그대는 – English Lyrics

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Lyrics & Translation

Key Grammar Structures

• 가슴 아픈 건 그대 때문이죠

  ➔ Casual statement ending -죠

  ➔ Used in casual speech to soften statements. "이죠" = "이지요" contraction.

• 이런 내가 미치 나는가요

  ➔ Rhetorical question ending -는가요

  ➔ Poetic/literary question form emphasizing "deep introspection". Often implies no answer expected.

• 난 뒤돌아서는 그대의 모습이

  ➔ Adnominal ending -는 for present action

  ➔ Attaches to verbs to modify nouns. Describes "the action in progress" at the described moment.

• 잊혀지지가 않아

  ➔ Negation of passive verb + -가 emphasis

  ➔ Combines passive form "잊혀지다" (be forgotten) with negative "지 않다" and ">" added for emotional emphasis.

• 전할 수 없는 거겠죠

  ➔ Double futurity: 수 없는 + 겠죠

  ➔ "수 없다" (cannot) + "겠" (speaker's assumption) + "지요" (softening) = Implies both "impossibility" and "regret about future failure".

• 위로할 수 없죠

  ➔ Inability modal verb 수 없다 + contraction 죠

  ➔ Expresses absolute impossibility. The contraction "죠" adds colloquial acceptance of the harsh reality.

• 그대가 좋아하던 모든 게

  ➔ Past habitual modifier -던

  ➔ Describes nouns with actions that were "repeated in the past" and evokes nostalgia about what "used to be true".

• 잊어지 말아요

  ➔ Negative imperative (passive verb)

  ➔ Command asking something NOT to happen. Literally "Don't be forgotten" - poetic paradox showing desperate yearning.

• 흐르는 눈물을 나 이젠 어떡하나요

  ➔ Rhetorical question: 어떻게 + 하다 + 나요

  ➔ Deeply emotional question structure implying helplessness. "How do I deal with...?" conveys ">" and resignation.

• 자꾸는 눈이 나네요

  ➔ Aversive construction: Noun + 이 나다

  ➔ Idiomatic structure where 이 나다 (appears) expresses "uncontrollable emotional reactions". 주와 함께 emphasizes recurring nature.