Expression of the Week

Real estate agent：이 가게입니다. 어떠세요, 마음에 드세요?

It’s this store. What do you think? Do you like it? 

Kim Mal-bun: 테이블 한 두엇 놓으면 

 After putting in a few tables,

냉장고는 머리빡에다 이고 있어야 쓰겠구먼.

I’ll have to put the fridge on top of my head for space.

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마음에 드세요? (Do you like it?)

마음 – heart, affection or interest

-에 – particle after place, time or object meaning at, to, by, on, in

들다 – to enter, to go in, to fall

Casual – 마음에 들어?

Semi-polite – 마음에 드세요?

Polite – 마음에 드시나요?

>>[마음에 들다] literally means to fall or enter into one’s heart and is used as an expression to mean “to like.”

>>Compared to “좋아하다” which also means “to like,” [마음에 들다] is expressing a passive action meaning you are satisfied or pleased with it. In other words, the expression has the subtle connotation that you did not intend it but something/someone entered your heart and you like it.