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Corner in Korean 🇰🇷


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corner 모퉁이
How to say “corner” in Korean? “모퉁이”. Here you will learn how to pronounce “모퉁이” correctly and in the comments below you will be able to get all sorts of advice on corner in Korean like tips & tricks to remember it, questions, explanations and more.

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Tips to Remember:
• Break the word into syllables: "모" (mo) and "퉁이" (tung-i). You might recall "corner" by picturing a rounded, bulging "모" at the edge, with "퉁이" sounding like a twist in the angle.
• Associate it with familiar places—a café’s corner, for example—and repeat "모퉁이" when describing that spot.

Explanations:
• 모퉁이 (mo-tung-i) means "corner" in the sense of where two walls or streets meet.
• It is generally used for physical locations, like the corner of a building, a street, or an object’s edge.

Other Words with Similar Meanings:
• 구석 (gu-seok) – refers to a nook or a secluded corner.
• 모서리 (mo-seo-ri) – another term for an edge or corner.
• 코너 (ko-neo) – a borrowed term from English, often used in modern contexts like TV “corners” or segments.

Alternate Meanings and Slang:
• While 모퉁이 primarily denotes a physical corner, in conversational usage it can imply being left out or isolated (e.g., “cornered” socially), though this is less common.
• In some contexts, describing someone as “몰라보는 모퉁이에 있는 사람” might figuratively suggest they are out on the fringe or missed by others.

Example Sentences:
• 그 카페는 모퉁이에 있어서 찾기 쉽다.
 Romanized: Geu ka-pe-neun mo-tung-i-e isseo-seo chat-gi swip-da.
 Translation: That café is easy to find because it’s on the corner.
• 아이들이 놀이터 모퉁이에서 숨바꼭질을 하고 있다.
 Romanized: Ai-deul-i nol-i-teo mo-tung-i-e-seo sum-ba-kkog-jil-eul ha-go it-da.
 Translation: The children are playing hide and seek in the corner of the playground.
• 그는 항상 사람들의 관심이 집중되는 모퉁이에 서 있다.
 Romanized: Geu-neun hang-sang sa-ram-deul-ui gwan-sim-i jip-jung-doe-neun mo-tung-i-e seo it-da.
 Translation: He always stands in the corner where everyone’s attention is focused.

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