Why are Koreans SO obsessed w/ THIS?! 😅

AMA IS BACK~~~~ 💖

2024. 5. 20.

Hello Everyone~! ❤️

Hope you're all doing well + learning lots and lots of Korean w/ Teuida!!! Just incase some of our newer readers don't know, this is TEUIDA's weekly newsletter to help make learning fun & learn more about Korea + Korean + Korean culture~!!!

This week we will be doing a very popular segment called AMA!!! (Ask me anything) I recieve a lot of questions from you guys and I love answering them so if you have anything (no matter how random) ask it in the feedback form below~!!!! Enjoy 😘

❤️ From. Sherly

01. I learned some words like 사과, 과일, 귤, 딸기… and then, I was watching my series like always and I heard ”사과해요“. I was like “doing apple ?”

"I looove learning WHY we use a certain word for a certain situation, so I was wondering why we use “apple” to make the verb “im sorry” 🍎🍏

I LOVE this question because it just goes to show how confusing the Korean language can be (honestly I get it- but when you get it it is 100% percent more satisfying). BASICALLY, the Korean word 사과 has 2 different meanings!

1. Apology

2. Apple!

Of course this is the case in many languages and since you asked, I thought it would be helpful to go over some other examples of this!

배 - Pear , Boat , Stomach
차 - Car, Tea
열 - Ten , Fever

Okay I feel like that might be enough for today so your heads don't explode but let me know if you want a newsletter on homonyms (there are so many) 🤣

*Also look at this cute drawing (someone giving an apple aka an apology)

02. I was wondering how/when MBTI got so popular in Korea, and why you think that is? I've noticed a lot of people will ask each other about their MBTI types even when they don't know each other very well. 😅

Honestly great question & while MBTI got popular quite a while ago (probably like 2019/2020) It is STILL so relevant today.

Before MBTI became a thing, Korean people were obsessed with blood types (if you want a refresher on blood types check out our old newsletter about it) BUT basically, people believed that your blood type said something about your personality. 😋 I know it might sound a little crazy to some of you but now, bloodtypes are becoming much less common!

As I said before, MBTI's came into the picture around 2019/2020 in Korea and it soon became a trend. I personally think it is because of the fact that we love grouping each other up BUT it is also a really easy way to break the ice.

In my opinion, small talk is a lot harder in the Korean language and Korean culture in general. I checked this point with my friends to make sure but I think MBTI is just an easy way to break the ice and feel connected to a stranger/friend you want to get to know!

Also, we as a country are so obsessed with making quizzes and figuring out what type of _______ we are. It's kind of buzzfeed 2012 vibes but much cuter, we can do a newsletter on these quizzes next time - LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT ONE!

03. Could you explain the meaning of D day in Korea? All I think about whenever I hear this phrase is the WW2 battle of Normandy. 😥

THIS IS SUCH A GOOD QUESTION, thank you for asking this

First of all, I had NO idea that this was a Korean thing so I looked up the origins and it seems like it did originate from the military -- It was a term used to say "the day on which a military operation begins" BUT Koreans use this on a regular basis so let's learn about it!

D-DAY is a term used to describe an important day. A lot of people will use this for an exam or a test (even something like a driving test or the Korean SAT. And people will count down the days to their event by saying D-40, D-39... etc.

It is also kind of used humourously. For example, if a friend is going to ask their crush out or something you could ask them "Is today D-day?" 오늘이 디데이야? It is just a term that represents great anticipation and has nothing to do with the battle of normandy (although now that I know it's just a Korean thing I completely get why you'd think that hahaha)

Hope that helped~!

04. Song of the Week

Obsessed with this song recently, let me know if you guys like it hehe ALSO if there are any lyrics you want me to decode -- in this song or any others~!!!!

Word of the Week ❤️

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!!! 🔥

Word of the week: 디데이 (d-day)

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