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“Uri” (우리) — why she says “our mom” about her own mother

September 24, 2026September 22, 2026 by mataXinfo
우리 (uri) word card

Korean says “our mother”, “our house”, “our husband”, and means none of the things English hears. The plural is not counting anybody.

Categories Honorifics & Titles Tags family, korean culture, possessives, uri Leave a comment

“Jeong” (정) — the bond English never got a word for

September 24, 2026September 20, 2026 by mataXinfo
정 (jeong) — what the subtitle says versus what was actually said

Subtitles call it affection or a special bond. Both add something the Korean word refuses to say: that you like the person. The stock phrase about “ugly jeong” proves it does not.

Categories Untranslatable Words Tags attachment, jeong, korean culture, untranslatable Leave a comment

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Korean words, honorifics and lines that subtitles cannot carry across. One word per article: what it means, what the subtitle says, and what got dropped.

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