Unanswered Questions
14 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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description of intonation variation with exclamative sentences (various cases envisaged)
In the question "description of intonation variation with declarative, interrogative, propositive, imperative, exclamative, …?" topo morto said that exclamative intonations intonations are often ...
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더 sounds like tteo (fortis) instead of deo (lenis) in a rapping part of K-Pop?
Here it is from 1:20-1:21. link
It at least sounds like fortis to me. This part is rapped by a Japanese person (Sakura), but I figure K-Pop has some regulations to make sure they pronounce it at least ...
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What does 레이파니 mean in this sentence?
When I translated it, the word 레이파니 just translated as Reifany or Leifany but I don't know what that is. Even when I searched for it on google, I didn't find anything.
곧장 레이파니에 맡겨 뒀었지요
I left it ...
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What is the literal meaning of 추석?
A slightly late 추석 잘 보내세요! to you.
Wikipedia states that 추석 means 'Autumn eve'. The usual word for autumn is 가을, but in the biggest K>E dictionary I have, I stumbled across 추계. Is that traditional or ...
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Whats the difference between 할 수 있다 and 할 수 있어
I dont get Whats the difference between 할 수 있다 and 할 수 있어. (다 and 어) . I want to write ‘I can do it’
I want to do tattoo but I dont know which one is proper one?
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Does the liaison always happen in Korean?
I wonder if a liaison always happens in Korean or not. I mean the last consonant in the previous word is absorbed into the next vowel.
In French, there is a rule on which word the liaison happens, ...
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Usage of -이자 and -인 as suffix for nouns
I am using Google Translate to say the following sentence in Korean:
Hello! I am Brian, a 2nd year computer science college student and a newcomer to Seoul.
And this sentence came out:
안녕하세요! ...
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X기 vs X는 것 - any difference in Korean gerund?
Korean has 2 ways of forming gerunds (X is a verb stem).
X기
X는 것
I wonder if there is any difference between these two usages. I think the first one is used if you want to make it to a subordinate ...
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Where can I learn to pronounce Revised Romanization of Korean
I am a starter for learning Korean.
From these two websites: 1) https://www.wattpad.com/37798905-learn-korean-language-reading-romanized-korean
,and,
2) https://lifeoutsideoftexas.com/2014/05/...
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Can I use 안 negation along with 그리?
I found the following sentence is not correct on Duolingo:
뜨거운 아이스크림은 그리 안 맛없어요.
While the following is correct:
뜨거운 아이스크림은 그리 맛없지 않아요.
I wonder why the first sentence is not correct. The ...
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Is there a list of the number of required vocabulary for each TOPIK level?
I wonder if there is any research on how many vocabulary is required for each TOPIK level. It should be something like the following:
TOPIK 1: 1000 words
TOPIK 2: 2500 words
TOPIK 3...
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What are some language exchange phrases?
What are some good resources for learning phrases for a language exchange? Where should I start?
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How to say “something is broken (in the past)”?
In Korean, to say "something is broken", you use the past form of the verb 고장나다.
텔레비전이 고장났어요.
But now I wonder how to say "something got broken", meaning the malfunction happened in the past. Is ...
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Formal and informal words for sexual body parts
Which are the formal and the informal words for these parts?
(My dictionary gives me lots of words but I don't know which are the most frequently used ones and if they are polite or not)
Penis = 페니스 /...
