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Episode 36 · Love in Disguise · 나의 유죄인간

Is He Flirting or Just Teasing?

Today's scene is from Love in Disguise. A rich boss tells his new aide, "If you were a woman, I'd fall for you." She is one.

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In this lesson you'll learn

  • 🛡️ 그저 ~했을 뿐입니다 — "I was only trying to…" (How Koreans play down praise in formal speech)
  • 💭 네가 처음인데 — "You're the first, you know…" (Why ending on -인데 leaves a hint hanging)
  • 😳 반하기라도 하지 — "I'd at least fall for you" (A teasing "if only" that says more than he knows)

Today's expressions

그저 ~했을 뿐입니다
I was only trying to…
네가 처음인데
You're the first, you know…
반하기라도 하지
I'd at least fall for you

What do they really mean in the scene — and when would they sound rude? That's in the video.

From the word bank

특전사special forces soldier
맞다to be right
뛰어들다to jump in

+9 more words, each with a picture and a trick to remember it — in the video.

Credits.

Dialogue quoted from "Love in Disguise" (나의 유죄인간, tvN) in shortened and partly adapted form for language education.

Original scene: tvN DRAMA official clip (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJaiUGR0cuY / 0:40–0:52, 0:53–1:26)

Host Nevaeh is an AI presenter. Character voices are AI voices performing the tone of the scene, not the actors' voices. Illustrations are original AI-generated webtoon art.

Native Korean reviewer: Jason Ryu