Korean Reading 300 - 006

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(on the date of 2020. 6. 16)

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The first sentence is 코카콜라는 전 세계적으로 최대 판매 음료이다. Coca Cola is the biggest selling soft drink worldwide. 코카콜라 is written as it sounds, and 는 is the subjective case. And 전 means ‘whole’, and is used to modify the noun behind it, 세계, which means ‘world’. So, 전 세계 is ‘a whole world’, and the letters, 적으로 makes it an adverb, so 전 세계적으로 is the same as ‘worldwide’. 최대 is the superlative modifier, and 판매 is selling, and 음료 is beverage, or soft drink. And 이다 is the predicate of being something. So, 코카콜라는 전 세계적으로 최대 판매 음료이다. Coca Cola is the biggest selling soft drink worldwide.

 

The second sentence is 사실, 전 세계의 사람들은 초당 7,000병의 코카콜라를 마신다. Actually, the people all over the world drink 7,000 bottles of Coca Cola per second. 사실 is ‘actually’, and 사람들 is ‘people’, so as we learned at the previous sentence, 전 세계의 사람들 is the same as ‘the people all over the world’, and as you can see the subjective case, 은, 전 세계의 사람들은 is the subject of this sentence. And the corresponding verb is 마신다, which means ‘to drink’, and the letter 초 means ‘second’, and 당 means ‘per’, so 초당 means ‘per second’. And the number seven is pronounced as 칠, and the unit of thousand is pronounced as 천, so seven thousand is read as 칠천. And 병 is the same as ‘bottle’, and the letter, 의 is used to modify the noun behind it, 코카콜라, so 7,000병의 코카콜라 is the same as 7,000 bottles of Coca Cola, and 를 is the objective case. And 마신다 came from 마시다, which means ‘to drink’, and ㄴ under 시 is placed in order to make a predicate form. So, 사실, 전 세계의 사람들은 초당 7,000병의 코카콜라를 마신다. Actually, the people all over the world drink 7,000 bottles of Coca Cola per second.

 

The third sentence is 거의 모든 사람들이 맛을 알고 있지만 코카콜라의 조리법은 가장 치밀하게 지켜지는 비밀 중의 하나이다. Almost everybody knows the flavors, but the recipe of Coca Cola is one of the most closely guarded secrets. 거의 is ‘almost’, and 모든 means ‘all’, so 모든 사람들 is the same as ‘everybody’. And 맛 is ‘flavor’, and 을 is the objective case, and 알고 있지만 came from 알고 있다, which means ‘to know’, and the letter, 다 is replaced with 지만, which is the same as the conjunction, ‘but’, so 거의 모든 사람들이 맛을 알고 있지만 is the same as ‘Almost everybody knows the flavors, but’. And the letter, 의 is a genitive case, and 조리법 is ‘recipe’, so 코카콜라의 조리법 is ‘the recipe of Coca Cola’. And 가장 is the superlative adverb, and 치밀하게 is ‘closely’. 지켜지는 came from 지켜지다, which means ‘to be guarded’, and the letter, 다 is replaced with 는 in order to modify the noun behind it, 비밀, which means ‘secret’. And 중의 is the same as ‘among’, or ‘of’, and 하나 is ‘one’, and 이다 is the predicate of being something. So, 가장 치밀하게 지켜지는 비밀 중의 하나이다 is ‘one of the most closely guarded secrets.’ So, the whole sentence, 거의 모든 사람들이 맛을 알고 있지만 코카콜라의 조리법은 가장 치밀하게 지켜지는 비밀 중의 하나이다. Almost everybody knows the flavors, but the recipe of Coca Cola is one of the most closely guarded secrets.

 

The fourth sentence is 사람들은 코카콜라의 성공의 비결이 비밀 재료 덕분이라고 말한다. People say the secret of Coca Cola's success is thanks to its secret ingredient. In this sentence, there are two sets of subjects, and verbs. One is 사람들은, and 말한다. And the other is 비결이 and 이라고. Okay, the new word, 성공 is ‘success’, and 비결 is also ‘secret’, so 비밀, which was at the previous sentence, and 비결, these two words are the same. And as you can see, there are two genitive cases, 의, so the second subject, 코카콜라의 성공의 비결 is the same as ‘the secret of Coca Cola's success’. 재료 is ‘material, or ingredient’, so 비밀 재료 is ‘secret ingredient’. And 덕분 is ‘thanks to’. So, 사람들은 코카콜라의 성공의 비결이 비밀 재료 덕분이라고 말한다. People say the secret of Coca Cola's success is thanks to its secret ingredient.

 

The fifth sentence is 코카콜라는 코카 잎에서 추출물로 만들어진 청량음료이다. Coca Cola is a soft drink made with extracts from coca leaves. 잎 is ‘a leaf’, and 에서 is the same as ‘from’, and 추출물 is the same as ‘extract’, and 로 is the same as ‘with’. And 만들어진 came from 만들다, which means ‘to make’, and the letter, 다 is replaced with 어지다, which means ‘to be made’, that is to say, the passive form of the verb. And once again, 다 is removed and ㄴ is placed below 지 in order to modify the noun behind it, 청량음료, which means ‘soft drink’. In short, 코카 잎에서 추출물로 만들어진, these four words are used in order to modify the noun, 청량음료. Okay, two words at a time, 코카 잎에서 is ‘from coca leaves’, and 추출물로 만들어진 is ‘made with extracts’. And 이다 behind 청량음료 is the predicate of being something. So, 코카콜라는 코카 잎에서 추출물로 만들어진 청량음료이다. Coca Cola is a soft drink made with extracts from coca leaves.

 

The sixth sentence is 그래서 그들이 처음 그것을 만들 때, 그것은 녹색이다. So when they first make it, it is green. 그래서 is ‘so, or therefore’, and 그들이 is ‘they’, and 처음 is ‘first’, and 그것을 is ‘it’, and 만들 때 came from 만들다, which I mentioned at the previous sentence, and its meaning is ‘to make’, right? If you remove 다, and place 때 with one space open, this 때 represents the conjunction, ‘when’. So, 그들이 처음 그것을 만들 때 is ‘when they first make it’, right? And 녹색 is ‘green’, and 이다 is the prediate of being something. So, 그래서 그들이 처음 그것을 만들 때, 그것은 녹색이다. So when they first make it, it is green.

 

The seventh sentence is 나중에 설탕, 캐러멜 등 다른 것들을 첨가하고 색이 검은색으로 변한다. Later, they add other things like sugar, caramel, and other things, etc. and the color changes into black. By the way, I think you would notice there is no subject in this sentence. That’s because Korean language often omit the subject by the context, especially when you can guess what the subject is, which means we Koreans often don’t use subjects when we don’t have to. Anyway, 나중에 is ‘later’, and 설탕 is ‘sugar’, and 캐러멜 is written as it sounds, and the letter, 등 is ‘et cetra’, 다른 is ‘other’, and 것 is ‘thing’, and 들 means plural. And 첨가하고 came from 첨가하다, which means ‘to add’, and 다 is replaced with 고, which means ‘and’. And 색 is ‘color’, and 이 is the subjective case. And 검은색 is ‘black’, and 으로 is ‘into’, and 변한다 came from 변하다, which means ‘to change’, and ㄴ is placed under 하 in order to make a predicate form. So, 나중에 설탕, 캐러멜 등 다른 것들을 첨가하고 색이 검은색으로 변한다. Later, they add other things like sugar, caramel, and other things, etc. and the color changes into black.

 

The eighth sentence is 당신은 녹색 코카콜라를 마시는 것을 상상할 수 있는가? Can you imagine drinking green Coca Cola? 당신 is ‘you’, and 마시는 것 is the noun form of 마시다, which means ‘to drink’, so 마시는 것 is ‘drinking’, right? And 상상할 수 있는가? is an interrogative form of 상상할 수 있다, which means ‘can imagine’. 상상하다 is ‘to imagine’, and when the letter, 다 is removed, and ㄹ is placed under 하, and 수 있다 is placed behind, this indicates ‘can’, so 상상할 수 있다 is ‘can imagine’, and finally, 다 is replaced with 는가 in order to make an interrogative sentence. So, 상상할 수 있는가? is ‘Can you imagine?’ So, 당신은 녹색 코카콜라를 마시는 것을 상상할 수 있는가? Can you imagine drinking green Coca Cola?

 

All right, we gonna go over the whole paragraph. Are you ready? Here we go.

코카콜라는 전 세계적으로 최대 판매 음료이다. 사실, 전 세계의 사람들은 초당 7,000병의 코카콜라를 마신다. 거의 모든 사람들이 맛을 알고 있지만 코카콜라의 조리법은 가장 치밀하게 지켜지는 비밀 중의 하나이다. 사람들은 코카콜라의 성공의 비결이 비밀 재료 덕분이라고 말한다. 코카콜라는 코카 잎에서 추출물로 만들어진 청량음료이다. 그래서 그들이 처음 그것을 만들 때, 그것은 녹색이다. 나중에 설탕, 캐러멜 등 다른 것들을 첨가하고 색이 검은색으로 변한다. 당신은 녹색 코카콜라를 마시는 것을 상상할 수 있는가?

Coca Cola is the biggest selling soft drink worldwide. Actually, the people all over the world drink 7,000 bottles of Coca Cola per second. Almost everybody knows the flavors, but the recipe of Coca Cola is one of the most closely guarded secrets. People say the secret of Coca Cola's success is thanks to its secret ingredient. Coca Cola is a soft drink made with extracts from coca leaves. So when they first make it, it is green. Later, they add other things like sugar, caramel, and other things, etc. and the color changes into black. Can you imagine drinking green Coca Cola?