Unanswered Questions
40 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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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 ...
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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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Meaning of '수반'
I was watching one of 탐사보도 세븐's episodes today and it was about the China-North Korea border. I don't know if I can post this here but here goes. On one of the buildings was a red banner that read '...
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What is the difference in nuance between 지루한 건 and 지루한 걸?
What is the difference in nuance between 지루한 건 and 지루한 걸 in this case?
Why is 지루한 건 better in this case?
부탁이 하나 있는데요. 제가 한국어로 한 얘기에 좀 대답해 주실 수 있어요? 고쳐주시는 건 감사한데 저한테는 제 문자의
내용이 더 중요하거든요. 대부분 (...
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Is there a list of the Korean Syllable characters mapped to Unicode?
I see a table of all the Hangul Syllables. Is there a machine readable format mapping the Hangul unicode values to their romanization / transliteration counterpart? There are so many syllables to do ...
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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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Is the use of 해야 하다 with 수 있다 for a descriptive verb redundant/necessary/natural?
A fairly basic grammar pattern in Korean is the (으)ㄹ 수 있다 pattern that expresses the ability or possibility of a verb. Some sources I found do specifiy that descriptive verbs can be used but are light ...
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What does 있어서는 안 되는데. mean?
What does 있어서는 안 되는데. mean?
For full context the content is:
석진: 그래서, 오늘 경은 누나가 오늘 회사를 안 나왔죠?
현우: 사실은 회사에 오다가 아파서 다시 집으로 돌아갔어요. 이런 안타까운 일이. 있어서는 안 되는데. 지금 아파요. 많이
아파요. 그래서 이 주제를 생각하게 됐어요. 건강이 정말 중요한데,...
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사무치다 뼈저리다 meaning
I'm trying to determine a suitable meaning for 사무치다 and 뼈저리다 in English. I understand that they have the meaning that some emotion is really strong/intense but can't find a translation in English. ...
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Why are the unaspirated (ㅂㅈㄷㄱㅅ) and aspirated (ㅋㅌㅊㅍ) consonants ordered differently on 두벌식 (dubeolsik) keyboard layout?
When I was first learning to type Hangul, I quickly found a lot of logic in the 두벌식 layout. Consonants on the left, jamo that can be doubled in the top row, nasals in the middle, aspirated in the ...
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Is “열심히 일할 것을 약속 드리겠습니다” correct?
I have a sentence as follow:
연세 여행사에서 저에게 기회를 주시면 열심히 일할 것을 약속 드리겠습니다.
I think "열심히 일할 것을 약속 드리겠습니다" is not correct, because as i know, following 을/를 must be a verb, not a noun like 약속, so the ...
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Best textbook to prepare for TOPIK 1?
I've been studying Korean for the past few years and I want to finally take TOPIK I this year. I'm looking for the most helpful book I can buy to help me prepare. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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Is it really impossible to speak [쳐]?
Phonetically, the IPA transcription of [처] and [치어] is [ʨʰʌ] and [ʨʰi.ʌ]. Their phonetical difference is the number of syllables and the presence of [i]. But what is the phonological difference?
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