Everyone loves Lee Teuk, the leader of one of the top Korean boy bands in Korea, Super Junior. He's always smiling and telling ELFs how much he loves them, he's always smiling in front of the camera to tell everyone that Super Junior is all right. But behind that smile, there were so many challenges and tough times that we could never have imagined throughout all these years. Even though times have been hard, Lee Teuk always smiles through and brought Super Junior up strong and positive.
Today's Korean Vocab:
웃어봐 u-seo-bwa
If you watched the K-drama 'Heartstrings', Lee Shin sang this comfort song when Kyu Won was upset. Try to catch the phrase in this song. I'm very sure you'll notice it right from the start!
You can also find the phrase 웃어봐 u-seo-bwa in their ending performance. Very easy to be noticed :)
When to use it?
When you want to cheer a friend up and tell him to smile
When you want to see how a person looks like if he smiles, as in like "give me a smile"
When someone is sad
Other tips:
웃어요 u-seo-yo
To indicate laughing or smiling
Eg: 오빠 지금 웃어요 op-pa ji-geum u-seo-yo (Brother is laughing now)
봐 bwa
This has several meanings. As a word itself, it means "look" or "see".
However if you add this behind a verb, it gives the meaning of "try to [verb]"
Eg:
웃어봐 u-seo-bwa : Try to smile/Give a smile
해봐 hae-bwa: Try to do it (simply means do it)
먹어봐 meo-geo-bwa: Try to eat it (simply means try this food)
말해봐 mar-hae-bwa: Try to say (simpy means tell me about it)
들어봐 deu-reo-bwa: Try to listen
Her Korean Things says:
Today's Korean Vocab, Lee Teuk reminds us to try to smile whenever times are tough.
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