0 영어는 왜 영어예요?Why is English called 영어?
'I don't want to do English homework. Why is it called 영어?' 'Because it's England's language.' 'And 영 means?' 'Flower-bud.' 'English is a flower language?!'
Hanja Family · 한자 가족
영어는 왜 영어예요? 미국 말은 미어? — 말씀 어(語), 나라 국(國)
Why is English 영어? Is American 미어? — 語 language, 國 nation
국어(國語)·영어(英語)·단어(單語)·언어(言語)·한국(韓國)·외국(外國)·국민(國民). 📖 英國 — England 의 음차 英吉利 에서. 한자·독음은 표준국어대사전·우리말샘 원어 칸.
'I don't want to do English homework. Why is it called 영어?' 'Because it's England's language.' 'And 영 means?' 'Flower-bud.' 'English is a flower language?!'
語 — speech. 國語 the nation's language, 英語 — 英 is just the sound of 'England' borrowed into hanja. 單語 a word, 言語 language.
國 — nation. 韓國 Korea, 外國 a foreign country, 國民 the people of a nation.
'Then is American 미어?' 'No — America speaks English too; it came over from England.' 'That's funny!' Language names come from country names.
'Okay, I'll do my homework. To learn England's language!'
국어는 나라 말, 영어는 영국 말이었어요.