English translation and Korean lesson with the lyrics of Outro: Luv in Skool by BTS, from the 2013 album O!RUL8,2?
Produced & written by: Slow Rabbit, Pdogg
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Chorus:
I just wanna love ya
I just wanna love ya.
아직도 꿈인 것 같아 oh baby
It still feels like a dream, oh baby.
아직 = still, yet
꿈 = a dream
것 같아 = to feel like X, to seem like X (X being the preceding clause)
I just wanna love ya
I just wanna love ya
이미 넌 알고 있잖아 oh baby
You already know, oh baby.
이미 = already, beforehand
너 = you
알다 = to know
-고 있다 = present progressive. IE: “to be running” instead of “to run”. Interestingly, this is commonly the form used in Korean to say you know something. “You are knowing X” (알고 있잖아)
-잖아 = used when saying something the listener already knows(있잖아)
Verse 1:
커피를 마시고 눈을 떠봐도
Even though I drink coffee before I open my eyes,
마시다 = to drink
-고 = X and (used for verbs & adjectives, not nouns) (마시고)
눈 = eye(s)
뜨다 = to open (eyes only, not doors, windows, etc)
-어보다 / -아보다 = It’s complicated. Read about it here. (떠봐도)
-아도 / -어도 = even though X (떠봐도)
잠이 들 것만 같아 oh no no
It just feels like I’m going to fall asleep, oh no no.
잠 = sleep
들다 = to enter (In Korean you say “to enter sleep” instead of “to fall asleep”)
-만 = just X, only X (것만)
그려보곤 했어
I used to picture it.
그리다 = to draw, to picture
-곤 했다 = to say one “used to do X”
If I ruled the world
너를 다시 내 옆에 둘 것만 같아
I think all I’d do is have you beside me again.
다시 = again
내 = I, me, my
옆 = the spot beside something
-에 = at X, on X (옆에)
두다 = to set, to place
아직 늦지 않았다고 내게 말해줘
Please tell me that it’s not too late yet.
늦다 = to be late
-지 않다 = to not do X (늦지 않았다고)
-에게 = to X, for X (내게)
말하다 = to say, to speak
-아주다 / -어주다 = adds a nuance of “as a favour” or “for” someone. Read more here. (말해줘)
이게 악몽이라면 날 어서 구해줘
If this is a nightmare, quickly come save me.
이 = this, these
게 = a thing
악몽 = a nightmare
-이라면 / -라면 = “if this is X”. Only attaches to nouns. (악몽이라면)
어서 = “hurry”, “be quick”
구하다 = to save
잘 봐봐. 아직까지 난 너만 기다리는데
Look closely. This whole time the only thing I’m waiting for is you.
잘 = well (as in, “He sings well”)
보다 = to look at, to see
-까지 = to X, until X (아직까지 = up until now)
나 = I, me
기다리다 = to wait
Chorus:
I just wanna love ya
I just wanna love ya
아직도 꿈인 것 같아 oh baby
It still feels like a dream, oh baby.
I just wanna love ya
I just wanna love ya
이미 넌 알고 있잖아 oh baby
You already know, oh baby.
Oh baby love you girl
Oh beautiful girl
아직도 꿈인 것 같아 oh baby
It still feels like a dream, oh baby.
Oh baby love you girl
Oh beautiful girl
모든 게 꿈인 것 같아 oh baby
Everything feels like a dream, oh baby.
모든 = every
