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Joined: 09 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Son Deureo! wrote: |
| "I played with my friends last weekend." (from 30+ year olds) |
That one's an L1 issue. In Korean "to play" is ���, and its perfectly acceptable to use it when talking about hanging out with your friends. In a way the problem is with English, not Korean; the word has a straightforward meaning in Korean, but has evolved into a more restricted meaning in everyday English (only children "play"). |
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Ekuboko
Joined: 22 Dec 2004
Location: ex-Gyeonggi
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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| "How many family do you have?" |
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