Let’s study to say the phrase “hurry” in Korean right this moment, and maybe it’ll even offer you extra perception into Korean life and Korean tradition!

Whether or not you converse English, Korean, German, or different languages, or should you’re a pupil, workplace employee, or human typically, you’re in a rush at one level in your life.

This appears, at instances, to be very true while you have a look at the lifetime of Koreans, notably these dwelling in Seoul. As there are a number of totally different Korean phrases for “hurry,” it’s helpful to study each and the way every is used. That is additionally a vocabulary you’re prone to hear very often, particularly in Seoul, the place lives are inclined to get fairly busy.

Though our matter is about “hurry,” take this as an indication to decelerate first so we are able to fastidiously examine these phrases and sentence examples.

Other ways to say “hurry” in Korean

There are three principal methods in which you’ll say “hurry” or “hurry up” in Korean. In the event you’re not but conversant in Korean letters, I recommend you examine our article on the Korean alphabet first earlier than we go in-depth into studying these Korean phrases!

서두르다 (seodureuda)

The primary phrase for “hurry” within the Korean language is 서두르다 (seodureuda). Technically this might not be the extra well-liked phrase of the 2. Nevertheless, that is the phrase that actually interprets as “to rush,” not like the opposite verb you’re about to study beneath. This verb can be generally used.

It additionally has a deep sense of urgency to it. It’s nice to make use of while you wish to suggest one thing to be accomplished or to occur quick, aka in a rush. It may be utilized in any tense, though it’s much less possible for use in future tense. Very like the beneath phrase, 서두르다 (seodureuda) can be used to order somebody to rush up. But it surely can be used to explain your personal emotions or state of affairs.

Listed below are some sentence examples:

서둘러 주세요. 늦으면 안돼요. (seodulleo juseyo. neujeumyeon andwaeyo.)

Please hurry up. We will’t be late.

서두를 필요 없어! (seodureul pillyo eopseo!)

No must hurry!

서두르는 게 좋을 것 같아요. (seodureuneun ge joeul geot gatayo.)

We higher hurry up.

오늘 요리를 서두르다 보니 샌드위치만 먹게 되었어요. (oneul yorireul seodureuda boni saendeuwichiman meokge doeeosseoyo.)

As a result of I hurried with cooking right this moment, I ended up simply consuming a sandwich.

빠르다 (ppareuda)

The second Korean phrase for “hurry” is 빠르다 (ppareuda). Particularly, this phrase means “to be quick.” Thus, it doesn’t immediately translate as “to be in a rush.” Nevertheless, it’s usually utilized in that context.

If you wish to use it within the context of hurry, you’re sometimes ordering somebody to rush up somewhat than describing your personal feeling of hurry. You’re additionally utilizing it somewhat in another way than an everyday descriptive verb. Particularly, right here is the phrase you can be utilizing for hurry with this verb:

빨리! (ppalli!)

Hurry up!

숙제 빨리 해! 놀러 가고 싶어. (sukje ppalli hae! nolleo gago sipeo.)

Hurry up and do your homework quick! I wish to go play.

You need to use it by itself but additionally with motion verbs of their crucial kind. In different phrases, to make use of the motion verbs casually, drop the -ㅂ니다 (-mnida) and -요 (-yo) endings. For instance:

빨리 와! (ppalli wa!)

Come shortly!

빨리 타! (ppalli ta!)

Hurry up and get on! (a bus, taxi, prepare, automotive, and so forth.)

The verb 빠르다 (ppareuda) can be used to kind the quick phrase, 빨리빨리 (ppallippalli), which is one other vastly well-liked strategy to categorical hurry or that one thing must be accomplished shortly. You might need heard this phrase in Ok-dramas earlier than. Because it combines the phrase 빨리 (ppali) twice, it may be seen as an expression of an excellent larger rush than the above pattern sentences include. It immediately interprets as “Shortly, shortly!”.

You can even use it with another motion verb you may consider, with which you’ll suggest hurry. Nevertheless, because of the informal tone of the orders, you could wish to chorus from utilizing these sentences with those that should not shut pals or are youthful in age.

급하다 (geupada)

Lastly, the third Korean phrase for “hurry” is 급하다 (geupada). This, too, can be utilized to imply one thing is pressing or urgent. You need to use it to explain you’re in a rush, or one thing you’re doing is in a rush. And you too can use it to inform somebody to rush up.

That is additionally the proper verb to make use of while you wish to guarantee somebody they don’t must hurry, so when the sentence is constructed as a destructive. Beneath we’ll supply some pattern sentences you need to use to raised memorize and perceive this phrase.

뭐가 그렇게 급하냐? (mwoga geureoke geupanya?)

What’s the hurry?/What’s so pressing?

급하지 않아요. 우리 아직 시간 있어요. (geupaji anayo. uri ajik sigani isseoyo.)

It’s not pressing. We nonetheless have time.

나는 급해요. (naneun geupaeyo.)

I’m in a rush.

여기 날씨도 좋고 분위기도 좋아서 집에 가는 것은 하나도 급할 게 없어요. (yeogi nalssido joko bunwigido joaseo jibe ganeun geoseun hanado geupal ge eopseoyo.)

As a result of the climate and environment are so good right here, I’m in no hurry to go dwelling.

Listed below are a number of extra phrases you need to use in conditions the place you wish to describe “hurry” or that you’re busy with one thing.

Korean	English
재촉하다 (jaechokada)	hurry, rush, push, press
서둘다 (seodulda)	hurry
황급하다 (hwanggeupada)	pressing
성급하다 (seonggeupada)	hasty, rash, impatient
다급하다 (dageupada)	pressing, urgent
바쁘다 (bappeuda)	busy, hurried, hasty, urgent, pressing

Wrap Up

So, be trustworthy: did you hurry by means of this text or take your time with it? Share your reply within the feedback beneath!

Now that you realize the time period for “hurry” in Korean, should you’re in no rush elsewhere, perhaps you’d prefer to study extra Korean adjectives?