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Learn Korean from K-pop lyrics ~~~ 😘

2023. 6. 5.

TEUIDA: Learn Korean by Speaking

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K-pop Korean Lesson <3

❤️ Hello Everyone~! ❤️

Hope you're all doing well <3 The reactions from you all about learning from Dramas and especially the regional dialects were so positive!! I'm super happy that it was enjoyable.😃 Now that we've covered K-Drama for a couple of weeks, I thought I would do a mini two-part series of learning from K-pop. This is a topic request I get from you guys every week so I'm happy to teach you Korean from K-pop again! As always, you can leave some lyrics or songs that you want in particular

(for next week), but without further ado let's begin! 😘

P.S. this is unrelated but I've been recieving a lot more questions about my personal life and my experience living here/what I like to do for fun -- while I'd love to answer those questions, I feel that it is not too appropriate to do so here! 😥 If you do want to follow up on my life/ ask personal questions please feel free to follow me on my personal social media/youtube & ask me questions there!! (sherly.prince on IG or sherlyprince on YT) This newsletter is a platform for TEUIDA so I'd like to keep it about Korean learning and stay helpful for everyone 😎

Hope you guys enjoy this week's newsletter and that

you’re able to learn something new! ❤️😎

1. Maybe Baby - CRAVITY ❤️

This was a song request sent in by one of you lovelies and I really wanted to thank you! Honestly never listened to this song before but I love it~! Anyways, you asked about a specific lyric you didn't understand so I'll teach you what it means!! 😎

So let’s look at the chorus:

널 좋아하나 봐
365, 네 손잡고 말해줄게
널 좋아하나 봐

This is a GREAT question because you guys would probably translate like this:

널 좋아하나 봐 --> "I see that I like you"

But this sentence actually means "I think I like you" or "Looks like I like you." Let's try to break it down and learn this sentence ending :)

널 : you
좋아: like
~하나 봐: 'looks like' / 'seems like' / 'appears that'

So when you use the sentence ending "하나 봐" it basically means "it seems like." You can use this ending in a lot of ways. If you replace the 좋아 and change it to "미쳤어" which means "crazy" it would become "미쳤나봐" which means "you/I must be crazy." The 하 in the original sentence can be switched around or even removed (like in this case).

Bottom line, the lyric means "I guess I like you" or "Looks like I like you!" Hope this was helpful!! ❤️

Check out the bomb song below!

2. I AM - IVE 😎

I have been LOVING this song and one of you asked me to do this as well so I was so happy hehe, let's take a look at some of the lyrics!

다른 문을 열어 따라갈 필요는 없어
넌 너의 길로, 난 나의 길로 음
하루하루마다 색이 달라진 느낌
밝게 빛이 나는 길을 찾아

This one is a little tough but I wanted to break it down because it is more of a encouraging saying!

다른: different
문: door
열어: open
따라갈: follow
필요는 없어: no need to

As you guys can probably guess, the first line means "Open a new door, there is no need to follow." While it might not make much sense directly translated, it basically means "There's no need to follow someone else. Just open your own door (of opportunities)!! So inspirational right ? I love this lyric ~ ❤️

Let's do the second line now.

넌: you
너의: your
길로: path
난: me
나의: my
길로: path

This part means "You go on your path, I'll go on mine" which is basically encouraging someone to take their own path not follow others. The song is pretty mistranslated especially this line because they translate to "my way" but that isn't really what it means! My path would be the best translation hehe 😎

What do you think?! ❤️ Much deeper than you thought right? I love these lyrics and this song, listen to it below~

Since these got super long, let's end with a question!!! ❤️

"I once read that it’s inappropriate to give your self a korean last name even though you may give yourself a korean first name. In the KPop Group (G) I-dle, the thai member Minnie (Nicha Yontararak) is called “Kim Minnie” sometimes. Can you explain why this is appropriate?"

Hello~!!! Yes, well Korean last names have really long history and family behind them. Each of the names are also associated with locations (basically different clans) so yes, in most people's opinions it would come off as kind of weird/insensitive to give yourself a Korean last name. This doesn't really apply to first names as well, but If you are to give yourself a Korean name make sure it is for the right reasons (learning Korean or communication with Koreans) rather than just as a fashion or fancy :) Hope that makes sense. As for Minnie – it is likely that her company gave her the name for convinience since you need a 성 (last name) and first name for most documents and official purposes. For example for Lisa her Korean name is 라리사 which fits the requirements for the name! This is of course my personal guess and I'm not too sure why her name is 김! But it's certain that she didn't just give it to herself :) Hope that helps!

I’m rooting for you :)

Have a great week everyone!!! 😎

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