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- What is "비룻하다"? The following is an extract from the 47th TOPIK reading exam, question 46: 국토 조사를 비롯하여 재해 감시, 인명 구조 활동, 물품 수송, 통신망을 활용한 정보 전달, 여가 활동에 이르기까지 모두 드론 기술의 활용이 가능하다. I'm having trouble understanding the "비룻하다" part in "국토 조사를 비롯하여". How would you say it in English (or Chinese)?January 29, 202030
- Please help me with this sentence I don't understand this sentence (especially the part that I bracketed/parenthesized out): 실제로 한 조사에서는 경품으로 준 물건에 대해 소비자들은 (그 품질에 비해 낮은 가격을 책정하는 경향을 보였다). What is the 그 in 그 품질에? Is he talking about the 경품, or the 물건? My understanding: Consumers have a tendency to undervalue the price of the freebie/giveaway. But truth be told, that is just a guess. I really have no idea what that sentence is trying to convey.January 29, 202020
- Please help me understand "그때 그랬으면 좋았을 텐데 싶은 일들" This is a paragraph taken from the 47th TOPIK reading exam (읽기), question 42. 낙천이 아저씨가 돌아가셨다는 소식을 수화기 저편의 아버지에게서 듣는 순간, 내 입에선 아! 짤막한 탄식이 새어 나왔다. 아침부터 희끄무레하던 하늘에서 막 눈이 쏟아지는 참이었다. 수화기를 든 채로 잠시 눈발을 주시했다. 지난 가을 시골집에 들렀을 때 다른 때와는 달리 아버지가 "작은 아버지 한번 보고 갈테냐?"고 물었던 일이 떠올랐다. 아버지는 늘 그를 작은 아버지라 지칭했지만 우리들은 그를 낙천이 아저씨라 불렀다. 뒤늦게 깨닫게 되는 일들. 그때 그랬으면 좋았을 텐데 싶은 일들. (중략) What I'd like to ask is about the last sentence in the above paragraph: 그때 그랬으면 좋았을 텐데 싶은 일들. How should I understand 텐데 싶은 일들? Is there a grammar associated with this? I've always thought that there's only "고 싶다", and maybe "을까 싶다". Can 싶다 perhaps be used by itself? In that case, is it a verb, or an adjective? And back to the question, what is the subject of 싶다 in that sentence?January 26, 202030
- This is my very limited understanding of the Korean language. The two 을/를 are different. The verb stem in 죽을 죄 is 죽다, it is not an object (it's a verb). 죄, on the other hand, is an object. And the 를 that follows reinforces that. Elaborating on Tony's example, 먹을 것을 좀 사와. It means "you go out, buy something that we can eat (at a later time)". 먹을 것 = things that can be eaten (edible things). Again 먹다, a verb.0 votedSeptember 9, 20190
- "글쎄 할 수 없다니까" I was reading the "흥부와 놀부" 이야기. In it, the swallow was asking 놀부 to let go of him (because 놀부 was apparently trying to abduct him). 놀부 reply was: 글쎄 할 수 없다니까. What did 놀부 mean by that? In particular, how should I understand the "글쎄" part, as seen in his reply? As usual, thank you for all the help I've been getting.July 7, 201920

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