붙다
but-da
When you pass an exam in Korean, what exactly are you sticking to?
The picture Two separate things meet, the gap between them vanishes, and it now takes force to part them.
Where the picture shows up in 붙다
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paper meets wall
벽에 안내문이 붙어 있어요.
byeo-ge an-nae-mu-ni bu-teo i-sseo-yo
There's a notice stuck on the wall.
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my name lands on the pass side
드디어 시험에 붙었어요!
deu-di-eo si-heo-me bu-teo-sseo-yo
I finally passed the exam!
Pass lists used to be pasted on a wall. Your name sticking there became the word for passing.
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two places touch
우리 집은 시장에 붙어 있어요.
u-ri ji-beun si-jang-e bu-teo i-sseo-yo
Our place is right up against the market.
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a person won't come off
아이가 엄마한테만 붙어 있어요.
a-i-ga eom-ma-han-te-man bu-teo i-sseo-yo
The child clings only to her mother.
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a charge sticks onto a price
요금에 수수료가 붙어요.
yo-geu-me su-su-ryo-ga bu-teo-yo
A fee gets tacked onto the charge.