Example Sentences#

1. 그는 매일 열심히 일했지만, 더 많은 힘과 부를 가진 사람들을 부러워했습니다.¹
   He worked diligently every day, but envied those with more power and wealth.
   • 부러워하다 means ‘to envy’. It is derived from the adjective 부럽다 (to be envious) using the pattern -어하다, which transforms adjectives into verbs to describe the feeling or perception of an emotion from an external viewpoint.
   • 였 is a past tense marker.
   • 습니다 is a formal polite ending used in declarative sentences.