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Lesson 9

This lesson is about the one-syllable word “쭉.”

1st meaning: in a line, in continuation

가게 앞에 사람들이 줄을 쭉 서 있었어요. = There was a long line of people standing in front of the store.
이쪽으로 쭉 가세요. = Keep going this way.
여기 쭉 있었어요? = Have you been here all along?
쭉 드세요. = Keep drinking it.

2nd meaning: describing how someone loses energy

갑자기 힘이 쭉 빠졌어요. = Suddenly I feel no energy.
그 말을 들으니 기운이 쭉 빠지네요. = Hearing that makes me so tired suddenly.