Lesson 24
In Level 2 Lesson 21 and Level 2 Lesson 29, you learned how to say “more”, and also how to say that something is “more + adjective + than something”. In this lesson, you will learn how to say, “much more/less + adjective + than something”.
Although the Korean word for “much” (adverb) is 많이, in this case, a different word is needed: 훨씬.
Meaning
훨씬 = much (more), far (more), etc
Ex)
멋있다 = to be cool; to be stylish
더 멋있다 = to be cooler; to be more stylish
훨씬 더 멋있다 = to be much cooler; to be much more stylish
Sample Sentences
이게 훨씬 더 좋아요.
= This is much better.
서울에서 도쿄까지보다, 서울에서 뉴욕까지가 훨씬 더 멀어요.
= From Seoul to New York is much farther away than from Seoul to Tokyo.
일본어보다 한국어가 훨씬 더 쉬워요.
= 한국어가 일본어보다 훨씬 더 쉬워요.
= Korean is much easier than Japanese.
훨씬 is the “much” in the phrase “much more”, but when using 훨씬, people will already know that you are making a comparison; therefore, sometimes when you want to say, “much more + adjective/adverb”, the word 더 can be dropped from 훨씬 더.
* However, you cannot drop 덜 from 훨씬 덜, which means “much less + adjective/adverb”.
Ex)
훨씬 더 좋아요. = 훨씬 좋아요.
훨씬 더 재미있어요. = 훨씬 재미있어요.
Examples of using 훨씬 with 덜.
* Go back to Level 4 Lesson 19 if you want to review on 덜.
덜 = less
비싸다 = to be expensive
덜 비싸다 = to be less expensive
훨씬 덜 비싸다 = to be much less expensive
가깝다 = to be near
덜 가깝다 = to be less near
훨씬 덜 가깝다 = to be much less near