Chapter 48 thanks for your help. :D 1. 오늘은 사무실 분위기가 한층 화사한 게 일할 기분이 나는데요. still not understanding how -게 works in this sentence. is it just short for -것, which is a noun? i would expect -화사

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Chapter 48 thanks for your help. :D 1. 오늘은 사무실 분위기가 한층 화사한 게 일할 기분이 나는데요. still not understanding how -게 works in this sentence. is it just short for -것, which is a noun? i would expect -화사해서 or 화사하니까. 것 by itself seems strange. could you explain and give other examples? 2. 그러게나 말입니다. what is 나? just for emphasis? 3. 보험 하나 들어 달라고 왔어요. i'm used to seeing 달라고 했어요. never seen it with 가다 or 오다. i thought it would be 달라고 하러 왔어요 or 달라러 왔어요. am i missing sth? 4. 저런, 사람도...생각도 안하고 무작정 승날을 하였단 말인가? what is 저런, 사람도...? 5. what is 원만하다/ 원만하지않다/ 원만한 사람/ 원만하지 않은 사람? 6. 출발 시간이 되려면 아직 멀었는데 어디에 가서 시간을 때우나? i thought -려 means intention. how can 시간이 되려면? how is different from 시간이 되면? 7. 조심한다는 것이 이렇게 또 실수를 해서 정말 뵐 낯이 없습니다. what is 조심한다는 것이 in this sentence? it sounds like a quote, but who is saying it? 8. 얼마 전에 새로 왔다던 사장님 비서는 요즘은 얼굴이 영 안 보여요. 왔다던 is a quote; who said it? the 비서 said it herself or 'people' said it? 9. 가: 그 분이 국회의원에 당선되면 정치 개혁을 추진하는데 큰 역할을 하리라고 봐요. 나: 그런데 한 쪽에서는 너무 급진적이라서 오히려 걸림돌이 될 것 같다는 평이던데요. i thought this meant that he MIGHT be an obstacle to reform, but when i see, '걸림돌이 될 것 같다는 평', it looks like people think he WILL be an obstacle. which is correct? also, is 한 쪽 'on the other hand' or 'some people'? 10. 우리도 조금만 늦게 손을 뗐더라면 결과는 불을 보듯이 뻔했을 거예요. what is 불을 보듯이 and 뻔하다? 11. 처해진 환경이 what is 처해지다? 12. 회색빛의 건물 what is difference between 회색빛 and 회색? 13. 볼 새도 없으니... what is '새'? 14. 좋은 일일 것 같으면 저도 한 몫 끼워 주세요. this might be a more conceptual question. if the speaker wants to get involved, i thought she would like to 'have a share', not 'PUT in a share' as 끼우다 would imply. 15. 서로가 잘 살려고 하다 보니 경쟁이 심해지고 i thought 서로 means 'each other'. how do you 'live each other'?? does 서로가 잘 살려고 have another meaning?

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Chapter 48

Here are my answers, it is just my personal opinions as a mother tongue in Korean. Hope it'll be helpful for you to understand and study Korean.

1. 오늘은 사무실 분위기가 한층 화사한 게 일할 기분이 나는데요.

The office atmosphere is somewhat brighter(better) today, makes me pumped up on work.

2. 그러게나 말입니다. I agree with you.

3. 보험 하나 들어 달라고 왔어요.

I came here to ask your favor joining the insurance.

You can use both expressions 달라고 하러 왔어요(하러=하기 위해서 means in order to do st) and 달라고 (To Verd) 왔어요. and you missed 하 on 달라러 왔어요

4.저런, 사람도...생각도 안하고 무작정 승낙을 하였단 말인가?

Oh man,,, you just accepted it without any idea?
what is 저런, 사람도...? I think it's just got comma mis. it has same meaning as 저런 사람 참...or 이 사람 보게!

5. what is 원만하다/ 원만하지않다/ 원만한 사람/ 원만하지 않은 사람?

It is regarding on relationship, if you get along with people well, means you are 원만한 사람.

6. 시간이 되면= when the time comes 시간이 되려면= By the time

Yes, 려 is commenly used as intention, for examples 하려 하다 ,되려하다,가려하다 and so on..when it's for the verbs but here in this sentence, it is used as the objective case.

7. 조심한다는 것이이렇게 또 실수를 해서 정말 뵐 낯이 없습니다.
I wanted to be careful

It's not a quote but from

someone who did a mistake, he had ever done another mistake before it

8. 얼마 전에 새로 왔다던 사장님 비서는 요즘은 얼굴이 영 안 보여요.
It's from unknown people said,which means this person had just heard it from somewhere.

9. Might be is 일 지도 모른다 in Korean so people think he WILL be an obstacle is correct.

Some people is better because on the other hand can be translated as 그런데.

10. 우리도 조금만 늦게 손을 뗐더라면 결과는 불을 보듯이 뻔했을 거예요.

불을 보듯이 뻔하다 is a quoto, sort of proberb in Korean and means obvious.

11. It means befallen

12. 회색빛의 건물

회색빛 is about illuminated color and 회색 is just color itself

13
what is '새'? time

14. 좋은 일일 것 같으면 저도 한 몫 끼워 주세요.
Literally it means apply and you may also use 한 몫 하게 해 주세요. Let me apply myself to..

15. 서로가 잘 살려고 하다 보니 경쟁이 심해지고
It means in order to survive by oneself

Sorted out..? ;)

8. 얼마 전에 새로 왔다던 비서 = The secretary who was (reportedly) hired some time ago. Or "the secretary who (people said) was hired some time ago." / 9. I think it's more likely to be interpreted as conjecture, so that I'll choose "MIGHT" not "WILL". 한 쪽 seems to be "other people". / 10. 불을 보듯이 뻔하다. = self-evident (뻔하다/빤하다) like seeing/watching the fire. I don't know why seeing the fire is itself obvious. / 11. 처하다. = be faced with or be situated. / 12. 색 = 빛. Thus '~색빛' is double expression. But, 색 is color while 빛 is also color and light in general. / 13. 새 is a short form of 사이, meaning in-between or gap. / 14. 나도 끼워 줘 = please PUT me in some group/team = let me join (or have a share). / 15. Here 서로 means "together" rather than "each other".

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Hi, 1. 게 is a short form of 것이, which is 것(noun) + 이(postposition). 화사한 게 also implies 화사해서 or 화사하니까. In fact, 화사한 게 must be followed by some verb, but I guess the verb is omitted. 2. Yes, I think so. 3. Yes. ~라고 왔어요. = ~라고 하러 왔어요. = came to do something. 4. 저런 is used as a pronoun indicating something/someone over there (or "such"), or a sort of exclamation, like sighing, which is the case in that sentence. 5. 원만하다 means smooth, peaceful, ... etc. 6. 출발 시간이 되려면 = "in order to" be on time for departure. 출발 시간이 되면 = "if/when" it is the time for departure. 7. I think this question is related to your first question in this list. Some verb seems to be omitted after 것이. In this case, 조심한다는 것이 = (Even though) I tried to be careful. But I don't really know what should be grammatically correct. Let me take a break. :)

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