Lessons from Dave-seonsaengnim (World of Dave) #3

Korean L3: Phrases — “It can’t be helped”

Thoughts from The Last Debutante
1 min readSep 25, 2018
This lesson goes a bit quick, thread lightly.

Shrugging, but with words

어쩔 수 없어/uhjjeol su ubsuh・It can’t be helped, There is nothing I can do about it, I can’t help it, It’s inevitable.

내일 못 와요?/naeil mot wayo・You can’t make it tomorrow?

네, 내일 일해야 돼요/nae, naeil il haeyadaeyo・Yeah, I have work tomorrow

막차 끝났어요/makcha ggeutnassuhyo・I missed the last train

어쩔 수 없어요, 우리집에서 자고 가요/uhjjeol su ubsuh uri jibehsuh jago gayo・It can’t be helped, just sleep over tonight

내일 운동 할래?/naeil undong halleae?・You want to exercise tomorrow?

아..나 다리를 다쳤어요/ah..na darireul dachyeossuhyo・Ah, I hurt my leg

야, 토요일에 놀러가자/ya toyoileh noluhgaja・Hey, let’s party on Saturday!

부모님 안된대/bumonim andaendae・My parent’s said I can’t go out that day

아 쫌/ah jjom・Aw, com’on!

Writers notes: As of September 25th, 2018, Dave hasn’t uploaded a video in ten days. Send help. Also, YouTube, MONETIZE THIS MAN’S CHANNEL!

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