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eight(Prod.&Feat. SUGA of BTS

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Korean lesson from this song

Key words

인사

(noun) greeting; a word or gesture of hello or goodbye

In everyday life, 인사 refers to polite greetings or farewells between people.

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맘대로

(adverb) as one wishes; freely; at will

Used colloquially to describe doing something according to one's own will, sometimes with a nuance of carelessness.

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떠나

(verb stem) to leave, to depart

떠나 is the verb stem of 떠나다, commonly used in imperative or informal commands as well as conjugations.

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Expression and grammar

것 같아 · -(으)ㄴ/는 것 같다

것 같아 is a casual form of 것 같다, used for an impression or guess. In 잃어버린 것 같아, -(으)ㄴ describes a completed action before 것. A present action uses -는, as in 비가 오는 것 같아요. The final 요 makes that example polite.

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Practice examples written for this lesson

  1. 친구에게 인사해요.

    I greet my friend.

  2. 맘대로 이야기하지 마세요.

    Please don’t speak however you want.

  3. 내일은 떠나요.

    I will leave tomorrow.

Check yourself

What does the grammar pattern "것 같아" indicate in a sentence?

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It expresses the speaker's guess or feeling, not certainty.

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Song Information

Artist
IU
Song
eight(Prod.&Feat. SUGA of BTS
Language
English

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