Sander van KasteelQuestions I have for my Korean teacher on Tuesday...
Why did the answer keys say "Look at a book" and not "Read a book" 🤔
KoreanPersonDepending on the Korean phrase, the answer key might be right. 책을 봐 means "look at the(a) book". 책을 읽어 means read the(a) book
@KoreanPerson My level of Korean is still very very basic. But "look at a book" / "read a book" was exactly the phrase.
There were pictures of a guy doing stuff and I had to write down the Korean sentences for it.
@SuitedUpDev oh I thought it was a translating exercise. If you're writing the situation in korean from an image then the guy in the picture could be interpreted as "looking at" or "reading" so the answer key included both ig
@KoreanPerson Since you are replying from Kbin, I am not sure if this will work but... I've attached two pictures. The answer key and the picture in which I needed to write down the situation for.
@SuitedUpDev o I see, yeah definitely something to ask your korean teacher. But in korean you can say you "look at" a book to mean that you're reading it. Though the answer key should have included both 보다 and 읽다 in the answer key, i'm guessing the exercise is about using the verb 보다, which is why it only used the 보다 verb.
In terms of why the answer key wrote it like "look at a book" even though that sounds awkward in English is because 보다 directly translates to "to look" and probably didn't want to confuse you by saying 보다 also means "to read". Which is for the best because saying "look at a book" in korean isn't always natural either.