#13 Learning Korean with K-pop: ENHYPEN — Bite Me
Today, we will be memorizing some Korean vocabulary and grammar forms through ENHYPEN’s dark and mature song, Bite Me.
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Difficulty: Intermediate
This post contains the following sections:
- Vocabulary List;
- Grammar List;
- Explanation & Lyrics Breakdown;
- Other Links.
Vocabulary List:
- 나: I, me
- 다시: Again
- 와: Come
- 구원하다: To save
- 혈관: Blood vessel
- 속: Inside
- 너: You
- 찾다: To find
- 내: My (informal)
- 세포: Cell
- 이제: Now
- 알다: To know
- 운명: Destiny
- 우리: Us
- 발견하다: To discover
- 괴롭히다: To torment
- 뭔가: Something
- 찾다: To find
- 헤매다: To wander
- 떠오르다: To come up
- 잠시: (For) a while
- 잊혀지다: To be forgotten
- 나의: My (informal)
- 이름: Name
- 남기다: To leave
- 네: Your (informal)
- 것: Thing
- 증거: Evidence
- 찬미하다: To praise
- 그게: That | 그것 (that) + 가 particle
- 숙명: Destiny
- 이: This
- 어둠: Darkness
- 기회: Opportunity
- 주다: To give
- 바치다: To dedicate
- 지키다: To protect
- 과거: Past
- 버리다: To throw away
- 어리석다: Foolish
- 오만: Arrogance
- 연결하다: To connect
- 삼키다: To swallow
Grammar List:
- 에게 particle: To…, for…
- 으로/로 particle: Indicating particle
- ~ㄹ 거야 form: I will… (Future Tense form)
- ~(라)면: If…
- 을/를 particle: Object marking particle
- ~던 form: Describing nouns with verbs/adjectives (Past Tense)
- 은/는 particle: Topic marking particle
- ~지 ending: Turning sentences into questions or Answering a question (gives the response a feeling of “Of course!”)
- ~은/는 form: Describing nouns with verbs/adjectives
- 이/가 particle: Subject marking particle
- ~아/어주다: To give…, to do something to someone
- ~란 form: Abbreviation of ~라고 하는 or ~라고 한 (called/named…)
- ~ㄹ form: Used to describe nouns with verbs/adjectives (Future Tense)
- 에/에서 particle: Time and location indicator
- ~ㄹ게 form: I will…, I’ll do it for… (sounds softer than ~ㄹ 거야)
Explanation & Lyrics Breakdown
It’s you and me in this world
내게로 다시 와 tie me
날 구원할 거라면
Just come kiss me and bite me
내게로 다시 와 tie me = Again come to me tie me
- 내게로: 나 (I, me) + 에게 particle + 로 particle
- 다시: again
- 와: 오다 (to come) conjugated in Casual Present Tense
날 구원할 거라면 = If you are going to save me
- 날: 나 (I, me) + 를 particle
- 구원할 거라면: 구원하다 (to save) + ~ㄹ 거야 + ~라면
혈관 속 memory
널 찾던 내 세포는 scream
이젠 알아 what I had to be
운명은 우릴 다시 발견했지
혈관 속 memory = Memory in my veins
- 혈관: veins
- 속: inside
널 찾던 내 세포는 scream = My cells in search of you scream
- 널: 너 (you) + 를 particle
- 찾던: 찾다 (to find, to look for) + ~던 form
- 내: my (informal)
- 세포는: 세포 (cell) + 는 particle
이젠 알아 what I had to be = Now I know what I had to be
- 이젠: 이제 (now) + 는 particle
- 알아: 알다 (to know) conjugated in Casual Present Tense
운명은 우릴 다시 발견했지 = Fate discovered us once again
- 운명은: 운명 (fate) + 은 particle
- 우릴: 우리 (us) + 를 particle
- 다시: again
- 발견했지: 발견하다 (to discover) conjugated in Past Tense + ~지 ending
Got me bad bad bad 나를 괴롭힌
뭔갈 찾아 헤매는 dreams
떠올랐어 when you next to me
잠시 잊혀진 나의 이름이
Got me bad bad bad 나를 괴롭힌 = Got me bad bad bad torturing me
- 나를: 나 (I, me) + 를 particle
- 괴롭힌: 괴롭히다 (to torment) in Noun-describing form (Past Tense)
뭔갈 찾아 헤매는 dreams = Dreams wander looking for something
- 뭔갈: 뭔가 (something) + 를 particle
- 찾아 헤매는: 찾다 (to search) + 헤매다 (to wander around) + ~는 form (Noun-describing form)
떠올랐어 when you next to me = It comes to me when you next to me
- 떠올랐어: 떠오르다 (to come up) conjugated in Casual Past Tense
잠시 잊혀진 나의 이름이 = My name that was briefly forgotten
- 잠시: for a while, briefly
- 잊혀진: 잊혀지다 (to be forgotten) conjugated in Noun-describing form (Past Tense)
- 나의: my (informal)
- 이름이: 이름 (name) + 이 particle
Come here and get some
남겨줘 on my neck 네 거란 증거
Just come over and bite me
남겨줘 on my neck 네 거란 증거 = Leave the mark on my neck that it’s yours
- 남겨줘: 남기다 (to leave) + ~어주다 form
- 네: your (informal)
- 거란: 것 (thing) + 란 form
- 증거: mark
Come here and get some
널 찬미할 sidekick 그게 내 숙명
Just come over and bite me
널 찬미할 sidekick 그게 내 숙명 = Sidekick that worships you, That’s my destiny
- 널: 너 (you) + 를 particle
- 찬미할: 찬미하다 (to praise) + ㄹ form
- 그게: that | 그것 (that) + 가 particle
- 내: my (informal)
- 숙명: destiny
It’s you and me in this world
이 어둠 속에서 light me
기회를 줄 거라면
Just come kiss me and bite me
Yeah
이 어둠 속에서 light me = In this darkness light me
- 이: this
- 어둠: darkness
- 속에서: 속 (inside) + 에서 particle
기회를 줄 거라면 = If you’ll give me a chance
- 기회를: 기회 (chance) + 를 particle
- 줄 거라면: 주다 (to give) + ~ㄹ 거야 form + ~라면 form
너에게 바칠게, 너를 지킬 brave heart
과거에 버린 내 어리석은 오만
Come to me, make it right
다시 연결해 줘, 날
삼켜, 날
너에게 바칠게, 너를 지킬 brave heart = I dedicate to you the brave heart that’ll protect you
- 너에게: 너 (you) + 에게 particle
- 바칠게: 바치다 (to dedicate) + ~ㄹ게 form
- 너를: 너 (you) + 를 particle
- 지킬: 지키다 (to protect) + ㄹ form
과거에 버린 내 어리석은 오만 = My foolish arrogance I tossed away in the past
- 과거에: 과거 (past) + 에 particle
- 버린: 버리다 (to throw away) conjugated in Noun-describing form (Past Tense)
- 내: my
- 어리석은: 어리석다 (foolish) conjugated in Noun-describing form
- 오만: arrogance
다시 연결해 줘, 날 = Please connect me again
- 다시: again
- 연결해 줘: 연결하다 (to connect) + ~어주다 form
- 날: 나 (I, me) + 를 particle
삼켜, 날 = Devour me
- 삼켜: 삼키다 (to swallow, to devour) conjugated in Casual Present Tense
- 날: 나 (I, me) + 를 particle
