더워요
deowoyo
In Korean, 더워요 (deowoyo) is the way to say 'it is hot'.
This phrase is used to describe the feeling of high air temperature. Use 더워요 for air temperature, but use 뜨거워요 to describe an object that is hot to the touch, like a cup of coffee.
How does it change in a sentence?
The dictionary form of the verb is 덥다. From this base, different conjugations are used depending on the level of politeness required: 더워요 for polite conversation, 더워 for informal speech and 덥습니다 for formal settings.
How do you pronounce it?
deowoyo
Did you know?
- When someone says 더워요, a common cultural response is to suggest eating 이열치열 foods, like boiling hot soup. This philosophy suggests fighting heat with heat to balance the body's internal temperature.
- The word 더위 'heat' can also refer to 'summer heat sickness', and Koreans may say they are 'eating the heat' 더위를 먹다 when they suffer from heatstroke.
- In Korea, many people use the phrase 더워 죽겠어요 which means 'I am so hot I could die' to express extreme heat in casual conversation.
Examples in context
- 오늘은 더워서 전혀 밖에 나갈 수가 없어요.It's so hot today that I can't go outside at all.
- 우리 집은 진짜 더워. 에어컨 너무 필요해!Our house is really hot. We need the air conditioner so badly!
- 오늘 너무 더워요.oneul neomu deowoyo.It is too hot today.
- 밖이 정말 더워요.bakki jeongmal deowoyo.It is really hot outside.
- 에어컨이 없어서 더워요.eeokeoni eopseoseo deowoyo.It is hot because there is no air conditioner.
Example conversation
Two friends are walking outside during a summer afternoon.
- 서연 Seo-yeon현우 씨, 오늘 날씨가 너무 더워요.Hyeon-u ssi, oneul nalssiga neomu deowoyo.Hyeon-u, the weather is too hot today.
- 현우 Hyeon-woo맞아요, 정말 더워요.majayo, jeongmal deowoyo.You're right, it is really hot.
- 서연 Seo-yeon우리 시원한 커피 마실까요?uri siwonhan keopi masilkkayo?Shall we drink some cold coffee?
- 현우 Hyeon-woo좋아요, 가요!joayo, gayo!Sounds good, let's go!
