선배님, 오랜만이에요. 언제 복학하셨어요?
Senior, long time no see. When did you return to school?
3월에 복학했어. 복학생인데 신입생이 된 듯한 기분이야.
I came back in March. I’m a student returning to school after taking time off but I feel like I am a freshman.
오랜만에 학교에 오셔서 그럴 거예요. 선배님은 휴학하고 뭐 하셨어요?
It’s been a long time since you came to school, so you will feel like that. Senior, what did you do while you were on your leave of absence (from school)?
영어 공부를 위해서 미국으로 어학연수를 다녀왔어. 간 김에 여행도 좀 했어.
In order to study English, I came back from a language study abroad in the United States. Since I went, I traveled as well.
제 동기들도 어학연수를 많이 가던데 요즘은 어학연수가 필수인가 봐요.
A lot of my colleagues go to a language study abroad as well, it seems like going to a language study abroad is a must.
그건 아니지만 취업 스펙을 쌓으러 연수를 많이 가.
That’s not true but they go to pile up qualifications to find a job.
V/A+ 는/은/ㄴ 듯하다
As it is attached to an action verb’s stem or descriptive verb’s stem, it is used when it indicates the speaker assumes about the content of the preceding clause. It is used for figurative expression, too.
‘-는 듯하다’ is used at the end of an action verb’s stem in ‘있다’, ‘없다’. ‘-ㄴ 듯하다’ is used for vowels or the ending with ‘ㄹ’ of the descriptive verb’s stem. Other than that, ‘-은 듯하다’ is used for when it ends with a consonant of the descriptive verb’s stem.
방이 좀 추운 듯해.
The room seems a little be cold.
듣지 않아도 엄마의 잔소리가 들리는 듯해.
It seems like I can hear my mom’s scolding, even though I can’t actually hear it.
마치 구름 위를 걷는 듯한 느낌이야.
It seems as if it feels like walking on clouds.
Related words
복학 return to school
복학생 student returning to school after taking time off
휴학 leave of absence (from school)
어학연수 language study abroad
필수 a must
스펙(spec) specification
This is an often-used phrase in Korea when you are looking for a job to be considered of several points of qualifications. It comes from the word ‘specification’.
마치 as if (though)
구름 cloud
Cre: Yonsei University. Korean Language Institute