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Woman of 9.9 Billion (4) 맘대로 해요

2020-12-21

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Seo-yeon: 미쳤어요?

Are you crazy?

Jae-hoon: 미치기 일보 직전.

I’m about to go crazy. 

Seo-yeon: 이거 놔요.

Let go of me. 

Jae-hoon: 약속하면 놔줄게요. 이따 밖에서 만나요..

I will if you promise to meet me later. 

Seo-yeon: 맘대로 해요. 난 안 나갈 거니까.

Do as you wish. I won’t be there.  


Expression of the Week

맘대로 해요 (do as you wish)


마음대로 – adv. at will (as and when one likes) 

하다 – v. do; perform

마음대로 해라 – (좋을 대로 해라) suit yourself 


Casual – 마음(맘)대로 해라 

Semi-polite/polite – 마음대로 해요(하세요) 


>>[맘] is the abbreviated form of [마음] which means “intention” or “will”. So, “마음대로” means “as your intention or will”. 


>>”마음대로” Combined with the verb “하다” turns into the expression “맘대로 해요” which means “suit yourself” or “do as you wish” (because I won’t do anything about it). In the dialogue, Seo-yeon is expressing just that, telling Jae-hoon that he can do whatever he wants and come out to see her, but she will not be there. 


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