I'm excited / I'm looking forward to it

Day 234 — I’m excited / I’m looking forward to it | Korean Blueprint

Today’s Phrase

기대가 돼요

gi·dae·ga dwae·yo

gidaega dwaeyo

I’m excited / I’m looking forward to it

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Phrase Breakdown

기대가

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anticipation / expectation (subject)

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돼요

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it happens / I become

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I’m filled with anticipation / I’m looking forward to it.

다음 주 여행이 정말 기대가 돼요.

daeum ju yeohaeng-i jeongmal gidaega dwaeyo.

I’m really looking forward to next week’s trip.

다음 주 means ‘next week’; 기대가 되다 is the idiomatic expression for feeling anticipation.

한국에 가는 게 너무 기대돼요!

hanguge ganeun ge neomu gidaedwaeyo!

I’m so excited about going to Korea!

너무 in positive contexts means ‘so much’; 가는 게 nominalized verb = ‘going.’

새로운 시작이 기대돼요.

saeroun sijagi gidaedwaeyo.

I’m looking forward to the new beginning.

새로운 means ‘new’; 시작 means ‘start/beginning.’

설레요

seollaeyo

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두근거려요

dugeunggeoryeoyo

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얼마나 기다렸는지 몰라요

eolmana gidarynneunjyi mollayo

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Quick Review

솔직히 말할게요

Can you recall what this means?

soljiki malhalgeyo

I’ll be honest with you