미국인들이 실제 자주 사용하는 "알다"의 9가지 표현

'알다'로 해석은 똑같이 되지만 그것이 내포하는 의미에 따라서 굉장히 많은 말들이 있다.

know, understand, find out, notice, realize, recognize, be familiar with, be aware with 그리고 심지어 tell까지

 

 

■ Know – 어떤 지식을 알다, Understand – 이해하다 알다

ex) I understand why she did that, but I don’t agree with her decision.

ex) I don’t understand what it means.

 

■ Find out – 알게 되다. Cf. get to know(x), become to know (x)

ex) I found out about that just yesterday.

 

■ Figure out – 어떤 상황이나 문제에서 방법을 알게 되다, 알아내다.

ex) I figured out how to use it. ex) I figured out how to get there.

ex) I figured out how to set up the alarm.

 

■ Realized – 알게 되다. (모든 과정이 머릿속에서만 발생함)

ex) I finally realized what the problem was. I finally found out ~ (? x)

 

■ Notice – 변화된/특이한 점을 캐치하다 ~더라고 (외부 상황과 관련) / notify 알리다 notification 알림

ex) I saw my friend at school today and I noticed she had gotten a haircut

ex) she came out with (released) a new album, and I noticed her style had changed a little bit

ex) I ran into my friend on the street this morning, and I noticed she looked a little different

ex) I noticed you were drinking a lot of coffee today did you have trouble sleeping last night?

 

■ Recognize – 보고서 뭔지/누군지 알다

ex) This morning, someone said hello to me on the street but I didn’t recognize him

ex) Do you recognize this author? 이 책의 저자 누군지 알겠어?

ex) She looked very familiar, but I couldn’t recognize her.

ex) If you saw your boyfriend’s handwriting, would you recognize it?

 

■ Be aware of ~의 존재를 알고 있다 인식(인지)하고 있다

ex) I wasn’t aware of that policy.

ex) They were aware of the rules.

ex) They were not aware of the situation at the time

 

■ Be familiar with 상황이나 어떤 것에 대해 잘 알다, 숙지 하고 있다. cf. Know well (only for 사람, 가급적 안 쓰는 게 좋음)

ex) I am not very familiar with this topic ex) Are you familiar with this kind of situation

 

■ Tell 판단하다, (알다)

ex) I can’t tell what it says./ I don’ know what it says (x) 지식에 관한 거 아님

ex) Can you tell what this is?

 

 

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