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Today’s Phrase
빨리빨리 문화예요
ppa·li·ppa·li mun·hwa·ye·yo
ppalipalli munhwayeyo
It’s the hurry-hurry culture
Cultural Insight
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Phrase Breakdown
빨리빨리
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hurry-hurry / quickly-quickly
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문화예요
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it’s the culture
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It’s Korea’s hurry-hurry culture.
Example Phrases
한국은 빨리빨리 문화예요. 모든 게 빨라요.
hangug-eun ppalipalli munhwayeyo. modeun ge pallayo.
Korea has a hurry-hurry culture. Everything is fast.
모든 게 means ‘everything’; 빨라요 is the informal form of ‘빠르다’ (to be fast).
배달도 빨리빨리에요.
baedaldo ppalipalliyeyo.
Delivery is fast too.
도 means ‘also / too’; the sentence extends the 빨리빨리 concept to another domain.
처음엔 빨리빨리 문화가 적응하기 힘들었어요.
cheoeumen ppalipalli munhwaga jeogeunghagi himdeureosseoyo.
At first the hurry-hurry culture was hard to adjust to.
처음엔 means ‘at first’; 적응하기 is ‘adapting to’ as a verbal noun.
Related Phrases
속도가 빨라요
sokdoga pallayo
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기다리기 싫어요
gidarigi sireoyo
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효율적이에요
hyoyuljeogieyeo
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Quick Review
서두르지 마세요
Can you recall what this means?
seodureuji maseyo
Don’t rush