-아/어 하다
a/eo hada
Grammar · 1 sense
appears to be, seems
Examples
동생은 한국어 공부를 재미있어해요.
My younger sibling seems to enjoy studying Korean.
눈치가 없는 사람을 싫어해요.
I dislike people who are insensitive.
When you'd hear it
This pattern is common in everyday speech and writing when describing another person’s reactions, especially in family conversations, classrooms, and dramas. Forms such as 좋아하다 and 싫어하다 are frequent in both casual and polite conversation.
What learners get wrong
With a third-person subject, 재미있어해요 describes the person’s observable reaction, while 재미있어요 describes something as enjoyable. The pattern commonly reports someone else’s feelings rather than the speaker’s own.
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