No. 329 in Korean
군
The Korean word "군" can mean "county," "military," or be a suffix indicating a young man or gentleman, depending on the context.
In a sentence
이 산은 정말 멋있군.
This mountain is really beautiful.
Here, "군" is used as an ending particle to express the speaker's personal discovery or realization.
그 군은 예전에 강력한 힘을 가졌었지.
That army used to have great power in the past.
In this sentence, "군" refers to an army, indicating a group of military forces.
나는 충청남도에 위치한 군에서 태어났어.
I was born in a county located in Chungcheongnam-do.
Here, "군" refers to a county, which is an administrative region in South Korea.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “군” in actual Korean podcasts.
Find “군” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Korean podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into 한국어, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Korean books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).