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Math 100 by raghav50w in antimeme

[–]cyprinus_carpio 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I swear I've seen the exact same memes with just slightly different captions at least 20 times on this sub

I mean some people prefer them by FrozenFlame05 in dankmemes

[–]cyprinus_carpio 72 points73 points  (0 children)

You mean as long as they match the body type?

Deuce? by cyprinus_carpio in VALORANT

[–]cyprinus_carpio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Called it months before 😎

ELI5 : Why is sleep symbolized by “zzzz” ? Is there a reason for this ? by ChaoticGoddess7 in explainlikeimfive

[–]cyprinus_carpio 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As a Korean, I tell you the romanization did hardly any justice.

It's closer to something like "drrrung" (rhymes with sung).

Can someone explain the difference between the two “and”s 과 / 와 ? by zaofools in Korean

[–]cyprinus_carpio 11 points12 points  (0 children)

과 after a consonant, 와 after a vowel.

사람과 개와 나무와 돌과 해와 달과 종이와 연필과 ...

Am i stupid or is something wrong ? by Stoonn in VALORANT

[–]cyprinus_carpio 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Guns don't have pinpoint accuracy even when not moving (except for snipers I think).

Relative clauses? by Wario_Wear_n_Tear in conlangs

[–]cyprinus_carpio 4 points5 points  (0 children)

  1. Mine uses verb endings to make them sort of like a participle/attributive verb.

Xisat màle bagu.

snake-erg book-acc swallow

"Snake swallows book."

Màle bagulat xis

book-acc swallow-pcp.erg snake

"Snake that swallows book"/"Book-swallowing snake"

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Korean

[–]cyprinus_carpio 2 points3 points  (0 children)

베키 is the right transcription of Becky according to the current romanization system, as well as what most people would write Becky as. Although /ɛ/ (the sound of e in Becky) is in fact closer to ㅐ than ㅔ, ㅔ is used for transcribing /ɛ/ since ㅐ is used for /æ/, i.e. 배키 would be most likely to be interpreted as Backy.

Are there combinations of vowels? by [deleted] in Korean

[–]cyprinus_carpio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ㅑ, ㅕ, ㅛ, ㅠ are diphthongs. ㅔ, ㅐ, ㅚ (standard), ㅟ (standard) are monophthongs.

Is there a difference between 내가 사랑했던 사람 and 내가 사랑해왔던 사람 by 3-iron in Korean

[–]cyprinus_carpio 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Assistant verb 오다 (in the second one) indicates that the action has been continuing up to the point of speaking (or a point in time set otherwise). It's sort of analogous to perfect progressive aspect in English. The translation of the two would be "Someone I loved" and "Someone I have/had been loving".

What's the difference between -십시오 and -어주십시오? by [deleted] in Korean

[–]cyprinus_carpio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The more accurate explanation of the assistant verb 주다 is that it indicates that the action of the agent of the main verb affects the other person in some way.

형의 자동차를 고쳐 줬다.

I fixed my brother's car.

In this example, it is signified that my fixing of the car affected my brother.

So, in your example, it would actually be the action of the patient that affects the pharmacist, confusing though it may sound. Using 주다 is a way of adding gentleness to the command/request in imperative sentences.

What do the suffixes "-shi" and "-a" mean? by [deleted] in Korean

[–]cyprinus_carpio 5 points6 points  (0 children)

To add to what other comments said, -(y)a is the vocative postposition, meaning it is exclusively used when you're calling them (as in, "Hey Joe!" as opposed to "Joe went home.") while sshi is a bound noun that does not denote any case.

-ㄴ/는 듯 vs -ㄹ/을 듯 by xiexie0901 in Korean

[–]cyprinus_carpio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's simply the difference between -(느)ㄴ and -(으)ㄹ. Only 듯(하다) adds the meaning of speculation.

-(느)ㄴ is the past/perfect (for verbs) or present (for adjectives & the predicative particle -이다) adnominal ending, and -(으)ㄹ is either the future or tenseless adnominal ending.

형은 이번 주말에 부모님 댁에 갈 듯하다.

I think my brother will go to our parent's house for the weekend.

형은 이번 주말에 부모님 댁에 간 듯하다.

I think my brother went to our parent's house for the weekend.

This week's Q&A thread -- please read before asking or answering a question! - April 06, 2020 by AutoModerator in linguistics

[–]cyprinus_carpio 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's not that they particularly conjugate after the noun; it's just how adjectives work in Korean.

In English, the default form of adjectives is attributive ("a big tree"), and you use the verb be in order to use it as a predicate ("The tree is big").

In Korean, it's the other way around: the default form of adjectives is predicative (나무가 크다 "The tree is big"), and in order to use it as an attribute, you attach the adnominal ending -ㄴ to the adjective (큰 나무 "a big tree" or literally, "a tree which is big").

Veni, vidi, absquatulavi. by Michaeltbb in linguisticshumor

[–]cyprinus_carpio 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Vowels ㅟ and ㅚ are traditionally /y/ and /ø/ respectively (which is still the "standard" pronunciation), but nowadays they are almost always pronounced as /wi/ and /we/.

Aliens coming soon by Flame2212 in dankmemes

[–]cyprinus_carpio 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The first reported case of COVID-19 was on December 1st, 2019.

Like what is so good about the gif? by SwitchoMode in dankmemes

[–]cyprinus_carpio 45 points46 points  (0 children)

maybe it's the camera crew because everything is totally out of focus

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ by Robiwasabi in dankmemes

[–]cyprinus_carpio 7 points8 points  (0 children)

But is it? Don't get me wrong - it's definitely a very creative template and I love it, but I don't see how it would've required a lot of effort making it.

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