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TOPIK 3adverb

졸졸

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졸졸 + 흐르다 / 따라다니다

trickling, babbling (stream); (follow) closely around

Example

계곡물이 졸졸 흘러요.

The stream in the valley trickles along.

Word parts

Sound and manner word (의성어·의태어) for a thin stream of water. Bright-vowel 졸졸 is small and gentle; dark-vowel 줄줄 is a heavier flow, as in 땀이 줄줄 흘러요 'sweat is pouring down'.

Good to know

졸졸 따라다니다 means 'to tag along after someone', like a child following a parent.