Korean Lessons ᚛ Level 4 - Intermediate Korean #1 (Lessons 91 to 120) ᚛ Lesson 93 - To seem in Korean, "it looks like" [-(으)ㄴ/는/(으)ㄹ 것 같다]
To seem in Korean, "it looks like" [-(으)ㄴ/는/(으)ㄹ 것 같다]
To seem with -(으)ㄴ/는/(으)ㄹ 것 같다
The 것 같다 form is very often used to express uncertainty about something. In English, we could translate it as "it seems that", "it looks like", "I think that" or "I believe that". To do this, we combine the adjectival form of Korean verbs, the word
것 and the verb
같다 (= to be the same, to be similar), in the following manner:
[Adjectival form -(으)ㄴ/는/(으)ㄹ] 것 같다
The verb 같다 can then be conjugated in the desired tense, depending on whether the thought is in the past, present or future.
민지야 나 오늘 바쁠 것 같아.
→ Minji, I think I'm going to be busy today.
그 책은 재미있는 것 같아요.
→ That book seems interesting.
이 반지는 비싼 것 같았어요.
→ This ring seemed expensive.
우리 강아지는 사과를 좋아하는 것 같아.
→ My dog seems to like apples.
7시에요. 곧 엄마가 오실 것 같아요.
→ It's 7:00. I think Mom will come soon.
이 의자가 저 의자보다 편할 것 같습니다.
→ I think this chair will be more comfortable than that chair over there.
재현이 영어 진짜 잘 해. 영국에서 살고 온 것 같아.
→ Jaehyeon speaks English really well. It seems like he lived in England (and came back to Korea).
네가 만난 남자는 진짜 멋있는 것 같았어.
→ The man you met seemed really handsome.
밥 먹은 것 같았어.
→ I thought he had (already) eaten.
밥 먹는 것 같았어.
→ I thought he was eating (at that moment).
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