Unanswered Questions
22 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Korean words whose pronunciation differs unpredictably from the spelling
There are several Korean words which have a pronunciation that differs from the spelling in an unpredictable way, like 내과 (actually pronounced like 내꽈) and 여권 (actually pronounced 여꿘).1 As far as I ...
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Does this sentence imply that anthocyanin contains iron?
I am watching an SBS TV program about food and cooking and it shows this:
As I understand it, it seems to say that the red color of the strawberry
is from anthocyanin which contains large quantities ...
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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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Why do we use 겠 and not 갰, any rational explanation?
As I always make mistake with ㅔ and ㅐ, I always wondered why we use 겠 and not 갰, like in 알겠습니다.
Also, if there is any heuristic for ㅔ and ㅐ, please let me know.
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Does a unified North & South Korean dictionary really not exist?
I came across this tweet from VICE News researchers are making a dictionary for a Korea that doesn’t exist yet which has the tag:
North and South Korea Are Butting Heads Creating a Unified ...
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What is the difference between 과의 and just 과?
I found that sometimes 과의 is used instead of 과. For example,
대통령과의 인터뷰
The meaning seems to be the same however, in that it means "and" or "with".
So what is the reason you use 과의, instead of ...
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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 do 形 and 便 mean and how can they combine to make the meaning “situation”?
The Chinese word of 형편 (situation) in Korean is 形便. Can anyone explain what 形 and 便 mean and how can they combine to make the meaning "situation"?
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How was your experience learning to type in Hangeul on the keyboard?
What was it like for you to learn how to type in Korean on a keyboard? I'm two semesters so far in my Korean classes. One of my keen challenges has been typing in Korean on my smartphone and ...
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What does “당연한 말씀이네요” means?
There's this dialogue that happen before it "이제부터 어머니께 칭찬받을 때는 나처럼 하도록 해.", and then he said "당연한 말씀이네요"
I think its like a sarcasm or so.
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Synonymous hanjas list (most frequent ones)
We know that there are at least 2500 hanjas that are used in modern Korean.
I want to know synonymous hanjas like 불 and 무 (무료 and 불합격). These two hanjas are kind of negation prefixes.
There might be ...
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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 ...
