How to Say "It stabs right here / My stomach has a dull ache" in Korean — 여기가 콕콕 쑤셔요 / 배가 살살 아파요 (yeo-gi-ga kok-kok ssu-syeo-yo / bae-ga sal-sal a-pa-yo)

Textbook vs Real

Textbook위장이 매우 아픕니다wi-jang-i mae-u a-peum-ni-da

Real여기가 콕콕 쑤셔요 / 배가 살살 아파요yeo-gi-ga kok-kok ssu-syeo-yo / bae-ga sal-sal a-pa-yo

Why Koreans say it this way

Korean has specific pain words: 콕콕 (stabbing), 살살 (dull/mild), 욱신욱신 (throbbing), 쓰리다 (burning). Doctors will ask 어떻게 아파요? (how does it hurt?) — these words are your answer.

Situation: health

여기가 콕콕 쑤셔요 / 배가 살살 아파요

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