Korean listening practice #18 K-dramas
Welcome to Part 18 of our Korean listening practice series!
Today, we’ll focus on expressions related to K-dramas!
Are you fascinated by K-dramas? Perhaps your journey into Korean culture began with the captivating world of Korean dramas!
Alongside K-pop, K-dramas have become a global sensation.
In this post, I’ll be discussing various types of dramas and genres, as well as sharing some of my personal favorites.
You’ll also learn useful expressions to discuss your interests, talk about main characters, and more!
Let’s dive in together!
<How to study>
1. Get to know important vocab and become acquainted with grammar concepts.
2. Watch the video without subtitles initially, then review with subtitles.
3. Listen repeatedly and mimic the speaker. Aim to listen at least once daily until you’re comfortable with the sentence structures and expressions.
Vocabulary list
| 장르 | genre |
| 남주 (남자 주인공) | Male protagonist |
| 여주 (여자 주인공) | Female protagonist |
| 행복하다 | thought |
| 이상하다 | weird, strange |
| 반전 | twist |
| 숨기다 | to hide, conceal |
| 숨겨진 | hidden, concealed |
| 재밌게 | enjoyably/interestingly |
| 최근 | recently |
| 복수 | revenge |
| 흥미진진하다 | captivating, fascinating |
| 배우 | actor |
| 연기 | acting |
| 몰입하다 | to immerse |
| 유명하다 | to be famous |
| 흥미롭다 | interesting, fascinating |
| 신기하다 | interesting, amazing |
| 웃기다 | funny |
| 공포 | horror |
| 무섭다 | to get scared |
| 거의 (+ 안(not)) | nearly, almost, hardly |
| 아직 | yet |
| 추천 | recommendation |
| 드리다 | to give (formally) |
| 그렇게 | that much |
| 아무 | any |
| 쉽게 | easily |
Grammar points
| – 것 같아요 | I think, it seems like, looks like |
| -아/어/해 지다 | to become/to get express a change in state |
| – 도 있다 | to indicate that something also happens or exists |
| -래요 (a contraction from -라고 해요) | quote indirect speech similar to “it is said” or “it is heard” |
| -ㄴ/은 적이 있다/없다 | have tried something, haven’t tried something (talking about experiences) |
| -ㄹ/을 수도 있어요 | might, may |
| -ㄹ/을 수 있어요 | can, be able to |
| -는데 | but, background info |
| 거나 | or (with verbs, adjectives) |
| -던 | that, who (past tense) |
| 마다 | each, every |
| (으) 면 | if, when |
Put your best effort into understanding the video as you listen.
And remember to mimic it too!
This practice will aid in cultivating a natural Korean accent and tone.
(The script is down below!)
<Script>
여러분들은 가장 좋아하는 드라마가 뭐예요?
저는 로맨스 장르를 많이 보는 것 같아요.
한국 드라마는 로맨스 코미디가 많아서 재밌어요.
특히 남주들은 잘생기고 여주들은 너무 예뻐서, 드라마 볼때 마다 행복해져요.
근데 가끔 한국 드라마에 이상한 반전이 있을 때도 있어요.
숨겨진 엄마나 가족이 있을 수도 있어요.
하지만 그런 것들이 드라마를 더 재밌게 만드는 것 같아요.
저는 최근에는 “더 글로리”를 제일 재밌게 봤어요.
복수를 주제로 한 드라마였는데, 흥미진진했어요.
배우들도 연기를 너무 잘해서, 몰입해서 봤어요.
제일 유명했던 “오징어 게임”은 그냥 괜찮았어요.
엄청 재밌거나 흥미롭지는 않았던 것 같아요.
근데 오징어 게임이 넷플릭스에서 제일 많이 본 드라마래요! 신기하죠?
웃긴 드라마는 미국 드라마가 더 많은 것 같아요.
옛날에는 한국에서도 웃긴 드라마들을 많이 만들었는데,
최근에는 덜 만드는 것 같아요.
공포드라마는 무서워서 잘 못 봐요. 거의 본 적이 없어요.
좀비 드라마는 가끔 보는 것 같아요.
한국 드라마 중에 재밌는 좀비드라마들이 많아요.
아직 보지 않았으면, “지금 우리학교는”이라는 드라마를 추천드려요.
좀비 드라마인데 재밌어요! 그렇게 무섭지 않아요
요새는 넷플릭스로 아무 드라마나 쉽게 볼 수 있어서 좋아요.
여러분은 어떤 장르의 드라마를 제일 자주 보나요?
What’s your favorite drama?
I think I watch a lot of romance genres.
Korean dramas are fun because there are many romance comedies.
Especially, the male protagonists are handsome and the female protagonists are so pretty,
so I become happy every time I watch a drama.
But sometimes there’s a weird twist in Korean dramas.
There may be hidden mothers or family members.
But I think such those things make the drama more interesting.
I recently enjoyed “The Glory” the most.
It was a revenge-themed drama, and it was exciting.
The actors acted so well that I watched it completely immersed.
The most famous “Squid Game” was just okay.
I don’t think it was very fun or interesting.
I heard Squid Game is the most watched drama on Netflix. Isn’t it cool?
I think there are more funny dramas in American dramas.
In the past, we also made a lot of funny dramas in Korea,
It seems like they’ve been making less recently.
I can’t watch horror dramas well because I’m scared. I’ve rarely watched them.
I think I sometimes watch zombie dramas.
There are many interesting zombie dramas among Korean dramas.
If you haven’t watched it yet, I recommend a drama called “Our School Now.”
It’s a zombie drama, but it’s fun! It’s not that scary
Nowadays, I like it because I can easily watch any drama on Netflix.
What genre of drama do you watch most often?
You can also find this on Spotify/Apple Podcasts.
Listen to it frequently whenever you have some spare time.
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