Learn Korean with K-Pop: Go Won – One & Only

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Here’s a full breakdown of the grammar and vocabulary of the lyrics of “One & Only” by Go Won. Repeated lines and lyrics entirely in English are omitted.

Vocabulary

Nouns

• 해 – Sun
• 잠 – sleep
• 순간 – moment
• 기분 – mood, feeling
• 별빛 – starlight
• 발 – foot
• 그림자 – shadow
• 걸음 – step
• 어둠 – darkness
• 하늘 – sky
• 조명 – lighting
• 달빛 – moonlight
• 아래 – below, bottom, underneath
• 모습 – appearance
• 빛 – light
• 문 – door
• 눈 – eye
• 입 – mouth, lips
• 맘 – heart, feeling (contraction of 마음)
• 속 – inside
• 사람 – person
• 뿐 – only, just
• 세계 – world
• 주인공 – protagonist
• 에덴 – Eden, Garden of Eden
• 필요 – necessity
• 손 – hand
• 시간 – time
• 천국 – heaven, paradise
• 뜻 – meaning
• 꿈 – dream
• 전부 – everything, all
• 느낌 – feeling
• 일상 – daily life
• 행복 – happiness
• 비밀 – secret
• 창 – window
• 목소리 – voice
• 귀 – ear
• 우주 – outer space, universe
• 우연 – coincidence
• 꽃 – flower
• 이유 – reason, cause

Verbs

• 들다 – to go in
• 모르다 – to not know
• 좋아지다 – to become better
• 지다 – to become (auxiliary verb)
• 맞추다 – to adjust, to adapt, to match
• 걷다 – to walk
• 주다 – to give (also used as an auxiliary verb meaning “to do something for someone”)
• 다가오다 – to approach
• 밝다 – to be bright, to be brilliant, to be clear
• 느끼다 – to feel
• 밝히다 – to brighten, to illuminate, to reveal
• 춤추다 – to dance
• 상상하다 – to imagine
• 오다 – to come (also used as an auxiliary verb indicating a continuous action from the past into the present)
• 열다 – to open
• 감다 – to close eyes
• 내밀다 – to push out, to hand out
• 키스하다 – to kiss
• 뜨다 – to open eyes
• 반짝이다 – to sparkle
• 보다 – to see, to look at
• 내다 – to bring out, to put out
• 떨어지다 – to fall, to drop
• 살다 – to live, to reside
• 말하다 – to speak, to talk
• 되다 – to become
• 쥐다 – to grab, to grasp, to hold
• 이뤄지다 – to be done, to be achieved, to be realized (alternative form of 이루어지다)
• 퍼지다 – to spread, to diffuse
• 가다 – to go (also used as an auxiliary verb indicating a continuous action from the present into the future, a gradual change, or a movement away from the speaker)
• 통하다 – to pass through, to communicate
• 비치다 – to shine, to be reflected
• 들리다 – to be heard
• 기울이다 – to lean, to devote
• 만나다 – to meet
• 알다 – to know, to understand
• 흔들리다 – to shake
• 피어나다 – to bloom, to appear, to rise

Adjectives (descriptive verbs)

• 좋다 – to be good, to be fond of
• 예쁘다 – to be pretty
• 이상하다 – to be strange, to be unusual
• 괜찮다 – to be good, to be OK
• 같다 – to be the same
• 없다 – to not be, to not exist, to not have
• 새롭다 – to be new
• 낯설다 – to be strange, unfamiliar

Adverbs

• 그냥 – simply, just like that
• 참 – truly
• 먼저 – first, early
• 가득 – fully, completely
• 살짝 – subtly, slightly
• 진짜 – really
• 오직 – only, solely
• 다 – all, everything
• 이제 – now
• 다시 – again
• 또 – again, also

Pronouns

• 나 – I, me (informal)
• 내 – my (contraction of 나의) (informal)

Determiners

• 그 – that
• 이 – this
• 어떤 – what kind of, some, certain

Numerals

• 한 – one (determiner form)

Other words

• 반짝 – with a sparkle
• 것 – thing
• -이다 – to be (copula)
• 아니다 – to not be (negative copula)

Grammar

Particles

• -이/가 – subject marker
  • -이 after consonants
  • -가 after vowels
• -도 – too, also, even
• -과/와 – and, with
  • -과 after consonants
  • -와 after vowels
• -은/는 – topic marker
  • -은 after consonants
  • -는 after vowels
• -처럼 – like, as, as if
• -에서 – in, at, on (indicates the location where an action takes place)
• -들 – plural marker
• -을/를 – object marker
  • -을 after consonants
  • -를 after vowels
• -에게 – to (dative particle)
• -에 – in, at, to (location/time marker)
• -조차 – even
• -(으)로 – into, toward
  • -으로 after consonants
  • -로 after vowels or ㄹ
• -의 – possessive marker
• -에 – because of, with, by

Verbs/adjective forms and endings

• -는 – describing nouns with verbs in the present
• -게 – turn a verb or adjective into an adverb
• -아/어/해지다 – to become
  • -아지다 if the last vowel in the stem is ㅗ or ㅏ
  • -어지다 if the last vowel in the stem is not ㅗ or ㅏ
  • -해지다 if the verb/adjective ends with -하다
• -아/어/해 – present tense, intimate style
  • -아 if the last vowel in the stem is ㅗ or ㅏ
  • -어 if the last vowel in the stem is not ㅗ or ㅏ
  • -해 if the verb/adjective ends with -하다
• -(으)니까 – because, since, as (emphatic form)
  • -니까 if the stem ends in a vowel or ㄹ
  • -으니까 if the stem ends in a consonant
• -아서/어서/해서 – by doing/being, while doing/being
  • -아서 if the last vowel in the stem is ㅗ or ㅏ
  • -어서 if the last vowel in the stem is not ㅗ or ㅏ
  • -해서 if the verb/adjective ends with -하다
• -아/어/해 주다 – to do something for someone
  • -아 if the last vowel in the stem is ㅗ or ㅏ
  • -어 if the last vowel in the stem is not ㅗ or ㅏ
  • -해 if the verb/adjective ends with -하다
• -ㄴ/은 – describing nouns with verbs in the past
  • -ㄴ if the stem ends in a vowel
  • -은 if the stem ends in a consonant
• -ㄹ/을 때 – when
  • -ㄹ if the stem ends in a vowel
  • -을 if the stem ends in a consonant
• -아/어/해 오다 – indicates a continuous action from the past into the present
  • -아 if the last vowel in the stem is ㅗ or ㅏ
  • -어 if the last vowel in the stem is not ㅗ or ㅏ
  • -해 if the verb/adjective ends with -하다
• -았던/었던/했던 – indicates a completed action in the past or a state that no longer exists
  • -았던 if the last vowel in the stem is ㅗ or ㅏ
  • -었던 if the last vowel in the stem is not ㅗ or ㅏ
  • -했던 if the verb/adjective ends with -하다
• -고서 – and then
• -고 – and (connective ending)
• -(으)면 – if, when
  • -면 if the stem ends in a vowel or ㄹ
  • -으면 if the stem ends in a consonant
• -게 되다 – to end up doing something
• -ㄹ/을 수 있다 – can
  • -ㄹ if the stem ends in a vowel
  • -을 if the stem ends in a consonant
• -라는 – named, called, that is… (used after -이다/아니다, which are sometimes omitted, with the ending being attached directly to the noun)
• -ㄴ/은/는 – describing nouns with adjectives
  • -ㄴ if the stem ends in a vowel
  • -은 if the stem ends in a consonant
  • -는 if the adjective ends in -있다 or -없다
• -고 있다 – to be doing (progressive form)
• -아도/어도/해도 – even if…
  • -아도 if the last vowel in the stem is ㅗ or ㅏ
  • -어도 if the last vowel in the stem is not ㅗ or ㅏ
  • -해도 if the verb/adjective ends with -하다
• -ㄹ/을 듯하다 – it looks like, it feels like (future tense)
  • -ㄹ if the stem ends in a vowel
  • -을 if the stem ends in a consonant
• -아/어/해 가다 – indicates a continuous action from the present into the future, a gradual change, or a movement away from the speaker
  • -아 if the last vowel in the stem is ㅗ or ㅏ
  • -어 if the last vowel in the stem is not ㅗ or ㅏ
  • -해 if the verb/adjective ends with -하다
• -지 않다 – negative form
• -ㄹ/을 것이다 – future tense
  • -ㄹ if the stem ends in a vowel
  • -을 if the stem ends in a consonant
• -겠어 – future tense, intimate style (implying intention, will, conjecture, personal belief, or information perceived at the present moment)

Lyrics breakdown

해가 잠이 드는 그 순간 = That moment when the Sun goes to sleep

• 해가 – the Sun
  • 해 – Sun
  • -가 – subject marker
• 잠이 드는 – that goes to sleep
  • 잠 – sleep
  • -이 – subject marker
  • 들다 – to go in
  • -는 – describing nouns with verbs in the present (ㄹ-irregular form)
• 그 – that
• 순간 – moment

나도 모르게 그냥 기분 좋아져 = Without even knowing, my mood simply improves

• 나도 – I also
  • 나 – I, me
  • -도 – too, also, even
• 모르게 – without knowing
  • 모르다 – to not know
  • -게 – turn a verb or adjective into an adverb
• 그냥 – simply, just like that
• 기분 – mood, feeling
• 좋아져 – improves
  • 좋아지다 – to become better
    • 좋다 – to be good, to be fond of
    • -아지다 – to become
  • -어 – present tense, intimate style

별빛도 참 예쁘니까 = As the starlight is truly pretty too

• 별빛도 – the starlight too
  • 별빛 – starlight
  • -도 – too, also, even
• 참 – truly
• 예쁘니까 – as it’s pretty
  • 예쁘다 – to be pretty
  • -니까 – because, since, as (emphatic form)

나와 발 맞춰서 걸어준 = Walked with me while matching steps

• 나와 – with me
  • 나 – I, me
  • -와 – and, with
• 발 – foot
• 맞춰서 – while matching
  • 맞추다 – to adjust, to adapt, to match
  • -어서 – by doing/being, while doing/being
• 걸어준 – that walked for me
  • 걷다 – to walk
  • -어 주다 – to do something for someone (ㄷ-irregular form)
  • -ㄴ – describing nouns with verbs in the past

그림자가 한 걸음 먼저 다가올 땐 = When the shadow approaches me first with one step

• 그림자가 – the shadow
  • 그림자 – shadow
  • -가 – subject marker
• 한 – one (determiner form)
• 걸음 – step
• 먼저 – first, early
• 다가올 땐 – when it approaches (contraction of 다가올 때는)
  • 다가오다 – to approach
  • -ㄹ 때 – when
  • -는 – topic marker

어둠도 밝게 느껴져 = Even the darkness feels bright

• 어둠도 – even the darkness
  • 어둠 – darkness
  • -도 – too, also, even
• 밝게 – brightly
  • 밝다 – to be bright, to be brilliant, to be clear
  • -게 – turn a verb or adjective into an adverb
• 느껴져 – is felt
  • 느끼다 – to feel
  • -어지다 – to become
  • -어 – present tense, intimate style

하늘 가득 조명처럼 밝혀준 달빛 = The moonlight that illuminated the sky completely like stage lighting

• 하늘 – sky
• 가득 – fully, completely
• 조명처럼 – like stage lighting
  • 조명 – lighting
  • -처럼 – like, as, as if
• 밝혀준 – that illuminated
  • 밝히다 – to brighten, to illuminate, to reveal
  • -어 주다 – to do something for someone (ㄷ-irregular form)
  • -ㄴ – describing nouns with verbs in the past
• 달빛 – moonlight

그 아래서 춤추는 내 모습이 반짝 = My appearance that dances under it with a sparkle

• 그 – that
• 아래서 – under
  • 아래 – below, bottom, underneath
  • -에서 – in, at, on (indicates the location where an action takes place)
• 춤추는 – that dances
  • 춤추다 – to dance
  • -는 – describing nouns with verbs in the present
• 내 – my (contraction of 나의)
• 모습이 – appearance
  • 모습 – appearance
  • -이 – subject marker
• 반짝 – with a sparkle

빛이 나는 순간들을 상상해왔던 = The shining moments that I’ve been imagining

• 빛이 – the light
  • 빛 – light
  • -이 – subject marker
• 나는 – I
  • 나 – I, me
  • -는 – topic marker
• 순간들을 – moments
  • 순간 – moment
  • -들 – plural marker
  • -을 – object marker
• 상상해왔던 – that I’ve been imagining
  • 상상하다 – to imagine
  • -해 오다 – indicates a continuous action from the past into the present
  • -았던 – indicates a completed action in the past or a state that no longer exists

그 문이 열린 거야 = That door has opened

• 그 – that
• 문이 – door
  • 문 – door
  • -이 – subject marker
• 열린 거야 – has opened
  • 열다 – to open
  • -ㄴ – describing nouns with verbs in the past
  • 것 – thing (contracted to 거)
  • -이다 – to be (copula)
  • -어 – present tense, intimate style (-이다 follows unique rules and becomes -(이)야 (-이야 after consonants, -야 after vowels or in colloquial speech)

눈을 감고서 = I close my eyes and then

• 눈을 – eye
  • 눈 – eye
  • -을 – object marker
• 감고서 – close eyes and then
  • 감다 – to close eyes
  • -고서 – and then

입을 살짝 내밀고 나에게 키스하면 = When you subtly push out your lips and kiss me

• 입을 – lips
  • 입 – mouth, lips
  • -을 – object marker
• 살짝 – subtly, slightly
• 내밀고 – push out and
  • 내밀다 – to push out, to hand out
  • -고 – and (connective ending)
• 나에게 – to me
  • 나 – I, me
  • -에게 – to (dative particle)
• 키스하면 – when you kiss
  • 키스하다 – to kiss
  • -면 – if, when

눈을 떴을 때 = When I open my eyes

• 눈을 – eye
  • 눈 – eye
  • -을 – object marker
• 떴을 때 – when I open my eyes
  • 뜨다 – to open eyes
  • -을 때 – when

반짝이는 이 순간 진짜 나를 보게 돼 = In this sparkling moment I end up seeing the real me

• 반짝이는 – sparkling
  • 반짝이다 – to sparkle
  • -는 – describing nouns with verbs in the present
• 이 – this
• 순간 – moment
• 진짜 – really
• 나를 – me
  • 나 – I, me
  • -를 – object marker
• 보게 돼 – I end up seeing
  • 보다 – to see, to look at
  • -게 되다 – to end up doing something
  • -어 – present tense, intimate style (되어 is contracted to 돼)

내 맘 속에 빛을 낼 수 있는 사람이 = The person that can bring out the light inside my heart

• 내 – my (contraction of 나의)
• 맘 – heart, feeling (contraction of 마음)
• 속에 – inside
  • 속 – inside
  • -에 – in, at, to (location/time marker)
• 빛을 – light
  • 빛 – light
  • -을 – object marker
• 낼 수 있는 – that can bring out
  • 내다 – to bring out, to put out
  • -ㄹ 수 있다 – can
  • -는 – describing nouns with verbs in the present
• 사람이 – person
  • 사람 – person
  • -이 – subject marker

오직 나 뿐이라는 걸 = It’s just me

• 오직 – only, solely
• 나 – I, me
• 뿐이라는 걸 – that is only (contraction of 뿐이라는 것을)
  • 뿐 – only, just
  • -이다 – to be (copula)
  • -라는 – named, called, that is… (used after -이다/아니다, which are sometimes omitted, with the ending being attached directly to the noun)
  • 것 – thing
  • -을 – object marker

이상한 세계에 떨어져 = I fall into a strange world

• 이상한 – strange
  • 이상하다 – to be strange, to be unusual
  • -ㄴ – describing nouns with adjectives
• 세계에 – in the world
  • 세계 – world
  • -에 – in, at, to (location/time marker)
• 떨어져 – I fall
  • 떨어지다 – to fall, to drop
  • -어 – present tense, intimate style

살고 있다 말해도 난 괜찮아 = Even if you say I’m living there, it’s OK

• 살고 있다 – I’m living
  • 살다 – to live, to reside
  • -고 있다 – to be doing (progressive form)
• 말해도 – even if you say
  • 말하다 – to speak, to talk
  • -해도 – even if…
• 난 – I (contraction of 나는)
  • 나 – I, me
  • -는 – topic marker
• 괜찮아 – is OK
  • 괜찮다 – to be good, to be OK
  • -아 – present tense, intimate style

주인공이 된 거니까 = Since I became the protagonist

• 주인공이 – protagonist
  • 주인공 – protagonist
  • -이 – subject marker (here the subject marker is used instead of the object marker because of the unique rules of 되다 (to become), with this verb -이/가 is attached to the noun that the subject becomes instead of -을/를)
• 된 거니까 – since I became
  • 되다 – to become
  • -ㄴ – describing nouns with verbs in the past
  • 것 – thing (contracted to 거)
  • -니까 – because, since, as (emphatic form)

에덴 같은 건 필요 없어 = I don’t need something like the Garden of Eden

• 에덴 – Eden, Garden of Eden
• 같은 건 – same thing (contraction of 같은 것은)
  • 같다 – to be the same
  • -은 – describing nouns with adjectives
  • 것 – thing
  • -은 – topic marker
• 필요 없어 – there’s no need
  • 필요 – necessity
  • 없다 – to not be, to not exist, to not have
  • -어 – present tense, intimate style

손에 쥐어진 이 시간이 = This time that I grabbed in my hands

• 손에 – in the hand
  • 손 – hand
  • -에 – in, at, to (location/time marker)
• 쥐어진 – that I grabbed
  • 쥐다 – to grab, to grasp, to hold
  • -어지다 – to become
  • -ㄴ – describing nouns with verbs in the past
• 이 – this
• 시간이 – time
  • 시간 – time
  • -이 – subject marker

천국이란 뜻이니까 = Because the meaning is that this is heaven

• 천국이란 – that is heaven (contraction of 천국이라는)
  • 천국 – heaven, paradise
  • -이다 – to be (copula)
  • -라는 – named, called, that is… (used after -이다/아니다, which are sometimes omitted, with the ending being attached directly to the noun)
• 뜻이니까 – because it is the meaning
  • 뜻 – meaning
  • -이다 – to be (copula)
  • -니까 – because, since, as (emphatic form)

어떤 꿈조차도 전부 이뤄질 듯한 느낌 = The feeling that it looks like all kinds of dreams will be achieved too

• 어떤 – what kind of, some, certain
• 꿈조차도 – even the dream too
  • 꿈 – dream
  • -조차 – even
  • -도 – too, also, even
• 전부 – everything, all
• 이뤄질 듯한 – that looks like it will be achieved
  • 이뤄지다 – to be done, to be achieved, to be realized (alternative form of 이루어지다)
  • -ㄹ 듯하다 – it looks like, it feels like (future tense)
  • -ㄴ – describing nouns with verbs in the past
• 느낌 – feeling

일상에 가득 퍼져간 것 같아 = It’s like something that kept spreading fully in my daily life

• 일상에 – in my daily life
  • 일상 – daily life
  • -에 – in, at, to (location/time marker)
• 가득 – fully, completely
• 퍼져간 것 같아 – is like something that kept spreading
  • 퍼지다 – to spread, to diffuse
  • -어 가다 – indicates a continuous action from the present into the future, a gradual change, or a movement away from the speaker
  • -ㄴ – describing nouns with verbs in the past
  • 것 – thing
  • 같다 – to be the same
  • -아 – present tense, intimate style

행복으로 통하는 비밀의 문이 = The secret door that leads to happiness

• 행복으로 – toward happiness
  • 행복 – happiness
  • -으로 – into, toward
• 통하는 – that passes through
  • 통하다 – to pass through, to communicate
  • -는 – describing nouns with verbs in the present
• 비밀의 – of the secret
  • 비밀 – secret
  • -의 – possessive marker
• 문이 – door
  • 문 – door
  • -이 – subject marker

전부다 열린 거야 = Everything has opened

• 전부다 – everything
  • 전부 – everything, all
  • 다 – all, everything
• 열린 거야 – has opened
  • 열다 – to open
  • -ㄴ – describing nouns with verbs in the past
  • 것 – thing (contracted to 거)
  • -이다 – to be (copula)
  • -어 – present tense, intimate style (-이다 follows unique rules and becomes -(이)야 (-이야 after consonants, -야 after vowels or in colloquial speech)

창에 비친 새로워진 나의 모습 = My new appearance reflected on the window

• 창에 – on the window
  • 창 – window
  • -에 – in, at, to (location/time marker)
• 비친 – that was reflected
  • 비치다 – to shine, to be reflected
  • -ㄴ – describing nouns with verbs in the past
• 새로워진 – that became new
  • 새롭다 – to be new
  • -어지다 – to become (ㅂ-irregular form)
  • -ㄴ – describing nouns with verbs in the past
• 나의 – my
  • 나 – I, me
  • -의 – possessive marker
• 모습 – appearance

이제 낯설지가 않아 = It’s not unfamiliar now

• 이제 – now
• 낯설지가 않아 – is not unfamiliar
  • 낯설다 – to be strange, unfamiliar
  • -지 않다 – negative form
  • -가 – subject marker (here used for emphasis)
  • -아 – present tense, intimate style

다시 또 들려오는 목소리에 = Because of the voice that continues to be heard again

• 다시 – again
• 또 – again, also
• 들려오는 – that continues to be heard
  • 들리다 – to be heard
  • -어 오다 – indicates a continuous action from the past into the present
  • -는 – describing nouns with verbs in the present
• 목소리에 – because of the voice
  • 목소리 – voice
  • -에 – because of, with, by

귀를 기울이고 있어줘 = Please keep listening closely (literally: please keep devoting your ears)

• 귀를 – ear
  • 귀 – ear
  • -를 – object marker
• 기울이고 있어줘 – please keep devoting
  • 기울이다 – to lean, to devote
  • -고 있다 – to be doing (progressive form)
  • -어 주다 – to do something for someone
  • -어 – present tense, intimate style

우주 속에서 = In the universe

• 우주 – outer space, universe
• 속에서 – inside
  • 속 – inside
  • -에서 – in, at, on (indicates the location where an action takes place)

내가 나를 만난 건 우연이 아닐 거야 = The fact that I met myself it’s not going to be a coincidence

• 내가 – I (contraction of 나가)
  • 나 – I, me (when used with -가 becomes 내)
  • -가 – subject marker
• 나를 – me
  • 나 – I, me
  • -를 – object marker
• 만난 건 – the fact that we met (contraction of 만난 것은)
  • 만나다 – to meet
  • -ㄴ – describing nouns with verbs in the past
  • 것 – thing
  • -은 – topic marker
• 우연이 – coincidence
  • 우연 – coincidence
  • -이 – subject marker
• 아닐 거야 – it’s not going to be
  • 아니다 – to not be (negative copula)
  • -ㄹ 것이다 – future tense (거 is a contraction of 것)
  • -어 – present tense, intimate style (-이다 follows unique rules and becomes -(이)야 (-이야 after consonants, -야 after vowels or in colloquial speech)

이젠 알겠어 = Now I know

• 이젠 – now (contraction of 이제는)
  • 이제 – now
  • -는 – topic marker
• 알겠어 – I know
  • 알다 – to know, to understand
  • -겠어 – future tense, intimate style (implying intention, will, conjecture, personal belief, or information perceived at the present moment)

흔들리는 꽃들이 피어나는 이유를 = The reason the shaking flowers bloom

• 흔들리는 – that shakes
  • 흔들리다 – to shake
  • -는 – describing nouns with verbs in the present
• 꽃들이 – flowers
  • 꽃 – flower
  • -들 – plural marker
  • -이 – subject marker
• 피어나는 – that blooms
  • 피어나다 – to bloom, to appear, to rise
  • -는 – describing nouns with verbs in the present
• 이유를 – reason
  • 이유 – reason, cause
  • -를 – object marker