I have awful pollen allergies and I’m confined to my house because of it.
I literally wake up sneezing.
I was talking to my 한국인 친구 about it and I thought I’d give y’all some vocab!
~Note: it is often also spelled 알러지, so you may also see that and can use that as well
꽃가루
Pollen
Breakdown:
꽃 = flower
가루 = powder
꽃 + 가루 = 꽃가루 (flower powder)
알레르기
Allergy
알레르기 있다
To have allergies
In Korean you don’t say that you’re allergic to something, you say that you have ‘_ allergies’.
꽃가루알레르기
Pollen allergies
콧물이 흘리다
For your nose to be running
Breakdown
콧물 = snot
흘리다 = to leak/drip
눈이 부어있다
For your eyes to be puffy
Breakdown
눈 = eyes
부어있다
Appears to be a form of 붓다, meaning ‘to swell’ [This is weird but I got my info from a native]
This was a short post, but hopefully it was helpful!
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