Have you listen to BLACKPINK & Selena Gomez new English hit, ‘Ice Cream’? This song is perfect for this summer and the video is just so colorful and throw our bad thoughts and stress away from our heads because of SOPs and being annoyed scanning ‘MySejahtera’.
Reality check! ‘Ice Cream’ MV broke its own record and crosses the 10 million views with only TWO HOURS of its release. About 1/3 of Malaysia population have licked the ‘ice cream’ through YouTube screen with only 120 minutes. That’s crazy!
Learning Korean is a fun process! Always relate what you love when you are learning a language and you’ll find that it is so much handy to remember the new words! Yes, today we are going to learn new words from BLACKPINK ‘Ice Cream’! Although this is a full English song, but let us learn how to say some of the vocab in the lyrics in Korean!
Come a little closer ’cause you looking thirsty
I’ma make it better, sip it like a Slurpee
thirsty
In Korean: 목이 마르다 (mok-i ma-reu-da)
Literal meaning: 목 = throat; 마르다 = dry
Example: 마실 거 없나요? 목 마르다고요.
Do you have something to drink? I am thirsty.
Even in the sun, you know I keep it icy
You could take a lick, but it’s too cold to bite me
sun
In Korean: 태양 (tae-yang)
Example: 밝은 태양 아래서 노는 것은 좋아요.
It is nice to play under the bright sun.
icy/chilly
In Korean: 차갑다
Example: 이이스크림은 먹고 몸이 차가워요!
My body feel chilly as I eat ice cream.
Look so good, yeah, look so sweet
Looking good enough to eat
Coldest with the kiss, so he call me ice cream
Catch me in the fridge right where the ice be
sweet
In Korean: 달콤하다 (dal-kom-ha-da)
Example: 사랑은 달콤하다.
Love is sweet.
kiss
In Korean: 뽀뽀하다 (bbo-bbo-ha-da)
Example: 엄마한테 뽀뽀하고 싶어요!
I want to kiss my mother.
ice cream
In Korean: 아이스크림 (a-i-seu-keu-rim)
Example: 오빠는 아이스크림을 사주세요!
Oppa, buy me ice cream please!
I know that my heart could be so cold
But I’m sweet for you, come put me in a cone
You’re the only touch, yeah, that get me melting
He’s my favorite flavor, always gonna pick him
heart
In Korean: 마음 (ma-eum)
Example: 네 마믐이 그냥 너에요.
My heart is just you.
flavor
In Korean: 맛 (mat)
Literal meaning: taste
Example: 이 아이스크림은 딸끼맛이에요.
This ice cream is in strawberry flavor.
pick
In Korean: 선택하다 (seon-taek-ha-da)
More meanings: select, choose, make a choice
Example: 제일 좋아하는 노래를 선택하세요.
Please pick your favorite song.
Chillin’ like a villain, yeah, ra, ra, ra
미친 미친 듯한 속도 In my LaFerra’
너무 빨러 너는 삐끗 원한다면 그냥 지름
Millis, Billis 매일 벌음 한여름 손목에 얼음
미친 (mi-chin)
Meaning: crazy/insane
Root word: 미치다 (mi-chi-da) + -은/는 = 미친
Example: 미친여자 = crazy woman
너무 (neo-mu)
Meaning: very
Example: 너무 예뻐요! It is very pretty!
매일 (mae-il)
Meaning: every day
Root word: 매 = every; 일 = day
Example: 제가 매일 아침에 밥을 꼭 먹어 야돼요!
I have to eat rice in the morning every day!
Yay! You have learnt 12 new words from ‘Ice Cream’ lyrics in less than 10 minutes right? Comment down below by building your own sentences with this 12 new vocab you have learnt today.
Melvin Tan
Content Manager (Language)
Online Supporter of Korean Embassy in Malaysia
Bio-science student in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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Korean learner for 10 years, but still amateur
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