[Korean Culture & Language] 사이다 썰

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As discussed in the previous articles, ‘사이다’ symbolizes the feeling of relief from frustrating situations. ‘썰’ means ‘episode’ or ‘story’. There are so many ‘사이다 썰’ on the internet. One of them is ‘방학 끝나고 친구가 일진 여신이 됐어요! 사이다썰’.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdYJf7WceT4


방학 means ‘vacation/break’

끝나다 (after, the end)

친구 (friend)

일진 (bully)

여신 (goddess) 

사이다 썰 (relieving episode/story)

It’s an episode about a friend who had plastic surgery over the break and became a ‘goddess’.

The storyteller begins the story by saying: ‘저는 친구 두 명이랑 항상 같이 다녔어요. 저희 무리가 홀수이다 보니까 둘 둘 짝을 만들어야 하는 상황에서는 조금 불편하더라고요.

I used to hang around with two friends at school. It was always difficult for us when teachers asked us to form a team of two since we were always three. 

그러던 어느날, 민주는 반에서 혼자 다니는 친구를 챙기기 시작했습니다. 이 친구의 이름은 새리인데요.
One day, Min-joo started caring about a classmate who is always alone. Her name was Sae-ri.

새리는 내성적인 편이라 반 애들이랑 잘 어울리지는 못하는 친구였어요.

She was introverted and didn’t get along well with others.

그래도 새리가 저희 무리와 함께 다닌 다음부터는 홀수라 생기는 문제들이 사라져서 정말 좋았습니다. However, I liked that we didn’t have a problem forming a team of two anymore.

그렇게 한 학기동안 매일매일 넷 이서 함께 다녔어요.

We were always together for the whole semester.

방학이 되고 새리는 연락이 안 돼서 보지 못했어요. 

I couldn’t see Sae-ri during the break because I couldn’t reach her. 

방학이 끝나고 첫 등교날 저희는 모두 깜짝 놀라고 말았습니다.

We were all surprised by Sae-ri when we first saw her on the first day of school after the break.

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Please stay tuned to see why this story was a ‘사이다 썰’!

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