Learning Korean Trough K-Pops: SUPER JUNIOR (By: Popo)

Dear Readers..!!

Today, I’ve prepared songs of an idol band that all the readers like. Are you curious? They’re amazing young men. You can look forward them singing a song related to an apron. Of the many K-Pop groups, you can’t leave out “Super Junior”, the most popular group of them all. “Super Junior” is talented I both singing and dancing. It’s an awesome boy band that debuted in 2005. There are many members in the group, and they are loved by many fans.

The song that I’ll introduce today is a song of a sub-unit group of “Super Junior” that sings mostly cheerful songs. “Cooking? Cooking!” by “Super Junior Happy”. Today’s focus is on “Super Junior”! do all of you love them? All of the members are handsome and are great at singing. We’ll look at “Cooking? Cooking!” lyrics, a very exciting song by “Super Junior”. “Wang” is a word that expresses someone that is best at something. Do you remember? So the song is about someone who cooks the best.

 

Cooking? Cooking!

By: Super Junior Happy

Reff:

[LEETEUK] Waenirinji uhneunal juhnyuhk chodae handamyuh

Nuhui jibeuro nareul boolluhjji naneun gidaehaessuhjji

[YESUNG] Gulmgo gulmgo ddo gulmuh niga haejul mashinneun juhnyuk gidaehamyuh sangsanghamyuh sutgarageul deun geu sungan

([EUNHYUK]  Iruhke matuhbsuhdo dwenayo?!)

[KANGIN] Iruhke matuhbsuhdo dwenayo? Dodaeche mu uhlnuheun guhngayo?

([YESUNG] Oh ew nomu matuhbsuh) Charari naega nuneul gamgo mandeunge duh na eulguhtman gatayo

[LEETEUK] Mashi uttuhnya naege mudneyo

([EUNHYUK] Mwoyaaa!)

Ddo naege museun himi innayo

([SUNGMIN] Ooh, ooh mashiddaaa)

Juhngmal mashiddarago haedduhni geunyuh useumyuh hangeureut duh juneyo… nal sallyuhjwo

Reff II:

[LEETEUK] Iruhke matuhbsuhdo— ([SHINDONG] Aniji!)

[KANGIN] Iruhke mashissuhdo dwenayo?

([SHINDONG] Geuruhji!) Ige sarami mandeun guhngayo?

([SUNGMIN] Jagiya!)

[SUNGMIN] Iruhnge iddaneun somundo naneun deuruh bonjuhkdo obneunde

([YESUNG] Ooh mashissuh uhttuhkae!)

([LEETEUK] Nomu joha nomu joha!)

[LEETEUK] Mashi uhttuhnya naege mudneyo

([YESUNG] Choigo!!) Nunmul heullimyuh nan marhaejjyo

[YESUNG] Muhrie tuhlnago iruhke mashinneun yorineun nan chuheumiya

([SHINDONG] Hahahaha!) ([KANGIN] Aah mashissuhyo!)

([SUNGMIN] Eheheh) ([EUNHYUK] Duhwoyo~)

[GIRLFRIEND] Jagiya baebulluh?

The song is about girlfriend who can’t cook but learns how to cook to make the best dish for her boyfriend. Let’s learn expression related to food and its taste. The most important thing about food is its taste. “Mat (맛)” is what you feel with your tongue when you eat.

When something tastes very good, you can say “Masitta (맛있다)”.

Babi masitta. (밥이맛있다) = This delicious rice.

Ppangi masitta. (빵이맛있다) = Delicious bread.

Pizza-ga masitta. (피자가맛있다) = Pizza is delicious.

You can complete the sentence by adding the name of a certain food.

But if the food tastes bad, you can say “Madeoptta (맛없다)”. The opposite of “Masitta (맛있다)” is “Madeoptta (맛없다)”.

Babi madeoptta. (밥이맛없다) = The rice is not good.

Ppangi madeoptta. (빵이맛없다) = The bread is not good.

Pizza-ga madeoptta. (피자가맛없다) = Pizza is not good.

It’s easy, isn’t it?

When you want someone who taste you food to say “Masitta (맛있다)” or “Madeoptta (맛없다)”, you must ask the person how the food taste first.

You can ask like this “Masi eottae? (맛이어때?)”.

There are more formal ways to ask the question.

“Masi eottaeyo? (맛이어때요?)”.

For the response you can say

“Masisseoyo (맛있어요)”.

“Madeopsseoyo (맛없어요)”.

Or

“Masi eotteosseunikka? (맛이어떻슴니까?)” .

You can answer

“Masisseumnida (맛있슴니다)”.

“Madeopsseumnida (맛없슴니다)”.

There are many types of taste. Shall we learn about this? Let’s take a look to another song by “Super Junior”.

Bittersweet

By: Super Junior

Dalkomhan ne geu mal 

nal jugineun ne geu mal 

gamanhi kkaemulmyeon sseudisseun geu mal geumanhae

Miwohaji motae 

saranghajido motae g

yeolguk domangchyeobeorindan geu mal jebal geuman geumanhae

It’s the song called “Bittersweet” by “Super Junior”. It’s a difficult expression. But the lyrics include words such a “Dalkom (달콤)” and “Sseudisseun (쓰디쓴)”.

“Dalkom (달콤)” comes from “Dalda (달다)” which means sweet.

Do you like to eat candy or chocolate? I like chocolate very much.

“Dalda (달다)” expresses a sweet taste like candy and chocolate.

Satangi dalda. (사탕이달다) = This candy is sweet.

Chocolate-i dalda. (초콜릿이달다) = Chocolate is sweet.

Seoltangi dalda. (설탕달다) = Sugar is sweet.

Kkuri dalda. (꿀이달다) = Honey is sweet.

Thos are some good examples.

The next expression is “Sseudisseun (쓰디쓴)”.

It comes from “Sseuda (쓰다)” which means a bitter taste.

The opposite of “Dalda (달다)”, “Sseuda (쓰다)” is a taste that is very bad.

Yogi sseuda. (양이쓰다) = The medicine is bitter.

Coffe-ga sseuda. (커피가쓰다) = The coffee is bitter.

Those are some examples.

In the song “Bittersweet”, it depicts the words between lovers sound as sweet as candy, but the meaning of the words are also as bitter as medicine.

Other expressions of taste that appear in the Korean language include a taste that stingy when you eat chili pepper and mustard. It’s “Maeptta (맵다)”.

Do you gimchi, Korea’s most famous food? When your mouth stings after eating gimchi, you can say:

Gimchiga maeptta. (김치가맵다) = Spicy gimchi.

Gimchijjigaega meptta. (김치찌개가맵다) = Spicy gimchi stew.

Gochuga maeptta. (고추가맵다) = Spicy pepper.

Those are some examples.

Which expression would you like to illustrate the taste of salt?

It’s “Jjada (짜다)”

Sogeumi jjada. (소금이짜다) = The salt is salty.

Jeotkkari jjada (젓갈이짜다) = Salted fish is salty.

Those are two examples.

Satangi dalda. (사탕이달다) = The candy is sweet.

Yogi sseuda. (양이쓰다) = The medicine is bitter.

Gimchiga maeptta. (김치가맵다) = Spicy gimchi.

Sogeumi jjada. (소금이짜다) = The salt is salty.

Try to remember them!

On November 6, 2005, “Super Junior” debuted with their first song, “Twins”.

 In fall 2012, they celebrated 7 years of their debuted. Over the last 7 years, they toured Japan, China, Southeast Asia, the States, and Europe. 

They become the best loved K-Pop group in the world. Despite their busy overseas schedule and sub-unit activities, the group is famous for the love of their fans and their friendship. They will publish a photo album in Asia to celebrate 7 years. Let’s look forward to what they will present next in the future.

How did you enjoy the articles with “Super Junior”? Was it sweet? Let’s review today’s expressions.

When food taste good, say “Masitta (맛있다)”

When food taste bas, say “Madeoptta (맛없다)”

There are also different types of taste.  

Satangi dalda. (사탕이달다) = The candy is sweet.

Yogi sseuda. (양이쓰다) = The medicine is bitter.

Gimchiga maeptta. (김치가맵다) = Spicy gimchi.

Sogeumi jjada. (소금이짜다) = The salt is salty.

Why don’t you talk to your family about your meal afterwards?

See you next time.

Annyeong!!!

(cr: Deugeundeugeun Hanguko KBS World)