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 =…
Tag: K-Music
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…
Where, in What Form, Shall We Meet Again? - 어디서 무엇이 되어 다시 만나랴
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…
I Will Write Our Story Here -기를/-길 (Expression of a Wish)
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…
No Matter How Much - 아무리 …도
아무리 is a typical way to express frustration, or a concessive logic. It means “No matter how much … verb.” When you say 아무리, your…
It's Fortunate - 다행이다
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…
Metaphor - Korean Style
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…
Simile in Korean
Adverbial predicate: A-처럼 / A-같이 (… like A) => Followed by a verb or an adjective. 남남처럼 살아가다 = Keep living like strangers 꽃처럼…
Please Just Forget Me - 날 그만 잊어요
그만 is such a mysteriously difficult Korean adverb that it deserves an honorary mention here. In many sentences, it means “stop” doing something, so it…
