“30. Whether … Or Not -ㄴ지 아닌지 vs. -든 아니든; Anything 아무 것 in a Positive or a Negative Sentence; 멜랑꼴리아 (Melancholia, 2021)”
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29. How to Tell Time, Months and Days; Destination -행 & Departure -발; Sentimental Verb Endings -네 and -리; Το τρένο φεύγει στις οχτώ (The Train Leaves at Eight) by Μίκης Θεοδωράκης / Μάνος Ελευθερίου
A. To Tell Hours of the Clock => Use Pure Korean Numerals Koreans use two sets of numerals to count: i) Pure Korean numbers, and…
28. Concessive Clause with -지만; 사랑했지만 (Although I loved) by 김광석”
어제 yesterday 하루 one day; 하루종일 all day long 비 rain 내리다 to fall; 비가 내리다 it rains [ = 비가 오다 ] 자욱하다 thick…
27. 그저 Just, -뿐 Only; 그녀의 웃음소리뿐 (Only the Sound of Her Laughter) by 이영훈
Ludwig van Beethoven. Frédéric Chopin. Johann Sebastian Bach. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In classical music, everyone knows a few names of composers. Coming from another corner…
26. Spring in My Hometown 고향의 봄 from 오빠 생각 (A Melody to Remember, 2016) and D.P. (Deserter Pursuit, 2021)
A young Korean soldier chooses to become a deserter to protect his grandma suffering from dementia. Before getting arrested, he respectfully bows to her, who…
25. Word Order: Korean vs. English - Life Is an Orchestra 인생은 관현악단”
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24. Baudelaire and K-Drama: “Enivrez-vous” in 미생 (Incomplete Life, 2014)
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23. Conditional Sentence Ending -ㄴ다면 vs. -(으)면; A Good Person (좋은 사람) by 박효신
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22: How to Talk with an Angry Girlfriend or Wife, in Korean Way - 싸이코지만 괞찮아 (It’s Okay to Not Be Okay, 2020)
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21. My Dear, Come Back to Me Again 그대 내게 다시 by 변진섭; Reply 1988 - Nostalgia of Innocent Times
Ah, nostalgia. 추억. 회상. 그리움. 향수. The bittersweetness of reminiscing and regretting all things past is one of the good things about human memory (기억). …
