Learn Korean with K-Pop: Loona 1/3 – Love & Live

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Here’s a full breakdown of the grammar and vocabulary of the lyrics of “Love & Live” by Loona 1/3. Repeated lines and lyrics entirely in English are omitted.

Vocabulary

Nouns

• 맘 – heart, feeling (contraction of 마음)
• 속 – inside
• 날 – day
• 가슴 – heart, chest
• 해 – Sun
• 생각 – thought
• 걱정 – worry
• 화산 – volcano
• 마음 – heart, feeling
• 순간 – moment
• 일상 – daily life
• 문제 – problem, question
• 숙제 – homework
• 이야기 – conversation, story
• 꿈 – dream
• 품 – chest width, arms
• 잠 – sleep
• 기대 – expectation, hope
• 곳 – place
• 사람 – person
• 하루 – day

Verbs

• 좋아하다 – to like
• 보다 – to see, to look at (also used as an auxiliary verb meaning “to try doing”)
• 가다 – to go
• 커지다 – to grow, to increase, to get bigger
• 머금다 – to hold in
• 뜨거워지다 – to get hot
• 앞서다 – to go ahead, to precede
• 되다 – to become
• 참다 – to endure
• 어떡하다 – to do what
• 만나다 – to meet
• 풀다 – to solve, to untie, to loosen
• 차다 – to fill, to be full, to reach a limit
• 나누다 – to divide, to share
• 안기다 – to be hugged
• 말하다 – to speak, to talk
• 닮다 – to resemble, to look like
• 들다 – to go in
• 하다 – to do
• 손대다 – to make contact, to lay hands on
• 닿다 – to touch
• 놓이다 – to be placed, to be relieved
• 건드리다 – to touch, to mess with, to flirt with
• 울다 – to cry
• 알다 – to know, to understand
• 오다 – to come
• 주다 – to give (also used as an auxiliary verb meaning “to do something for someone”)
• 보내다 – to spend time

Adjectives (descriptive verbs)

• 크다 – to be big
• 많다 – to be a lot, many, much
• 뻔하다 – to be obvious, to be evident, to be typical
• 포근하다 – to be comfortable, to be cozy
• 궁금하다 – to be curious
• 같다 – to be the same
• 괜하다 – to be useless (contraction of 공연하다)
• 가깝다 – to be near
• 답답하다 – to be frustrated, to be suffocating

Adverbs

• 지금 – now
• 조금씩 – bit by bit
• 자꾸 – repeatedly
• 더 – more
• 가득 – fully, completely
• 많이 – a lot, many, much
• 혹시 – by any chance, maybe
• 못 – can’t
• 아주 – very
• 금방 – soon, immediately
• 다 – all, everything
• 정말 – really

Pronouns

• 내 – my (contraction of 나의) (informal)
• 너 – you (informal)
• 나 – I, me (informal)
• 네 – your (contraction of 너의) (informal)

Determiners

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

Numerals

• 하나 – one

Other words

• 것 – thing
• -이다 – to be (copula)
• -씩 – at a time, each

Grammar

Particles

• -에 – in, at, to (location/time marker)
• -은/는 – topic marker
  • -은 after consonants
  • -는 after vowels
• -이/가 – subject marker
  • -이 after consonants
  • -가 after vowels
• -을/를 – object marker
  • -을 after consonants
  • -를 after vowels
• -처럼 – like, as, as if
• -의 – possessive marker
• -에서 – from
• -보다 – than (comparative particle)
• -과/와 – and, with
  • -과 after consonants
  • -와 after vowels
• -도 – too, also, even
• -에 – because of, with, by
• -에게 – to (dative particle)
• -(으)로 – using…, with… (instrumental particle)
  • -으로 after consonants
  • -로 after vowels or ㄹ

Verbs/adjective forms and endings

• -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
• -고 싶다 – want to…
• -ㄹ수록/을수록 – the more
  • -ㄹ수록 if the stem ends in a vowel
  • -을수록 if the stem ends in a consonant
• -고 – and (connective ending)
• -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
• -는 것 같다 – it feels like, I think (present tense) (expressing an assumption, guess, or supposition about something that’s happening)
• -ㄹ/을 수 없다 – can’t
  • -ㄹ if the stem ends in a vowel
  • -을 if the stem ends in a consonant
• -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
• -ㄴ/은 것 같다 – it feels like, I think (past tense) (expressing an assumption, guess, or supposition about something that happened)
  • -ㄴ if the stem ends in a vowel
  • -은 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)
• -아/어/해 보다 – to try doing
  • -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
• -아/어/해 – connect verbs, with the first action impacting the second one
  • -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
• -ㄹ래/을래 – I want to, I’m going to
  • -ㄹ래 if the stem ends in a vowel
  • -을래 if the stem ends in a consonant
• -았/었/했- – past tense marker
  • -았- if the last vowel in the stem is ㅗ or ㅏ
  • -었- if the last vowel in the stem is not ㅗ or ㅏ
  • -했- if the verb/adjective ends with -하다
• -ㄹ까/을까 – should I…, could it be?
  • -ㄹ까 if the stem ends in a vowel
  • -을까 if the stem ends in a consonant
• -기도 하다 – too, also, even
• -지 않다 – negative form
• -(으)면 – if, when
  • -면 if the stem ends in a vowel or ㄹ
  • -으면 if the stem ends in a consonant
• -는 – describing nouns with verbs in the present
• -아/어/해 있다 – to be in a state
  • -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
• -기만 하다 – to only/just do, to only/just be
• -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 것 같다 – it feels like, I think (future tense) (expressing an assumption, guess, or supposition about something that will happen)
  • -ㄹ if the stem ends in a vowel
  • -을 if the stem ends in a consonant
• -ㄴ데/은데/는데 – exclamatory suffix indicating surprise or hesitation (used with adjectives)
  • -ㄴ데 if the stem ends in a vowel
  • -은데 if the stem ends in a consonant
  • -는데 if the adjective ends in -있다 or -없다
• -ㄴ/는다면 – if, with an emphasis on the fact that the verb is a supposition/assumption
  • -ㄴ다면 if the stem ends in a vowel
  • -는다면 if the stem ends in a consonant
• -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
• -ㄹ래/을래 – will you?, would you like to?
  • -ㄹ래 if the stem ends in a vowel
  • -을래 if the stem ends in a consonant
• -ㄴ/은/는 거니 – informal question ending (used 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

Lyrics breakdown

Korean song title: 지금, 좋아해 = Now, I like you

• 지금 – now
• 좋아해 – I like you (you is implied)
  • 좋아하다 – to like
  • -해 – present tense, intimate style

보고 싶어 지금 = I miss you now

• 보고 싶어 – I miss you (literally: I want to see you, you is implied)
  • 보다 – to see, to look at (also used as an auxiliary verb meaning “to try doing”)
  • -고 싶다 – want to…
  • -어 – present tense, intimate style
• 지금 – now

내 맘 속에 너는 날이 갈수록 조금씩 커지고 = As the days go by, you grow bit by bit inside my heart, and

• 내 – my (contraction of 나의)
• 맘 – heart, feeling (contraction of 마음)
• 속에 – inside
  • 속 – inside
  • -에 – in, at, to (location/time marker)
• 너는 – you
  • 너 – you
  • -는 – topic marker
• 날이 갈수록 – as the days go by (literally: the more the days go)
  • 날 – day
  • -이 – subject marker
  • 가다 – to go
  • -ㄹ수록 – the more
• 조금씩 – bit by bit
• 커지고 – you grow and (you is implied)
  • 커지다 – to grow, to increase, to get bigger
  • -고 – and (connective ending)

내 가슴은 해를 머금은 것처럼 뜨거워지고 = My heart gets hot like I’m hugging the Sun, and

• 내 – my (contraction of 나의)
• 가슴은 – heart
  • 가슴 – heart, chest
  • -은 – topic marker
• 해를 머금은 것처럼 – like I’m hugging the Sun (literally: as if the thing that I held in was the Sun)
  • 해 – Sun
  • -를 – object marker
  • 머금다 – to hold in
  • -은 – describing nouns with verbs in the past
  • 것 – thing
  • -처럼 – like, as, as if
• 뜨거워지고 – gets hot and
  • 뜨거워지다 – to get hot
  • -고 – and (connective ending)

내 생각은 자꾸 앞서는 것 같아 걱정이 되고 = I feel like my thoughts are repeatedly going ahead, I’m getting worried and

• 내 – my (contraction of 나의)
• 생각은 – thoughts
  • 생각 – thought
  • -은 – topic marker
• 자꾸 – repeatedly
• 앞서는 것 같아 – I feel like it’s going ahead
  • 앞서다 – to go ahead, to precede
  • -는 것 같다 – it feels like, I think (present tense) (expressing an assumption, guess, or supposition about something that’s happening)
  • -아 – present tense, intimate style
• 걱정이 되고 – I’m getting worried and (literally: becomes a worry and)
  • 걱정 – worry
  • -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)
  • 되다 – to become
  • -고 – and (connective ending)

나 더는 참을 수가 없는 화산이 된 것 같아 = It feels like I became a volcano that can’t endure anymore

• 나 – I, me
• 더는 – more
  • 더 – more
  • -는 – topic marker
• 참을 수가 없는 – that can’t endure
  • 참다 – to endure
  • -을 수 없다 – can’t
  • -가 – subject marker (here used to add emphasis)
  • -는 – describing nouns with adjectives
• 화산이 된 것 같아 – it feels like it became a volcano
  • 화산 – volcano
  • -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)
  • 되다 – to become
  • -ㄴ 것 같다 – it feels like, I think (past tense) (expressing an assumption, guess, or supposition about something that happened)
  • -아 – present tense, intimate style

내 마음 어떡해 = What do I do with my feelings?

• 내 – my (contraction of 나의)
• 마음 – heart, feeling
• 어떡해 – what do I do?
  • 어떡하다 – to do what
  • -해 – present tense, intimate style

지금 보고 싶어 = Now I miss you

• 지금 – now
• 보고 싶어 – I miss you (literally: I want to see you, you is implied)
  • 보다 – to see, to look at (also used as an auxiliary verb meaning “to try doing”)
  • -고 싶다 – want to…
  • -어 – present tense, intimate style

이 순간의 너를 만나고 싶어 = I want to meet you in this moment (literally: I want to meet the you of this moment)

• 이 – this
• 순간의 – of the moment
  • 순간 – moment
  • -의 – possessive marker
• 너를 – you
  • 너 – you
  • -를 – object marker
• 만나고 싶어 – I want to meet
  • 만나다 – to meet
  • -고 싶다 – want to…
  • -어 – present tense, intimate style

나의 일상 속에선 = In my daily life

• 나의 – my
  • 나 – I, me
  • -의 – possessive marker
• 일상 – daily life
• 속에선 – in (literally: from inside) (contraction of 속에서는)
  • 속 – inside
  • -에서 – from
  • -는 – topic marker (here used to add emphasis or contrast)

너라는 문제가 큰 숙제야 = The problem named you is a big homework

• 너라는 – named you
  • 너 – you
  • -라는 – named, called, that is… (used after -이다/아니다, which are sometimes omitted, with the ending being attached directly to the noun)
• 문제가 – the problem
  • 문제 – problem, question
  • -가 – subject marker
• 큰 – big
  • 크다 – to be big
  • -ㄴ – describing nouns with adjectives
• 숙제야 – is a homework
  • 숙제 – homework
  • -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)

하나하나씩 풀어보고 싶어 = I want to try to solve it piece by piece

• 하나씩 – piece by piece (하나 repeated for emphasis)
  • 하나 – one
  • -씩 – at a time, each
• 풀어보고 싶어 – I want to try to solve it
  • 풀다 – to solve, to untie, to loosen
  • -어 보다 – to try doing
  • -고 싶다 – want to…
  • -어 – present tense, intimate style

내 마음 속에 가득 찬 = That filled my heart completely

• 내 – my (contraction of 나의)
• 마음 – heart, feeling
• 속에 – inside
  • 속 – inside
  • -에 – in, at, to (location/time marker)
• 가득 – fully, completely
• 찬 – that filled
  • 차다 – to fill, to be full, to reach a limit
  • -ㄴ – describing nouns with verbs in the past

많은 이야기를 나누고 싶어 = I want to share many stories (the sentence continues from the previous lyrics, together meaning “I want to share many stories that filled my heart completely”)

• 많은 – many
  • 많다 – to be a lot, many, much
  • -은 – describing nouns with adjectives
• 이야기를 – stories
  • 이야기 – conversation, story
  • -를 – object marker
• 나누고 싶어 – I want to share
  • 나누다 – to divide, to share
  • -고 싶다 – want to…
  • -어 – present tense, intimate style

뻔한 내 꿈속보다 = Rather than inside my typical dreams

• 뻔한 – typical
  • 뻔하다 – to be obvious, to be evident, to be typical
  • -ㄴ – describing nouns with adjectives
• 내 – my (contraction of 나의)
• 꿈속보다 – rather than inside the dreams
  • 꿈 – dream
  • 속 – inside
  • -보다 – than (comparative particle)

포근한 네 품속에 안겨 = Hugged in your comfortable embrace

• 포근한 – comfortable
  • 포근하다 – to be comfortable, to be cozy
  • -ㄴ – describing nouns with adjectives
• 네 – your (contraction of 너의)
• 품속에 – in the embrace (literally: inside the arms)
  • 품 – chest width, arms
  • 속 – inside
  • -에 – in, at, to (location/time marker)
• 안겨 – hugged
  • 안기다 – to be hugged
  • -어 – connect verbs, with the first action impacting the second one

말할래 많이 좋아해 = I want to tell you I like you a lot (the sentence continues from the two previous lyrics, together meaning “rather than inside my typical dreams, I want to tell you I like you a lot hugged in your comfortable embrace”)

• 말할래 – I want to tell you (you is implied)
  • 말하다 – to speak, to talk
  • -ㄹ래 – I want to, I’m going to
• 많이 – a lot, many, much
• 좋아해 – I like you (you is implied)
  • 좋아하다 – to like
  • -해 – present tense, intimate style

너는 나와 어떤 게 닮았을까 궁금하기도 해 = You and me, in what ways are we similar? I’m curious too

• 너는 – you
  • 너 – you
  • -는 – topic marker
• 나와 – and me
  • 나 – I, me
  • -와 – and, with
• 어떤 게 – in what ways (literally: what kind of things)
  • 어떤 – what kind of, some, certain
  • 게 – thing (contraction of 것이)
    • 것 – thing
    • -이 – subject marker
• 닮았을까 – is it similar?
  • 닮다 – to resemble, to look like
  • -았- – past tense marker (here used to indicate that the verb is a process that already occurred, but it’s better translated in English using the present tense)
  • -을까 – should I…, could it be?
• 궁금하기도 해 – I’m curious too
  • 궁금하다 – to be curious
  • -기도 하다 – too, also, even
  • -해 – present tense, intimate style

혹시 너도 같은 생각에 잠 못 들진 않을까 = I wonder if maybe you also can’t go to sleep because of the same thoughts

• 혹시 – by any chance, maybe
• 너도 – you too
  • 너 – you
  • -도 – too, also, even
• 같은 – same
  • 같다 – to be the same
  • -은 – describing nouns with adjectives
• 생각에 – because of the thoughts
  • 생각 – thought
  • -에 – because of, with, by
• 잠 못 들진 않을까 – I wonder if you can’t go to sleep
  • 잠 – sleep
  • 못 – can’t
  • 들다 – to go in
  • -지 않다 – negative form (in casual speech, -진 can be used instead -지 to add more emphasis or contrast)
  • -을까 – should I…, could it be?

괜한 기대도 해 = I have useless expectations too (literally: I do useless expectations too)

• 괜한 – useless
  • 괜하다 – to be useless (contraction of 공연하다)
  • -ㄴ – describing nouns with adjectives
• 기대도 – expectations too
  • 기대 – expectation, hope
  • -도 – too, also, even
• 해 – I do
  • 하다 – to do
  • -해 – present tense, intimate style

이 순간에 너를 만나고 싶어 = I want to meet you in this moment

• 이 – this
• 순간에 – in the moment
  • 순간 – moment
  • -에 – in, at, to (location/time marker)
• 너를 – you
  • 너 – you
  • -를 – object marker
• 만나고 싶어 – I want to meet
  • 만나다 – to meet
  • -고 싶다 – want to…
  • -어 – present tense, intimate style

아주 가까운 곳에 = In a very near place

• 아주 – very
• 가까운 – near
  • 가깝다 – to be near
  • -은 – describing nouns with adjectives (ㅂ-irregular form)
• 곳에 – in a place
  • 곳 – place
  • -에 – in, at, to (location/time marker)

손대면 닿는 곳에 = In a place reachable by hand (literally: in a place that can be touched if you lay your hands on it)

• 손대면 – if you lay your hands on it
  • 손대다 – to make contact, to lay hands on
  • -면 – if, when
• 닿는 – that is touched
  • 닿다 – to touch
  • -는 – describing nouns with verbs in the present
• 곳에 – in a place
  • 곳 – place
  • -에 – in, at, to (location/time marker)

나의 진심이 놓여있어 = My true feelings are placed (the sentence continues from the two previous lyrics, together meaning “my true feelings are placed in a very near place, in a place reachable by hand”)

• 나의 – my
  • 나 – I, me
  • -의 – possessive marker
• 진심이 – true feelings
  • 진심 – sincerity
  • -이 – subject marker
• 놓여있어 – are placed
  • 놓이다 – to be placed, to be relieved
  • -어 있다 – to be in a state
  • -어 – present tense, intimate style

건드리기만 해도 금방 울 것 같은데 = I think I’ll cry immediately even if you just touch me

• 건드리기만 해도 – even if you just touch me (me is implied)
  • 건드리다 – to touch, to mess with, to flirt with
  • -기만 하다 – to only/just do, to only/just be
  • -해도 – even if…
• 금방 – soon, immediately
• 울 것 같은데 – I think I’ll cry
  • 울다 – to cry
  • -ㄹ 것 같다 – it feels like, I think (future tense) (expressing an assumption, guess, or supposition about something that will happen) (ㄹ-irregular form)
  • -은데 – exclamatory suffix indicating surprise or hesitation (used with adjectives)

다 안다면 내게 와 줄래 = If you know it all, will you come to me?

• 다 – all, everything
• 안다면 – if you know
  • 알다 – to know, to understand
  • -ㄴ다면 – if, with an emphasis on the fact that the verb is a supposition/assumption (ㄹ-irregular form)
• 내게 – to me (contraction of 나에게)
  • 나 – I, me
  • -에게 – to (dative particle)
• 와 줄래 – will you come?
  • 오다 – to come
  • -아 주다 – to do something for someone
  • -ㄹ래 – will you?, would you like to?

알고 싶어 = I want to know

• 알고 싶어 – I want to know
  • 알다 – to know, to understand
  • -고 싶다 – want to…
  • -어 – present tense, intimate style

너에게 난 어떤 사람인 거니 = What kind of person am I to you?

• 너에게 – to you
  • 너 – you
  • -에게 – to (dative particle)
• 난 – I (contraction of 나는)
  • 나 – I, me (informal)
  • -는 – topic marker
• 어떤 사람인 거니 – what kind of person?
  • 어떤 – what kind of, some, certain
  • 사람 – person
  • -이다 – to be (copula)
  • -ㄴ 거니 – informal question ending (used with adjectives)

답답한 마음으로 하룰 보내 = I spend the days with a frustrated heart

• 답답한 – frustrated
  • 답답하다 – to be frustrated, to be suffocating
• 마음으로 – with a heart
  • 마음 – heart, feeling
  • -으로 – using…, with… (instrumental particle)
• 하룰 – the days (contraction of 하루를)
  • 하루 – day
  • -를 – object marker
• 보내 – I spend
  • 보내다 – to spend time
  • -어 – present tense, intimate style (when the stem ends in ㅓ, ㅕ, ㅔ, or ㅐ, the -어 is dropped)

지금 널 만나고 싶어 = I want to meet you now

• 지금 – now
• 널 – you (contraction of 너를)
  • 너 – you
  • -를 – object marker
• 만나고 싶어 – I want to meet
  • 만나다 – to meet
  • -고 싶다 – want to…
  • -어 – present tense, intimate style

정말 많이 좋아해 = I really like you a lot

• 정말 – really
• 많이 – a lot, many, much
• 좋아해 – I like you (you is implied)
  • 좋아하다 – to like
  • -해 – present tense, intimate style