Talk To Me In Korean lesson -에 비해서 -ㄴ/은/는 편이다

~ㄴ/은/는 편이다 – rather, somewhat, tend to be, pretty, quite (편 = side)

present tense action verb: ~는 편이다
past tense action verb or decriptive verb: ~ㄴ/은 편이다

비싸요 = It’s expensive
비싼 편이에요 = It’s rather expensive. It’s not the cheapest. It’s a bit expensive.
피아노를 잘 쳐요 = I play the piano well
피아노를 잘 치는 편이에요 = I play the piano rather well
큰 편이에요 – rather big, on the big side, tends to be big
저도 여기 자주 오는 편이에요 = I also come here quite often.

~에 비해서 = Compared to

이것보다 큰 편이에요 = tends to be bigger than this.
저보다 바쁜 편이에요 = somewhat busier than me.
지난 주보다 바쁜 편이에요 = rather busier than last week

지난 주에 비해서 바쁜 편이에요 = Compared to last week we are rather busy

한국어에 비해서 일본어는 발음이 쉬운 편이에요 – Compared to Korean Japanese pronunciation tends to be easier.
저에 비해서 잘하는 편이에요 = Compared to me, you are pretty good at it
여기는 다른 곳에 비해서 조용한 편이에요 = Compared to other places, this place pretty quiet.

그래도 버스에 비해서 지하철이 빠른 편이에요 = But still, compared to the bus, the subway is faster.

~에 비하면 = If you compare it to

저에 비하면 잘하는 편이에요 = If you compare to me, you are pretty good at it.

Intensifiers

진짜 – real, really
정말 – really

진짜?/진짜요? – Really?
정말? – Really?

아주 – very, so, exceedingly
그는 아주 정직하고 사려가 깊다 – He is very honest and considerate
그녀는 연기를 아주 잘 했다 – She acted very well

매우 – very, extremely
대단히 – very much, extremely
대단히 미안합니다 – I am very sorry

극히 – extremely
참 – truly, very, so, extremely
세월 참 빠르다 – The years go by so quickly/Time flies.
그것 참 안됐다 – That‘s too bad/What a shame.
참 재미있었다 – I really enjoyed myself.

무한 – infinite, limitless
무한 감사 드려요 – Thank you so much

너무 – too much, excessively, very, quite

너무 졸려요 – I’m too sleepy/i’m very sleepy
너무 바빠요 – I’m too busy/i’m very busy
너무 보고 싶어요 – really miss you
너무 좋아요 – It’s really good
너무 잘 했어요 – really well done
한식이 너무 매워요! – Korean food is too spicy!
이건 너무 위험해 – It is very dangerous
저 사람 너무 멋있어요! – that guy is really cool
이거 너무 좋아요 – I really like this
여기 너무 시끄러워요 – it’s too noisy here
너무 좋아요. 그런데 너무 비싸요 – it’s really good. but it’s too expensive.

많이 – a lot (verbs)
꽤 – quite
조금 – a bit (adjectives or verbs)
특히 – especially/particularly