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사람들에 대한 조사를 했다 Made investigation about people 사람들에 대해 조사했다 Investigated about people Are both sentences correct? In first 대한 used like modificator, and in second 대해 acts like conjuction. Which ...

"너무 피곤한지 옷을 입은 채 자고 있는데 깨울까요? " is translated as He fell a sleep wearing his clothes on maybe because he is too tired. Should we wake him up? Can the ㄴ지 form can also be used as an unsure ...

Is the pronunciation of 시 same as "x" as in Mandarin ? It's sound similar to me, but I'm not sure if they are exactly the same. Do they have the same tongue position and mouth shape, having ...

It all started with this song titled 호박잎 (starts at 11:02 in the video, lyrics here) on Youtube, and I noticed that the singer's pronunciation of 호박잎 is different from the supposed "standard"...

Is it /호방닙/ or /호방깁?/ I think it is the first one because of there is an insertion of ㅅ and ㄴ: 호박+ㅅ+ㄴ+잎, the ㅅ disappears and the ㄱ nasalizes under the influence of ㄴ. But in this children's song ...

From Wikipedia: "The Samsung Group (Korean: 삼성)" I went to Google Translate and pasted the two words: 삼 = three 성 = castle (and other options, none of them being star) If I paste them together, 삼성,...

I found this: 아빠 가방에 들어 가신다. But why did he climb into his own bag?

In Sunmi's Who Am I, the first words of the song are 애써 아무렇지 않은 척 / 쿨한 척 센 척은 필요 없어 which is apparently translated as "You don't need to pretend nothing's wrong, you don't need to pretend to be ...

What is the difference between 었어 and 였어? Does it have anything to do with the ending sound of the word being conjugated? When should I use which one?

As a native English speaker this sound is really hard for me. It's like half an "Pu" sound and half an "ool" sound. The last bit is what trips me up, how do you pronounce that &...

It’ll mean a lot to me 🥺 Also,if any word that I copied was wrong, you can correct it :D help me as much as u wanted to but all of them will help me to learn Korean faster!! Tysm 😄 조금 = A little/A ...

I don't know Korean very well, but it's my korean friend's birthday and I want to make a surprise to her writing this in Korean. Can any korean make this little text sound more like a native? I ...

I've been going through the "howtostudykorean.com" lessons and I'm really struggling with passive construction. These examples are given as passive: 저는 그것이 기억나요! = I remember that! 저는 땀이 나요! ...

(이)라고 하다 is used after a noun to make an indirect quotation. For example, 저는 외국인이라고 했어요. I said that I am a foreigner. Can particles (like 도, 부터,...) be used right before (이)라고 하다? For example, are ...

In this sentence...i see no reason for lying or lies (untruths): 그런데 마치 엘리야의 기도를 들으셔서 3년 넘은 가뭄을 끝내는 단비가 내렸던 것처럼 기도회 도중에 거짓말처럼 천둥번개와 함께 폭우가 쏟아졌습니다 Is "거짓말처럼" an idiomatic phrase? It seems ...

TLDR; This Korean poem translation into English is offered for anyone that may need it, and also in hopes that i may learn something from feedback from my peers at this site. THE LONG EXPLANATION: I ...

I came across "어린" in some flashcards I've been using, but am not sure how I'd use it in a sentence. I came across "어려" in an audiobook, and eventually, my brain realized these two ...

Could you correct this translation from English To Korean? -Speaking English 15 Hours to 30 Hours a week with Native Speakers -Very Affordable -An Alternative to International Kindergarten -Call 09... ...

How do I translate it to english? “사제만 곁에 있으면 불가능한 일 은 아니야.무리하지 말라는 말 잊 지 말라고.” ‘길을 막지 말라고? 보내지 않으면 길을 막는다는 거야 뭐야?’ 근무지로 복귀하면서 내내 함 대장 의 말이 걸렸다. It appears that the sentences doesn't have anything to ...

How do I translate 지룡전? 지룡 is being used a lot and used to a lot of sentences, but I can't find any good translation, google translated it as Earth Dragon. It is sometimes used as a name like 지룡님. I ...

Sources of old Korean history tell the story of a monk named Won Gwang Beopsa who was approached by two youth, Gwisan and Chwihang. They ask him for advice, and he gives them five rules. Gwisan is ...

I have a question about a Korean phrase. I am wondering what 아끼면서 살자 means? I have been getting conflicting results. I have heard that it can possibly mean, "Let's be frugal", or, "...

I want to know what 천룡학당 mean and what's the difference with 천룡무관? I believe 천룡 means Heavenly Dragon but what is 학당 and 무관?

Watching a Korean TV series, I noticed that the name of the antagonist 지청신 is consistently pronounced as if it were, phonetically, 짓청신. It sounds similar to me to how the first syllable of a word like ...

What meaning does the object marking particle(을) give in the sentence : "그가 중국에서 2년을 살았습니다."? If the sentence translates to "He lived in China for 2 years" in English, why is 을 ...

I’m translating a romance comic and there’s a scene that shows an interaction between two characters, let’s call them character A and character B. Character A says to character B the following (B is ...

I'm translating a short comic and I need to understand the phrase "웃기는 소리 하고 있네". My korean's that of a beginner so it's kinda advanced for me. I understand that 웃기는 소리 means 'funny sounds' ...

I came across this sentence in a textbook. 김선생님은 차 타고 서울로 가십니다. Meaning "Mr. Kim goes to Seoul by car". My doubt concerns the suffix -shimnida. Previously I came across the interrogative -...

I need some examples of how to translate the two sentences below: 다음에 연습 좀 해와요. 박서준 씨나 제대로 연습해 오세요. Would you translate the first one as ‘Next time you should come and get more practice’? What else ...

In (G)I-DLE's Put It Straight, lyrics include the following lines: 싫다고 말해 / 사랑하지 않는다고 말해 봐 / 내 맘이 떠날 거 같이 / 너가 미워질 거 같이 좋다고 말해 / 아니 사랑하고 있다고 말해 줘 / 좋았던 그때와 같이 / 이제 사랑할 순 없니 I read 싫다고 말해 and 좋다고 말해 ...

I stumbled upon what seems to be a contradiction in my beginner's course textbook. The book explains that the particle which indicates direction, "로", must be replaced by its variant "...

As the title says, how do you say “I got swept up by the ocean” in Korean?

Based on the Google results of 꿀잠각 뜻, there is no relevant page to explain how it is. But the search result shows it is the word that people actually use, with the hashtag #꿀잠각 seen on Instagram. I ...

As a beginner in Korean but with a knowledge of basic Japanese grammar, so far I tried to draw analogies between the grammars of both languages. Maybe it's not the right approach, but even so, I would ...

Is object+adverb+verb an acceptable sentence structure in korean or should it be only adverb+object+verb as in the sentence : 테니스를 같이 칩시다

In the following sentence: 오늘은 날씨가 너무 더워서 밖에를 못 나가겠어요. According to my dictionary, it seems to mean the location to which the verb does an action. But then what it the difference from just using 에? ...

How to say in Korean: People that don't do anything wrong. How to negate relative clauses? Thank you in advance!

I am reading BillyGo book and stumbled across the sentence 저는 오늘 기쁩니다. I am a little confused when reading it, "today" is just kind of slipping in there without any particle, so is "...

Could someone tell me how to say in Korean: mustn't [it is forbidden] {One mustn't kill people.} don't have to [it isn't forbidden but unnecessary] {I don't have to clean my room.}

What's the difference between these 2 verbs: 공부하다 배우다 Could you provide some context as well? Thank you in advance!

I've had the idea for a while that translating English-language memes to send to my Korean mother might be fun. I'd enjoy learning about the nuances of Korean language and she'd at least know I'm ...

I've recently been watching a couple of Korean shows on Netflix ("경이로운 소문", which Netflix calls "The Uncanny Counter", and "블랙"). The English subtitles have the ...

I am studying Kyunghee Listening and there is an advertisement in the book that looks like this: 예쁜 딸아이에게 보고 싶다는 말을 하지 마세요. 따뜻한 밥을 차려 준 아내에게 고맙다는 전화도 하지 마세요 [...]아무것도 하지 마세요. 오직, 운전만 하세요. 세상 그 어떤 ...

They are all postfixes that can be used to say X~ like, but what is the difference between them? Do some have more positive or negative connotations associated with them? Is saying ~답다 more poetic? ...

My language book has the following conversation (excerpt): 모레까지 꼭 해야 하는데. 친구 중에 번역을 많이 해 본 친구가 있기는 해. 소개해 줄까? I'd assume the somewhat literal translation of the relevant sentence would be: "...

The movie Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring is full of symbolism, and I searched for them, and I found many of the answers. There are three writings that I am curious about their meaning. I ...

Even though I've read this article, I would still like to clarify something about the 다 particle/suffix (not sure of the terminology, as a beginner). So far, and as someone with a basic knowledge of ...

I know that “ㅈ” is written differently [from the keyboard] naturally. Is “ㅉ” the same as the keyboard-written way or is it written differently naturally?

This sentence with a relative clause is intriguing me: 비행기를 보는 사람이 많습니다. [pihaenggi-reul po-neun saram-i manh-seumni-da] I know that this means "There are many people who are looking at the ...

In my textbook I got the following phrase: "뭐라고?"라는 말을 대산하려면 "어?"라고 끝을 올리면 됩니다. I understand what the sentence wants to tell me, but can somebody explain it in more details to me, ...