"사회주의"
Translation:Socialism
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1575
if you are interested, there is even better word: 공산주의 - communism. Or the absolute socio-political gamebreaker, 주체사상 - the Juche idea
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(Chinese transliteration)
주 - chief, main
의 - idea(s), line of thought (thinking, reasoning)
주의 can be used to mean:
. On its own: Notice
. As a suffix: Ideology, tenet, dogma etc. [-ism]
So 의 is a diphthong (strong 으+[j]) at the beginning of a word, sounds like 에 for the possessive particle and sounds like 이 when part of a word that isn't at the beginning? Is that a good summary?
- 1575
Yes, you're absolutely correct. Anyway, if someone wants to read more, it's explained in great detail here
I never gave that site a serious look before. It's very thorough, especially with the inclusion of numerous phonological rules. 의의의 is my new favorite word in Korean.
Hi, I'm on the app, can I know what's the website since I can't click on the link.
Duolingo is preparing us for some interesting conversations now! That's kind of encouraging, actually, that we are far enough into the course where they decided "Okay now let's teach them about Socialism". Learning words for ideas and abstract concepts are needed to have complex conversations!
- 1934
I saw in the next lesson that the word for socialism is related to the word for society.
- 1007
Very roughly, 사(社) means a company, shrine or whatever, 회(會) means meeting, and together they make society. 주(主) can mean lord but usually main, 의(義) means noble teaching, and together they make -ism.
