🇰🇷 Korean Lesson #1 - Plot Twist 첫 만남은 계획대로 되지 않아

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Welcome to our inaugural Korean language lesson! 안녕하세요 여러분, 반가워요 :)

To celebrate the launch of this newsletter, we've chosen to analyze the chorus of a trendy song. We are sure you couldn't escape the trend on social media about "첫 만남은 계획대로 되지 않아” (Plot Twist) from the rookie boy group TWS 투어스! 

Check out the video below!

We were immediately captivated by its profound meaning and ability to capture the essence of nervousness and uncertainty accompanying a first encounter (like us today!). The lyrics of this song explore the complex and universal emotions that arise when meeting someone for the first time, revealing the contrast between our expectations and the reality of these encounters.

오늘은 노래 가사를 통해 한국어 표현을 공부할 거예요! Today, we are going to study Korean expressions through song chorus!

• 셋, oh, 둘, 하나

Did you know that Korean has two counting systems? Native Korean numbers and Sino-Korean numbers.

1- Native Korean Numbers (한글 숫자): Used for counting items up to 99. Mostly used for counting things that don't have specific units or are small in quantity.

2- Sino-Korean Numbers (한자 숫자): Derived from the Chinese characters hanja. Used for counting items above 99 and when specific units are involved. Commonly used for age, money, minutes, seconds, etc.

In this case, the song mentions Native Korean numbers to do a countdown 셋, oh, 둘, 하나 translated to three, oh, two, one.

• 첫 만남은 너무 어려워

첫 (cheot) - First.

만남 (mannam) - Meeting. From the verb 만나다 (mannada). Some verbs ending with the letter '미음' (mieum) 'ㅁ' indicate a noun. In this case, 만남 is a meeting from the verb to meet 만나다.

어려워 (eoryeowo) - Difficult. From the verb 어렵다 (eoryeopda). The opposite of the verb 'difficult' is 'easy' 쉽다 (swipda).

너무 (neomu) - Too much.

The sentence 첫 만남은 너무 어려워 means First meetings are too difficult.

Look at this video of Hechi (Seoul Mascot) dancing to #PlotTwist #TWS 🔥 너무 귀엽다 !!

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