Wednesday, March 21, 2007

인연 and 악연

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인연 [因緣]
[명사]
1 사람들 사이에 맺어지는 관계.  see 연고 緣故
2 어떤 사물과 관계되는 연줄.

anybody with a korean boy or girlfriend has heard these uncommon words.  I found out that 인연 doesn’t mean a good meeting or a bad meeting either.  악연 does mean a bad meaning, however.  인연 simply means meeting somebody.  It’s like a Buddhist thing about a fateful meeting.
I just was wondering if I could verify this.  If you are getting along well with the person, you can say 좋은 인연.  So you can tell your girlfriend or boyfriend, if things are going good lately, 우리가 만나는 게 좋은 인연인 것 같아요.  My korean may have a mistake in it.  You can also say 나쁜 인연.  Once again, 인연 simply means meeting, and isn’t neither good nor bad, unlike 악연.

here is a quote from naver news : during an interview:
intervewer: 아무래도 노 대통령과는 악연인 것 같습니다.  Working with President No was bad for everybody.
interviewee: “그렇지도 않아요. “ No, not really. 


Posted by joesp on Wednesday Mar 21, 2007 at 11:45 AM in Korean Writing |
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