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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Korean with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Episode 181! Can you believe it? Lucas: I know. And today we're going to do a little recap of body parts, but we're going to focus on the head and add a couple of new phrases. Luna: Oh, I love that. We learned 머리 last time, right? That's head. Lucas: Exactly. 머리. Let's say it together. 머리. Luna: 머리. Lucas: Good. And there's another word that's similar but different: 고개. That's the back of the neck or the nape, but actually it's used for 'head' in phrases like nodding or shaking. Luna: So 고개 is like the head as in the whole head from the neck up? Lucas: Sort of. It's used in fixed expressions. For example, 고개를 끄덕이다 means to nod your head. Luna: 고개를 끄덕이다. That's a mouthful. Lucas: Let's break it down. 고개 is head, 끄덕이다 is to nod. So 고개를 끄덕이다. Say it with me. Luna: 고개를 끄덕이다. Lucas: Perfect. Now, shaking your head is 고개를 흔들다. Luna: 고개를 흔들다. 흔들다 means to shake, right? Lucas: That's right. So if you agree, you nod: 고개를 끄덕이다. If you disagree, you shake: 고개를 흔들다. Luna: Okay, let me practice. If I think your idea is good, I do 고개를 끄덕이다. Lucas: Exactly. And if you think I'm being ridiculous, you do 고개를 흔들다. Luna: Like this? 고개를 흔들다. Lucas: You're a natural. Now, let's put them in a little dialogue. Imagine I ask you: 'Is this restaurant good?' You can nod and say: '네, 좋아요' while doing 고개를 끄덕이다. Luna: 네, 좋아요. 고개를 끄덕이다. Lucas: Yes! And if the restaurant is not good, you shake your head: '아니요, 별로예요' with 고개를 흔들다. Luna: 아니요, 별로예요. 고개를 흔들다. Lucas: Perfect. So we have 머리 for the physical head, and 고개 for the head in expressions. Let's review all four phrases: 머리, 고개, 고개를 끄덕이다, 고개를 흔들다. Luna: 머리, 고개, 고개를 끄덕이다, 고개를 흔들다. Lucas: And remember, if Fexingo has been helping you make actual progress with Korean, and today's episode felt worth a coffee to you, there's a link: buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. No pressure, just a way to keep the show ad-free. Luna: Yeah, it really helps us keep going. Plus, no ads means more learning. Lucas: Exactly. So, let's do one more practice round. I'll say a phrase, and you do the action and repeat the Korean. Luna: Okay, I'm ready. Lucas: When you agree with someone, you... 고개를 끄덕이다. Luna: 고개를 끄덕이다. Lucas: And when you disagree, you... 고개를 흔들다. Luna: 고개를 흔들다. Lucas: You've got it. Keep practicing these, and next time we'll add more body part phrases. Thanks for joining us on Learn Korean with Fexingo! Luna: See you next time! 안녕!