"Everything will be ok 💜" + useful Korean slang~ 🙈

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2024. 2. 19.

These K-pop lyrics are PERFECT for Valentine's 💖🌻

Hello Everyone~! ❤️

Hope you're all doing super well and learning tons and tons of Korean and Japanese~~ ITS ALMOST THE END OF FEBRUARY!!! I hope you're all on track for your new years goals and having fun while acheiving them!

This week, we're going to be learning some Korean from K-pop lyrics again!! You guys had a few requests and I wanted to do a part two so this is perfect! Let's get right into it~~~ & enjooooooyyyyyy!

❤️ From. Sherly

01. BIBI - Bam Yang Gang

I'm so glad someone requested this song because I honestly had no idea what this meant at first (even Koreans are confused) But I have looked into it and I'm excited to teach you some Korean from it!!! ❤️

떠나는 길에 니가 내게 말했지
‘너는 바라는 게 너무나 많아’ (neo-neun ba-ra-neun gae neo-mu-na man-ah)
아냐 내가 늘 바란 건 하나야 (ah-nya nae-ga neul ba-ran geon ha-na-ya)
한 개뿐이야 달디단 밤양갱

This one IS SUPER LONG so get ready for it!

Let's break it down!

너는: You
바라는 게: things [you] want, expectations
너무나: very, too
많아: much

아냐: no (informal)
내가: I
늘: always
바란 건: want
하나야: one thing

So this song is talking about Bibi and a conversation with someone else (probably a manz) and he told her... you guessed it: "You want too many things" and she responds "No, I always want just one thing!" This is the meaning for these two lines and the next line after repeats that she just wants "Bam Yang Gang" and after looking at her album explanation and going online I found out that this means LOVE! Not by definition but she uses this phrase as a depiction of love !! When in reality it is a sweet snack! hahah (I guess she means she wants a sweet and soft love like the snack)

02. Hello Future - NCT Dream ⭐

greaaaat song choice and I love translating NCT lyrics cuz they're always fun hehe let's learn something from this song!!!

기다렸어 어서 와
어디든 we're coming together
아무 걱정 하지 마 (ah-moo geok-jeong ha-ji ma)
잘 될 거야 hello future (jal dwel geo-ya)

This one is a little easier (BIBI's was hard lol)

Let's break it down!!

아무: any
걱정: worry
하지 마: don't (talking to a person)
잘: well, good
될 거야: will, it will

This song is about the start of a relationship and the lyrics are reassuring the other person in the relationship by saying: Don't worry about anything! and the second line says: It will go well! These are both very commonly used phrases so I think it would be great to integrate into your Korean learning! Try using them separately or together~!

03. Korean Slang~!

Since you guys already have so much vocab to learn from BIBI's song (and I know it isn't easy) Let's take it easy with the third one and learn a Korean slang instead!!!

꿀잼 🤣

We've talked about this before but we have so many new readers so I thought it would be good to talk about again :)

Let's break it down!

꿀 (ggul) means honey in korean 🍯
잼 (jam) is short for 재미있다 [je-mi-it-da] : (it is) fun or enjoyable

Adding the korean world for honey, infront of the short version of 'fun,' emphasizes the word and makes it extra positive! In this case, it means 'really' fun instead of just fun.

Here is an example sentence: "이 게임 꿀잼이야" which means "this game is super fun" 🎮

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We're bringing it back!!! I'm going to give you a word every week and you guys have to try to make a sentence with that word!!! 🔥 If you don't want yours to be shared let me know:)

Word of the week: 꿀잼

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