114Q71. Arirang, The Epitome of Korean Optimism; The First Night with the Duke (2025), Ep. 10
How would you tell whether someone is a real Korean or a fake? It is quite simple. Tell the person to sing Arirang. Or better…
Tag: K-Drama
112Q66. Nomi composti 명+Nome; Alcuni colloquialismi; La prima notte con il Duca (2025), Ep. 1
Pensate a Cristiana Capotondi catapultata sul palcoscenico de La Traviata con scenografie e costumi classici. Il suo italiano è in un registro e tono colloquiale…
111Q65. Les Meilleurs Acteurs Parlent avec Leurs Yeux ; Mercy for None (2025), Ep. 7
Après sept épisodes sanglants, imprégnés d’une vengeance implacable et sans merci, So Ji-sub, un redoutable ex-gangster, épuisé et blessé à mort, se souvient de sa…
109Q62. How a K-drama Honors Parents; Korean Poetic Prose Style; Future Tense -ㄹ/을 거야; When Life Gives You Tangerines (2025), Eps. 3, 14 & 16
To Korean ears, rhyming often seems like a form of wordplay. Due to syntactical differences between Korean and most European languages, Korean poems rarely use…
100. International Women's Day Celebration; “S’apre per te il mio cuor” by Filippa Giordano
Happy International Women’s Day to all my female friends and members who liked my posts and participated in the Monobility® Group. May you always feel…
94. Emotive Power of Written Words; I Want to -고 싶다; 우리 instead of 나의; Name+아/야 Vocative Case; Gyeongseong Creature (2023), Ep. 5
When you travel to a foreign country and don’t know the language yet, one of the first things to learn online is how to say…
93. A Tribute to 이선균 (1975 - 2023); 나의 아저씨 My Mister (2018), Ep. 16
This is my tribute to Korea’s very fine actor 이선균 (1975 – 2023). He left us too early, too sadly, silently pointing out a dark…
89. I Missed You 보고 싶었어; ”Doona! (2023); ‘Finding Each Other Again’ by Ennio Morricone
“보고 싶었어요” literally means “I wished to see you (again)” [ 보다 to see; (verb stem) +고 싶다 wish to … ; -었다 past tense…
85. How Korean Moms Teach Children; 우리 = “My”; 어머니의 마음 Mother’s Heart; 무빙 Moving (2023), Eps. 2 & 20
Your teachers or textbooks may tell you simply that Korean possessive adjectives are 나의, 내 (my), 너의, 네 (your), and 우리, 우리의 (our), etc. But…
80. Days of the Week and the Solar System; 애 Intestines vs. 애 Child; 마스크 걸 Mask Girl (2023), Ep. 4
In many languages, days of the week are named after words of various etymological origins. English days, for example, have both words from Norse and…
