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2023. 11. 7.

Hello Everyone~! ❤️

Hope you're all having a great day 😎 You all gave me some great feedback on the newsletters recently on Korean slang!!! I'm SUPER glad you enjoyed them and someone suggested having a master list so let me know if you all want that for next week~~ ❤️

This week we're going back to our TEUGETHER roots and learning Korean from K-pop lyrics! I have some of your suggestions so I'll be teaching you some phrases and translating the lyrics~

Enjoyyyyy~ ❤️

❤️ From. Sherly

01. Your Existence - Wonstein 💥

The ones who've seen 25 21 KNOWWW this song and honestly I still really enjoy listening to this song because it makes my mood 100% better! Let's look at the lyrics~

유난히 널 닮은 별 아래
세상이 환하게 보여
넌 날 빛나게 해 (neon nal bit-na-gae hae)
존재만으로 (jon-jae-man-eu-ro)

Let's break down the lyrics:

넌: you
날: me
빛나게: shine
해: do, make
존재: existence
만으로: with only

Okay it might not make a lot of sense with just the translation but this lyric means "you make me shine, with just your existence" SO romantic right?!

The phrase that I want you guys to learn from this lyric is "존재만으로 (jon-jae-man-eu-ro)" which means "with just your existence" or "by just existing." It is a pretty common phrase to use but definitely not taught in textbooks! 📚

If your friend tells you "sorry we weren't able to go somewhere nice this weekend" you can respond "no, even you being here is enough -- "존재만으로 충분해!" 충분해 (choong-boon-hae) means enough! ❤️

02. Christmas Tree - V 🎄

Another classic drama OST that I LOVE! And in the spirit of Christmas I guess we have to do this one! This one might be a little shocking for y'all cuz most of the song is English but there is ONE phrase I really want to teach you!

혹시 아니 너에겐 나만 아는 모습이 있어?
한여름밤 오는 첫눈같이 (han-yeo-reum-bam oh-neun cheot-nun-gat-chi)
믿기지 않는 기적 같은 놀라운 순간, 넌
언젠가 또 불어온 바람에 마음이 날아다녀도
기다릴게

This is a SIMILE! So I wanted you to learn this lyric and maybe even be able to use it some day!

Let's break down the lyrics:

한여름밤: a midsummer's night
오는: coming, falling (in this case)
첫눈: first snow
같이: like

This phrase means "like snow falling on a midsummer's night" which is a phrase that is used to depict something miraculous~ The next lyric talks about a miracle which is 기적 in Korean !!! I thought that this lyric was super romantic and deep and I wanted you guys to learn it because it is a simile! ❤️

Can you come up with another simile from the words you know in Korean?! 🤯

03. Hurt - New Jeans ❤️

I might be a little late on this song because one of you asked me to do it a while ago but~ better late then never~ especially when it's a new jeans BOP 💥

매일 잠들기 전에 그리고 또 아침에

(mae-il jam-deul-gi jeon-eh geu-ri-go ddo ah-chim-eh)
쥐고 있는 내 손엔 너 없는 화면인데
느린 한마디보다 조용함이 더 좋아
기다리고 있지만 매일 이런 건 아니야 (ooh)

Let's break down the lyrics:

매일: everyday
잠들기: falling asleep
전에: before
그리고: and
또: again
아침에: in the morning

Can you guess what this phrase means?! I'm sure you already got it! If you guessed "before I fall asleep every night and again in the morning" you were right! So this lyric is talking about when you can't get someone off of your mind! So you can use this phrase for anything you do constantly (before falling asleep and when you wake up) Each of the words separately are really good to know as well! 🔥

Especially "그리고" which can help you form lists in Korean!!!

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Word of the week: 그리고

(means AND)

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