I'll be honest with you - KoreanBlueprint

Day 233 — I’ll be honest with you | Korean Blueprint

Today’s Phrase

솔직히 말할게요

sol·jik·i mal·hal·ge·yo

soljiki malhalgeyo

I’ll be honest with you

Grammar Spotlight

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Phrase Breakdown

솔직히

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honestly / frankly

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말할게요

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I will say / tell you

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I will speak honestly.

솔직히 말할게요. 그 계획은 좋지 않아요.

soljiki malhalgeyo. geu gyehoek-eun jochi anayo.

I’ll be honest with you. That plan isn’t good.

좋지 않아요 is a softer negation than 나빠요 (is bad); it literally means ‘is not good.’

솔직한 의견 주세요.

soljikhan uigyeon juseyo.

Please give me your honest opinion.

솔직한 is the attributive form of 솔직하다 (to be honest); it modifies 의견 (opinion).

솔직히 말하면 어때요?

soljiki malhamyeon eottaeyo?

How about saying it honestly?

말하면 어때요? is a soft suggestion: ‘what if you said [something]?’ — encourages openness.

사실은요

sasireun-nyo

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꾸밈 없이 말해요

kkumim eopsi malhaeyo

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진심으로 하는 말이에요

jinsimeuro haneun mariyeyo

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Quick Review

화해하고 싶어요

Can you recall what this means?

hwahaehago sipeoyo

I want to make up / reconcile