Monday, November 30, 2009

-아/어/여 보이다 someone(or something) looks (appears, seems...)

This pattern conveys meanings such as likeness, resemblance, or similarity. when attached directly to the stems of adjectives.
The past tense form of this pattern is '-아/어/여 보였다.'

-아 보이다 is after verb stems having '아/오'
-어 보이다 is after verb stems having other vowel '아/오'
-여 보이다 is after verb stems having '-하다'

옷이 작아 보여요. The clothes look small.

한국음식이 맛있어 보여요. Korean food looks delicious.

그분이 행복해 보여요. He looks happy.

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