어려웠어요

어려웠어요

"Was difficult."

Here, '어려웠어요' is used to describe the difficulty level of the exam, indicating it was challenging to complete.

그 시험은 정말 어려웠어요.

That exam was very difficult.

In this sentence, '어려웠어요' is utilized to convey that an activity (climbing the mountain) was hard to perform due to external conditions (rain).

비가 와서 산을 오르기가 어려웠어요.

Because it was raining, climbing the mountain was difficult.

Here, '어려웠어요' is employed to explain the initial challenge of grasping Korean pronunciation, describing it as hard to learn or understand.

처음에는 한국어 발음이 어려웠어요.

At first, Korean pronunciation was difficult.