Learn Korean with K-Pop: Odd Eye Circle – Loonatic

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Here’s a full breakdown of the grammar and vocabulary of the lyrics of “Loonatic” by Odd Eye Circle. Repeated lines and lyrics entirely in English are omitted.

Vocabulary

Nouns

• 달빛 – moonlight
• 오늘 – today
• 꿈 – dream
• 귓속 – inside of the ear
• 순간 – moment
• 노래 – song
• 마음속 – innermost thoughts, deep inside the heart
• 비밀 – secret
• 별빛 – starlight
• 샤워 – shower
• 머릿속 – inside the head
• 입술 – lips
• 밤 – night
• 눈빛 – gaze, expression
• 달 – moon (the Moon or any natural satellite of a planet)
• 시간 – time
• 사이 – interval, gap
• 축제 – festival

Verbs

• 비추다 – to shine on, to illuminate
• 따라오다 – to follow
• 되다 – to become
• 위하다 – to do for the sake of, to help
• 준비되다 – to be prepared
• 깨다 – to wake up
• 홀리다 – to be possessed, to be enchanted, to possess, to enchant
• 맴돌다 – to linger, to circle
• 돌다 – to revolve, to spin, to turn
• 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)
• 감싸다 – to cover, to wrap
• 숨기다 – to hide something
• 밝히다 – to brighten, to illuminate, to reveal
• 주다 – to give (also used as an auxiliary verb meaning “to do something for someone”)
• 쏟아지다 – to be spilled
• 쏟다 – to spill
• 지다 – to become (auxiliary verb)
• 내리다 – to come down
• 멈추다 – to stop, to halt
• 젖다 – to become wet, to become immersed
• 들다 – to permeate
• 전해지다 – to be conveyed, to be trasmitted
• 전하다 – to convey, to transmit
• 기억나다 – to remember
• 떠오르다 – to arise, to remember
• 꺼내다 – to take out
• 보다 – to see, to look at (also used as an auxiliary verb meaning “to try doing”)

Adjectives (descriptive verbs)

• 같다 – to be the same
• 투명하다 – to be transparent
• 익숙하다 – to be familiar, to be experienced
• 끝없다 – to be endless

Adverbs

• 조금씩 – bit by bit
• 어쩌면 – perhaps
• 더 – more
• 깊이 – deeply
• 끝없이 – endlessly

Pronouns

• 나 – I, me (informal)
• 무언가 – something
• 내 – my (contraction of 나의) (informal)
• 니 – your (contraction of 너의) (informal)

Determiners

• 저 – that (over there)
• 그 – that
• 이 – this

Numerals

• 세 – three (determiner form)

Counters

• 개 – counter for objects

Other words

• 두근두근 – sound of a beating heart

Grammar

Particles

• -을/를 – object marker
  • -을 after consonants
  • -를 after vowels
• -따라 – unlike usual, especially, for some reason
• -에 – in, at, to (location/time marker)
• -의 – possessive marker
• -(으)로 – into, toward
  • -으로 after consonants
  • -로 after vowels or ㄹ
• -이/가 – subject marker
  • -이 after consonants
  • -가 after vowels

Verbs/adjective forms and endings

• -는 – describing nouns with verbs in the present
• -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
• -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
• -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
• -고 싶다 – want to…
• -지 않다 – negative form
• -ㄴ/은 듯하다 – it looks like, it feels like (past tense)
  • -ㄴ if the stem ends in a vowel
  • -은 if the stem ends in a consonant
• -고 – and (connective ending)
• -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
• -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
• -아/어/해 두다 – to put, to leave behind, to keep
  • -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 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
• -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
• -ㄹ/을 수 없다 – can’t
  • -ㄹ if the stem ends in a vowel
  • -을 if the stem ends in a consonant
• -게 하다/만들다 – to make, to let (someone do something) (하다 or 만들다 can be used interchangeably with no change in meaning)
• -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

Lyrics breakdown

나를 비추는 저 달빛 spotlight = That moonlight that shines on me, a spotlight

• 나를 – me
  • 나 – I, me
  • -를 – object marker
• 비추는 – that shines
  • 비추다 – to shine on, to illuminate
  • -는 – describing nouns with verbs in the present
• 저 – that (over there)
• 달빛 – moonlight

조금씩 따라와 = It follows me bit by bit

• 조금씩 – bit by bit
• 따라와 – follows me (me is implied)
  • 따라오다 – to follow
  • -아 – present tense, intimate style

오늘따라 두근두근 돼 = Today my heart is pounding for some reason

• 오늘따라 – today for some reason
  • 오늘 – today
  • -따라 – unlike usual, especially, for some reason
• 두근두근 돼 – my heart is pounding
  • 두근두근 – sound of a beating heart
  • 되다 – to become
  • -어 – present tense, intimate style (되어 is contracted to 돼)

어쩌면 날 위해 준비된 show = Maybe it’s a show that was prepared for me

• 어쩌면 – perhaps
• 날 – me (contraction of 나를)
  • 나 – I, me
  • -를 – object marker
• 위해 – do it for
  • 위하다 – to do for the sake of, to help
  • -해 – connect verbs, with the first action impacting the second one
• 준비된 – that was prepared
  • 준비되다 – to be prepared
  • -ㄴ – describing nouns with verbs in the past

깨고 싶지 않은 꿈같아 = It’s like a dream I don’t want to wake up from

• 깨고 싶지 않은 – that I don’t want to wake up from
  • 깨다 – to wake up
  • -고 싶다 – want to…
  • -지 않다 – negative form
  • -는 – describing nouns with verbs in the present
• 꿈같아 – is like a dream
  • 꿈 – dream
  • 같다 – to be the same
  • -아 – present tense, intimate style

Fantasy, 무언가 홀린 듯 = It feels like I’ve been possessed by something

• 무언가 – something
• 홀린 듯 – it feels like I’ve been possessed
  • 홀리다 – to be possessed, to be enchanted, to possess, to enchant
  • -ㄴ 듯하다 – it looks like, it feels like (past tense) (-하다 is omitted)

맴돌고 도는 melody = The melody that circles and spins

• 맴돌고 도는 – that circles and spins
  • 맴돌다 – to linger, to circle
  • -고 – and (connective ending)
  • 돌다 – to revolve, to spin, to turn
  • -는 – describing nouns with verbs in the present (ㄹ-irregular form)

귓속에 퍼져가는 그 순간 = That moment when it continues to spread inside my ear

• 귓속에 – inside my ear (my is impied)
  • 귓속 – inside of the ear
  • -에 – in, at, to (location/time marker)
• 퍼져가는 – that continues to spread
  • 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
  • -는 – describing nouns with verbs in the present
• 그 – that
• 순간 – moment

날 감싼듯한 Milky Way = The Milky Way that it feels like it wrapped around me

• 날 – me (contraction of 나를)
  • 나 – I, me
  • -를 – object marker
• 감싼듯한 – that it feels like it wrapped around
  • 감싸다 – to cover, to wrap
  • -ㄴ 듯하다 – it looks like, it feels like (past tense)
  • -ㄴ – describing nouns with verbs in the past

투명한 달빛의 노래 = The song of the transparent moonlight

• 투명한 – transparent
  • 투명하다 – to be transparent
  • -ㄴ – describing nouns with adjectives
• 달빛의 – of the moonlight
  • 달빛 – moonlight
  • -의 – possessive marker
• 노래 – song

숨겨둔 내 마음속의 비밀을 밝혀줄래? = Will you reveal the secret that I’ve kept hidden deep inside my heart?

• 숨겨둔 – that was kept hidden
  • 숨기다 – to hide something
  • -어 두다 – to put, to leave behind, to keep
  • -ㄴ – describing nouns with verbs in the past
• 내 – my (contraction of 나의)
• 마음속의 – of the deep heart
  • 마음속 – innermost thoughts, deep inside the heart
  • -의 – possessive marker
• 비밀을 – secret
  • 비밀 – secret
  • -을 – object marker
• 밝혀줄래? – will you reveal?
  • 밝히다 – to brighten, to illuminate, to reveal
  • -어 주다 – to do something for someone
  • -ㄹ래 – will you?, would you like to?

쏟아져 내리는 light = The light that is spilled and comes down

• 쏟아져 내리는 – that is spilled and comes down
  • 쏟아지다 – to be spilled
    • 쏟다 – to spill
    • -아지다 – to become
  • -어 – connect verbs, with the first action impacting the second one
  • 내리다 – to come down
  • -는 – describing nouns with verbs in the present

멈출 수 없는 별빛의 샤워 = The shower of starlight that can’t be stopped

• 멈출 수 없는 – that can’t be stopped
  • 멈추다 – to stop, to halt
  • -ㄹ 수 없다 – can’t
  • -는 – describing nouns with adjectives
• 별빛의 – of starlight
  • 별빛 – starlight
  • -의 – possessive marker
• 샤워 – shower

조금씩 날 더 젖어 들게 해 = Bit by bit, let me become more drenched

• 조금씩 – bit by bit
• 날 – me
  • 나 – I, me
  • -를 – object marker
• 더 – more
• 젖어 들게 해 – let it become drenched (literally: let it permeate and become wet)
  • 젖다 – to become wet, to become immersed
  • -어 – connect verbs, with the first action impacting the second one
  • 들다 – to permeate
  • -게 하다 – to make, to let (someone do something)
  • -해 – present tense, intimate style

내 머릿속 깊이 = Deeply inside my head

• 내 – my (contraction of 나의)
• 머릿속 – inside the head
• 깊이 – deeply

끝없이 맴돌고 돌아 = It circles and spins endlessly

• 끝없이 – endlessly
• 맴돌고 – it circles and
  • 맴돌다 – to linger, to circle
  • -고 – and (connective ending)
• 돌아 – spins
  • 돌다 – to revolve, to spin, to turn
  • -아 – present tense, intimate style

입술로 전해지는 그 순간 = That moment when it’s transmitted to my lips

• 입술로 – to my lips (my is implied)
  • 입술 – lips
  • -로 – into, toward
• 전해지는 – that is transmitted
  • 전해지다 – to be conveyed, to be trasmitted
    • 전하다 – to convey, to transmit
    • -해지다 – to become
  • -는 – describing nouns with verbs in the present
• 그 – that
• 순간 – moment

기억나지 않는 밤의 익숙한 déjà vu = A familiar déjà vu of the night that I don’t remember

• 기억나지 않는 – that I don’t remember
  • 기억나다 – to remember
  • -지 않다 – negative form
  • -는 – describing nouns with verbs in the present
• 밤의 – of the night
  • 밤 – night
  • -의 – possessive marker
• 익숙한 – familiar
  • 익숙하다 – to be familiar, to be experienced
  • -ㄴ – describing nouns with adjectives

눈빛에 떠오른 이 순간 = This moment when it arises in my gaze

• 눈빛에 – in my gaze (my is implied)
  • 눈빛 – gaze, expression
  • -에 – in, at, to (location/time marker)
• 떠오른 – that arises
  • 떠오르다 – to arise, to remember
  • -ㄴ – describing nouns with verbs in the past
• 이 – this
• 순간 – moment

세 개의 달이 떠올라 = Three moons rise

• 세 개의 달이 – three moons
  • 세 – three (determiner form)
  • 개 – counter for objects
  • -의 – possessive marker
  • 달 – moon (the Moon or any natural satellite of a planet)
  • -이 – subject marker
• 떠올라 – rise
  • 떠오르다 – to arise, to remember
  • -아 – present tense, intimate style (르-irregular form)

멈춰진 시간 사이로 = In the interval of time that was stopped

• 멈춰진 – that was stopped
  • 멈추다 – to stop, to halt
  • -어지다 – to become
  • -ㄴ – describing nouns with verbs in the past
• 시간 – time
• 사이로 – in the interval
  • 사이 – interval, gap
  • -로 – into, toward

숨겨둔 니 마음속의 비밀을 꺼내볼래? = Will you try to take out the secret that you’ve kept hidden deep inside your heart?

• 숨겨둔 – that was kept hidden
  • 숨기다 – to hide something
  • -어 두다 – to put, to leave behind, to keep
  • -ㄴ – describing nouns with verbs in the past
• 니 – your (contraction of 너의)
• 마음속의 – of the deep heart
  • 마음속 – innermost thoughts, deep inside the heart
  • -의 – possessive marker
• 비밀을 – secret
  • 비밀 – secret
  • -을 – object marker
• 꺼내볼래? – will you try to take out?
  • 꺼내다 – to take out
  • -어 보다 – to try doing (when the stem ends in ㅓ, ㅕ, ㅔ, or ㅐ, the -어 is dropped)
  • -ㄹ래 – will you?, would you like to?

끝없는 축제의 night = A night of endless celebration

• 끝없는 – endless
  • 끝없다 – to be endless
  • -는 – describing nouns with adjectives
• 축제의 – of celebration
  • 축제 – festival
  • -의 – possessive marker