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I’ve uploaded a little birthday-celebratory Thailand Vlog, Give-lots of love-pls 🫶
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How to say “Give-lots of love-please” in Korean
Hello, everyone! Today, we’re going to learn about the commonly used Korean expression ‘많관부.’ This expression is an abbreviated expression, so we’ll take a look at the words that make up this expression which are ‘많다,’ ‘관심,’ and ‘부탁하다’ and their meanings. Finally, we’ll look at what ‘많관부’ means as an expression.
After reading today’s post, not only will you be able to learn how to say “Give-lots of love-please” in Korean, but you’ll also understand how this Korean expression is grammatically formed. Moreover, we’ll look into the actual expression that Jihyo of TWICE used for her Instagram post. Let’s begin!
Korean expression ‘많관부’
Here, we’re going to look at the expression ‘많관부’ (Man-gwan-boo). ‘많관부’ is an abbreviated expression for ‘많은 관심 부탁해요.’ The meaning of this expression is “I politely request that you give a lot of attention and love.”
많다 (to be a lot) + 관심 (attention, interest) + 부탁해요 (to ask someone to do something) = I politely request that you give a lot of attention and love.
It is not a standard expression, but a Slang abbreviation used a lot in social media. It is used as an expression that asks followers or viewers to pay a lot of attention to promote themselves or what they like.
How to translate ‘많은 관심’
Let’s look into this expression more closely, word by word. Firstly, ‘많다’ is an adjective that means “to be a lot, to have a lot.” In this expression, it is modifying the noun ‘관심,’ which means “attention, interest in something, affectionate concern, etc.” Therefore, ‘많은 관심’ means “lots of attention, lots of interest.” Let’s look at some examples to see how these words are used.
나는 많은 돈이 있다. = I have a lot of money. 다니엘은 야구에 관심이 많은 것 같아. = It seems like Daniel has a lot of interest in baseball. 나는 남자친구에게 많은 관심을 받고 싶다. = I want to get a lot of attention from my boyfriend. 식물을 키우는 것은 많은 관심을 필요로 한다. = Growing a plant requires a lot of attention.
Korean verb ‘부탁하다’
Next, let’s look at the word ‘부탁하다.’
‘부탁’ is a noun that means “request/favor” and ‘부탁하다’ is a verb that means “to ask someone to do something or entrust someone with something.” Let’s look at some examples.
안나, 부탁이 있어. = Anna, I have a favor to ask 마이콜, 너의 부탁이 뭐였지? = Michael, what was your request? 나는 메리에게 그 음식을 가져올 것을 부탁했다. = I politely asked Marry to bring that dish. 내가 너에게 이걸 부탁해도 될까? = Is it okay if I request this to you? (if I entrust you with this?)
Jihyo says: “생일 기념 태국 브이로그 살짝쿵 올려보았어요. 많관부”
To conclude, Jihyo of TWICE is saying that she posted a v-log of her trip to Thailand and is asking her fans to give a lot of attention and love to it. She seems to have posted pictures of her trip to Thailand to show her fans briefly what her v-log is about!