"그녀의 머리카락은 검어요."

Translation:Her hair is black.

October 16, 2017

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https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ling.ko

"그녀는 머리카락이 검어요." and "She has black hair." would be a better sentence set.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/MarcoMata624763

Wouldn't that be something along the lines of "그녀는 검은 머리카락이 있어요"? Or are these the same? Or am I completely off?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/tessabanessa

Hey great question. In Korean, adjectives all come in descriptive verb form. So while your sentence is also correct, the original sentence is more natural. By adding the 은 ending of a descriptive verb you are turning the verb into an adjective, but for simple sentences it's usually more natural to use the descriptive verb as opposed to an adjective with 있다/이다.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ANeFv

Anyone know what 카락 translates? I've only ever seen 머리 alone used for head and hair


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ling.ko

카락 etymologically originated from '가락', which means a thin and long material like threads. '머리' means 'head', but it can mean 'hair', too. '머리카락' means 'hair' only.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/LiKenun

The pattern is intuitive if you think about slender extensions of your body all as a kind of 가락:

  • 손가락: fingers
  • 발가락: toes

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/KookieBTSARMY101

Thank you so much your comment really helped:)


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/zeairr

A similar word/part is used in the words for finger (손카락) and toe (발가락). I was always under the impression that 가락 and 카락 refer to extremities.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/choco_latte222

내 머리카락이 너무 길어♡


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/shawdusk

I also translated to "She has black hair" and was wrong, though I'm sure there may be a reason for this.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Cassandra983

In this sentence, "black" is part of the verb. Her hair is black.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Fauziaaang

_머리_에 뿔이 솟아  But I love it 넌 내 왕관이 되지 두근두근 두근대는 감각

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