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Once Again (13) 진심이야?

2020-11-23

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Young-dal: 괜찮은 여자 같더라.

She seemed like a nice woman.

Chi-soo: 뭐?

What? 

Young-dal: 그 김밥집 사장 생각보다 괜찮은 여자 같더라고.

The owner of the gimbap place. She seemed pretty nice. 

Chi-soo: 진짜? 진심이야?

아니 나보고 미쳤다고 그럴 때는 언제고 갑자기 왜?

하룻밤 새에 왜 마음이 바뀌었대?

Really? Are you being sincere?

You were just telling me I was crazy, weren’t you?

What made you change your mind all of a sudden? 


Expression of the Week

진심이야?


진심 – truth, sincerity; a sincere heart without falsehood


Casual – 진심이야?

Semi-polite/polite – 진심이세요? 


>>[진심] means truth or sincerity and when you want to ask someone if they are telling the truth or mean what they say, you can use the expression “진심이야” or “진심이세요?”


>>You can also use [진심] as an adverb to mean “sincerely” or “from the bottom of one’s heart” as in the following expression.

Eg. 진심으로 감사드립니다.  I thank you sincerely.  

 


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