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worthless-weight-in-gold · 4 years ago

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———— 𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑹𝑨𝑪𝑻𝑬𝑹 𝑺𝑯𝑬𝑬𝑻.

basics.

FULL NAME. 장원 민지 | min-jee manor. NICKNAME. min. GENDER. trans woman. HEIGHT. 5′11″ / 180 cm. AGE. late 30s/early 40s as the default. SPOKEN LANGUAGES. english, korean (fluent); mandrian (well), hindi (passable).

physical.

HAIR COLOR. naturally dark brown, often dyed blonde or light blue. EYE COLOR. naturally black, sometimes wears brown/green colored contacts. SKIN TONE. very pale. BODY TYPE. fit, doesn’t look as strong as she is, thin. she has had a large amount of plastic surgery and went all-out with being hot. ACCENT. mostly a seoul accent but also a daejeon one from her days at KAIST, and in recent years she’s gotten some london accent thrown in too. VOICE. a little low, she speaks very purposefully and clearly. unless you’re her secretary or EA you won’t often hear her talk quickly, as she speaks at a very confident and calm rate most of the time DOMINANT HAND. left. POSTURE. min-jee holds herself like she owns the room. she has no ability to stop her power and confidence from practically oozing from her, and she rarely has the desire to anyway. even when she’s threatened or powerless in a situation, she still stands dignified albeit tenser. SCARS. she has a few surgery scars and one nasty scar on her thigh from a car accident. MOST NOTICEABLE FEATURE(S). she looks expensive and extremely put-together, but also almost always carries a subtle “i haven’t slept in two days” vibe. the first thing you notice about her is probably her figure, and then her eyes, and if you are lucky then her smile.

childhood.

PLACE OF BIRTH. seoul, korea. HOMETOWN. seoul, korea. FIRST WORDS. " 아빠는 어디 ” SIBLINGS. none. PARENTS. father: il-seong manor -- deceased. mother: haeun manor PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT. min’s mother died when she was rather young, and she ended up being raised by tutors more than her father. she had dinner with him regularly when he wasn’t away on business, so they weren’t estranged, but he was more of an overseer to her life than a father. she appreciates how hard he pushed her though, and she did genuinely grieve after the car accident that took his life.

adulthood.

OCCUPATION. ceo of zenith dynamic, a technology company. she also does some work as a model and activist, but negligible amounts compared to her company. CURRENT RESIDENCE. in order of most time spent: her office, her villa in inner london, and her penthouse in seoul. CLOSE FRIENDS. min-jee has two very close friends; one being her ea deja and the other being her club-running friend known either as mike or “general” RELATIONSHIP STATUS. single, but certainly not without regular companionship. FINANCIAL STATUS. rich. rich rich. crazy rich. min-jee comes from old money and used it to make more money. VICES. promiscuity, ruthlessness, pride.

sex and romance.

SEXUAL ORIENTATION. bisexual. PREFERRED EMOTIONAL ROLE. submissive | dominant | switch PREFERRED SEXUAL ROLE. submissive | dominant | switch LIBIDO. high, but not overwhelmingly. she can ignore her libido without effort when work picks up, but during slow times/breaks it tends to become a much more demanding part of her brain TURN ONS. for sex: submission, good behavior, sensitivity, standard bdsm stuff, every now and then good old fashioned vanilla love-making. for romance: cooking, patience, having a passion or two. TURN OFFS. for sex: dominance, insults, anger. for romance: being demanding, laziness, entitlement, cruelty towards friends/loved ones. LOVE LANGUAGE. what she responds best to: spending time, acts of service. what she tends to extend herself: spending time, physical touch. RELATIONSHIP TENDENCIES. min-jee is a strong independent woman who does honestly not have time to be in a super passionate or obsessive relationship. she works insane hours, is sometimes not at her own house for a week at a time, and takes plenty of business trips to different countries. however, if someone doesn’t mind that, she is a very loving girlfriend who does do her best to keep up to date with her partner. she likes lounging with partners more than anything, in fuzzy pajamas making mediocre pancakes or making out while ignoring a movie.

misc.

CHARACTER’S THEME SONG. whatever it takes by imagine dragons. HOBBIES TO PASS TIME. swimming, running, clubbing, and also that whole ‘attending bdsm clubs as one of the most popular doms in her regular haunts’ thing. MENTAL ILLNESSES. none. PHYSICAL ILLNESSES. nerve damage in multiple areas, high blood pressure, muscle damage in her achilles and calfs from wearing stilettos all the time. FEARS. jail, failure, losing face. SELF CONFIDENCE LEVEL. min-jee is a boss ass bitch and she is aware of it. VULNERABILITIES. she got a bit over her head in the crimes she committed in the pursuit of her goals, and anyone knowing about them has her in a chokehold. she also has no ability to actually fight, so anyone who has any combat training could wipe the floor with her. finally, she puts a lot of effort into maintaining her image in the public eye and threatening that works well against her.

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studiousbees · 8 years ago

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Low-formality conjugation (해체)

This is my last post in my conjugation series covering three of the most common forms you can expect to see, 하십시오체, 해요체, and now finally 해체, which is often referred to as 반말! There are other forms to be covered later, but if you at least know these three, you’ll be set for pretty much any social interaction in Korean. While the previous two posts were a bit heavy, this one will be a lot more short and sweet because… we more or less learned it all in the 해요체 post!

Once more, I will leave irregular verbs out of this post for the sake of simplification (irregulars are for another post!).

Function

해체 is a low-formality high-closeness conjugation that is used when you speak with close family members* and friends, and when you speak to people who are below you in the social hierarchy (below you in rank, age, etc.). In addition, this is used in more relaxed social settings, where you do not need to worry about strict decorum. As such, you run the risk of coming off rude if you use this with someone older than you, higher in rank than you, or someone that you are not very close with, like a stranger you’re meeting for the first time or a recent acquaintance. If you want to know a bit more about the workings of social formality and closeness in Korean conjugation, you can check out this post and skip down to the “Formality levels” section (and I highly recommend you do so, as it’s very important in Korean society and thus, in the Korean language!).

When using 해체, you can use the informal words for “I” and “you,” which are “나” and “너” respectively. However, one caveat to using “너” is that you should not use it toward someone who is older than you. In that case, you would refer to the person by their name or title.

*NOTE: Using 해체 with your siblings is very normal, and many people use it with their parents as well (though some do switch to speaking to their parents with 해요체 as they get older). There are also those that use 해체 with their grandparents, though this is fairly unusual.

Usage

The conjugation of 해체 is very similar to that of 해요체. In fact, you can often just remove the -요 from 해요체 to make 해체 sentences! There are a few exceptions to this, and a few special endings that you can use with 해체, and of course I’ll cover those a bit later in this post. Anyway, if you are not familiar with the formation of 해요체, please read that post first and then come back!

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…okay, done reading up on 해요체? So, in the 해요체 post, we saw that regular conjugation involves adding -아요 to verb roots where the final vowel is 아 or 오 and -어요 to verb roots with a final vowel of anything that is not 아 or 오. Regular conjugation of 해체 is the same—just add -아 or -어 depending on the final vowel of the root:

먹다 - 다 -> 먹 + -어 = 먹어

남친은 채소를 안 먹어. (My boyfriend doesn’t eat vegetables.)

좁다 - 다 -> 좁 + -아 = 좁아

우리 집은 좀 좁아. (My house is a bit narrow. <--NOTE: Korean uses “우리” instead of “나의[��]/저의[제]” to mean “my” when talking about things like family members, homes, schools, etc.)

Let’s check the little exceptions that we saw in the 해요체 post and see how they turn out in 해�� (hint: pretty much the same!).

First, if the verb root ends with either 아 or 어, you don’t double up and add -아 or -어. The vowels simply overlap.

가다 - 다 -> 가 + -아 = 가 (NOT 가아)

난 학교에 가. (I go/am going to school.)

서다 - 다 -> 서 + -어 = 서 (NOT 서어)

거기 서. (Stand there.)

하다 is a bit of a special case. We saw last time that in 해요체, it becomes “해요” instead of the expected “하요”. Again, we do the same thing but just leave off the -요.

난 심심해. (I’m bored.)

코끼리는 강해. (Elephants are strong.)

수미는 매일 수영해. (Sumi swims every day.)

되다 is also special. Going by the regular rule, it would be 되어. However, it is far more natural to contract it to 돼. Let’s check it out:

되다 - 다 -> 되 + -어 = 돼

난 좀 걱정이 돼. (I’m a little worried.)

And yet another special case, 이다. When following a noun that ends with a consonant, it will be -이야. When following a noun that ends with a vowel, it will just be -야.

가방이야. (It’s a bag.)

학교야. (It’s a school.)

Other special cases occur with roots ending in the vowels 이, 우, and 오. In these cases, the final vowel merges with -어 (or -아 in the case of roots ending with 오) to make a compound vowel sound.

시다 - 다 -> 시 + -어요 = 셔

맛이 너무 셔. (The taste is too sour.)

춤을 추다 - 다 = 춤을 추 + -어요 = 춤을 춰

미나 씨는 춤을 춰. (Mina dances/Mina is dancing.)

오다 - 다 -> 오 + -아요 = 와

세빈 씨도 와. (Sebin is coming too.)

NOTE: I mentioned in the 해요체 post that the honorific infix -(으)시- is an exception to the above rule. In 해요체, the 시 becomes “세” instead of the expected “셔.” However, in 해체—Yes, you can use honorifics with 해체/반말! Read more about its usage here!—the 시 does become “셔”!

좋아하다 - 다 -> 좋아하 + 시 + -어 = 좋아하셔

우리 엄마는 꽃을 좋아하셔. (My mom likes flowers.)

앉다 - 다 -> 앉 + 시 + -어요 = 앉으셔

할머니는 거기 앉으셔. (Grandma sits/is sitting there.)

Special endings

We’re done with the conjugation rules! However, there are a few special endings we can use with 해체 that we didn’t have with 해요체.

There are three common ones I want to introduce here, interrogative -니, imperative -아/어라, and propositive -자. Please NOTE that -아/어라 and -자 technically fall under 해라체, another kind of conjugation, but they are commonly used with 해체.

When you are asking a question to someone younger than you, you can end your sentences with “-니?” instead of the normal 해체 conjugations:

어디 가니? (Where are you going?)

케이크를 좋아하니? (Do you like cake?)

넌 학생이니? (Are you a student?)

You can form commands by adding -아/어라 to the root, keeping in mind the rules laid out previously. Don’t use this one toward someone older than you, even if you do speak in 해체/반말 together! You can just use plain 해체 for commands also, of course.

빨리 해라! (Do it quickly!)

가라! (Go!)

앉아라!

When you want to suggest something, you can add -자 directly to the root instead of the normal 해체 conjugation. It’s not necessary to use it—you can just stick with plain 해체— but the option is there:

같이 먹자! (Let’s eat together!)

공부하자. (Let’s study.)

책을 사자. (Let’s buy books.)

More examples

Let’s check out some more examples using a variety of sentences types.

가다

Declarative: 오늘 우체국에 가. (Today I am going to the post office.)

Interrogative: 어디 가/가니? (Where are you going?)

Imperative: 시장에 빨리 가/가라. (Go to the market quickly.)

Propositive: 학교에 같이 가자. (Let’s go to school together.)

먹다

Declarative: 난 채소를 많이 먹어. (I eat a lot of vegetables.)

Interrogative: 고기를 먹어/먹니? (Do you eat meat?)

Imperative: 이거 먹어/먹어라. (Eat this.)

Propositive: 이거 먹자. (Let’s eat this.)

하다

Declarative: 그 남자는 축구를 해. (That man plays soccer/is playing soccer.)

Interrogative: 민지 씨는 공부해/하니? (Is Minji studying?)

Imperative: 그만 해/해라! (Stop doing that!)

Propositive: 우리 게임을 하자! (Let’s play games!)

되다

Declarative: 이 것을 만지면 안 돼. (It’s not okay if you touch this thing [More natural translation would be “Don’t touch this thing,” but in Korean, it’s a declarative sentence, not imperative].)

Interrogative: 시간이 돼? (Do you have time?)

Imperative: 돼라, 제발! (Please work!)

Propositive: 우리 좋은 학생이 되자! (Let’s become good students!)

꿈을 꾸다

Declarative: 에린 씨는 매일 밤 꿈을 꿔. (Erin dreams every night.)

Interrogative: 어떤 꿈을 꿔/꾸니? (What kinds of dreams do you have/dream?)

Imperative: 돼지 꿈을 꿔/꾸라! (Dream of pigs! [In Korean culture, a dream of pigs is said to indicate wealth.])

Propositive: 재미있는 꿈을 꾸자! (Let’s have fun dreams!)

With this, we’re done learning about the three conjugation types that you will most often use, 하십시오체, 해요체, and 해체! Make sure to practice a lot~

Happy studying~

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