Let's learn about "생각보다 별로야"

생각보다 별로야 = 생각보다 별루야 : It's not as good as I thought

[other expressions]

- 생각보다 별로다. (to younger people or friends)

- 생각보다 별로네. (to younger people or friends)

- 생각보다 별로야. (to younger people or friends)

- 생각보다 별로인데. (to younger people or friends)

- 생각보다 별로이군! (to younger people or friends)

- 생각보다 별로이구나! (to younger people or friends)

- 생각보다 별로인데요. (honourific by '요')

- 생각보다 별로이네요. (honourific by '요')

- 생각보다 별로이군요! (honourific by '요')

- 생각보다 별로예요. (honourific by '요')

- 생각보다 별로입니다. (formal; more honourific by '스')

[explanations]

* 생각 : thought

* 보다 : more than; as good as

* 별로 : in particular; particularly; specially; especially; very; much; sometime Korean pronounce 별루 instead of 별로

- 오늘은 별로 바쁘지 않다 : I am not particularly busy today

-  「뭐, 필요하신 게 있습니까」 「아니오, ~ 없습니다」 : "Do you want anything?" "Nothing in particular."

- 그는 별로 상처를 입지는 않았다 : He received no noticeable injuries

- 그것 외에는 별로 이렇다 할 이유가 없습니다 : There is no other special reason

-  「배가 고프니」 「아뇨, ~」 : "Are you hungry?" "No, not very."

- 그의 용태는 별로 좋지 않다 : His condition is not very good

* 이다 : be

* 별로다 : a short form of 별로이다

* 별로네 : a short form of 별로이네

* 별로야 : a short form of 별로이야

* 별로예요 : a short form of 별로이에요

* a verb + -다 / -네 / -여 / -ㄴ데 : a non-honourific descriptive adjective ending suffix

* a verb + -군! / -구나! : a non-honourific exclamatory adjective ending suffix

* a verb + -네 / -여 / -ㄴ데 / -군! + -요 : an honourific descriptive ending suffix

* a verb + -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive adjective ending suffix by '-ㅂ'