1๏ธโฃ About the Song: What is "Red Flavor"?
RED VELVET’s "Red Flavor" is a vibrant and refreshing summer song that captures the excitement and sweetness of love. The lyrics describe falling in love, constantly thinking about someone, and wanting to know their thoughts.
๐ In this lesson, you’ll learn:
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How to use "๋ค๊ฐ ์๊พธ๋ง ์๊ฐ๋" (I keep thinking about you) to express being on someone’s mind
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The meaning of "๋ ๋ด ๋ ๋ญ ์๊ฐํ๋๋ฐ" (Look at me, what are you thinking?) to ask about someone’s thoughts
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Cultural insights on expressing love and curiosity in Korean
2๏ธโฃ Key Korean Expressions from the Song
๐ "๋ค๊ฐ ์๊พธ๋ง ์๊ฐ๋" (Nega jakkuman saenggangna) ๐ญ
๐ง Key Korean Expressions Start At:
- "๋ค๊ฐ ์๊พธ๋ง ์๊ฐ๋" → 0:53
โก Meaning: "I keep thinking about you."
โก Pronunciation: Ne-ga jak-ku-man saeng-gak-na
- ๋ค๊ฐ (nega) = "you"
- ์๊พธ๋ง (jakkuman) = "repeatedly" / "constantly"
- ์๊ฐ๋๋ค (saenggak-nada) = "to come to mind" / "to think of"
๐ข How to use it in real life:
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"์ค๋ ํ๋ฃจ ์ข
์ผ ๋ค๊ฐ ์๊พธ๋ง ์๊ฐ๋!" – "I’ve been thinking about you all day!"
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"์์ฆ ์ ์ด๋ ๊ฒ ๋ค๊ฐ ์๊พธ๋ง ์๊ฐ๋์ง?" – "Why do I keep thinking about you these days?"
๐ฅ This phrase is used when someone is frequently on your mind, often in a romantic way.
๐ "๋ ๋ด ๋ ๋ญ ์๊ฐํ๋๋ฐ" (Nal bwa neon mwol saenggakhaneunde) ๐
๐ง Key Korean Expressions Start At:
- "๋ ๋ด ๋ ๋ญ ์๊ฐํ๋๋ฐ" → 1:41
โก Meaning: "Look at me, what are you thinking?"
โก Pronunciation: Nal bwa neon mwol saeng-gak-ha-neun-de
- ๋ (nal) = "me" (short for "๋๋ฅผ")
- ๋ด (bwa) = "look"
- ๋ (neon) = "you" (casual form of "๋๋")
- ๋ญ (mwol) = "what"
- ์๊ฐํ๋ค (saenggak-hada) = "to think"
๐ข How to use it in real life:
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"๋ ๋ด, ๋ ๋ญ ์๊ฐํ๋๋ฐ? ๋ํํ
ํ ๋ง ์์ด?" – "Look at me, what are you thinking? Do you have something to say to me?"
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"๋ ๋ด! ๋ ์ง๊ธ ๋๋ ๊ฐ์ ์๊ฐํ๋ ๊ฑฐ ์๋์ผ?" – "Look at me! Aren’t you thinking the same thing as me?"
๐ก This phrase is often used to check what someone is thinking, especially in a flirty or playful way.
3๏ธโฃ Cultural Insight: Expressing Love & Curiosity in Korean
๐ "๋ค๊ฐ ์๊พธ๋ง ์๊ฐ๋" → Expresses constantly thinking about someone you like
๐ "๋ ๋ด ๋ ๋ญ ์๊ฐํ๋๋ฐ" → Playfully asks someone what they’re thinking about
๐ข Did you know?
In Korean culture, love is often expressed subtly through curiosity and indirect questions rather than direct statements. Asking "๋ ๋ญ ์๊ฐํ๋๋ฐ?" can be a cute way to flirt or show interest in a conversation!
โ Other similar expressions:
- "๋ ๋๋ฌธ์ ์ ๋ ๋ชป ์!" → "I can’t even sleep because of you!"
- "์๊พธ ๋ค๊ฐ ๋ ์ฌ๋ผ!" → "You keep popping into my head!"
4๏ธโฃ Practice & Challenge!
๐ Try using these expressions in real life!
1๏ธโฃ Say "๋ค๊ฐ ์๊พธ๋ง ์๊ฐ๋" when someone is constantly on your mind.
2๏ธโฃ Use "๋ ๋ด ๋ ๋ญ ์๊ฐํ๋๋ฐ" when playfully asking about someone’s thoughts.
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