1. 십오 분 = 15 minutes. 십 is the Sino-Korean word for 10. 오 is the Sino-Korean word for 5. So 십오 means 15. With minutes (분) we always use Sino-Korean numbers (일 이 삼 사 오 육 칠 팔 구 십). 2. I think you mean 친구 which means friend. 진구 does exist but as you're still a beginner I think your teacher said 친구. 3. The second one is written 그렇지만 (pronounced [그러치만]). They are interchangeable but I think 하지만 is more used. There is also 그런데 (shortcut 근데) which is used a lot and also means "but". 4. Are you talking about the etymology of the word 선생 (teacher)? Yes the 선 (先) means "before" and 생 (生) means "birth". You can see it as someone who is born before you and thus can teach you from his experience. 5. 어머님 and 아버님 are the formal versions of 어머니 and 아버지. 6. That's not actually a verb itself. 미남 is a composed of the hanjas 미 (美) "beauty" and 남 (男) "man". It just means "a handsome man". And 이다 is the verb "to be".

5.difference between 어머니 and 어머님 / 아버지 and 아버님 ? usually, 어머니 and 아버지 mean our own parents. and also thay are honorific words.you can just say 엄마(mom),아빠(dad). we calling our friend's parents,we use 어머님,아버님. and also we call parents in law like 어머님,아버님. 6. Could you explain to me the male beauty verb 미남이다? In korea, we call male beaty 남성미. it means a man looks very strong and has muscle.he look like a real man. and 미남 means good -looking guy. In Korea,we generally describe 미남 like this --> The man has white skin no too muh muscle. skiny.

LOL, THERE ARE SO MANY CUTE QUESTIONS ! ※I'm not that good at English,hope you understand it! 1. Whenever we get a break our 선생님 tells us this phrase that I never seem to get right- [시 버 분 ](This is a transcription of what I think I hear.) Oh, and what does it mean exactly? ^^ ----->> actually it's not [시버분].The correct word is [십오분].It means [fifteen minutes]. "fifteen" is 15 in figures,and it's 십오 in Korean. "minutes" is 분 in Korean. so,십오(15)+분(minutes)=십오분 when using it,we write it like 십오분. but when we speak,it sounds like 시보분. 2.what is 진구, 진구 ?Also what place does it has in a sentence? i dont' know.Hmm....Therse is a good looking actor named 여진구 in Korea.and we (many women older than him just call his name, just like 진구) and most Korean women like him.He doesn;t look like his age(now he is just 19?,i guess) so many women like him.he is good looking and has nice voice.His acting also very good!especially the women older than him. or Do you mean 친구(friend)? 전구(light bulb)? 3." but"- the difference between 하지만 and 고라지만 ? --->wow,it's a little bit hard to explain. we usually use 하지만. 하지만 meas "but". and actually 거라지만 is ~라고 하지만. (1) i think 거라지만 is similar to "even if". (2) 거라지만 (~라고 하지만) can not be used at the first place of the sentence like 하지만. (3)거라지만 (~라고 하지만) can not be used alone.It needs some kind of noun or verb in front of 거라지만. ex) 이 핸드폰이 싼 것이라고 하지만 나는 사지 않을 것이다. even if the cell phone is not expensive,but i will not but it. 4.선 - before? 생 -birth? ---->it's not always like this. before meams 선 and 전. ex) [선] 우선(first of all),우선순위(order of priority )선행학습(prior learning ),선조(ancestor) etc. [전] 전치사(preposition), and...you can say like this .. 밥먹기 전(before luch,you can't say 밥먹기 선)

Here's a good word to add to your arsenal "dictate" and "dictation" (writing down what you hear).