보다

Etymology 1
Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to see, to look at, to watch to perceive with the eyes
 * [[File:Ko-영화를 보다.ogg]]
 * [[File:Ko-그들은 여러가지 화초를 보고 있다.ogg]]
 * 1) to look after
 * [[File:Ko-아이를 보다.ogg]]
 * 1)  to try, to examine (before the meal or purchase)
 * 2)  to experience;
 * [[File:Ko-한국에 가 본 적이 있어요.ogg]]
 * 1)  to try, to try out
 * [[File:Ko-한번 생각해 볼게요.ogg]]
 * 1) to consider, to regard
 * 2) to read (not out loud)
 * 3) to meet (for a prearranged purpose)
 * 4)  to take
 * [[File:Ko-시험을 잘 보면 좋겠습니다.ogg]]
 * 1)  to consult
 * 2) to be in charge of
 * 3)  to make
 * 4)  to relieve oneself
 * 5)  to get
 * 1) to read (not out loud)
 * 2) to meet (for a prearranged purpose)
 * 3)  to take
 * [[File:Ko-시험을 잘 보면 좋겠습니다.ogg]]
 * 1)  to consult
 * 2) to be in charge of
 * 3)  to make
 * 4)  to relieve oneself
 * 5)  to get
 * [[File:Ko-시험을 잘 보면 좋겠습니다.ogg]]
 * 1)  to consult
 * 2) to be in charge of
 * 3)  to make
 * 4)  to relieve oneself
 * 5)  to get
 * 1)  to make
 * 2)  to relieve oneself
 * 3)  to get
 * 1)  to get
 * 1)  to get

Usage notes

 * When used as an auxiliary, the verb can be either spaced or not spaced from the main verb; the permits both spellings. Hence  and  are both permissible. In practice, shorter main verbs tend not be spaced and longer verbs tend to be spaced.
 * This verb does not mean "to try hard" (e.g., "I tried to pass the exam."), but "to try out; to sample". For "try purposefully", the constructions or  are used instead. Compare Japanese.

Adjective

 * 1)   to seem
 * 2)  to intend to;
 * 3)  to be out of the fear that
 * 4)  to be given that
 * 1)  to be out of the fear that
 * 2)  to be given that
 * 1)  to be given that

Conjugation
Defective; see above.

Etymology 2
From ; see -보다 for more. A colonial, itself calqued from European constructions, not very common in colloquial speech.

Adverb

 * 1) relatively, more

Verb

 * 1) to see, to look at, to watch to perceive with the eyes
 * 2) * 1447, 3:11ㄱ
 * "okm"

- ᄒᆞᆫ 玉女 ᄀᆞᄐᆞ시니ᄅᆞᆯ 보ᅀᆞᆸ고 와 ᄉᆞᆯᄫᅩᄃᆡ 執杖釋의 ᄯᆞ니미 겨시더ᅌᅵ다.


 * 1) * 1447, 9:24 ㄴ
 * "okm"

- 아뫼나 ᄯᅩ 사ᄅᆞ미 모딘 ᄭᅮ믈 어더 구즌 相ᄋᆞᆯ 보거나 妖怪ᄅᆞᄫᆡᆫ 새 오거나 妖怪ᄂᆞᆫ 常例ᄅᆞᆸ디 아니ᄒᆞᆫ 荒唐ᄒᆞᆫ 이리라 잇논 ᄯᅡ해 온가짓 妖怪 뵈어나 ᄒᆞ거든 이 사ᄅᆞ미 種種 貴ᄒᆞ 거스로 뎌 藥師琉璃光如來ᄅᆞᆯ 恭敬ᄒᆞ야 供養ᄒᆞᅀᆞᄫᆞ면 머즌 ᄭᅮ미며 믈읫 됴티 몯ᄒᆞᆫ 이리 다 업서 분벼리 아니ᄃᆞ외며 믈블갈 모딘 것과 어려ᄫᅳᆫ 石壁과.


 * 1) * 1459, 18:21ㄱ
 * "okm"

- 이 經을 보ᅀᆞᆸ건댄 智로 體ᄅᆞᆯ 셰시고.


 * 1)  to try, to try out
 * 2)  to experience