#땡

[giadin-a]

땡

[a-pop-of-korean]

hey! if you have time do you mind doing a breakdown of ddaeng by bts? thank you!

안녕하세요! Yes I can -- thanks for your patience! I used Genius’s Korean lyrics and their English translation of this song to help me out with this breakdown! I used Naver Dictionary as well. Let’s start!

일팔, 일삼, 삼팔, 땡 / You wrong, me right, 잘 봐 땡 / 학교종 울려라, brr brr, 땡 / 야 이번 생은 글렀어, 넌 땡 

18, 13, 38, ddaeng / You wrong, me right, look closely, ddaeng / Ring the school bell, brr brr, ddaeng / Your life is wrong, you’re ddaeng

일팔, 일삼, 삼팔 = These are all numbers from the game Seotda, which Genius states, “uses cards known as Hwatu, [and] 38 Gwang Ddaeng is the highest scoring combination of cards you can play. 13 Gwang Ddaeng and 18 Gwang Ddaeng are the second highest.” This is supposed to show how BTS is one of the most popular bands in the word despite their previous hardships.

땡 is an onomatopoeia for when a wrong answer is given, like a buzzer on a game show.

잘 = well

봐 -> 보다 = to look; to see 

학교종 = school bell

울려라 = ring

울리다 = to ring 

[stem] + 아/어라 is a way to command informally.

야 = hey

이번 = this; this time

생 = life

글렀어 -> 그르다 = incorrect; wrong

그르다 is conjugated into the past tense, even though it sounds like the present tense, because when you are incorrect about something, you already gave an answer and already made the mistake.

이번 생은 글렀어 literally means “this life is wrong,” but means “your life is wrong.”

잠깐만 멈춰봐, 얼음 땡 

Stop for just a moment, ice ddaeng

잠깐만 = just a moment

멈춰봐 = stop

멈추다 = to stop

[stem] + 아/어보다 is used for when you’re attempting something or telling someone to try doing something.

이 성공, uh / 네 덕분, uh / 웃기지 웃기지, 얘 / 어이없이 느끼지, 얘 / 솔직히 지들이, 얘 / 왜 저리 난리인지, 얘 / 차분히 생각해, 얘 / 시간은 많기에, 얘 / 이건 숙제야 숙제, 얘 / 못 풀면 네 문제는 땡

This success, uh / Thanks to you, uh / Isn’t it funny? / Don’t you feel ridiculous? / Honestly, these people / Why are they making such a fuss? / Think calmly about it / We have all day / This is homework / If you can’t solve it, your problem is ddaeng

이 성공 = this success

이 = this -> must be put before a noun

성공 = success

네 덕분 = thanks to you

[noun] + 덕분(에) = thanks to [noun]

웃기지 = Isn’t it funny?

웃기다 = to be funny

[stem] + 지 gives the nuance of “isn’t it funny?”

얘, according to Genius, has a double meaning: it can either be an exclamation like “yeah,” or it can be the third-person informal pronoun meaning he/she/they.  

어이없이 is the adverb version of 어이없다, which means ridiculous 

느끼다 = to feel   

솔직히 is the adverb form of 솔직하다, which means “honest.”

지들 = these people; you guys

-이 is a subject particle. More on particles here!

왜 = why

저리 = like that

난리인지 -> 난리 = fuss

[stem] + (으)ㄴ/는지 is used for asking an indirect question. Put altogether, the sentence is “think calmly about why they are making such a fuss.”

Genius’s English translation says these lines mean “To be honest, I think calmly about why they make such a fuss.” This makes sense too; I just think that it’s a little unclear if they’re commanding someone or referring to themselves. Perhaps it can go either way! If I’m missing something though, someone please let me know!

차분히 = calmly -> 차분하다 = calm

생각하다 = to think

시간은 많다 = to have a lot of time

I think adding -기에 is a way to mean “because,” as in “think calmly because we have a lot of time.” I pretty much only see this in songs though, not so much in everyday spoken Korean.

이건 = 이것은 = This

숙제 = homework

못 = can’t

풀다 = to solve

[stem] + (으)면 = if...

네 = your (informal)

문제 = problem

이 음악은 똥이야, bae / 배알 꼴리겠지만, bae / 니 주장이 다 맞아, bae / 우린 망해가고 있네 / 빌보드, 니 덕분이야, bae / 우리 위 아무도 없네 / 우린 망해가고 있기 thanks

This music is shit, bae / You must be annoyed, bae / But your assertions are all right, bae / There’s no one above us / Because we are failing, thanks

음악 = music

똥 = poop; shit

배알 꼴리다 = to be annoyed; be offended

니 is the same thing as 네, but is technically the wrong way to spell it. Both, however, are pronounced 니. 

주장 = assertions

다 = all

맞다 = correct

우리 = we; us

망해가다 = to fail

[stem] + 고 있다 = present progressive -> equivalent to English -ing

[stem] + 네 is a way to express surprise

“우린 망해가고 있기에 thanks” is sarcastic according to Genius because BTS is actually very successful

Thanks for the request -- I had fun with this one! If you have a song you’d like to see broken down, let me know and I’ll try to fulfill your request! See you in the next lesson! 다음에 또 봐요!

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