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…
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…
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…
남자 친구 (The Boyfriend a.k.a. Encounter, 2018) is one of the most artistic K-dramas ever made. If you understand Korean, you can find many, many…
시카고 타자기 (Chicago Typewriter, 2017) is one of those hidden masterpieces, oddly underrated for no obvious reason. With its backdrop switching between the glamorous present…
아무리 is a typical way to express frustration, or a concessive logic. It means “No matter how much … verb.” When you say 아무리, your…
The above mural that I encountered in Córdoba made me think for days. How do I answer this question: “What is poetry?” This nagging question…
Koreans say “다행이다” when things turn out to be better than expected in tough situations or in unfortunate accidents. It is conceptually equivalent to “It’s…
오-지마세요: Don’t come. (Command – Negative, polite) 오-셨어요: Came (Past tense – Positive, polite); “참 잘 오셨어요 = Informal/friendly way to say “Welcome!” (instead of…
Do you want to ask someone out on a date, speaking in Korean? Your success would depend on many factors, of course. From a linguistic…
Conversations between two Koreans can become metaphorical, more often than in the West. Some Koreans just enjoy saying things indirectly, to the extent that they…
주님 일어나십시오돌무덤에 갇혀 있던 어둠을 밀어내고어서 빛으로 일어나 우리에게 오십시오 죽음의 깊은 잠을 떨치고 일어나신당신의 기침소리에 온 우주는 춤추기 시작하고우리는 비로소 나태의 깊은 잠에서 깨어납니다…
메리 크리스마스, 여러분! 아기 예수님의 사랑이 모노빌리티® 그룹 멤버님들 모두의 마음에, 그리고 여러분의 가족과 나라에 가득하기를 기원합니다. 포근하고 행복한 성탄절 보내세요! [formal register, professional situations]…