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Things that happened in Bali
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How to say “Things that happened in Bali” in Korean
Hello, everyone! We’re going to learn three things today. First, we’ll learn about an interesting Korean verb ‘생기다.’ Next, we’ll learn different meanings of Korean noun ‘일.’ Finally, we’ll learn about how to change verbs into adjectives.
After reading today’s post, not only will you be able to learn how to say “Things that happened in Bali” in Korean, but you’ll also understand how this Korean expression is grammatically formed. Moreover, we’ll look into the actual expression that Yujin of IVE used for her Instagram post. Let’s begin!
Korean verb ‘생기다’
First, let’s take a look at the Korean verb ‘생기다.’
생기다 (verb): to occur, to happen, to pop up into existence
‘생기다’ is a very unique Korean verb. It means that something or some kind of event that didn’t exist pops up into existence, regardless of the speaker’s intention or control. You can use this verb with various nouns as subjects. This verb can also be used to describe how something looks, but we will not focus on that use today.
A common usage of this word is using it in the form of ‘문제가 생기다.’ It means “a problem occurs.” Let’s look at some example sentences.
문제가 생겼어요
A problem occurred (We got a problem)
회사에 문제가 생겨서 가봐야 해요
I have to go because a problem came up at work
어제 치킨을 먹었더니 여드름이 생겼어
I ate fried chicken yesterday and a pimple came up
앤디는 살을 빼고 새 여자친구가 생겼다
Andy made a new girlfriend after losing weight
졸업하고 나서 시간이 많이 생겼다
After graduating, I got a lot of new free time
Korean noun ‘일’
Now, let’s take a look at the Korean noun ‘일.’ It can mean two things. The first meaning is “work or task that you have to deal with.” Let’s take a look at some example sentences.
나는 회사에서 일이 많아
I have a lot of work to do at work
재민이는 일이 많아서 오늘 만날 수 없다고 했다
Jaemin said he can't meet me today because he has a lot of work to do
오늘 할 일이 많아?
Do you have a lot of work to do today?
The second meaning is “an event” or “an incident.”
일이 생기다
An event occurs
갑자기 일이 생겼어
An event occurred unexpectedly
Something came up unexpectedly
수정이는 내일 일이 있어서 못 온다
Soojung can't come tomorrow because she got something
How to change Korean verbs into adjectives
Now, let’s go a step further. Let’s take a look at how to change Korean verbs into adjective forms. It’s not that difficult. All you need to do is remove ‘-다’ from the end of the original form of the verb and add ‘-ㄴ’ as the last consonant of the stem of the verb.
For instance, you can change it in the form of ‘생기다 → 생기 → 생긴.’ Now, let’s take a look at what ‘생긴 일’ means.
생기다: to occur, to pop into existence
일: event
생긴 일: an event that occurred
발리에서 생긴 일
the event that occurred in Bali
회사에서 생긴 일
the event that happened at work
어제 생긴 일
the event that occurred yesterday
오늘 생긴 일
the event that happened today
처음으로 생긴 일
the event that happened for the first time
Yujin says: “발리에서 생긴 일”
To conclude, let’s take a look at the post Yujin of IVE posted on Instagram. We learned that ‘생긴 일’ means “an event that happened.” Therefore, she seems to be saying “The event that occurred in Bali.” She seems to be showing what she did in Bali by showing pictures of herself in Bali. It’s also a reference to an extremely famous K-drama 20 years ago (haha). ‘What happened in Bali’ was the name of the most popular K drama back in 2004.