에 비해서 grammar
Korean grammar lesson

 에 비해서 grammar

Korean grammar 에 비해서 means to compare. The root word is 에 비하다. It can be used in many forms like N에 비해(비하여), 비해서. These 3 Words are synonyms 유의어 대비하다,  비하다, 견주다.

ㅡ에 비해서/ 에 비하면 are comparative terms means they are used when we need to compare things. (비교할 때 쓰는 말).

이 수하물이 그 수하물에 비해서 무거워요. “This luggage is heavy compared to that luggage.”

에 비해서 보다 difference

          Meaning wise both are similar but they are slightly different grammatically. N+에 비해(서) means “compared to Noun or in comparison with and  Noun + 보다 means …. than Noun, as in “more than Noun,” or “smaller than Noun.”  

보다 vs 에 비해서

Now let’s learn 보다 vs 에 비해서 grammar with example sentence.

딸기보다 망고 더 크다. Mango is bigger than Strawberry.

딸기 가  망고 에 비해서 더 크다. Mango is bigger in comparison to/with Strawberry.

한국 사람들이 미국사람들에 비해 성형 수술 더 많이 한다. Korean people do more plastic surgery than American people. 

6월달 비해서 7월달 날씨가 더 더운것 같다. It seems like the weather in July is hotter than June.

작년에 비해서 올해 겨울이 더 추운것 같다. It seems like this year winter is colder than that of last year.

We can change this phrase using 보다 also

6월달 보다 7월달 날씨가 더 더운것 같다. It seems like the weather in July is hotter than June.

작년 보다 올해 겨울이 더 추운것 같다. It seems like this year winter is colder than that of last year.

한국 사람들이 미국사람들에 보다 성형 수술 더 많이 한다. Korean people do more plastic surgery than American people.

비교하다 grammar

    There is another way to say compare to in Korean that is 비교하다, but 비교하다 and 비하다 are used in slightly different situations. Is used as a verb in the Korean language. The ‘비’ from 비교 하다 is actually a Chinese character called “hanja ‘比’ which means to compare.

  비교하다 is always used with 과, 와, 을, 를, 랑, 이랑, 하고 and these (과, 와, 을, 를, 랑, 이랑, 하고)particles should be used with nouns to compare it with other.—보다 is a particle and is attached to a noun while 비교하다 itself is a verb and both means compared to.

그의 집을 그녀의 집과 비교하다. Compare his house with hers.

저를 나은과 비교하지 마세요  Don’t compare me with Naun.

…과 비교하다. Make a comparison with.

비교될만한 거 없을까? Is there anything to compare to that

에 비하면 grammar

       – 에 비하면 and 에 비해서 are similar in meaning. – 에 비하면 has -(으)면 at the ending which means ‘IF’.에 비해서 means ‘compared to’ and  – 에 비하면 means ‘If you compared to’. Example

작년에 비하면 올해 물가가 많이 비싸요. If you compare to last year, prices are very high this year.

우리 아빠는 나이에 비하면 어려 보여요. If you compare my dad’s age, he looks younger

저에 비하면 존은 잘하는 편이에요. If you compare to me, John is pretty good at it.

에 따르면 grammar

에 따르면 means according to in English.~에 의하면 is synonym word of 에 따르면. But ~에 의하면 is more formal. 

        Generally, this grammar is used to quote News, Some kind of experts, Books, newspapers or other official resources/ credible resources but it is not wrong to use it with normal people like according to my friend which becomes —–는 —–라고 했어. 

    When quoting a friend or Some credible resource people normally use this grammar in daily life because it is a little more formal language instead they use ….—–라고 했어. For example

신문 읽었는데 내일 눈 올 거래(요)” or ” 신문에서 내일 눈 올 거래(요). According to Newspaper, tomorrow will be a snow day.

일기 예보에 따르면 내일 전국에비 내린대요. According to the weather forecast report tomorrow it will rain all over the country

인터넷에 따르면 일요일에 그 은행 은 문을 닫는대요. According to the internet, Sunday door of that bank will close

Korean Vocabulary 

Now lets learn some vocbularies used in this 에 비해서 grammar lesson.

둘 – Two

이상- ..Morethan

사물 Thing, Object

견주다 – Compare

서로 – Each other, one another

유사점 – Similarity/ Similar point

공통점 – Common feature/ point

차이점 – Difference/ Different point

일반 – General

범위 Scope, Range

법칙 – Rule, Law

따위 – (등등) etc, So on

고찰하다 – Study, consider

혹시 maybe, perhaps

논리 – Logic, Reasoning

현상 Present state/ condition, Existing state

밝히다 Reveal/ Disclose/ Clarify

한데한군데/ 함께 In one place

대비/ 대조 Compare/contrast

정하다 Decide, Determine (결정하다), (결심하다)