Head to toe
Someone points at a random body part and says 'this' in Korean. No pointing fingers for you — you only get one word per limb, and it has to be the right one.
Name a body partThe words — Head to toe
Five words, head to toe, one chaotic cousin.
Meaninghead
힐랄이 머리가 커요.
Hilal's head is big.
Meaningeye
누줌은 눈이 세 개예요.
Nujoom has three eyes.
Meaninghand
힐랄 손에 눈이 있어요.
There is an eye on Hilal's hand.
MeaningA foot! It's a foot.
힐랄 발에도 눈이 있어요.
There is an eye on Hilal's foot too.
Meaningbelly
힐랄 배에는 눈이 없어요.
There is no eye on Hilal's belly.
Watch out — Head to toe
Same sound, filed under Unit 7 AND right now. 눈. Body or sky?
눈눈 (nun) = eye. It's a perfect homophone of 눈 = snow from Unit 7 — same sound, two meanings, only the sentence tells them apart.
The scene — Head to toe
Zeeza runs a lightning body-part game: shout it, point to it, survive it.
- 좋아요! 머리, 눈, 손, 발, 배!Great! Head, eye, hand, foot, belly!
- 머리!Head!
- 눈!Eye!
- 손! 손이에요!Hand! It's a hand!
- 발! 배!Foot! Belly!
- 네, 좋아요!Yes, great!
The idea — Head to toe
머리, 눈, 손, 발, 배 are head, eye, hand, foot, and belly — and in Korean you say them with no 'my' in front, because the sentence already makes it obvious whose body you mean.
Next time someone points at themselves and asks 이거 뭐예요?, you've got five clean answers from head to toe, no extra words required.
Questions about Head to toe
How do you say 'head' in Korean?
Head is 머리 (meori) in Korean.
How do you say 'eye' in Korean, and is it confused with another word?
Eye is 눈 (nun), which is a perfect homophone of 눈 meaning 'snow' — only the sentence tells them apart.
How do you say 'hand' and 'foot' in Korean?
Hand is 손 (son) and foot is 발 (bal).
Do Korean body-part words need a word for 'my' before them?
No — Korean body words like 머리, 눈, 손, 발, 배 are said without 'my' in front, because the sentence already makes clear whose body is meant.
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