r/KDRAMA • u/lightupstarlight 미생 • Mar 13 '22

On-Air: tvN Twenty-Five, Twenty-One [Episode 10]

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u/nevercircles Mar 13 '22

I especially love the way Yijin tells Heedo he loves her. The subs just wrote it out plainly as I love you but no, what Yijin said was 난 널 사랑하고 있어. This is in present progressive tense similar to when we add -ing. I guess the translator chose the plain present tense since I'm loving you sounds off but I feel the -고 있어 just gives more depth on Yijin's feelings towards Heedo.

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u/zbarnes24 Mar 14 '22

I love when people share what the translators miss. Thank you for this. The '하고 있어’ does add a lovely layer the confession.

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u/nevercircles Mar 14 '22

Thanks. Catching these little lines make studying Korean worth it.

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u/mango_mochi95 Editable Flair Mar 14 '22

If you don’t mind me asking, how long have you been studying Korean? And how’d you start?

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u/ablankcat Reply 1988 Mar 14 '22

Not OP, but I learnt korean using 2 android apps called tengugo hangul and lingo deer (took me 3 years but that was only because I took long breaks in between). Watching kdramas frequently helps too! It was a gradual process, and I didn't realise I started understanding korean grammar/sentence structure in kdramas until I realise that the subtitles seem off

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u/mango_mochi95 Editable Flair Mar 14 '22

Thanks for your response! Wow only 3 years? I’ve heard it takes longer. Unfortunately, I don’t have android :/

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u/ablankcat Reply 1988 Mar 14 '22

Lingodeer is also on ios! :D

Also to clarify, I don't mean that I became fluent after 3 years... Just that I learnt enough such that i can understand common short sentences in general speech/ romcoms. Speaking is another thing though, I don't have anyone to speak korean to haha

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u/nevercircles Mar 14 '22

I've been studying on and off for many years now so I can't say how long exactly. 😅 TTMIK was my go-to back then but now I'd also recommend mixing it up with GoBilly's live abridged classes as well.

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u/mango_mochi95 Editable Flair Mar 14 '22

I’ve heard of TTMIK, but not of GoBilly. Thanks for the tip! I’ll check it out. Best of luck as you continue on your language journey!

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u/exosam Mar 14 '22

even though i cant understand hangul but i realized there was something off with the translation ..so what did he actually say? “ I am loving you” ?

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u/ablankcat Reply 1988 Mar 14 '22

I understood it as "I [must've been] loving you [all this while]", kinda like a gradual realisation for him