만들다
man-deul-da
The Korean verb that cooks dinner, issues a card, and frees up time
The picture Scattered materials gather in two hands, and something that was not there comes out with a shape. mandeulda is a hand bringing something into being; doeda is something turning out that way on its own.
Where the picture shows up in 만들다
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Food comes into being
오늘 저녁은 제가 만들게요.
o-neul jeo-nyeo-geun je-ga man-deul-ge-yo
I'll cook dinner tonight.
Vegetables hit the pot and the empty bowl fills up with a meal
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An object or document comes into being
여기에서 카드를 만들 수 있어요?
yeo-gi-e-seo ka-deu-reul man-deul su i-sseo-yo
Can I open a card here?
A blank plastic chip gets your name stamped on it and slides out as a card
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Time comes into being
다음 주에 시간을 만들어 볼게요.
da-eum ju-e si-ga-neul man-deu-reo bol-ge-yo
I'll try to free up time next week.
A packed planner is pried apart to wedge in one empty slot
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A group comes into being
우리 반에서 모임을 만들었어요.
u-ri ba-ne-seo mo-i-meul man-deu-reo-sseo-yo
Our class started a club.
People standing apart gather under one name and line up together
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A state is made to change
그 말이 저를 웃게 만들었어요.
geu ma-ri jeo-reul ut-ge man-deu-reo-sseo-yo
What he said made me laugh.
Someone else's one remark turns my stiff face into a laughing one
All of it in one picture
mandeulda is the hand that puts one new thing into an empty spot. Ingredients meet in the pot and it is cooking; a blank plastic chip gets your name and it is issuing a card; a packed calendar gets one slot pried open and it is making time. Loose people gather under one name and it is founding a group, and one remark that changes a stiff face is making someone laugh.