🇺🇸 Translation
My bro Taehyung
I’m posting the picture that you asked me to
I love you -Jin-
📙 Lesson point
How to say “I’m posting the picture that you asked me to” in Korean
Hello, everyone! We’re going to learn two things today. First, we’ll learn about the Korean expression ‘부탁하다.’ Next, we’ll take a look at the conjugated form of this expression, which is ‘(A)이/가 부탁한 (B).’
After reading today’s post, not only will you be able to learn how to say “I’m posting the picture that you asked me to” in Korean, but you’ll also understand how this Korean expression is grammatically formed. Moreover, we’ll look into the actual expression that Jin of BTS used for his X post. Let’s begin!
The Korean expression ‘부탁하다’
Here, we’re going to look at the expression ‘부탁하다.’
First, ‘부탁’ is a noun that means “to ask or leave something to do, or the request.” ‘부탁하다’ is a verb that means “to ask someone politely to do something as a favor.” Let’s look at some examples to see how these are used.
안나는 나의 부탁이 뭔지 안다. = Anna knows my what my request is. 너의 부탁은 들어주기 어렵지 않아. = Your request is not hard to grant. 메리는 나에게 오렌지를 가져오라고 부탁했다. = Marry asked me a favor to bring the oranges. 존은 어제 축구 경기를 뛰게 해 달라고 부탁했다. = Yesterday, John requested to let him play in the soccer game.
The Korean expression ‘(A)이/가 부탁한 (B)’
Now, let’s look at the expression ‘(A)이/가 부탁한 (B).’
For this expression, in the place of (A), you need to put the person who asked for the favor, and in the place of (B), you need to put the subject of the request. In this expression, the details of the specific request may be omitted if it is possible to infer in context.
For instance, for the expression ‘너(A)가 부탁한 사진(B),’ you can write it as: “The picture(B) that you(A) asked me to (do something about)” Let’s look at some examples.
태형이가 (올려 달라고) 부탁한 사진 = The picture that Taehyung asked me (to post) 웬디가 (전화해 달라고) 부탁한 시간 = The time that Wendy asked me (to call) 수빈이가 (갖다 달라고) 부탁한 가방 = The bag that Subin asked me (to bring) 윤진이가 (깨워 달라고) 부탁한 사람 = The person that Yoonjin asked me (to wake him/her up)
Jin says: “너가 부탁한 사진 올린다”
In conclusion, BTS Jin is saying that he is posting a picture that Taehyung has requested. However, as the picture that Jin posted is a funny picture of Taeyhyung (V) having a mustache, Jin seems to be teasing Taehyung!