Well put together <--영어로는 어떻게 말해요?

[cheri]

Is there a word in Korean that is similar to "well put-together" when describing a person?

A word that encompasses someone who is smart, confident, organized, always on-time, prepared, etc.?

And not necessarily just 다 잘한다. ^^

Thanks

[manyakumi]

The words that come to my mind at this moment are...

두루 갖추다
To have general conditions

두루 갖춘 사람
A person who has good looking, style, wealth, knowledge and many other good things.

다재다능하다
To have a lot of skills and talents

팔방미인
A person who looks beautiful from any directions.
(= 다재다능한 사람 : A person who is good at everything)

[hyunwoo]

I think the common way to describe such a person is 괜찮은 사람


" 그 사람 참 괜찮아요. "

" 그 사람 정말 괜찮아요. "


Cheri, btw, your title ... maybe it should be "한국어로 어떻게" instead of "영어로 어떻게" ?

[cheri]

Muchos gracias! I''ll keep all of those in mind.

Cheri, btw, your title ... maybe it should be "한국어로 어떻게" instead of "영어로 어떻게" ?

Aha! Good point.

[javiskefka]

I think the common way to describe such a person is 괜찮은 사람


" 그 사람 참 괜찮아요. "

" 그 사람 정말 괜찮아요. "

That's funny, because you wouldn't use OK like that unless you were being sarcastic

[cheri]

I think the common way to describe such a person is 괜찮은 사람


" 그 사람 참 괜찮아요. "

" 그 사람 정말 괜찮아요. "

That's funny, because you wouldn't use OK like that unless you were being sarcastic

Yeah, in English, if you describe someone as "ok" or "alright," it's not exactly very positive. : )

[hyunwoo]

That's funny, because you wouldn't use OK like that unless you were being sarcastic

Haha. Right In Korean, if you want to say something in such fashion, you can say 나쁘지 않아요 .

In English 'not bad' can mean 'good', but in Korean, '나쁘지 않다' means 'not too bad' or 'not terrible'

[javiskefka]

Just goes to show you that you can't depend too much on word-to-word translation .

[yhenry]

how about, 그사람 끝내줘 or 기똥찬 사람이야

[kimchiandsoju]

wasn't there a slang word for somebody just like this in one of the advance lessons?

I can't remember it of course....

[holdfast]

wasn't there a slang word for somebody just like this in one of the advance lessons?

I can't remember it of course....

i think the slang you are thinking of is 엄친아 but i don't think it would fit exactly the same meaning of "well put together."

so 괜잖아 always has a positive meaning? that explains a lot ^^

[Chris1]

so 괜잖아 always has a positive meaning? that explains a lot ^^

Yes, it does. This is very good to know because when you ask how something is/how much someone likes something, and if 괜찮아 is the answer.. it's positive--not the slightly negative meaning in English. For example:

A: Do you want to go outside?
B: Umm, I'm okay. (implying he/she rather stay inside)

가: 밖으로 좀 갈래?
나: 음.. 괜찮아. (yes, that sounds good)

Completly different outcomes...

괜찮은 편이다 also has a similar meaning.

[manyakumi]

가: 밖으로 좀 갈래?
나: 음.. 괜찮아. (yes, that sounds good)

This answer can mean "no" also in Korean.

[Chris1]

This answer can mean "no" also in Korean.

Right. I guess it depends on your tone... Perhaps this would mean "no"

가: 밥 먹을래?
나: 괜찮아..