"오빠! 같이 가자!"
Translation:Brother! Let's go together!
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Lots of weirdness with Duo´s Korean course, but maybe there is some psychology in that. I would prefer more useful and traditional sentences, but maybe their method is more conducive to memorization. Here´s to our role as guinea pigs and lab rats.
I know, but someone studying Korean won't know what the difference between 오빠 and 형 is BECAUSE Duolingo doesnt have explanations
but all mobile phones have browsers with desktop version option. good luck.
오빠 = older brother (only said by girls and women) 형 = older brother (only said by boys and men)
Stairway to Heaven made me never forget this line. Oppa was used SO MUCH in it!
I typed "oppa! let's go together" and got it wrong, I mean, what else do I expect...
OPPA doesn't mean brother! It is USED with: brothers, friends, cousins and boyfriends! Duolingo, it is wrong to translate it as brother. It is a super weird translation to call your boyfriend as brother
well.. it DOES mean brother.. it's just used with friends and boyfriends too. it's weird in English, but normal in Korean
The male voice says oppa? The very essence of the words 'hyeong' and 'obba' is that hyeong is used by male speakers and obba by female ones. You're teaching people how to not speak Korean correctly. You should use your brain more when creating exercises.
I don't mean to sound rude, but take it easy on how you explain the difference between the uses of Oppa and Hyung. Besides, girls can use the term Hyung as well. It all depends on the speaker. If the girl feels like it's uncomfortable to say "Oppa" to someone, she'd probably say Hyung instead if they were as close as siblings.
Again, I don't want to come off as rude to you, though. If you found this offensive, I'm sorry I hurt you. We cool?
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I literally wrote "Brother! Let's go together". I was trying to hit the "!" but hit Confirm just before (using the app on my phone) and it marked it as wrong. But for other lessons it doesn't mark you wrong for incorrect punctuation!
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Wow! Maybe Duo was confused by your quotation marks, or didn't like your period being outside. On to the next challenge!파이팅!
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No ,오빠 is a term used by girls to address a boy who is older than them (within a certain age range I believe) so it's most commonly used to address their older brothers but can also be used for a male friend or a boyfriend who's older than them.
