10. Korean Word Order in a Legendary Rain Song: 비처럼 음악처럼 (Like Rain, Like Music) by 김현식
It rained all day here in Valencia. On a rainy day like this, Koreans remember “비처럼 음악처럼 (Like Rain, Like Music),” sung by 김현식, a…
Tag: K-Music
5. Flower Path or Thorny Path? - 꽃길 vs. 가시밭길
꽃길 (꽃 = Flower, 길 = Road/Path) has about the same metaphoric meaning as in English – Flower or Flowery Path. It speaks of a…
4. The More I Love 사랑할수록; The more ..., the more ... -면 -ㄹ수록
The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don’t know. Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) A simple Korean clause “-면 -ㄹ수록” corresponds…
Student Boarder 하숙생; Lazy Survivalists' Minimal Questions - 어디로 어디서
Somewhere in your long life, you may have to fly to a foreign country, far away from your home, even if you don’t speak one…
As Time Goes By 세월이 가면 by 박인환; Even If -도
Concessive clause with -도 When a Korean clause has an ending with “-도,” it is an expression of “concession.” In English, such a clause can…
Light and Shadow - 빛과 그림자; Conjunctions; When … -ㄹ 때
Here is a list of basic conjunctions in Korean. I selected only the ones that are not “particles” or endings. They function just as English…
Just the Two of Us Missing Each Other - 그리운 사람끼리; Advanced Expressions of Numbers and Colors I
Numbers 1 and 2 Every student of Korean knows that 하나 means “one” in Korean. But did you know 하나 as an adverb can also…
How I Wish to Go - 가고파 by 이은상
Do you live, by any chance, far away from your hometown? Do you often miss your hometown? If so, no matter where you live now,…
미소를 띄우며; Conditional Sentence: If…, … would … = -다면, …-ㄹ텐데”
Subjunctive (or conjunctive) mood is one of the features of European languages that often perplex Korean speakers. In Korean, there is no such thing as…
That's How I am - 그게 나야; I Wonder …ㄴ지
The English word “wonder” as a verb has such a wonderful meaning: to be curious, to want to know. In Korean, the same act of…
