"그의 친구가 심장마비로 사망했어요."
Translation:His friend died from a heart attack.
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To die 죽다 To decease(used in officiallly)사망하다 To pass away(used respectfully ie towards a loved one) 돌아가시다
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by the way 돌아가시다 means literally 'to go back' or 'return' (돌아가다) with a honorific '시' suffix attached
Hm, but if I'm not mistaken (native speakers, please correct me if I am), 사망하다 is quite neutral concerning respect to the deceased person, whereas English "to pass away" is quite respectful. I would expect 사망하다 in formal contexts (it's common in newspaper articles for example). But when speaking of, say, my grandparents or the loved ones of the person I'm talking to, I would choose a more euphemistic expression (probably 돌아가시다, lit. "to go back").
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It's similar to the case in Spanish. "Morir" is the regular verb for "to die," often used in most contexts we'd say "die" in English. But when it comes to reportage, medical contexts, official documents, etc., the verb "fallecer" is commonly used. Similarly, with the noun "death," there's "la muerte" and then there's "difunción," which is a more official, formal term for death. For example, in death certificates, "cause of death" would be "causa de la defunción," not "causa de la muerte."
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마비 (Hanja) means paralysis but is also used to mean numbness/numb, I think.
심장 - heart (organ)
Interesting that it is "heart attack" instead of "early attack." The notes at the beginning of this section give the English for 心臟 as "early"!
He died of heart attack died from heart attack is incorrect grammar as die, dies or died goes with the preposition of
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Both "die of" and "die from" are correct.
Die of a heart attack implies the heart attack is the direct cause of the person's death.
Die from a heart attack means the heart attack brings about complications which eventually kill the person.
In general, (으)로 사망했다 = died of; died from; died by; died in
상한 마음으로 사망했다 = died of a broken heart / died from heatbreak
심장 마비로 사망했다 = died of / from a heart attack
자살로 사망했다 = died by suicide
비행기 추락으로 사망했다 = died in a plane crash
