Example Sentences#

1. 민준: 나 친구들이랑 노래방 갈까 생각 중이야.¹
   Minjun: I’m thinking about going to a karaoke room with my friends.

   • 친구 means ‘friend’.
   • 들 is a plural marker.
   • 이랑 is a particle meaning ‘with’ or ‘and’, used to connect nouns in informal speech.

2. 특히 ‘뚜두뚜두’ 나올 때 사람들 반응이랑 불꽃 터질 때…²
   Especially when ‘DDU-DU DDU-DU’ came on—the crowd’s reaction and the fireworks going off…

   • 반응 means ‘reaction’.
   • (이)랑 is a particle meaning ‘and’ or ‘with’, used to connect nouns in informal speech.

3. 지수: 맞아, 성격이랑 행동이 보통 드라마 주인공이랑 좀 다르더라.³
   Jisoo: Right, her personality and behavior were a bit different from usual drama main characters.

   • 성격 means ‘personality’ or ‘character’.
   • 이랑 is a particle meaning ‘and’ or ‘with’, used to connect nouns in informal speech.

4. 해진: 그럼 떡볶이랑 불고기 둘 다 시키자.⁴
   Haejin: Then let’s order both tteokbokki and bulgogi.

   • 떡볶이 is a compound noun made up of 떡 (rice cake) and 볶다 (to stir-fry), with -이 as a noun-forming suffix that nominalizes the verb, referring to a popular Korean dish made of chewy rice cakes simmered in a spicy-sweet gochujang (Korean chili paste) sauce with fish cakes and often garnished with ingredients like boiled eggs and scallions.
   • 랑 is a particle meaning ‘and’ or ‘with’, used to connect nouns in informal speech.

5. 유나: 응, 난 밥이랑 불고기 먹을게.⁴
   Yuna: Yep, I’ll have rice and bulgogi.

   • 밥 means ‘cooked rice’, but is often used to refer to a meal in general.
   • 이랑 is a particle meaning ‘and’ or ‘with’, used to connect nouns in informal speech.