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가야금이 사람 키만 해요 — A gayageum as tall as a person — describing shapes and feelings
가야금이 사람 키만 해요 — A gayageum as tall as a person — describing shapes and feelings. Lesson 7 of Level 3B in the haru Korean regular course.
What you will be able to do
- Say how big something is by comparing it with something everyone knows, with N만 하다: 가야금이 사람 키만 해요. · 손바닥만 한 가야금을 샀어요.
- Recommend something, or say it was bearable, with -(으)ㄹ 만하다: 그 공연은 정말 볼 만해요. · 의자가 딱딱했지만 참을 만했어요.
- React to something new in casual speech with -구나 · -는구나 · (이)구나 — to close friends only: 와, 가야금이 진짜 크구나! · 아, 이게 장구구나!
- Say what a place or a person is famous for with -기로 유명하다: 이 시장은 떡이 맛있기로 유명해요. · 할아버지는 장구를 잘 치시기로 유명하셨어요.
Grammar in this lesson
- N만 하다 —가야금이 사람 키만 해요 — as big as … · about the size of … — sizes by comparison
- V-(으)ㄹ 만하다 —그 공연은 정말 볼 만해요 — worth …ing · good enough to … — recommending, and putting up with things
- A-구나 · V-는구나 · N(이)구나 —와, 가야금이 진짜 크구나! — oh, so it's …! — casual exclamations, and the 반말 endings in one place
- A/V-기로 유명하다 —이 시장은 떡이 맛있기로 유명해요 — famous for being … · well known for doing …