"산이 높습니다."

Translation: The mountain is high.

[dae378959]

don't do drugs mountains

[FireJade]

Is this equivalent to "The mountain is tall"? Or does it mean the mountain is at high elevation? Rephrased, could you use "학교가 높습니다" to describe a one-story school on a mountain? Or does it mean the building itself is tall?

[ARrocket]

I was also wondering the same thing. One of the other statements in this lesson is "the road is high" using this same "높습니다 ," so given that context I infer that it really does deal with elevation (since obviously, a road can't be tall.

[josueetcom]

I think it's equivalent as a high mountain is a tall mountain

[slycordinator]

While they're the same in Korean, that's not the same in English. For instance, Mt Everest is the highest in the world but not the tallest.

[josueetcom]

Ah yes technically though that also depends on your definition of tall. Fortunately English has two words to be able to make that distinction. I think Korean, like Spanish's "alto", only has the one word and is unable to make that distinction without additional context

[slycordinator]

Sure, but the generally understood definitions have high meaning how far up something is relative to the ground/sea level and tall meaning how far up its top is relative to its bottom/base.

Like, I'd be just as tall (well, short, actually) if I went high up in an airplane.

This is just the tip of the iceberg of words that translate to more than one thing between Korean and English.

[Jinyoung_2209]

But ain't no mountain high enough

[jiminstinyhands]

The mountain is in Colorado

[old.man.elbows]

san dont do drugs man

[BTSforlife111]

Dont do drugs mountain you know better

[Coby551933]

The valley is low.

[Savonya]

I personally found San E to be more medium height than tall...