The Blue Night of Jeju Island - 제주도의 푸른 밤; Contraction -를/-을"
In everyday informal conversations, you can omit object particles -를/-을 if the object is obvious. But such omissions, if overused, may make you sound like…
Like I’m Your Last - 마지막처럼; Simile in Korean II”
-처럼 is one of the ways to make a direct comparison (simile) in Korean. In English, it corresponds to the preposition “like,” or to the…
Les exemples minimalistes de la conjugaison des verbes coréens dans une chanson; "미워요 Je t'en veux" de 백지영
Le verbe 보다 est sans doute le mot le plus couramment utilisé dans le vocabulaire coréen. Il fait référence à des activités liées aux «…
But at Any Time, Anytime - 무시로: Non-Sentence-Final Ending -인데
Unlike English, Korean clauses sometimes use verb endings that do not actually END a sentence. Such Non-Sentence-Final Endings often sound like they have finished the…
Mimetic Words 반짝반짝 깜짝깜짝
Do you want to sound more like a Korean when you speak Korean? Then learn how to use 의태어 (Mimetic words). Ah, those funny-sounding adverbs…
A Taxi Driver and a Foreign Journalist - 택시 운전사 (2017)
In general, “속” means “inside” of anything, any object. 동굴 속에 들아가 보자 = Let’s get inside the cave. 상자 속에 아무 것도 없었어…
문을 하나 만들자, 너의 맘 속에다 - Colloquial Personal Pronouns
Colloquial Personal Pronouns (as they are spoken most often in informal conversations with close friends, brothers/sisters, boy/girlfriends, etc. – 1st/2nd person singular): Nominative: 난 =…
서시 (Prelude) by 윤동주
Poetry inspires us to learn more about a foreign language or culture, once we learn some basics. It is a great idea to start with…
Fifty Shades of Korean ‘Honey!’
그대: My Love. This is an elegant term used only in poems, songs, and other literature. That’s why you hear a lot of it in…
The Truth Untold - 전하지 못한 진심
When you would like to informally tell your friends about what you realized from your own experience, you can use -더라 ending: 스페인 사람들은 하몬을…
