넘어가다
neo-meo-ga-da · literally “Go over”
Situation: You apologize to a Korean friend for forgetting her birthday. She laughs: 이번엔 그냥 넘어갈게.
✕ What AI tells you
Translates it as 'This time I'll just fall over' or 'I'll go over it', confusing it with 넘어지다.
Why it fails: 넘어지다 is 'fall down'; 넘어가다 is 'go over'. Here it means 'I'll let it go this time.' The same verb also means being fooled (말에 넘어가다) and moving to the next topic.
✓ What Koreans actually say
넘어가다 = go over. Let it slide (그냥 넘어가다), be fooled (~에 넘어가다), or move on (다음으로 넘어가다).
이번엔 그냥 넘어갈게.
i-beon-en geu-nyang neo-meo-gal-ge
'I'll let it slide this time' — forgiving, a bit teasing
그 광고에 완전히 넘어갔어.
geu gwang-go-e wan-jeon-hi neo-meo-ga-sseo
'I totally fell for that ad'
다음 안건으로 넘어가겠습니다.
da-eum an-geo-neu-ro neo-meo-ga-get-seum-ni-da
In a meeting or presentation: 'Let's move on to the next item'
Cultural nuance, in depth
Many double verbs with 가다 describe movement that turned into meaning. 넘어가다 also pairs with 넘기다 ('let something pass, hand over'): 그냥 넘기지 마세요 means 'Don't just let it go.' In a relationship, 그냥 넘어갈 수 없어 ('I can't just let this go') signals that someone is genuinely upset.
- #double-verbs
- #forgiveness
- #meetings
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