Confused by 이러고
I try test myself on what I know ( and learn new words) by trying to understand random sentences from korean fb friends/fan pages. This is the sentence I encountered today:
"우리 사무실 사람들 이러고 놀고 있다 ..."
what I was able to figure out from what i'd previously learned:
우리 사무실 사람들 = Our staff (many people our office)
놀고 있다 = playing/ being idle/wasting time
With help from Naver Dictionary and google:
이러고 (<- confuses me)
-이러다 with the way things are going, (S) at this rate ( looks like)
So does "우리 사무실 사람들 이러고 놀고 있다 ..." end up meaning "This is how people/our staff play at work/the office..."or " It's looking like the staff are playing at the office..."?
also I'm confused on how the particle 고 affects the noun. I feel like it's similar to 'ing", but am just guessing. -_-
so would kago mean going, bogo seeing, and sago mean shopping etc?
Thanks everyone.
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Sorry for the long response time. Yes, I've heard of I.C. I'm actually really big fan of Variety shows >_<. My latest favorite is "아빠 어디에/ 아빠는 어디에?". So wholesome and fun!.
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I was really confused by that 제 구 정말 혼선을 겪었어요. Very good. almost right. you need to change 제 구 ->제가. but the best is 제가 정말 헷갈렸어요.
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I don't think you are a beginner. You're already known this sense of humour. That sentence you concerned about became popular thanks to a Korean TV programme 'Mu han do jun - Infinite challenge" Have you heard of this programme? One of the most popular TV programme in Korea. When a member of them in the programme does a silly or ridiculous behaviour, they use this sentence. When you see someone who is doing an idiot action, you can say to him just "이러고 있다." The intonation is much important in this case. haha. Here we go-> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpcOc7md_dE
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Yes, you're right! He had posted a screen-shot of his coworkers commenting back on forth on a facebook status ㅋㅋㅋ. That's exciting to know about " 이러고 ...있다". I often feel my Korean sentences are rather bland compared to the playfulness I enjoy using in English, because I'm such a beginner. This will be fun to experiment with. 제 구 정말 혼선을 겪었어요, 감사합니다 GB씨.
- 아라
P.S. Did I say "I was really confused by that"? I get mixed up about 저 and 제 -_-;
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Your guessing about the particle 고 is also almost right.
But you need 있다 after 고. For example, 가고 있다.-> be going 보고 있다.-> be seeing 쇼핑하고 있다.(사고 있다.)->be shopping
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