How to Say "About" in Korean - How To Say Guide

~에 대한

The English phrase "about" can be translated into Korean using several forms, most commonly ~에 대한. Wiktionary also lists ~에 대해 and ~에 관한.

Meaning: concerning (prep)

Ways to say it

These forms are used to mean "concerning" or "about" a specific topic.

The form ~에 대한 is an adnominal form used to modify a noun that follows it.

Because of the way Hanja characters are used, the sound 대한 in 'about' can also mean 'Great Korea' if written as 大韓, which is why it is the first word in the name of the country South Korea.
Korean has no single word that captures both the meaning of 'concerning' and 'approximately', forcing speakers to use entirely different grammar for these two English uses of 'about'.
The sound 대한 can be written as 大限, meaning 'big limit' or the final moment of one's life.

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어떤 영화에 대해 얘기할래?
Do you want to talk about any movie?
이거에 대해서 얘기하려고 했어.
I wanted to talk about this.
그 문제에 대한 해결책
A solution regarding that problem
그 문제에 대해 생각하다
To think about that problem

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