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difference between 잘자요 and 굿나잇When translating 잘자요 and 굿나잇 they both come up as meaning "Good night". Is there a contextual difference between them, if so what is this difference and when do I have to use which one?
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What is the significance of the Korean voting stamp?When voting at an election, Koreans mark their ballots with a specially shaped stamp. Does this stamp have any significance related to the Korean language? The stamp is shaped like a "peace" symbol ...
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Parts of the footI'm looking for the parts of the foot in Korean. I know a few of them: Foot 발 Toe 발가락 Big Toe 엄지 발가락 Ankle 발목 added from solutions Heel 발꿈치 Ball 발볼 Bridge 발등 Sole 발바닥 Updated Parts of Foot
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What does "지" mean in the following sentence?The sentence is: 인터넷으로 사지 뭐하러 여기에 와? I would paraphrase this as: 인터넷으로 사면 여기 올 필요 없으니까 왜 오려고 해? Is this right? i think the 지 has some sort of connecting function, like 고 or 서.. but i couldn't find ...
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Why is 'ㅂ' in '박물관' pronounced as /p/ instead of /b/?I heard the consonant 'ㅂ' in '박물관 (museum)' pronounced /p/ instead of /b/. In some words containing 'ㅂ', I sometimes hear it pronounced /p/ instead of /b/. When does that happen?
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Do the shapes of Hangul characters have any significance?I can see that there is an obvious correlation between ㅜ and ㅠ, and ㅏ and ㅑ. But do all the vowels shapes in general relate to each other in any special way? What about the consonant shapes like ㅈ, ㅂ,...
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Maximum number of characters in a syllable blockI've seen a number of Hangul syllables that contain 4 characters (닭, for example) - is it possible to have syllables with 5 (or even more) characters in them? The Wikipedia page on Hangul suggests it'...
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