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🎬 What You Hear in K-Drama

Unit 29 of 30 in the Kaja Hangul course (an optional unit — it sits in the path but never blocks it). Every phrase below is shown in 한글 with a romanisation, what it actually means, and a recording you can play.

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The phrases

대박
daebak
No way! / Amazing!
Originally 'jackpot'. Now the all-purpose exclamation.
헐
heol
Whoa
Not really a word — a noise that became one.
어떡해
eotteokae
Oh no, what do I do
A contraction of 어떻게 해 — 'how do I do it'.
말도 안 돼
maldo an dwae
That's ridiculous
Literally 'it doesn't even become words'.
화이팅
hwaiting
You've got this
From English 'fighting'. Also written 파이팅.
아이고
aigo
Oh dear
Learn to hear it — it carries a lot of feeling for two syllables.
진심이야?
jinsimiya?
Are you serious?
진심 = sincerity, true feeling. This is 반말 — the polite form is 진심이에요?
나 좋아해?
na joahae?
Do you like me?
반말 again: 좋아해요 → 좋아해.
우리 사귀자
uri sagwija
Let's go out
-자 = 'let's', the casual counterpart of -(으)ㅂ시다. 사귀다 = to date.
밥 한번 먹자
bap hanbeon meokja
Let's get a meal sometime
한번 = once, sometime. Same -자 ending.
됐어
dwaesseo
Forget it
Literally 'it has become', i.e. that will do.
잠깐만
jamkkanman
Hold on
The casual form of 잠깐만요.
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