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    Both are a little confusing. In a context or conversation, someone might understand them the way you said. But without any specific situation or context, both can be understood differently too. 회의 시간이 이제 30분 남았다. If you say this while you are in a meeting, then it would mean "There are 30 minutes left until the meeting ends." But if you are waiting for the meeting, then it can also mean "There are 30 minutes left until the meeting starts." 회의가 이제 30분 남았다. <= This one is just the same as the first sentence, because we already know you're talking about time as you said "30분". In this sentence, 회의 means 회의 시간. For your sentece "there are 20 minutes left until 설날 ends" I would say, "설날이 끝나기까지 20분이 남았어요." or "20분이 지나면 설날이 끝나요." Variations are like.. "20분 후면 설날이 끝나요." "설날은 이제 20분 후면 끝나요."
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    April 27, 2013
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    "jukkesseo"(죽겠어) can be used in many different situations whether they are good or bad. Its original verb is "죽다."(die) But here, it doesn't have anything to do with "die". "죽겠어" means "overwhelmed by something" or "irritated by something intensely". When we use it in a positive sentence like "neomu yeppeo jukkesseo (너무 예뻐 죽겠어)", we mean the person we are talking about is so pretty and adorable. Boy friend : 넌 너무 예뻐 죽겠어. (You are so pretty. It kills me. =>It implies that you are the apple of my eye.) Girl friend : 정말? 고마워~ Another example in a negative sentence is like below. A : 우리 사장님 나에게 일을 너무 많이 줘. 짜증나서 죽겠어. (My boss (president) passes me too much work. It's so annoying. B : 그래도 열심히 해~ (You should work hard, though) I just come up with another example of it. 너무 많이 먹었더니 죽겠다. As I ate too much, I feel like dying. 난 네가 좋아 죽겠다. I like you so much. I can't express it enough. 엄마 나 힘들어 죽겠어. Mom, I feel so terrible that I feel like dying. Hope this can help you understand the magic word "죽겠다"
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    April 27, 2013
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    There hasn't been much change in our daily life. Sometimes when we hear the news on TV about another provocative speech from the North, we tend to be concerned a little bit more about it. But once we get to work or go to school, our day just begins. The other day, I saw a news about what we did probably 10 years ago(not sure exactly) when North Korea was threatening us, seemingly on the verge of war. Some people were rushing to the supermarket and buying a bulk of food and necessities. Absolutely, it's not happening now.
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    April 26, 2013
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    There is very rare chance to say that way. But it still makes sense and it's better to say "당신을 만나서 즐거워요." or "당신을 만나서 즐겁네요." If you wanted to say it specifically in a noun form ("즐거움" is a noun form of "즐겁다"), it could be said like "당신을 만나는 즐거움". A : 무엇이 당신을 행복하게 하나요? (What makes you happy?) B : 당신을 만나는 즐거움. (=> '당신을 만나는 즐거움'이 나를 행복하게 해주네요.) This sounds like poetic~
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    April 26, 2013
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    "~고" is basically "and". "나는 너를 사랑하고, 너는 나를 사랑한다". "식사하고 학교에 가자" "도와줘서 고맙고 내일 연락할께" => Thank you for your help and I'll call you tomorrow. However, "고맙고" and "고맙다고" are different. I don't know grammatical expressions but we expect to hear another equivalent form of sentence after "고맙고" as like above examples. A : 고맙고...음(um)..내일 연락할께 B : 그래 내일 연락하자. But "~다고" in "고맙다고" is said when someone doesn't finish their sentence in a reported speech or when they repeat their sentence. See examples below. 1) A : 그가 뭐라고 말했어? B : 응 고맙다고~ (=> 고맙다고 말했어. 말했어 is omitted) 2) Your boyfriend has helped you when you were in hardship. your boy friend : (on the phone) 뭐라고 말한거야? 잘 안들렸어. (What did you say? I couldn't hear you clearly) you : 사랑하고 고맙다고.. (=> 사랑하고 고맙다고 말한거야.) What a lovely couple~~ Hope this helps you understand.
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    April 26, 2013
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    When something goes wrong, something that shouldn't happen would happen. I am not completely sure my English sentence is correct. However, the Korean sentence is also not easy to understand.
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    April 25, 2013
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    왜냐하면 네가 나에게 상처를 주었기 때문에, 왜냐하면 네가 나를 아프게 했기 때문에,
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    April 25, 2013
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    1) 저는 안 공부해야 해요.(x) =>저는 공부하지 않아야 해요. (I should not study or I must not study) 2) 저는 공부해야 하지 않아요.(△, but rarely used) => 저는 공부할 필요가 없어요. (I don't have to study) 3) 저는 해야 할 공부가 없어요.(o) 4) 제가 공부해야 할 게 없어요.(△, but rarely used) => 제가 공부할 게 없어요. would sound more natural. 5) 제가 공부해야 할 아무것도 있어요.(x) =>제가 공부해야 할게 아무것도 없어요. When you say 아무것도, you have to say a negative expression after it. 6) 제가 공부해야 겠을 것이 없어요.(x) => Probably, you want to say 제가 공부해야 할 것이 없어요.
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    April 25, 2013
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    Unlike English, the Korean language has original form of verbs. When you put "ㄴ다", it makes the original form the present simple tense. See this.. 살다 : original form But you have to say like "나는 한국에 산다." 사랑하다 -> "나는 가족을 사랑한다." 공부하다 -> "나는 영어를 공부한다." If you have a Korean learning textbook, it is sure to explain more clearly about the Korean grammar.
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    April 23, 2013
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    It's kind of interesting question, because I've never thought of any link between the two as a native Korean. "~꾸러기" means a person who overdoes something. "~꾸러기" is often used when we call kids, whereas "꾼" is often used when we call someone who does things habitually or overly. "꾼" usually has a negative connotation. 장난꾸러기 : a mischievous boy 잠꾸러기 : a sleepyhead 말썽꾸러기 : a troublemaker 사기꾼 : a con man, crook 도박꾼 : a gambler (not ordinary people who sometimes enjoy gambling, usually a person addicted to gambling definitely for money)
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    April 23, 2013
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