“My stomach hurts a lot” in Korean: 배가 너무 아파요

배가 너무 아파요

baega neomu apayo

Situation: Travel, lodging & emergenciesLevel: Starter (just learning Hangul)

Meaning

My stomach hurts a lot.

배 means “stomach” and 아파요 means “it hurts.” Change the body part to say things like 머리가 아파요 (“my head hurts”).

Romanization follows the Revised Romanization system and is a guide to pronunciation.

Tell a pharmacist, doctor or friend about stomach pain. Add 어제부터 (“since yesterday”) to give a helpful detail.

배 also means “pear” and “ship”, so context matters. The medical word 위 means the stomach organ and is less common in speech.

Syllables: 7 · Words: 3

It is pronounced just as it is written.

Syllable	Letters (consonant + vowel + final)	Romanization
배가
배	ㅂ+ㅐ	bae
가	ㄱ+ㅏ	ga
너무
너	ㄴ+ㅓ	neo
무	ㅁ+ㅜ	mu
아파요
아	ㅇ+ㅏ	a
파	ㅍ+ㅏ	pa
요	ㅇ+ㅛ	yo

A ㅇ at the start of a syllable is silent; at the end of a syllable it sounds like “ng”.

Style: Polite (해요체)Sentence type: Statement or set phrase

Ends in -요. The everyday polite style, and a safe choice with shop staff, colleagues, strangers and anyone older than you.

These words from the TOPIK vocabulary lists appear in the phrase (shown in dictionary form).

Korean	Part of speech	Meaning	Level
너무	adverb	too, so	TOPIK level 1

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Question 1 What does “배가 너무 아파요” mean?

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Answer: My stomach hurts a lot

Question 2 How do you say “My stomach hurts a lot” in Korean?

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Answer: 배가 너무 아파요 baega neomu apayo

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