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Introduction

Hello!!

My name is Angie and I made this little space in order to record my study progress with the two oriental languages I'm currently learning: Korean and Japanese.

I come from Italy 🇮🇹, and I have spoken English since I was a little kid. Now I'm currently attending the third year of my bachelor's degree in oriental languages and my dream is to become a translator.

What am I going do with this page?

I was planning to share translations and grammar analysis of quotes I find here and there, maybe even lyrics from songs! Nothing too serious, just a little experiment I wished to try to practice my translating skills~

Hope this little angle will be useful for someone else here besides me 🫶

BTS - Arirang

Body to body

Today I'm going to analyze and translate the korean lyrics of another song from BTS' latest album, Arirang!

I Already analyzed the lyrics and translated 'Body to body', you can find it in my materialist, which is pinned as soon as you open my profile.💜

So, the next song is Hooligan🥷 which hasn't much korean sentences but there are enough for us to practice our translating skills!

SO HERE WE GO! 가자!!

So we have Hoseok's verse here:

Man, I'm 'bout to blow a fuse (yeah)

통제 불능 머리 춤 (yeah)

통제 = control

불능 = inability, incapacity

머리 = head

춤 = dance

Supposing there's a comma between the first two words, the translation might be:

Unable to control/out of control, my head dances/my head bangs.

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뛰어 미친놈인 듯 (uh)

뛰어 = From the verb 뛰다 "to run/jump" conjugated like a command.

미친놈인 듯= 미친 "mad" + 놈 abbreviation of 남자". So 미친놈 means "is madman" then we have the ending -인 듯 which is similar to the grammar "as if~" in this case there's the verb 이다 so the full translation is "as if you are~"

So the full sentence is:

Jump, as if you are a madman

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Me everywhere, 얼쑤

얼쑤 is a korean onomatopeic verse, we already heard it in "Idol" it can be translated as "oh yeah" or "all right"

So it's simply like:

Me everywhere, Oh yeah!

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다들 모여 하나 둘

다들=you all/everyone

모야= verb "모이다" "to move" conjugated again as a command.

하나 = one (pure korean)

둘 = two (pure korean)

So:

Everyone move! One, two~

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Beat drop, 우린 dancin'

Here we have just the 우린 which is the abbreviation of 우리는 "us" + topic marker. So:

Beat drop, we dancin'

Then we move to Yoon's verse!

Like El Cucuy, 굳이 말 안 해도 알잖아

굳이 = it's an adverb that could be "stubbornly" (in a negative way) or "firmly" (in a positive way)

말 안 해도 = (yep.. it's a whole verb) we have the verb 말하다 "to talk" in its negative form 말 안 하다 "to not talk" + 도 "too"

알잖아= verb 알다 "to know" + -잖아 ending which refers to something that it's obvious.

So it can be like this:

Like El Cucuy, You solidly know it even without speaking.

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Hooligan, like hooligan, 때려 부숴 like hooligan

때려= verb 때리다 "beat/hit"

부숴= verb 부시다 "demolish"

Hooligan, like Hooligan, beat and demolish like hooligan

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시간 됐으니 좀 비켜 좀, all clear, 이상 무

시간= time

됐으니 = verb 되다 "to become/to be over/to pass" + 으니(까) which is a suffix that can be translated as "since~"

좀 = abbreviation of 조금

비켜 = verb 비키다 "to move out of the way"

좀 = abbreviation of 조금

이상 무 = "all clear"

So:

Since it's time, move a away a little, all clear, all clear

I'll take all the korean sentences and try to translate each word/verb and give a quick analysis!

The first one is Body to Body, a song that spreads the message of how important is the closeness among people, a message that gets intensified once you hear the traditional korean song 'Arirang' at the end of the song. (It alwyas gives me goosebumps!!)

The first korean sentences are in Suga's verse:

총 칼 키보드 다 좀 치워

총=guns

칼=knives

(In both there's no need to specify the plural form, which is usually expressed with the suffix -들)

키보드= literally 'keyboard' (it's a borrowed word from English)

다 = all

좀 = abbreviation of 조금 which means "a little"

치워 = informal version of the verb 치우다 which means "erase, put something away, clean something up". It's conjugated in a way that sounds like an order.

The full sentence is:

Guns, knives, keyboards put them all away.

Then we have the second sentence!

인생은 짧아 증오는 비워

(Similar structure as the previous one, but here we have two small sentences)

인생= life + there's the topic marker 은, which suggests us that this one is the theme of the sentence. (It can also be the subject)

짧아 = informal version of the descriptive verb 짧다 which means "to be short".

증오= hate + again the topic marker 는

비워= informal version of the verb 비우다 which means "to vacate" in this case linked to 증오 is like "clear your mind from hate"

So the whole sentence literally could be:

Life is short, clear your mind from hate

Third sentence!

뭘 체면 따져 내려놔, 야 인마

뭘= its an abbreviation for 무엇을 which means 'what' + the object particle 을

체면= it means 'face' but in a more "social" way.

따져 = From 따지다, meaning to weigh, consider, worry, nitpick, or fuss over.

내려놔 = From 내려놓다, meaning to put down, let go, or drop.

야 인마= 야 mean "hey" while 인마 means "dude, jerk, pal"

So the sentence can be:

What makes you worry over a saving face, just drop it, hey dude

Next!!

좀 더 가까이 와 skin to skin

좀= abbreviation of 조금 which means "a little"

더 = more

가까이 와= informal version of the verb 가까이 오다 which means "to move closer"

Come a little more closer, skin to skin

Then we enter in the pre-chorus:

저기 저 달에 닿게 손에 손

저기= there

저= that

달에= moon + location particle ㅔ

닿게= verb 닿다 which means "to touch, to reach for, to come in contact with"

손에= hand + location particle ㅔ

손= hand (again~)

Hand to hand, reaching for that moon over there

Next!

너와 나 we on and on

너= you

와= ~and/with (it's the particle that express company)

나= me

You and me, we on and on

Then we have Hobi's verse!

I mean, 너와의 사이

너 = you

와 = (again) ~with

의 = it's the particle that express possession, it's like "'s"

사이 =between

I mean, between you and me. ("Me" it's implied)

Next!

I mean, 우리만의 그 style

우리만의=우리 means "us/ours" + 만 it's a particle that means "only ~" and 의 it's the possessive marker we mentioned before.

그= that

I mean, that style that's only ours. (Meaning that their style it's different)

Next!

두 눈을 감지 않을 이 밤

두= two (pure Korean number)

눈을 = eyes + object marker

감지 않을 = verb 감다 "to close" + negative 지 않다 together mean "not closing" + 을 in this case doesn't stand for an object marker, it's what we call "relative form" and in this case it's on the future tense so "~that will~"

이밤 = 이 means "this" while 밤 (as Kookie's doggy) means "night"

So:

This night in which we won't close our eyes.

Next!

솟구치는 겨레의 마음

솟구치는= from the verb 솟구치다 that means "to surge, to rise" the 는 is another case of relative form but in this case in the present tense version.

겨레의= nation, people

마음= heart, soul, spirit

The spirit of a rising nation

Then we have pre-chorus and chorus we already analyzed and then there's the Arirang part:

아리랑, 아리랑, 아라리요

That's literally translated as you read it mostly because there is no translation for these words. Arirang can mean tons of things for what we all know.

Arirang, arirang, arariyo

Next~

아리랑 고개로 넘어간다

아리랑 고개로 = Arirang + 고개 means "mountain, hill" then we have the direction marker 로

넘어간다 = verb 넘어가다 which means "to cross over" + the -ㄴ다 ending is what we call the "narrative ending" so its usually used to tell a story.

Crossing over the hill of Arirang

Next!

나를 버리고 가시는 님은

Here we have two sentences and a relative!

나를= me + object marker

버리고= verb 버리다 which means "to leave behind" + suffix 고 which connects two sentences/verbs.

가시는= onorific version of the verb 가다 which means "to go" (for the onorific just add the -시 particle) + present tense relative

님은= 님 is a more affectionate way to call someone. You can translate it as "loved one", "beloved one". + topic marker

So:

My beloved, one who is leaving me behind and goes away.

Last one!!

십 리도 못 가서 발병 난다

십= ten (sino-korean number)

리도= 리 it's a measure of distance. 1 li/ri it's about 400 metres. + 도 which means "also, too"

못 가서= 못 it's another way to turn a verb in it's negative form, with the sole difference that if you use this particle it will implied that you couldn't do that action. + we have again the 가다 "to go" verb and the -서 suffix that implies that after that action there's a consequence so it can be translated as "then, because etc."

발병= feet pain (literally 발 means foot while 병 means illness, another bts song is called like that which is "disease")

난다= verb 나다 "to occur" + narrative ending.

So:

You will get your feet sore even if you can't cross 10 li

And that's it!!! This was the first translation I made🥹 I tried to be as literal as possible to make you understand each grammar point! I hope you will find this helpful!!