"눈물이 수염에 흘렀어요."

Translation: The tears flowed into his beard.

[Matas993145]

Tears = eye water? That's cute

[perihelions]

why is it 'his'? is saying 'the' or 'a' wrong?

[AbunPang]

“the” or “a” would be ok in theory, but in practice, if the beard is attached to somebody you would use a possessive pronoun rather than an article in English. So unless we’re talking about a detached beard lying around being cried upon, “his” is the most natural translation (or “her” if it’s a woman with a beard ;) ).

[Gideon879715]

I think its just assumed that the subject of the sentence is a male.

[Alex110711]

While that might be correct in theory, it would sound a bit like a beard lives on its own.

[JesusOnCross4U]

Not exactly, just less natural. Body parts are usually referenced with personal pronouns in English, although this isnt the case in languages like Spanish or German.

[AngeliqueT17]

That's so sad and poetic and also funny

[Jeong-JinL]

Would that make my dye fade faster where the tears lingered? suddenly has important Quora question

[hippietrail]

It's such a beautiful song.

[diegolicat]

definitely a sentence i would use everyday ㅋㅋㅋ

[jaisaige]

울지 마라!

[Kiyomice]

This is hilarious!