier.)

2. Using 훨씬 with ~보다 (than)

You can use 훨씬 together with ~보다 to say "much more [adjective] than [noun]."

• 어제보다 훨씬 추워요. (It is much colder than yesterday.)

• 이것보다 저것이 훨씬 좋아요. (That one is much better than this one.)

• 한국어 띄어쓰기는 생각보다 훨씬 어려워요. (Korean spacing is much more difficult than I thought.)

Summary

• 더 = more
• 훨씬 = much (more)
• 훨씬 더 = much more (You can use them together for extra emphasis!)
• 훨씬 더 맛있어요. (It's much more delicious.)