Korean Pop Culture · KOREAN SLANG
갑이다
gap-i-da
a same-year peer
What does 갑이다 mean?
a same-year peer.
Shortened from the Korean donggap (동갑), gabita describes people born in the same year. Such peers enjoy special relationships (read – instant friendship) in terms of closeness and social equality, which allows them to speak in less formal language to each other.
‘동갑’이라는 단어가 줄여져, 같은 해에 태어났음을 의미하는 말이다. 특히 한국인들에게 는 동갑이면 대체 서로 친구로 지낸다.
From the original card
Short for donggap , gabita describes someone born in the same year, which affords them a special relationship in Korea in terms of social standing and the ability to use informal language with one another.
From the published Badass Korean archive. Slang depends on the relationship and setting; historical explanations and origin stories have not been newly reviewed. Some cards include profanity, insults, or sexual language.
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Read the original Korean dialogue alongside its published English version.
| 불쌍한 참새 | ||
| Batman | 로빈아! 매점가서 컵라면 사와! | |
| Robin | 귀찮아. 넌 손이 없어? 발이 없어? 네가 직접 사먹어. | |
| Batman | 개기는거야? 그렇게 개기다가 한대 맞는다. | |
| Robin | 나 때리면, 다음 시험 때 누구 시험지 베끼려고 그래? |
| Poor Sparrow | |
| 배트맨 | Robin-a. Go get me a cup-ramyon from the school store. |
| 로빈 | How annoying. You don’t have hands? No feet? You go buy it and eat it yourself. |
| 배트맨 | You gaegida me? If you gaegida like this, I’ll smack you. |
| 로빈 | If you hit me, whose test will you copy off of next time? |
The Year of Speaking Plainly
Koreans place a great deal of importance on age in language, divid- ing people into groups of those older than them (who they must speak to with respectful or formal language ~ jondaetmal (존댓말)) and those younger than or the same age as them (who they may speak to with ban- mal (반말)). As such, Koreans have a special affection for someone their own age, sharing a common year in school, a common Chinese zodiac sign, ddi (띠), and more.
