Yes ladies and gentlemen, I am so fucking bored I actually studied Korean for a little bit today. In so doing, I came across this verb (쓰다 / sseu-da) which has what I consider to be a hilarious series of extra meanings a talented sitcom writer could use in an episode full of comic misunderstandings.
It means, primarily, "to write," which is how I encountered it. I realized that I kinda already knew that, because I'd heard some of my co-teachers use "써세요" ("please write" - I'm sure I misspelled that, but let's persevere) before, and may have even aped them once or twice myself.
But it also can mean, in order: "to use / employ," "to be bitter," and "to put on a hat."
I wonder how this sentence would sound in Korean: "He wrote that she'd bitterly put on her hat"??
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
This made me smile, read through a couple of your posts, I liked most of it, keep writing.
Hi Anthony,
Sorry for the randomness. My name is Howard. I'm currently an MBA student at National Taiwan University working on a cross-cultural master thesis on "Change in blogger motivations over the blogspan." If you have time, would you please help me fill out the survey in the following link. Your 10 mins will make a major contribution to my study. Thank you for your kindness. I truly appreciate it! If you have any question, please feel free to contact me at r97741063@ntu.edu.tw
Survey Link
Best Regards,
-Howard
Post a Comment