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INTRODUCTION
Becky: Must-Know Korean Social Media Phrases Season 1. Lesson 4 - Sharing a Song.
Becky: Hi everyone, I'm Becky.
Jaehwi: And I'm Jaehwi.
Becky: In this lesson, you'll learn how to post and leave comments in Korean about music or videos. 소라 (Sora) shares a song she just heard at a party, posts a link to the video, and leaves this comment:
Jaehwi: 이 노래 강추! (i norae gangchu!)
Becky: Meaning - "Highly recommend this song!" Listen to a reading of the post and the comments that follow.

Lesson conversation

(clicking sound)
소라: 이 노래 강추! (i norae gangchu!)
(clicking sound)
송희: 와, 예전 생각 난다. (wa, yejeon saeng-gak nanda.)
민희: 명곡이야. (myeonggogiya.)
만세: 완전 옛날 노래잖아. (wanjeon yeonnal noraejanna.)
공유: 나도 옛날에 팬이었어! (nado yennare paeinieosseo!)
Becky: Listen again with the English translation.
(clicking sound)
소라: 이 노래 강추! (i norae gangchu!)
Becky: "Highly recommend this song!"
(clicking sound)
송희: 와, 예전 생각 난다. (wa, yejeon saeng-gak nanda.)
Becky: "Wow, it makes me remember the old days."
민희: 명곡이야. (myeonggogiya.)
Becky: "It's a masterpiece."
만세: 완전 옛날 노래잖아. (wanjeon yeonnal noraejanna.)
Becky: "It's too old, right?"
공유: 나도 옛날에 팬이었어! (nado yennare paeinieosseo!)
Becky: "I was a fan too back in the day!”
POST
Becky: Listen again to 소라 (Sora)'s post.
Jaehwi: 이 노래 강추! (i norae gangchu!)
Becky: "Highly recommend this song!"
Jaehwi: (SLOW) 이 노래 강추! (i norae gangchu!) (Regular) 이 노래 강추! (i norae gangchu!)
Becky: Let's break this down. First is a phrase meaning "this song."
Jaehwi: 이 노래 (i norae)
Becky: It starts with the pronoun..
Jaehwi: 이
Becky: meaning "this" and has the noun..
Jaehwi: 노래
Becky: meaning "song." In written and formal Korean, you need to add the object marking particle and say..
Jaehwi: 이 노래를.
Becky: But in spoken Korean, it's more natural to omit the particle as in..
Jaehwi: 이 노래 좋아
Becky: "I like this song." Listen again. "This song" is...
Jaehwi: (SLOW) 이 노래 (i norae) (REGULAR) 이 노래 (i norae)
Becky: Then comes the phrase - "highly recommend."
Jaehwi: 강추! (gangchu!)
Becky: This phrase has the same format as the word..
Jaehwi: 완추.
Becky: Which also means “highly recommend.” First, we have the noun..
Jaehwi: 강
Becky: which is from the noun meaning "strong" and then..
Jaehwi: 추
Becky: which means "recommendation." Altogether, you can say..
Jaehwi: 강추
Becky: to mean "highly recommend" as slang. Listen again."highly recommend" is...
Jaehwi: (SLOW) 강추! (gangchu!) (REGULAR) 강추! (gangchu!)
Becky: Altogether, "Highly recommend this song!"
Jaehwi: 이 노래 강추! (i norae gangchu!)
COMMENTS
Becky: In response, 소라(Sora)'s friends leave some comments.
Becky: Her high school friend, 송희 (Songhee), uses an expression meaning - "Wow, it makes me remember the old days."
Jaehwi: (SLOW) 와, 예전 생각 난다. (wa, yejeon saeng-gak nanda.) (REGULAR) 와, 예전 생각 난다. (wa, yejeon saeng-gak nanda.)
[Pause]
Jaehwi: 와, 예전 생각 난다. (wa, yejeon saeng-gak nanda.)
Becky: Use this expression to express a sense of nostalgia.
Becky: Her neighbor, 민희 (Minhee), uses an expression meaning - "It's a masterpiece."
Jaehwi: (SLOW) 명곡이야. (myeonggogiya.) (REGULAR) 명곡이야. (myeonggogiya.)
[Pause]
Jaehwi: 명곡이야. (myeonggogiya.)
Becky: Use this expression to show you're feeling warmhearted.
Becky: Her nephew, 만세 (Manse), uses an expression meaning - "It's too old, right?"
Jaehwi: (SLOW) 완전 옛날 노래잖아. (wanjeon yeonnal noraejanna.) (REGULAR) 완전 옛날 노래잖아. (wanjeon yeonnal noraejanna.)
[Pause]
Jaehwi: 완전 옛날 노래잖아. (wanjeon yeonnal noraejanna.)
Becky: Use this expression to show you're feeling cynical.
Becky: Her supervisor, 공유 (Gongyu), uses an expression meaning - "I was a fan too back in the day!"
Jaehwi: (SLOW) 나도 옛날에 팬이었어! (nado yennare paeinieosseo!) (REGULAR) 나도 옛날에 팬이었어! (nado yennare paeinieosseo!)
[Pause]
Jaehwi: 나도 옛날에 팬이었어! (nado yennare paeinieosseo!)
Becky: Use this expression to express nostalgia.

Outro

Becky: Okay, that's all for this lesson. If a friend posted something about sharing music or videos, which phrase would you use? Leave us a comment letting us know. And we'll see you next time!
Jaehwi: 다음 시간에 만나요.

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