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…
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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…
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…
Graffiti of Love; -서 vs. -면서
Korean is an agglutinative language. It is of paramount importance to pay attention to ENDINGS of verbs and adjectives in Korean, since they work like…
Are You Hearing, All This Story of Mine? - 듣고 있나요 나의 이 모든 얘기를
그가 그렇게 얘기한 것 같아요. = It seems that he said so. 그거 이제 알 것 같아요. = I think I understand that now. 이…
제발 = Please???
In English, as in some other languages, saying the word “please” is one of the few ways to make you sound more polite and respectful,…
Koreans Modify Before; English, After
In English, to modify a noun with a clause, you say a relative pronoun (which, who, what, that, whom, when, where) AFTER the noun, followed…
Can / Cannot in Korean
It is very easy to say you “can” in Korean, if you already know how to conjugate the verb in future tense. Yes, just add…
