Korean Lessons ᚛ Level 9 - Advanced Korean #2 (Lessons 241 to 270) ᚛ Lesson 249 - Starting with in Korean [을/를 비롯해서]
Starting with in Korean [을/를 비롯해서]
The verb 비롯하다 means "to begin with", "to originate from". In the form 을/를 비롯해서, it is used to name one representative member of a set before listing the others: "starting with", "including", "such as… as well as". "I like ball sports, starting with baseball, but also basketball and soccer." The item named first is the most typical, the most important or the best known, and the rest of the sentence widens to the whole set: 등, 와/과 같은, 까지.
"Starting with, including" with [Noun]을/를 비롯해서
[Noun]을/를 비롯해서 [Other items] 등 / 와/과 같은 [Whole set]
The structure is built with the object particle: 야구를 비롯해서, 케이크를 비롯해서, 흰 쌀밥을 비롯해서. After the representative item come one or more other examples, then the name of the set, often preceded by 등, "etc.", 와/과 같은, "such as", or 다양한, 여러 가지, "various". When the list builds up in intensity, it ends with 까지, "even", "all the way to": 재즈를 비롯해서 … 트로트까지, "from jazz all the way to trot".
저는 야구를 비롯해서 농구, 축구 등 공을 가지고 하는 스포츠를 좋아합니다.
→ I like ball sports, starting with baseball, but also basketball, soccer and the rest.
우리 회사 구내식당에는 돈가스를 비롯해서 파스타, 비빔밥 등 다양한 메뉴가 구비되어 있습니다.
→ Our company cafeteria offers a variety of dishes, starting with tonkatsu, but also pasta, bibimbap and more.
대한민국에는 부산을 비롯해서 제주도, 강릉, 울산과 같이 바다를 볼 수 있는 명소가 많이 있습니다.
→ In Korea, there are many famous spots with a view of the sea, starting with Busan, but also Jeju Island, Gangneung or Ulsan.
저는 재즈를 비롯해서 보사노바, 클래식, 힙합 심지어는 트로트까지 좋아하지 않는 음악 장르가 없어요.
→ There isn’t a music genre I don’t like: jazz to begin with, but also bossa nova, classical, hip-hop and even trot.
어제부터 팔, 다리를 비롯해서 몸 곳곳에 두드러기가 올라왔어요.
→ Since yesterday, I’ve had hives all over my body, starting with my arms and legs.
흡연을 비롯해서 우리의 몸에 좋지 않은 습관은 하루빨리 고치는 게 좋아요.
→ Habits that are bad for the body, starting with smoking, are best broken as soon as possible.
Before a noun: [Noun]을/를 비롯한
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