밖 (the outside)

꽃 flower
잎 leaf
꽃잎 petal
나무 tree
하늘 sky
구름 cloud
나비 butterfly
새 bird
해 sun (native word)
태양 sun (sino word)
단풍 fall foliage (changing leaves)
구경 to look at for entertainment (actually “sight seeing”, but it can refer to enjoying non-touristy things)

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Native korean words tend to be more commonly used in speaking than Sino korean words. 해 is used when referring to “sun and moon” (해와 달) and 태양 is used when talking about the sun in scientific/educational settings, for example, planets revovle around the 태양 and 태양 is a large star. Otherwise, both COULD be used for things such as “sun is bright today” “sun is rising” but you will most commonly hear 해.

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꽃에 물을 주다
to give water to a flower
(-> to water the flowers)

단풍/꽃 구경 갈 거예요
I am going to go see/enjoy the fall foliage/flowers

가을에 단풍 들어서 밖이 참 이뻐요
It’s so pretty outside in the fall because the leaves change color
(-> To my language partner, 바깥 sounds more natural than 밖, but I wanted to use our vocab lol)

꽃잎이 내려앉다
for petals to fall (하늘/나무)에서 꽃잎이 내려앉다
for petals to fall from (the sky/a tree)

머리 위로 꽃잎이 내려앉다
for petals to fall from above/from over head

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“떨어지다-> to fall” is more commonly used than 내려앉다
내려앉다 has the meaning of “to fall softly” so it sounds prettier and is more poetic. You can also just use 내리다, which I was told also sounds poetic. When 떨어지다 is used in song lyrics or poems, it sounds sad or negative while 내려앉다 paints a pretty image. But in normal speaking situations, 떨어지다 simply means “to fall”. I was told 꽃잎이 떨어지다 and 꽃잎이 지다 are commonly used in normal speaking for “petals falling”

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품 bossom/open arms

딱 is hard to English but it’s translated as “suddnely/just”. I personally think of it like when you want to exaggerate, for example 딱 맞아요 is “exactly right!”

난 하늘에서 니 품으로 딱 떨어졌을 거야
I would have fallen from the sky, straight into your arms
(A lyric from Simply Red’s “stars”.  An instagram user asked about it and it made me curious so I confirmed it with a native so there’s a random sentence for you lol)

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TTMIK: 밖 VS 바깥

~Shelbi