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How to say "you scared me to death" in korean?
In dramas, i always hear but i cant find the right spelling.
It sounds like,
" kamchakya!".
is it related with 갑자기?
how is it written? can a korean friend write it in hangul?
Feb 21, 2016 6:35 PM
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it's written 깜짝이야
it doesn't have any relation to 갑자기
February 21, 2016
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"you scared me to death" => 너 때문에 너무 놀랐다 / 너 땜에 가슴이 철렁했어 / 너 땜에 간 떨어질 뻔했어.
- 가슴이 철렁하다: My heart sank/dropped. 철렁하다: literally "(a liquid) shifts/splashes" (mimetic/onomatopoeic),
- 간 떨어질 뻔하다: My liver(간) almost(뻔하다) dropped(떨어질). ~ㄹ 뻔하다: almost did / came close to ~ing.
"kamchakya!" == 깜짝이야.
깜짝 is a mimetic word describing the way you are startled.
- 깜짝 놀랐어: I was startled. I was greatly surprised.
- 깜짝이야: Gee! (That startled me.).
갑자기 is an adverb for "suddenly", "all of a sudden", unrelated to 깜짝이야.
February 21, 2016
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