Common Mistakes #2 ELL 2035

1. You look like very tired today. Your mother looks a teacher. Your mother looks like a teacher. He/she looks like (a) 명사…

smell, taste, sound, feel smell (형용사) smell like (명사) smells fantastic smells like roses taste bitter taste like lemons sounds great sounds like 장나라 feel awful feel like garbage

2. I was on a rollercoaster and it was really funny. 유재석 is really fun 유재석 is really funny. fun = good time, enjoyable funny = laughing, comedy

3. He has black eyes and brown hair… He has brown eyes. He has dark brown eyes.

4. I will go to shopping with my friends. I will go to shopping… go + 동사+ing go to 장소 I will go to 이마트 to go shopping with…

I will go to shopping… I will go to 명사…/ I will go to Emart… I will go 동사+ing… I will go shopping… I was studying in abroad last year… I will go to home. Let’s go to downtown. He has been to overseas / abroad Come to here. Let’s go to somewhere. She is in upstairs. The car is in downstairs. Let’s go to outside. Please come to inside, it’s cool in outside. I went to shopping with my friend.

5. I am open mind. I am open minded. I have an open mind. She is hot tempered. She has a hot temper.

6. I know your mind… emotional – intellectual I know/understand how you feel. I know/understand your feelings. I know what’s on your mind – I know what you are thinking about… intellectual I know/understand your opinion. I know/understand your mindset.

7. I am hard to study English It is hard to study English. Studying English is hard (for me). I am having a hard time studying English.

English to Korean Sometimes there is no perfect match for some vocabulary. For example, words like 눈치, 정, 한, 제사, 애교, etc. may be hard to define in English because the concept does not exist.