사다
sa-da
In Korean you buy lunch — and you also buy a misunderstanding
The picture You put a price down, and that much of something crosses over to your side. 사다 is paying to pull something to your side; 팔다 is taking payment and handing it over to theirs.
Where the picture shows up in 사다
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money out, goods in
이 가방 어디서 샀어요?
i ga-bang eo-di-seo sa-sseo-yo
Where did you buy this bag?
Money goes down on the counter and the clerk bags the item and puts it in your hand
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paying other people's share too
오늘 점심은 제가 살게요.
o-neul jeom-si-meun je-ga sal-ge-yo
Lunch is on me today.
One hand picks up the slip with everyone's meals on it and holds out a single card
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paying instead of making
요즘 바빠서 저녁은 사 먹어요.
yo-jeum ba-ppa-seo jeo-nyeo-geun sa meo-geo-yo
I'm busy these days, so I buy dinner out.
Walking past a dark kitchen to pick up a packed dinner at the shop
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pulling someone's feeling your way
괜한 오해를 사고 싶지 않아요.
gwaen-han o-hae-reul sa-go sip-ji a-na-yo
I don't want to invite a misunderstanding for nothing.
Your words cross into the other person's head as a crooked picture and their eyes go cold
Here the price paid is not money but a word — which is why you can 'buy' a misunderstanding.
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putting a high price on it
사장님이 그 사람 성실함을 높이 사요.
sa-jang-ni-mi geu sa-ram seong-sil-ha-meul no-pi sa-yo
The boss rates that person's diligence highly.
The boss hangs an invisible price tag high up next to that person's name
All of it in one picture
사다 is one picture: a price goes out, and something comes over to you. Lay money on the counter and the bag lands in your hand; pick up the whole table's bill and you are buying lunch; pay the shop instead of the kitchen and you are buying your dinner. Say the wrong thing and you pull someone's cold look over to you — you have bought a misunderstanding. Hang a high price tag on a person's character and you rate them highly.