🇰🇷 Korean · C1 · Writing mastery
Conciseness
Vocabulary
- 간결하다to be concise / succinct
- 중복redundancy / duplication
- 축약하다to abbreviate / condense
- 핵심core / key point
- 군더더기unnecessary padding / filler
- 능동태active voice
- 수동태passive voice
- 압축하다to compress / compact
- 불필요하다to be unnecessary
- 명료하다to be clear / lucid
- 직접적으로directly
- 문장을 다듬다to refine / polish a sentence
Concise writing in Korean
C1 writers must cut unnecessary words while preserving meaning. Korean has several common traps that inflate sentence length.
Common wordiness patterns to eliminate:
- -는 것이다 → replace with a direct verb ending when possible.
- Wordy: 목표는 성장하는 것이다 → Concise: 목표는 성장이다.
- 이미 + 과거형: 이미 (already) is redundant with past tense endings.
- Wordy: 이미 완료됐다 → Concise: 완료됐다.
- 인해서/로 인해서 (due to): often replaceable with a direct causal particle.
- Wordy: 비로 인해서 → Concise: 비 때문에.
Active vs. passive voice: Korean often uses passive structures (-되다, -아/어지다) where active voice would be stronger:
- Passive: 보고서가 작성됐다 (The report was written)
- Active: 팀이 보고서를 작성했다 (The team wrote the report)
Key rule: Every word should earn its place. If removing a word does not change meaning, cut it.
Expressions
- 핵심만 간결하게 전달하다Describing the goal of concise writing
- 군더더기 없이 쓰는 것이 중요하다Emphasising the importance of eliminating filler
- 팀이 보고서를 작성했다Active voice: the team wrote the report
- 이미 완료됐다 → 완료됐다Showing how to remove redundant 이미
- 문장을 더 짧게 다듬어 보세요Advising to shorten one's writing
- 불필요한 표현을 제거하면 글이 더 명료해진다Benefit of cutting filler words
Quick quiz
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How do you say “passive voice” in Korean?
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