"저는 아주 긴 바나나를 가지고 있습니다."

Translation: I have a very long banana.

[ms.chievous]

그래요?

[LiKenun]

그래.

[seonni]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[Bat_is_bat]

They all brag about it, but it's always a scam.

[Jet677837]

This sentence was definitely made in jest!

[Athena123412]

But is it yellow and spotted?

[sonnert]

In that case, he would have weeks to live.

[Eveleein]

The coments ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[FBL4nI]

That's what he said...

[Bea33983]

Who comes up with this xD

[SabianF]

그리고 난 여친 없어요... 윙크 윙크

[Josuejiar]

바나나가 제가 제일 좋아하는 과일이에요 ㅅㅅ

[ThomasPrik]

so all the jest aside, why is it not "i am owning the 'thing'..." when it is continuous? but "i have"??

[voldemartt]

"I am owning" is not correct, you don't say that in English, Just own/have

[Tamara357064]

I always forget to put 'a' and get it wrong

[RodSalomon1]

남친도 긴 바나나가 있거든요

[stephislearning]

The comments makes the learning experience more fun haha

[beelc17]

The comments are the best part lol

[tarobobateaa]

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ ㅁㅊ 듀오린고

[minyeezy]

you don't have to rub it in

[GregNapp]

Oo

[BrandonBos73818]

I thought koreans had short bananas?

[MrSplitfoot]

작은 고추가 맵다

[Macho.gurl]

대박

[ItsSejong]

Now i understand why I'm liked so much....

[Skye-mist]

Oh the innuendo.

[mino_iv]

e//u//e

[OdileBrock]

banana or bananas?

[lingiust]

For plural 들 is added.. so bananas will be 바나나들

[diana97k]

Although they look similar, it's not the plural marker. It's the object particle 를. It's still a singular banana

[hyangiixi]

However, just going to point out that often in Korean the plural is assumed based on context, and ~들 is omitted, so without context, it could be either

[Michal244161]

Why the continuous form ?

[diana97k]

In continuous form, the verb 가지다 means "to have".

Otherwise, the verb means "to hold" or "to carry around"--thus becoming "I am carrying around a very long banana".

[aureliam4]

why is it incorrect to translate as "i hold a very long banana"?

[diana97k]

The sentence follows the "~고 있다" form, meaning the verb is continuous. So then it could be "I am holding a very long banana".

But the more correct usage of the verb 가지다 is more "to carry around"--thus becoming "I am carrying around a very long banana".

However, in the continuous form, the more correct meaning is "I have ..." rather than "I am carrying around"

[nerd_nope]

damn we all really had the same thought process

[nerd_nope]

what did you do with the banana tho