Korean Q&A - What is 막? How do you use this word?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ต.ค. 2017
- In today’s Q&A Hyunwoo answers a very popular question: what is 막?
But wait….doesn’t he usually answer 4 questions? What happened?! Well, 막 has so many meanings and nuances, Hyunwoo thought it best to dedicate a whole episode to it! Was this helpful for you? Let us know in the comments!
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Koreans use this word a lot It will be useful to you guys~~~
Hyunwoo, I think I take it for granted, so I just wanted to compliment you on how great your English is. It is extremely rare to hear a non-native english speaker (who hasn't lived in an English speaking country) that speaks the language as well as you do. Another great video, too. Thank you for all that you and the team do. :)
Mort7an Exactly, I know right!! And on top of that, it isn't easy to explain something from your language (that you have been used to growing up, and may have an ambiguous meaning), let alone doing it in a non-native language of yours woah. Kudos to Hyunwoo and the team!
So true!! It's so refreshing to hear!
Does it mean that he doesn't have any accent ?
I can't tell because I'm not a native english speaker.
But I suppose he does.
Yehet Ohorat Ok i see thanks for your answer ☺️, i've always asked myself if i have to take him for example in english to improve.
he sounds like a native Korean-American.
If it wasn't for TTMIK I wouldn't be able to learn this interesting and beautiful language, I'm really thankful to Hyunwoo Sun 선생님 and all his crew!
A video all about 막 and an advert for MAC cosmetics comes on before the video lol
Barry Scott MAC = 맥 ^^
😂😂😂 I got a mac ad too
Got it lol
Hahahah omg!
Not the same for every country
With regard to #4, it seems like 막 is serving two purposes:
In a sentence like 설마 막 집에 사자 있고 그런 거 아니죠? (You don’t have lions at home or something like that, right?) 막 is acting like a _general extender_ - the person isn’t asking specifically just about lions but some category that includes lions, like maybe wild animals or something. (“Or something” is another general extender.)
In a sentence like 우리 사진 보면서 막 "이때 좋았지." 했어요. (We were looking at these photos and we were like “Those were good times.”) 막 is acting like a _hedge_ - probably no one actually _said_ 이때 좋았지 but their experience was similar to one in which they _would_ say that.
It’s not like 막 has _no_ meaning - it’s kind of a comment about the words it relates to.
Ooooh your comment was really helpful!
I didn't get a lot of that one from the video but this was useful, thanks !
That’s great! “Filler words” like 막 in Korean or “like” in English (“We were, like, ‘really?’”) are a little hard to define-they seem to have no real meaning-but they _do_ mean something. That’s for letting me know that comment helped.
Absolutely brilliant! I feel like 막 could be similar to "um" or "so" the way they are used in English. You seriously have such a way with explaining the "translations" and meanings of Korean concepts because it isn't as simple as English with defining a word being that it is so agglutinative. You guys inspire me!
Right? I was eating with my Korean friend the other day and we were talking about how talented Hyunwoo is at explaining things. I told him these short videos help me understand so many little intricacies of Korean. Still have a long way to go, but these sure help!
I agree that it is used like "um" or "so" and even "like" as a filler. Without this video, I would be very confused if I ever heard the word used in the 4th context
I use and have heard it used like in American English when we say "like" in front of our sentence as we're still thinking about what to say, as a filler word.
I live in South Korea and I hear this all the time in my classroom... these examples are spot on. Thanks so much for breaking it down as always TTMIK!
i would be so lost with out Hyunwoo honestly bless him
It almost translates like 'just' in English.
"I was sad, so I just cried."
"I just got here."
"He just buys everything."
"There are just some phone cases and chargers."
The only one where it doesn't quite work is the picture example. (Hopefully, I'm not wrong about this 😂)
wow, great point
Yes I was just thinking the same thing
I really like how this one word is broken down into 4 different meanings. As well as how it is demonstrated in each and every sentences given by Hyunwoo. The 4th meaning of 막 -- I've heard it before. I was listening to BTS's new album. One of their tracks called "Skit: Humiliation and Fear," Rap Monster and Jin were using this word very often as a filler. The explanation definitely helped me to understand it more. Thank you for posting this video! I really appreciate it and I hope that you make more videos like these -- it has helped me a lot!!!! :D
1. You're the best teacher 2. You're better than me at English ( English is my native language) 3. TTMIK is the greatest
이 동영상을 찍어주시고 알아듣게 설명 해주셔서 너무 감사합니다!
저는 '막' 많이 들었으니까 오래 궁금하고 막 사전에서 찾아봤는데 4번째 의미가 없더라고요. 이제는 드디어 이해 하게 됐어요!
As a filler it seems similar to "like" in English. There's less stress on 막 when pronouncing vs. #1-3, correct?
Great explanation! One of the best videos in the series!
Hyunwoo, you are rly sth man!!! every Q&A video i watch I learn so much :) even after living in Korea for almost 2 years and coming back to Sweden it's hard to keep up with what I learned and keep studying korean, but your videos give me the motivation I need. Thank you! keep it up you rock
What a great q&a vid! Learned so much from this one
hyunwoo, thank you so much for all of your lessons; I really appreciate these kind of lessons that are full of details since I am more technical.
This explanation was very good! I understood everything perfectly... 감사합니다 😊
The explanation of how 마구 마구 became 막 was the best pronunciation coaching I've ever heard.
When I tried to pronounce 막 after saying 마구 마구, it felt as natural speaking English.
Wow, this one was great! I've noticed a real rise in production quality from you guys lately (Seokin!?) and I'm enjoying your content a lot. I really liked the extended focus on such an interesting word like this. Can't wait for more!
It is sooo useful video! Thank you very much! I always was confused by 막 and could not find appropriate translations in dictionaries. Even searching through the internet and different forums it was so complicated to understand. Now finally I got it! Thanks!
This video hit the spot! 현우 선생님 감사합니다!
슬퍼서 막 울었어요.. 어 어 어 ㅠㅠ
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 감사합니당 🙏🏻
the sound effect for crying is actually 엉 not 어. so you'd say like 엉엉엉
little-vince 쟤가 막 "엉엉엉" 했어요
Your youtube channel is a blessing to me. My husband is korean and I dont know much at all. this helps so much and also i want to be able to communicate with koreans
Great Q&A! Very well explained.
감사합니다 🙏🏻💕
Your videos are like presents to me. Thanks!
Such a small word but it can be used so many ways! This was really fascinating thanks!
This was very helpful! Thank you!
Wow, this was so helpful!! Thank you for this! (aaahhh, I wish there was a magical way you could do a video like this on every single word, haha)
완전 유용합니다 감사합니다
I can clearly see you enjoyed shooting this. You were always smiling through the video :)
I always enjoy shooting TTMIK videos ^_^!
this was very helpful! 😄 thank you!
어떡해 쓸지 늘 궁금했어요 이제 다 선명하고 설명해주셔서 감사합니다🙏
I am nowhere near learning this level, but I find the explanations intriguing and I want to get to this level. It also explains why I think I hear this word in dramas all the time.
Love this video; it was really useful!! Wow 막 is such a useful word to know!! Thank you for this :))
This is what i am looking for. Have been wondering this word meanjng these days. Thanks Hyun Woo Sonsaengnim and TTMIK!!!!
KING!
This was quite interesting! I've been interested in Korean culture for quite a while now, but didn't start formally and diligently studying Korean until fairly recently. As a result, like 90% of my Korean just comes from watching shows and picking stuff up. I'm a nerd (lol) so when I'm alone, I often talk to myself out loud in Korean as a way to practice and sort of test my ability to just talk comfortably like I would in English. There are certain words/phrases, like 막, that often make their way into my talking to myself without me even having studied the "official" meaning/usage simply because I've heard it so much. I've found that i often use 막 in the 4th way, which was interesting because it isn't like I heard it one day and intentionally started using it - i just subconsciously picked it up and it make its way into my speech. So it's kinda nice to watch this and learn that I am, in fact, using it correctly haha.
1. 막 just now
2. 마구->막 violently/crazy
3. 막 recklessly carelessly
Thank you
Gracias, por sus enseñanzas, saludos y bendiciones 👍😁
Thanks for the great explanations :)
This is a great video. Thank you for teaching us ^_^
좋은 설명 막 해요 선생님 감사합니다
감사합니다 선생님
Oh, wow. I only knew the second/third meaning. Thank you!!
두번과 세번째 의미만 알고 항상 그렇게 들었어요. 감사합니다 선생님!!
Thank you so much!
Good and clear explanation..
감사합니다 현우 선생님~~
우와, 너무 재미있는 레썬이야! 한국어 막 공부하고 있어. ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 고마워!!
요즘 친구들과 얘기할때 막 자연스럽게 나오는 단어네요ㅋㅋㅋ정확한 의미를 잘 몰라서 설명해주셔서 감사합니다!
thanks for explaining! IU uses this word a lot!
@talktomeinkorean Thank you for this "private class"! Yes, I feel like I've just taken a very useful private class!
I hardly gonna remember all 4 meanings. Identifying when is each one ''specially the 4th one'' is gonna be hard to me.
This is the best explanation Ive got about it thank you so much sonsenim
this was so helpful :) thank you
Thank you koren Talk To me ln korean
TTMIK videos didn't used to be this good. You guys have improved the past few years. haha Excellent stuff lately!
I encounter the 4th use of 막 the most out of all of them. I usually hear it in variety shows and have always been curious how exactly to use it. Though I'm still confused as to where to put it in a sentence and how often I can use them naturally.
Thank you for the video!^^
Excellent, as usual. Very cleverly put.
Congratulations
Would you please explain the same for "jom" which seem to have several meanings ?
고마워! ^^
useful little word, thanks
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ막 아주 신선한 주제네요^-^ '막'을 마구마구 사용하면서도 무슨 뜻인지 몰랐는데 재밌는 설명 감사합니다.
현우씨, 안녕하세요?
I have seen several of your video clips explaining the use of certain Korean expressions. This one on 막 was very helpful. Thank you.
One suggestion: At the beginning you described the word as a "one letter" word. Could you mean a one 'syllable" word since the word is a combination of 3 characters or letters? I know this is a very trivial point, but because you speak English so fluently this may help it to sound more fluent to English speakers. We use the word "character" or alphabet character as "letter". i am planning to make more use of the lessons to improve my Korean. 그레서, 수고하셨습니다!
Yeah, he got me confused haha! For a second I was thinking that maybe in Korean, each syllable block is considered one letter for some reason.
So it’s like the English filler word “like” I say this word so much I don’t even realize it most of the time. Does 딱 work like this as well?
막 y cheese!
HAHAHAHAHHA
Thank you
This word seems so confusing but now I got it
Is 막 and 방금 is the same meaning? Im hoping for your reply..thank you!
1:01 Wink! OMG so cute!
The only one I've recognised before is the 4th meaning, I didn't even know the first 3 examples existed. Great video!!
고마워요 선생님... 앞으로 "막"을 사용할거예요 당당하게 ^^
이 단어를 막 처음에 들었을때는 잘 몰라서 사전에 찾아봤는데 도대체 무슨 의미인지 머리가 복잡하고 대체로 이해 안 갔지만 현우 선생님이 열심히 설명해주신 거 덕분에 조금 더 말이 되는 것 같네요. 정말 감사합니다! 몇번에 틀리더라도 언젠간 잘 이해할려면 연습할 수밖에 없겠죠!
막 #1 - Just Now
막 (마구) #2 - Word Amplifier
막 #3 - Carelessly or Recklessly
막 #4 - Word Filler
1.) 막 - Just now
• 이제 막 집에서 나왔어요 / 막 집에서 나왔어요
- I just left home
• 저도 막 도착했어요 - I just arrived as well
2.) 마구 >>> 막 - Harshly, Voraciously, Wildly (Word Amplifier)
• 배고파서 막 먹었어요 - I was hungry, I ate like crazy
• 슬퍼서 막 울었어요 - I was sad, I cried a lot.
• 막 때리다 - To badly beat up someone
3.) 막 - Carelessly or Recklessly
• 그 사람은 돈을 막 써요 - That person spends their money carelessly.
• 막 만지지 마세요 - Don't touch it carelessly (Touch it, but be careful)
- 집에서 막 입는옷 - To wear without worries
• 이거 집에서 막 입는 옷이에요 - These are clothes that I carelessly wear at home.
4.) 막 - Filler in between words
(In English = Like)
• 설마 "막" 집에 사자 있고 그런 거 아니죠?
- Perhaps by any chance "like" you don't have lions at home right?
• 핸드폰 케이스나 "막" 그런 거 많이 보여요
- I can see things "like" cell phone cases and many more.
• 우리 사진 보면서 "막" "이때 좋았지" 했어요.
- We we're looking at these photos, and we were "like" "Those were good times.".
Well made video
Yay thank you! I always wanted to know what 막 was
surprisingly I understands those sentence' meaning even before you give translations.. thanks to korean drama 😂 your explanation is verrrry good btw.. thanks a lot ssaem!
GRACIAAAAAAS
Im a great fan of you Sir! I hope i could meet you in Seoul one day and have some fun conversation with you and untie my tongue for Korean language! ^^
Good evening, everyone on the US East Coast!!
감사합니다!
SakuyaLuigi
Lol. I tell you "Good Evening" and you respond with "Thank You." Mhm.
안녕하세요!
+memes&kpophavetakenmysoul pleasehelpme Heck yeah, I do. 😊
I was thanking for the greeting.
Florida
to arrive sounds like 到着, thats so interesting!
الترجمة
المعنى1
تركت المنزل الان " ترتك المنزل في هذه اللحظة " 1:54
وصلت الان 2:30
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2 بكيت بقوة او ضحكت بقوة " تكتب ماغ " بعدين الفعل
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3 5:25
انك تسوي شي بعدم مبالاة او تهور او بلا فائدة
" ذلك الشخص صرف المال بتهور "
"لاتلمسة " + يكون شي ماتبي حد يعبث فية
" هذه الملابس " باريحية او عادية "ما البسه في المنزل
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4 filler يعني زيادات
مثاله الاول قال " مستحيل , يوجد في المنزل اسد , اليس كذلك "
المثال الثالث " عندما نرى هذه الصور نقول . هذا كان وقتا جيدا .
مع ان الرابعة مالها ترجمة معينة
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hello sir...thanks your vids...i learn a lot about this....sir can you pls make a vids about eps topik exam..
example
1st usage :
가: 빨리 , 파티에 늦을건데 언제 끝날거야?
나 : 걱정마 막 끝났거든
2nd usage :
가 : 야 안말했잖아 , 남친이랑 헤어질 때가 반응 어땠어?
나 : 손 막 잡고 가지말라고 했어 , 약간 아픈 것 같은데
3rd usage :
가 : 와 이거 봐봐 (고양이)
나 : 귀엽지
가 :혹시 집없는 고양이야? 기를려고 그럼
나 : 응 막 기르지마라
4th usage :
가 : 어떻게 됐어?
나 : 거봐 , 주단태가 천서진이랑 날 배신했다 ~~ 내가 왔을때 막 감짝 놀랬어
Correct me if I am wrong
현우쌤 오늘도 잘 설명해주셔서 감사합니다
Great lesson as always!!
Oh y me encanta como hablas el Ingles Gamsahabnida
I have been looking for an answer like number 4 for so long. Every korean I talked to had no idea what I was talking about because they couldn't remember saying it.
I feel like using how to know this work is a huge step in speaking ability;( i want to use it
احترمت نفسس حين خيّرتها بين السهل والصعب، فاختارت الصعب
Hi! Thanks for information! Does this word used in everyday speech a lot?
رائع
I ask for more videos about "street korean"
안녕하세요 현우쌤!
I have a question. I have also heard "막 이래요" translated as "I'm originally like this" would this take on the first meaning of 막? Or is it just a filler?
Mel89 막 in that sentence is a filler(or sometimes filler but a little bit of 2 or 3 meaning).
막 이래요 can be used in the situations like when you are describing something (That is like this) or someone's action (He/she is doing this). etc.
BTW that expressions are usually used by girls when they want to say in a cute way.
Anyways... "context" matters to determine the meaning of 막 or 막 이래요 as a whole.
Ahh! I see! Thank you so much, yea my korean 언니 also said "막" today and I think that was a filler or like you said, a way to something in a cute way. 설명해주셔서 정말 감사합니다 =)
I was wondering if I can use 만지지 마세요 if, for example, my sister want to touch a drawing that took me like 2 hours to draw ? Or is it only use with expensive devices ?
For the 4th meaning, where do you place 막 in the sentence as a filler? Does it go before a verb or noun?
Annyeong Profesor eres muy Guapo, me gustan tus videos, queria saber si tienes algunos videos o libros con el significado de las palaras escritas en koreano para aprenderlas, Gamsahabnida
Hi! In which situations do we use 이름, 성함, 성명? Thank you.
pink background!!
I've been watching "복면가왕" lately and the judge's panel people often say "소름 막~!" when someone is singing really well, but nothing after that. Is that being used as the second meaning, and if so what verb would go with 소름? (Or is it just a different word altogether and I am hearing it wrong?)
Yes! It means "a lot of goosebumps" :)