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Thursday 15 March 2012

Korean Vocab #9 [Big Bang Special Edition]: G-Dragon's Seaweed Hair!


Recently Big Bang appeared on March 11th broadcast of SBS's 'Inkigayo' and the most hilarious part was when every member shared their inspiration for their new image crazy hairstyle. Following that, I found this picture being shared around Facebook as a summary of their out-of-the-blue inspirations!


Today's Korean Vocab:
미역 같은 긴 머리  mi-yeok kat-eun kin meo-ri: Seaweed-like long hair

Breaking It Down:
미역 mi-yeok: Seaweed
같은 kat-eun: Like/Such As
긴 kin: Long
머리 meo-ri: Head/Hair

1.0 같은 kat-eun: Like/Such As
같은 kat-eun is used to describe similarity.


Formula:
SUBJECT/OBJECT 1 (the description) + KAT EUN + SUBJECT/OBJECT 2 (what/who you want to describe)
For eg:
미역 같은 긴 머리 mi-yeok kat-eun kin meo-ri: long hair like seaweed
천국 같은 곳 cheon-guk (heaven) kat-eun got (place): A place like heaven

And the one we are very familiar with:
너 같은 사람 neo (you) kat-eun sa-ram (person): A person like you

Lightbulb moments? It's no other than Super Junior's "No Other" chorus!


Other Tips:
If you want to say "I think it's ___/It's like ___", use 같아요 kat-a-yo

For eg:
해초 같아요 hae-cho kat-a-yo: It's like seaweed
천국 같아요 cheon-guk kat-a-yo: It's like heaven
사람 같아요 sa-ram kat-a-yo: It's like a person
오빠 같아요 op-pa kat-a-yo: It's like Oppa../I think it's Oppa
학교 같아요 hak-gyo kat-a-yo: It's like a school
가방 같아요 ka-bang kat-a-yo: It's like a bag

Just like the hit song now: 꿈만 같아요 kkum (dream) man kat-a-yo: Like a dream!

And may you enjoy various versions of it:





And cheers to the original singer:


Her Korean Things Says
Honestly I don't really like G-Dragon's long hair! :( But I always admire his hardworking spirit when it comes to composing and arranging songs. He really not only has the talent - but also the determination to produce good music! I don't think he's just a singer/rapper, but also an amazing musician!

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