"그들은 기본적으로 같아요."

Translation: They are basically the same.

[LiKenun]

기본: essence

기본적: basic/essential

기본적으로: basically/essentially

[rkirsling]

기본 基本 is basis/foundation. Essence would be 본질 本質.

[mcguirepatr]

Excellent comment, @LiKenun!

[mcguirepatr]

Does 기본 also mean 'basic'?

[Jeong-JinL]

I think it needs to be conjugated into 기본¦적(인) parallel to base+ic=basic. The (인) even lines up with the way -al isn't always used to make a word on the N|ic structure since it doesn't inherently add a difference in meaning, it just follows a sometimes convention for creating commonly accepted word forms. e.g. egotist|ic|al

[skahmed]

hanja for 기본: 基本 (basic, fundamental)

[CF00l]

그들은 基本的으로 같아요.

[KanKanMikan]

My friend be like when we talk about North & South Korea:

[BarAdal3]

I thought 같은 was only ever used for ~을 같다, for some reason. I never heard it being used beside 같은.

[PixelatedMike]

I translated this as "They seem to be basic" XD