1๏ธโฃ About the Song: What is "Guerrilla"?
ATEEZ’s "Guerrilla" is an intense and rebellious anthem about breaking free from control, resisting oppression, and making a change. The lyrics express urgency and determination, encouraging people to act without hesitation and speak up for what they believe in.
๐ In this lesson, you’ll learn:
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How to use "๋ฐ๋ก ์ง๊ธ" (Right now) to express urgency
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The meaning of "์ฐธ์ ์ ์์ด" (I can’t hold it in) to describe strong emotions
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Cultural insights on expressing urgency and determination in Korean
2๏ธโฃ Key Korean Expressions from the Song
๐ "๋ฐ๋ก ์ง๊ธ" (Baro jigeum) โณ
๐ง Key Korean Expressions Start At:
- "๋ฐ๋ก ์ง๊ธ" → 0:35
โก Meaning: "Right now." / "This moment."
โก Pronunciation: Ba-ro ji-geum
- ๋ฐ๋ก (baro) = "immediately" / "right away"
- ์ง๊ธ (jigeum) = "now"
๐ข How to use it in real life:
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"๊ธฐํ๋ ๋ฐ๋ก ์ง๊ธ์ด์ผ!" – "The opportunity is right now!"
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"๋ฐ๋ก ์ง๊ธ ํด์ผ ํด, ๊ธฐ๋ค๋ฆด ์๊ฐ์ด ์์ด!" – "You have to do it right now, there’s no time to wait!"
๐ฅ This phrase is often used to create a sense of urgency or emphasize that something should happen immediately.
๐ "์ฐธ์ ์ ์์ด" (Chameul su eopseo) ๐ค
๐ง Key Korean Expressions Start At:
- "์ฐธ์ ์ ์์ด" → 1:04
โก Meaning: "I can’t hold it in." / "I can’t stand it."
โก Pronunciation: Cha-meul su eop-seo
- ์ฐธ๋ค (chamda) = "to endure" / "to hold back"
- -์ ์ ์๋ค (-eul su eopda) = "cannot do"
๐ข How to use it in real life:
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"๋๋ฌด ํ๊ฐ ๋์ ์ฐธ์ ์ ์์ด!" – "I’m so angry, I can’t hold it in!"
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"์ด ์์
๋๋ฌด ์ข์! ๋ ์ด์ ์ฐธ์ ์ ์์ด, ์ถค์ถ๋!" – "This song is so good! I can’t hold it in anymore, I need to dance!"
๐ก This phrase is commonly used to express strong emotions, whether it’s excitement, frustration, or impatience.
3๏ธโฃ Cultural Insight: Expressing Urgency & Determination in Korean
๐ฅ "๋ฐ๋ก ์ง๊ธ" → Expresses immediacy and urgency
๐ฅ "์ฐธ์ ์ ์์ด" → Describes intense emotions and the inability to hold back
๐ข Did you know?
Korean language and culture often emphasize the importance of timing and action. Phrases like "๋ฐ๋ก ์ง๊ธ" highlight the urgency of seizing the moment, while "์ฐธ์ ์ ์์ด" shows the strong emotions and passion often found in Korean speech, especially in music, dramas, and daily conversations.
โ Other similar expressions:
- "์ง๊ธ ๋น์ฅ!" → "Right now, immediately!"
- "๋ ์ด์ ๋ชป ์ฐธ์!" → "I can’t take it anymore!"
4๏ธโฃ Practice & Challenge!
๐ Try using these expressions in real life!
1๏ธโฃ Say "๋ฐ๋ก ์ง๊ธ" when encouraging someone to act immediately.
2๏ธโฃ Use "์ฐธ์ ์ ์์ด" when expressing strong emotions.
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