"저는 제 자신을 무서워해요."

Translation: I am afraid of myself.

[kugyousha]

True story

[Mibonyx]

Why so many references to self?
(P.S. - Whoa.)

[Yoko700675]

Maybe you could think of
저는 - I
제 - my
자신 - self

translated literally it could be

I my self afraid

[deactivated user]

Deep

[Remahhh]

Duo gettin real out here

[SunShine293033]

It hurt.

[Ese219155]

I wrote 'I fear myself' and it was marked wrong.

[Andi-El-linguist]

I did the same just now, too. It was still marked wrong as of April 2020; however, I've reported it, as that is an equally valid translation. I'm sure it will be added when they get time. It's a big job.

[kaisershah]

Shouldn't 'I scare myself' be acceptable?
Just wondering.

[AbunPang]

In this case it doesn't make a difference in terms of meaning due to the use of 자신, but with 무서워하다, the thing marked with -을/를 is the thing the cause of the fear, not the experiencer. So it means "to fear, to be afraid of", not "to scare, to make afraid". For example: 제 동생은 개를 무서워해요. "My little brother is afraid of dogs." (Not the other way around.)

[alyjaanapa]

Does the difference between 무워요 and 무워해요 mean anything?

[alyjaanapa]

I meant 무서워, not 무워

[AidenAN]

https://www.duolingo.com/skill/ko/Compound-Verbs/tips-and-notes

무섭다 - to be scary
무서워하다 - to fear

[mickyclee]

I was wondering the same thing. Semantically, they appear to be the same, but... Perhaps there's a distinction I'm not seeing, or perhaps there's a similar distinction in Korean?

[YunisR]

No, it's using afraid not scare

[ainna514]

Liking this coz you're an Eri! 사랑하자!!

[raemation]

What is 자신?

[ms.chievous]

I take it to mean "self". Thus you get the sentence "I am afraid of myself"

[haobubble]

"Self," if you tap/hover over the word it should show the translation.

[Minnie_95]

저도요

[ThomasPrik]

i heard koreans use 자신 more often in its meaning as "confidence" not so often as "self".
the sentence to me made more sense in that regard as well...

so i gave "i am afraid of my confidence" a try, but...

[D8amx]

how do you say "self"?

[Al-Asmawi]

That's what I thought, I typed "I am scared of my confidence" but it was marked wrong. I wonder if it is correct though.

[jayvee234]

What's the difference between "무서워 해요" and "무서워요"?
I was marked wrong when I used 무서워요.
Thanks in advance.

[mhin1]

무섭다 means "to be scary" while 무서워하다 means "to fear". The former is a description of the subject while the latter is an action the subject performs.

[tnW73]

'Alter Ego' = 또 다른 자아

[goohayoon]

아니요. 사람들을 무서워해요

[Seannette3007]

Yeah me too

[Andi-El-linguist]

I wrote "I fear myself", which was marked as wrong (April 2020). I reported it ('My answer should have been marked as correct') so it should be added in due time.
Many thanks to those who work hard to fix all the errors and add in all the alternative translations. :)

[Ipurpleyou1995]

I just wanna hug duo at this point.

[MoaAmiiiiii]

Realized

[mickyclee]

Should "I scare myself" really be incorrect here?

[CascataNerina]

I put in "I fear myself." Is that a different distinction?

[Andy513708]

"I fear myself" should theoretically be accepted, but yes, there is a distinction between that and "I scare myself". Obviously it makes little difference when the subject and the object are the same person, but consider the difference between, for example, "I scare the tiger" and "I fear the tiger"...

[Andi-El-linguist]

"I fear myself" and "I am afraid of myself" are synonymous. However, as Andy513708 said, "I fear myself" and "I scare myself" are not interchangeable in a technical sense.

[Jambutt]

Big mood

[fullsun974019]

What is the different between 무서워요 and무서워해요