"초록색인 도마뱀이 날아요."
Translation:The green lizard flies.
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It's same, what different is one adapt from chinese word and another one is made by Korean
Interesting idea! Which is the Korean made one, 緑色 "green color" or 草緑色 "grass green color"?
dude how are you learning like 30 languages and still have a streak in the hundreds
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I like languages. My streak should be longer but it got broken when the British border guards didn't allow me into the Channel Tunnel on my last trip around the world.
So if 뱀 is snake and 도마 + 뱀 is lizard, then what does 도마 mean? Something to do with legs or crawling perhaps?
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According to google translate 도마 is chopping board, lol. My guess is that it is adapted from 동물 (animal).
Just in case you're serious, perhaps I should point out that 도마 seems to be Korean, while 동물 is Sino-Korean 動物.
I can't, I just assume the words in these Korean lessons are Korean unless there is a reason to think otherwise. My comment only meant that the idea that 도마뱀 involves the Chinese word for "animal" very mispronounced seems far-fetched. Why "animal snake"? Not impossible, but needs serious evidence.
The original question remains a very interesting one. But the best I can find is "The first part may be related to 도막 (domak), 도막도막 (domakdomak)."
The second time in two days I got "the" and "a" mixed up. I can't remember for sure it was "a" I got shot down for last time.
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It's not you who got it mixed up. It's the volunteers maintaining the course didn't think to add it as a correct alternative. Please suggest it be added next time.
I'm unlikely to ever hear or use the word "lizard." Please don't make me learn and remember it, instead please replace it with one of the most common 5K words.