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- Once, there were a lot of beggars who is/pretend to be crippled by covering their legs with rubber materials, and it seems they were mocked as a 타이어(rubber tire) by children. So 아타 will roughly translated to "Your father is crippled beggar". I honestly never heard of this expression in my whole life and I have to google it to find a bit of information. I did occasionaly saw beggers with rubber materials few years ago, but I don't see them nowadays as if they went out of fashion or because of governement crackdowns(sometimes beggars turned out to be a wealthy people). I'm quite certain that those swear languages are unfamiliar with most of the population here and therefore it wouldn't have any practical usages. :) good luck.0 votedMay 31, 20181
- Yep, the translation wasn't accurate. 장을 보다 : v. buy/shop groceries (어제 저는 장을 보느라 바빴어요. I was busy grocery shopping yesterday.) 장을 보러 나가다 = go out to buy groceries *Etymology : 장 is a abbreviation of 시장(market). 장을 보다 literally means looking at the market, it is most widely used expression to go grocery shopping. Actually I can't really think of other substitution for that expression. A: 슈퍼에 다녀오느라 전화를 못 받았었어. ( I wasn't able to answer your call. I was at the supermaket.) B: 가서 뭐 샀어?(What did you buy there?) A: 별거 아니고, 그냥 장 봤어.(Nothing special, just did a grocery shopping.) *Why translation got mixed up : If teacher said "여러분, 제3장을 보세요.(Everyone, take a look at the chapter 3)" 장을 보다 can be roughly translated to "read chapter". But only when the chapter number is specified.0 votedFebruary 14, 20181
- The journey was meaningful and beautiful because you were part of it. 그 여정은 너가 함께 했기 때문에 아름답고 뜻깊었어. I assumed that * listener already know about the specific journey you are talking about. (The => 그) * "you" means one person, not many people. (if plural, 너=> 너희) * this sentence is supposed to sound romatic<30 votedFebruary 7, 20182
- Translated in friendly, informal manner. (most likely to a friend who is at a similar age) 난 이제 곧 인턴을 시작하려고 해. 선생님이 일하고 싶은 회사를 고르라고 하시는데, 고민 중이야.. 어떤 회사를 선택해야할지 모르겠고, 내가 가고 싶은 회사에서는 나를 뽑아줄 것 같지가 않아. 왜냐면 그 회사는 인턴 수를 딱 정해서 뽑고, 많은 사람들이 나처럼 그곳에 지원할 것이기 때문에, 가능성이 높지 않아... 우리 부모님은 결정은 나에게 달렸다고 하시고, 그냥 내가 원하는 대로 하라고 하시는데. 그치만, 난 내가 뭘 하고 싶은지 전혀 모르겠어. 어떻게 해야할까???? I’m starting my internship soon. My teacher asked us to choose a company to work with, i’m stucked.. i have no idea which one to choose and i’m afraid the one i want will not select me because they only require a certain number of interns and there are many people applying the same place as me, hence chances are slim... My parents said the choice is up to myself, they asked me to just do what i like. But... i have no idea what i like too...what should i do????0 votedFebruary 7, 20181
- Both 초록색 and 녹색 words came from the chinese character, which types you will come by more often as you study korean more. 초록색 in chinese character is 草綠色, literally means color green like a grass. 녹색(록색)綠色 literally means color green. Why did 록 becomes 녹? Those are the rules you will learn some time later. As the other people nicely put it, these two words has no difference whatsoever in usage. +)There are also korean native word 푸른색, but it is used for both green and blue color, so it’s confusing even for the natives.0 votedJanuary 28, 20180
- It sounds like excerpts from some kind of interview. 결합된 어떤 것을 알려준다고 해서 관심 있는 부분이기도하고 it's interesting because they wanted to show me something integrated (interview itself is not gramatically perfect phrases, just get the feeling) 벽보다낮은 담장이 특징 Fences lower than wall are characteristic 집안에 마당이 있고 나무가 있고 이런 게 결국 내가 존재하는 이유 내 가정, 내 행복 이런 것이 한옥의 의미이지 않을까 생각해요 There's a yard inside, and trees growing, my family, my happiness, my reason for exisentence, I think these are the true meaning of hanok(traditional korean houses) 어르신들이 어려울 때 모여 사셨기 때문에 문을 다 열어놓고 어르신들이 아이들을 같이 키웠어요 Because elders were all gathered and lived together when they were having a hard time, they all open up the gates and raise the kids together. 건축은 인생의 균형을 맞추는 작업 Architecure is a work to balance someone's life0 votedJanuary 25, 20181
- -네요 : more natural when speaker realized something directly on that very spot. A: 이게 어제 산 치마에요. (I bought this skirt yesterday.) B: 정말 멋지네요! (It's really nice!) (O) 정말 멋지군요! (It's really nice!) (O) -군요: it can go with most realization, or surprise. 군요 is interchangeable with -네요, but not vice versa. A: 저번 주말에 서울에 눈이 많이 와서 길이 미끄러웠어요. (Road was slippery, because of heavy snow on Seoul last weekend) B: 아, 그랬군요. (O) (Oh, was it?) 아, 그랬네요. (X) same meaning but doesn't sound natural. -군요 only used in situation when information from past suddenly makes sense. A: 민정씨가 어제 자동차 사고를 당했데요.(I heard Min-Jung had an car accident yesterday.) B: 그래서 오늘 출근을 못했군요!(O) (That's why she couldn't come to work today!) 그래서 오늘 출근을 못했네요!(X) sounds unnatural. -other usage of '-네요' 1. when you question someone and ask for his/her consent. 이 장비에 대해서 잘 아시나요? (are you familiar with this equipment?) 이 장비에 대해서 잘 아시겠네요? (you are familiar with this equipment, right?) you catch my drift? sort of thing. it can make certain situation sounds like flirting so take a note and use it whenever you can. 2. describing own feeling with a taste. 왠지 외롭네요.(I'm feeling somewhat lonely) = 왠지 외로워요. 좀 그렇네요.(I don't like it somehow) = 좀 그래요. 심심하네요.(I'm bored) = 심심해요. 이 영화 진짜 재밌네요.(This movie is really fun!) = 이 영화 진짜 재밌어요.0 votedJanuary 24, 20181
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