Healing Maru

#음력(lunar calendar), #양력(solar calendar) Korea has two calendar systems, one is lunar, the other is solar. Korea's biggest two national holidays, #설날(new year's day)' #추석(Thanksgiving day) are based on the lunar calendar system. Lunar August 15th is #추석 and lunar January 1st is #설날. Therefore, the solar calendar days of #추석, #설날 are different each year. For example, this year's #추석 is September ..

본캐(Original character). 부캐(Aditional character) 본캐 is the abbreviation of 본캐릭터(Original character), and 부캐 is of 부캐릭터(Aditional character). 본캐, 부캐 are originated from the computer game terms. Also these are new generation's terms in the Korea. 본캐 is your main character of computer game. 부캐 is the subsidiary character separated from main one. So, when someone asks you what is your 본캐 or 부캐? This ..

완료시제(Perfect tense) Most of Korean people who try to learn English don't understand the perfect tense(완료시제). In Korean language, there are three tenses such as past, present and future, but not the perfect tense. I have finished cooking. (나는 요리를 끝냈다(마쳤다)) - present perfect tense I finished cooking. (나는 요리를 끝냈다(마쳤다)) - past tense As you can see above, Korean words are the same for the past and pr..

강아지를 먹다. 강아지가 먹다. 강아지는 먹다. 조사의 종류(The kinds of particle(suffix)) 은/는 : Subjective particle(suffix) 이/가 : Subjective particle(suffix) 을/를 : Objective particle(suffix) Korean postpositional particles(suffixs) are more complicated and difficult. Depending on which kind of suffix is used after word, this word can be subjectiv or objective on the sentence. 강아지를 먹다. (eat puppy : 를 is objective particl..

아버지 가방에 들어가신다. 아버지가 방에 들어가신다. Do you know the difference between two sentences above?. 아버지 가방에 들어가신다. Father enters into the bag 아버지가 방에 들어가신다. Father enters into the room. When we listen kpop song, the lyrics are mixed with Korean and English. Sometimes we can't understand the meaning of song's words and lines. For example, 방탄소년단(BTS)'s song, 쩔어(Dope) has the following lyrics. 거짓말 wack 들과는 달라(I..

새옹지마 [塞翁之馬 Sae-Ong-Ji-Ma: The horse owned by the man, 새옹] This is the four character idiom(사자성어) which was originated from Chinese words. As I said, Korean language system such as the pronunciation and characters is completely different to Chinese language but Korean word's sources come from Chinese...So Japanese and Korean words have Chinese characters. Korean people say that the life is 새옹지마. ..

Alexanderia Ocasio-Cotez(AOC : 알렉산드리아 오카시오 코테즈 ) I like watching Netflix and long times ago I watched 'Knock Down The House' starring Alexandria Ocasio-Cotez. This film shows how did three women run for the congress election in USA. At the beginning of film, Alexandria Ocasio-Cotez was working as bartender at the bar for gathering the money for her election. And it showed her private stories suc..

냉면(Naengmyeon, Cold buckwheat noodle) 냉면 is Korean summer food and is somewhat different from Japanese buckweat noodle(메밀국수, 소바). The main ingredient of 냉면, 메밀국수 is buckwheat, but the cooking process and additional sauces of 냉면, 메밀국수 are different.. 냉(Naeng) means cold, 면(Myeon) means noodle. The main ingredients of 냉면 are buckwheat noodle, meat broth(육수), red chili pepper paste(고추장), boiled egg..

Permission to dance ( 퍼미션 투 댄스 ) This is new song by 방탄소년단(BTS) and peoples are enthusiasm on this song which is reaching on 120 million Youtube views within two days of release. And BTS's song, Butter is expected to be No.1 in Billboard Hot 100 for 7 weeks in a row. I like this boy band, especially their song' lyrics are so much beautiful and reflect the social issues. Their song, 하나 둘 셋 ( one ..

아름다운 경치 ( Beautiful scenery ) Korea is small country compared to USA, and even this small Korean peninsula(한반도) is separated between North and South. Before Korean independence from Japan(일본), Korea was one country and same people. But the Independence made Korean peninsula separated by USA(미국) and Russia(러시아). Korean people want unification of korean peninsula, and wish to travel North Korea fr..