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Today’s Phrase
세상이 참 좁네요
se·sang·i cham jom·ne·yo
sesang-i cham jomneyo
What a small world!
Cultural Insight
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Phrase Breakdown
세상이
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the world (subject)
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참
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truly / really
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좁네요
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is small / narrow (I realize)
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The world is truly small! (What a coincidence!)
Example Phrases
같은 고향 출신이에요? 세상이 참 좁네요!
gateun gohyang chulsin-ieyo? sesang-i cham jomneyo!
You’re from the same hometown? What a small world!
출신 means ‘originally from / hometown origin’; 이에요 is a copula ending for identity.
서로 아는 사람이 있었네요. 세상 참 좁네요.
seoro aneun sarami isseonne-yo. sesang cham jomneyo.
We had a mutual friend. What a small world.
서로 means ‘mutually / each other’; 아는 사람 = ‘someone (one) knows.’
이런 우연이 있나요! 세상이 좁네요.
ireon uyeon-i innayo! sesang-i jomneyo.
What a coincidence! It’s a small world.
우연 means ‘coincidence’; 이런 means ‘such / this kind of.’
Related Phrases
정말 우연이네요
jeongmal uyeon-ineyo
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어쩌다 알게 됐어요?
eojjeoda alge dwaesseoyo?
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인연이 있나봐요
inyon-i innaobwayo
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Quick Review
꾸준히 하면 돼요
Can you recall what this means?
kkujunhi hamyeon dwaeyo
You just need to be consistent