Comments on: 2NE1 – I Don’t Care (아이 돈 케어)

By: mstrum

mstrum — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:46:27 +0000

@InSeoul
Yeah, that’s a very weird sentence to translate over. I’ve never heard 꺼져있는 used like that before, it must be an idiom or a verb I just don’t know yet. I don’t know how to translate it very well, but I’d say “Your cellphone’s off all day every day”

수십번 means a lot of times. 수 is a word that means a lot, so it’s like a lot of 10’s. 수백번 is a lot of 100’s.

I wouldn’t say that you would say that in a normal conversation. Like American songs, the words are chosen to turn it into a rap and rhyme.

니 핸드폰이 매일 하루에 수십번 꺼져있.

By: InSeoul

InSeoul — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 08:57:20 +0000

매일 하루에 수십번 꺼져있는 핸드폰. How do you say that in English? This sentence is very confusing to me because they are describing the phone like “Always off phone” Is this common in Korea versus saying something like your phone is always off? 니 핸드폰이 매일 하루에 수십번 꺼져있.

Alsoooo….what does 수십번 mean?
thnks

By: mstrum

mstrum — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:28:01 +0000

@Sujin Thanks^^ (Sujin and chinnie)

By: chinnie

chinnie — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:00:53 +0000

커플링 = couple ring = nhẫn đôi

By: Sujin

Sujin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:09:46 +0000

hello i found your blog really interesting and knowledgeable! i am really impressed by your interest in Korea! anyway, i just want to help your vocabularies up there! 커플링 means couples rings! =D 커플링 is just a korean pronunciation of an english word, couples rings! besides, what do you mean by “방”? does it come from 한방울? if so, 방 itself does not mean anything here. 방울 means drop, so 한방울 means a single drop. Therefore, 눈물 한방울 means a single teardrop. i hope my explanation helps… if you have more questions about korean or korean culture, just let me know through e-mail or something! good luck!! =D