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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Korean with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Episode 184 already! Lucas: I know, time flies. Last time we learned 손가락 and 발가락. Luna: Right — fingers and toes. I still have to count sometimes! Lucas: That's totally fine. Today we're staying with the body theme. Luna: Ooh, what body part is it this time? Lucas: We're going up — to the neck and shoulders. Luna: Neck and shoulders. After all that studying my shoulders are always tense. Lucas: Perfect, because we'll learn how to say that in Korean. First, neck is 목. Luna: 목. Lucas: Good. And shoulder is 어깨. Luna: 어깨. That sounds kind of cute. Lucas: It does, right? Let's try a phrase. 'My neck is stiff' — 목이 뻐근해요. Luna: 목이 뻐근해요. Lucas: Exactly. 뻐근하다 means stiff or sore. So 목이 뻐근해요. Luna: I can use that after a long day at my computer. Lucas: Same here. Now for shoulders: 어깨를 돌리다 means 'to roll your shoulders.' Luna: 어깨를 돌리다. Like stretching. Lucas: Yes. Let me hear you say it. Luna: 어깨를 돌리다. Lucas: Perfect. Luna: Okay so we have 목, 어깨, 목이 뻐근해요, and 어깨를 돌리다. Lucas: That's the set. Let's practice with a mini scene. Imagine you're at work and your neck is stiff. Luna: I'll say '목이 뻐근해요.' Lucas: Great. And your coworker says '어깨를 돌리세요' — roll your shoulders. Luna: Ah, so '돌리세요' is the polite request form. Lucas: Exactly. So '어깨를 돌리세요.' Luna: Got it. Let's try a quick dialog. I'll start: 목이 뻐근해요. Lucas: Then I'll say: 어깨를 돌리세요. Luna: Nice. That feels natural. Lucas: Now let's do a quick review. What's 'neck'? Luna: 목. Lucas: Shoulder? Luna: 어깨. Lucas: My neck is stiff? Luna: 목이 뻐근해요. Lucas: And roll your shoulders? Luna: 어깨를 돌리다... or 어깨를 돌리세요 for polite. Lucas: You've got it. Luna: Fexingo has been such a help with this. I actually remember these words. Lucas: That's the goal. If Fexingo has been helping you make progress too, and you'd like to support the show so we can keep it ad-free, you can buy us a coffee at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: Yeah, every little bit helps us keep making these episodes. Lucas: Okay, back to the stretch. Let's say you're at the gym and you need to tell your trainer your shoulder hurts. Luna: 어깨가 아파요 — we learned 아프다 before. Lucas: Right. So 'my shoulder hurts' is 어깨가 아파요. Luna: And the trainer might say '어깨를 돌리세요' again. Lucas: Exactly. That's a natural exchange. Luna: I love how these phrases build on each other. Lucas: That's the idea. Let's do one more repetition. 목. Luna: 목. Lucas: 어깨. Luna: 어깨. Lucas: 목이 뻐근해요. Luna: 목이 뻐근해요. Lucas: 어깨를 돌리세요. Luna: 어깨를 돌리세요. Lucas: Great work today, Luna. Luna: Thanks Lucas. I feel like I can actually use these. Lucas: That's the plan. Practice saying 목이 뻐근해요 the next time you feel stiff. Luna: Will do. And I'll remember 어깨를 돌리세요 too. Lucas: Perfect. That's all for episode 184. Keep practicing and we'll see you next time. Luna: Bye everyone!