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Ji Ah
개 in front of adejctives
Hello! I don't really think that this is an appropriate question but I don't really have whom to ask for an answer.
I've seen/heard (quite rarely though) that sometimes Koreans use the word "개" in front of an adjective and some examples that come to my mind are: "개 이쁘네"; "개 맛있어"
I've always thought that it's some kind of a swearing? ( I always saw/heard it in a colloquial language) like how in English we say f** beautiful/perfect etc. But it's been on my mind a lot lately and I wonder about its real meaning.
If it is a swear word(?) I'm really really sorry for being inappropriate but yet again, I don't have anyone who can explain it to me.
Thank you in advance!
2016년 6월 30일 오후 9:26
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In Korean dictionary, [개-] means
1.'야생 상태의' 또는 '질이 떨어지는', '흡사하지만 다른' 뜻을 더하는 접두사(wild,fake)
ex) 빛좋은 개살구, 개떡
2. '헛된', ' 쓸데없는'의 뜻을 더하는 접두사(Useless, vain)
ex)개소리, 개꿈
3. '정도가 심한'의 뜻을 더하는 접두사(hard, extreme)
ex)개망나니, 개고생
In the examples like "개 이쁘네"; "개 맛있어" , 개 is used as the meaning of number 3(very, extremely)
This adverbial 개 is mostly used by teenagers.
It is not a swear word but slang between teenagers.
2016년 7월 1일
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You can consider it as the perfect equivalence to [fu**ing] in English, with the only difference it being in no way (sexually) offending. (No [beep] required)
It is supposed to remind of cute puppies instead, and it absolutely doesn't have anything to do with swearing or dog meats.
2016년 6월 30일
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