Somebody said once that Yoongi speaks like moving his mouth costs money XDD

Suga's deadpan delivery and sincerity were some of the things that immediately made him stand out to me and become my bias.

I'm a native Korean speaker and I think you made a good point.. he speaks very low and deep especially towards the end of a sentence. Yeah he does that "vocal fry" which is not common at all in Korea. It's really unique and Korean girls love it about him. Also surprisingly, he's second best in the group at speaking in 전라도 accent besides J hope. Suga can say anything and make it sound just as if he's from 전라도. Probably a very special talent that he has that many people aren't aware of. His 경상도 accent is the least out of the 4 members who are from the same region, probably due to his ability to sound what he wishes to. He seems like he's not bothered in listening to other members but he listens, catches and learns their accent very quick.

Even the boys have joked around that Suga is a tsundere...he can come off as deadpan or stoic but he's not only that, as you've said!

Not a fluent speaker. Probably 1-2 Korean words at this point but Yoongi's "Seesaw" is on repeat almost every night, I fall asleep listening to it. That's so true about his soothing voice. I have noticed how concise and direct he can be.

I'm learning so much by watching this series. Not just the insights into Suga and the other members but things like the sounds of words and the filler words to actually help me with things I've been hearing. Thank so much for this. And I really hope we get a part 2 for everyone.

The one member who's lyric lines I struggle to learn by ear. But damn is his voice soothing to just mindlessly listen to. I'll known if ive really got a handle on Korean one day when I can fully understand him 😅 Anyways, perfect timing on this one. Happy Bday Yoongi! 💜🎉🥳

I love his mumbling, it sounds adorable! Korean in general sounds to me like it's spoken in pout but he is especially strong on it!

When I noticed that I could understand some of the things the BTS members were talking about I was surprised that Suga was the one that I could understand the best, because his sentences are so short and clear and his pronounciation is pretty clear to me, personally I have no issue with his intonation. Usually I have no idea what RM is talking about, but listening to Suga I usually have atleast an idea what he's talking about, except when he's mumbling. Edit: Happy Birthday Suga 💜

I have a friend who’s a native Korean speaker and does translations for Bangtan Subs. She says Suga is the hardest for her because of his tendency to taper down in volume while looking away from the camera. Love this series - thanks so much!

Love the reference to "Paldogangsan" 🥰 It's a very fun satoori rap song where they debate about the coolest dialect! I love Yoongi's voice and delivery so much (not to mention his beautiful lyricism, he's an excellent storyteller/character writer, mostly autobiographical/anecdotal, emotional outburst in nature, I can go on and on but imma stop coz it's not the focus now 🥲LoL ) he just deliver heavy emotions so well, if you feel like your heart is numb listen to his songs coz you'll feel the pain, anger, sorrow, melancholy, longing so so much. I always feel breathless, chest tight, listening not because he's fast (not all his songs he raps fast) but because he pulls my emotional energy so much. But at the same time, Yoongi has very soothing and comforting voice & delivery when he's calm, and very very adorable ramblings when he's excited. Just an endearing human all in all. Also, Yoongi is the CAT-est human ever!

I love how Yoongi mumbles his words he sound so soothing even his quiet voice is relaxing

I have heard that in his youth as a street rapper and writer he was cheated on multiple times and not paid for his writing. I believe he also sustained an injury doing a side hustle of scooter food delivery while he was an intern, and he still kept doing the extremely difficult dance practices without showing his pain. He possibly wasn’t originally so straight faced, but life experience created a bit of stoicism in his manner for his own protection.

SUGA…. Is his own man. Talented, and old school. Pure heart, but an old soul. When working he likes to be alone. I find him a good man, and yet intriguing. ❤️🍀

I believe a member once said when he speaks he sounds like he’s drunk but he’s not 😂😂

i could listen to yoongi speak for hours his voice is really soothing and little mannerisms while speaking is endearing

About Suga's "hiss" sound. I remember the members mentioning it in an old anniversary video where they talk kinda like a podcast. One of the things Jungkook has gotten from Suga is that "hiss"sound. ☺️

Oh hey you don't have to worry about this. I'm a native Korean who's older than Jin, and even I found it hard to understand him in the beginning and even these days sometimes (especially when several members are talking at the same time lol). He is just one of those speakers who mumbles and who don't put much effort into pronouncing words, so you'd often have to ask again. There are lots of "s" sound pronounced as "th," vocal fry, and volume suddenly decreases at the end of the sentence, turning into a self-talk.

omg i saw the title and felt validated 😢 i've been learning korean since 2009 then i started stanning bts on 2013 and to this day yoongi is the hardest member for me to understand when they do a live streaming that has no subtitles 💀

Hey! Paldogangsan made its appearance! One of the reasons we love Suga is his straightforwardness- no beating around the bush. His tone is the exact opposite of Jin's and his Vlives are so soothing... almost like a lullaby 💜

It's the purr for me right before he speaks lol

and you dropped it on his birthday, so cool

When i have problems to sleep i turn on a video of Suga spreaking beacsue his voice helps me.....ans since i dont understand korean i can fully concentrate on his voice! I try to learn korean since 5 years but its immpossible for me...i cant!!

I love that you are doing this series in the order of the fan chant!

"He's good at not being bothered." That's a whole ass mood right there. Someone I wish to aspire to, seriously.

Just in time for Yoongi's bday 💜 and yes..Namjoon and Yoongi's speaking and songwriting style is very apparent..ut both genius 💜

Don’t know if it was intentional, but this was a lovely insight to Yoongi on his 30th birthday! 💜

watching this video made me appreciate our ARMY translators even more

he's the member I most wanna sound like in my Korean, I'm tempted to go to Daegu and learn with the accent/satoori 😂 I love his drawl and flow 💜

I have been wondering for ages why Suga's v-lives, specifically, were always the ones I could never make heads or tails of. (Jin was the easiest for me, except when he got in a tiff and started talking like he was in the rap line LMAO.)

Maybe I'll never get to the level to fully understand the way Yoongi expresses himself in his native language, but knowing that you can tell a lot about how he feels about the topic of conversation just by paying attention to his intonation sounds like an "extremely" good start 💜 굉장히 grateful for this, Billy!! Yoongi is so beautiful, he deserves all the love and more on his special day❣

I love how Min Yoongi acts and speaks like a disgruntled grandpa sometimes. Our endearing Big Purr Purr.

Happy birthday Yoongi!!!! 17:50 satoori rap

This bts series is so interesting! Can’t wait til you get through the rest of the members- they’re such genuine talents but also very engaging personalities!

Taehyung also grew up a large majority of his youth in Daegu and also considers it his hometown. He split his time between both

This is such a great video. I love that you mentioned how he *sounds* serious, but he's actually a very playful person. People seem to misunderstand that about him. He's one of my biases, so I really appreciate this video helping address that. This being posted on his birthday is awesome!!

Thank you for doing this bts series .. I appreciate the effort ..💜 Also thank you for uploading Suga’s part on his birthday , am happy as an ARMY to know more about them💜

Paldogangsan.... one of the best bts songs.

For me as a southern American, I resonate with the way Suga speaks the most.😅

YOUR GO BILLY?! I have had your book for years now.

dudes giggling and kicking his feet to bts i love it

Aww this was great! I actually like how straightforward Yoongi is. 😊I should probably study his writing for translation! I’ll try to look up some posts of his! I like hearing him speak it’s calming…I can’t wait til you get to V because as far as listening goes…I could understand him the most learning wise. I’m curious as to why, if he speaks in satoori sometimes.

Thanx Billy! I'm really waiting for Jimin's video cause alot of Korean speakers have said that they really love the way he speaks and that it's easy for Korean learners to understand.

17:50 it's the lyrics of one of the bts' songs. It includes all types of 사투리, 'cause all members came from different regions. You guys should check that song out, it's quite funny to listen

Yoongi is, in fact, the member that I struggle the most to understand 🥲 I'm not fluent, but I've reached an intermediate level, and it gets frustrating at times! Even tho I've lived in Busan for seven months, getting used to that intonation wave is not easy! And yoongi is your typical Korean that, especially in informal settings, mumbles a lot, talks to himself a lot, and has a very low speaking voice, as you pointed out! So it definitely gets tricky. Can't wait for the J-Hope video! Hobi speaks so damn fast hahah

As a beginner in Korean (who stopped learning about 5 years ago😂) Jimin is the easiest for me to understand. I cant wait to see what you come up with, when he used to go live alot it was so easy for me to understand at least 70% of what he was saying..it’s completely different with him and other members and idk what it is

I had a friend who would start his sentences louder and then drop off towards the end like Suga. It was so hard to hear him. Everyone would have to ask him to repeat things often but even repeating a sentence he would still say it the same way.

I love this! Yoongi's voice is so calming to listen to, and his letter to Jimin is just so sweet. He's lovely! Thanks for taking the time to make this video, and to release it on Yoongi's birthday too

Thanks! The way you analyze their speaking is veeeery interesting to me (I'm a teacher who loves linguistics). I have something in common with you hehehe I've been living in Brazil for 47 years and now I teach Portuguese for foreigners. I think it's even easier for us, because we know the struggles we had while learning the language, focusing on "facilitating" our students' progress, don't you agree with me? Oh! Today is Suga's birthday! I watched his vlive... well, my Korean is extremely basic hehehe, but I'm so happy, because now I can recognize some words and based on the context I can imagine (wonder?) what he's saying.

와 선생님 발음 진짜 장난 아니시다...

I'm glad that you included yoongi's 굉장히 for this video. That's how often he use it, sometimes I add 굉장히 when I write diary ㅋㅋㅋ also I like the way you pointed out that in the beginning yoongi being loud and excited and his voice becomes tiny gradually. thank you for always making great video, can't wait for the next ones! 윤기에 대해 영상 만들어주셔서 감사합니다 빌리 쌤!

I am a linguistic person (applied linguistics) and currently studying Japanese. I really appreciate your deeper analysis of the korean language usage of Suga. I really liked it.

💜Happy SUGA day🎉. Thanks Billy,this series is awesome 👏

I'm in love with suga hiss 😻😻😻😻

Oh I thought you made thr other members analysis Patreon only or something like that Suga is my bias I was looking forward for his analysis

I would call myself a high beginner (I took 2 years in college lol) but I understand him the best honestly, just because of the coincision.

"If you know it, you know it." - I cracked up so hard.

This is my favorite one so far! 굉장히 is going straight into my Anki deck!!! I've always found Yoongi very hard to understand because of the mumbling (and now that you point it out, probably the intonation too), but seeing a breakdown of how direct his sentences tend to be makes me want to go find some of his writing to use for translation practice and/or sentence mining. Thanks so much for this! I can't wait to hear about the others!

wow! as a korean, your lecture is very easy to learn. 좋네요

wow cannot imagine how much effort you put into this. i am amazed.

i love this series!! one of my biggest frustrations about not knowing korean is missing the little nuances of their speech, which often doesnt come across in official or fan translations AT ALL besides the occasional “said cutely” 😭 it is such a huge insight into their personalities. i should rlly dedicate more time to learning korean…

I continue to love this series Billy! Thank you. When Yoongi lets his voice get very low and soft he goes into this kind of 'mumble voice' that I find just beautiful to listen to. And no ARMY is surprised that Yoongi is concise and direct 😂 Love that you posted this on his birthday. 💜

Look forward to Suga tour and album!

I was at his birthday live, I didn't understand anything other than 감사합니다 💀

Hiya from the US. I just wanted to drop a comment to help with your YT channel (and this video), as well as to tell you how interesting I find your videos. I have been attempting to learn Korean for 8+ years or so now, but grasping the correct conjugation, not having anyone to speak Korean with, and being much older when I began learning have all hampered my progress. Your Korean is amazing. I am especially impressed with how easily you read Korean and how in-depth you go when explaining vowel and consonant usage. I am a writer also, so when you broke down RM's use of language in another video, I very much related to your and his speech pattern. I also do not know in what order one should begin learning, i.e. learning to write/read in Korean versus speaking Korean. I have subscribed to your channel and smashed the notification(s) bell. Thank you for making such well-thought-out videos and making them so fun to watch. I look forward to watching them all. :)

he is an Daegu Boy and his rap skills are fire

When I was learning Korean, I definitely had the hardest time understanding Yoongi compared to the other BTS members! BUT, when I got used to it, I could and can understand him well.

This series is so validating 😂 Suga is my bias but I NEVER understand what he’s saying

billy you're giggling at bts videos like you're one of us 😭

Happy birthday, Suga! I love his voice so much. I'll put on his unboxing videos for ASMR. Thanks for breaking down his speaking style.

Suga =savage ,sassy Jin’s roommate heheh we love suga he wanted to be a stone in his next life heheh but so loving and caring , tough dad love 💕💜💜💜

did anyone else start singing “서울 강원부터 경상도 충청도부터 전라도‘ at 17:45?! that was so smooth, billy! thank you so much for doing this series! it’s incredibly interesting and i cannot wait to watch the videos for the rest of the members! 💜

Thank you so much for this series! I was recently diagnosed with hyperactive ADHD, and discovered why learning languages has always been difficult for me - which is basically I have to be interested and engaged. Learning Korean through BTS, music, K-Dramas and cooking (all things I love) has made it fun and much more successful. These videos are perfect for this! 감사합니다!

15:03 The way I JUMPED off my seat screaming "가수! 가수! That's singer!" To an empty room when I saw that! The little dopamine hit as a beginner when you understand a word outside of studying is insane man 😂 it's the little wins!

i love how you actually studied the members and added receipts from the depth of their contents

I always found Suga reserved and quiet and doesn't let any of the other members annoy him. When any of the other members do those funny dance steps in front of him showing off, He just pushes them out of his way.(lol) He reminds me of myself.

Thank you for this! I'm just starting to learn a little Korean to prepare for my upcoming holiday there and Suga is my bias, I love his voice and the way he talks even though I don't understand anything 🤣🤣love from Australia 💜

suga aka yoongi is easy to understand what he is trying to say if you know him well enough but he is not one to show his emotions yoongi is straight forward with what he is trying to say with less words as possible. He is also introverted. So he doesn’t really like talking to people but yoongi is a man of many talents he is a very serious man but a goofy guy he is really gentle with kookie . I can relate to him more than the other members with not talking about my true emotions 😊

His Tongue technology out of the world

I love these vids and have been sharing them with the two older BTS fan groups I belong to. So eye opening! Thank you! (Can't wait til you get to my bias, J Hope!)

Thank you so much for this video, Billy! I'm a huge fan of BTS and Min Yoongi and I am so very happy you covered his way of speaking!

Nice timing posting this on Yoongi’s birthday! I really enjoyed the video and learned a lot. Thank you for this series!

Happy birthday Suga! Great episode Billy, thank you!

Billy, I really love this series. Thank you!

His voice is music to my ears....

i just discovered this video, yoongi has been my ultimate bias for almost eleven years. by chance, i discovered that i speak like him, even though I come from another continent. i dont know whether to laugh or cry about this. his way of speaking resembles the speech of north-eastern Italy, where i live and am originally from, a bit hilarious given that he comes from south-eastern Korea :").

정색하다는 말은 슈가랑 어울리는 말은 아닌 거 같아요. 정색하다라는 말은 정색하고 화를 낸다, 라는 뜻으로 주로 쓰이는데 슈가는 화를 겉으로 드러내는 편이 아니거든요. 노래의 가사로 담아내는 편이죠. 기자의 무례한 질문에 대한 대답을 할 때도 정색했다(=화를 냈다)기 보다는 매우 냉철하게 팩폭을 해줬다고 하는 게 맞죠. 😅

Yoongi is life.

Thank you for all of the tips! Been learning for a while and SUGA is my bias but I have had such a hard time understanding him! I feel like I can make progress now!

its his 30th birthday today i love him so much. thank you for this video!

For me Suga is the most difficult to understand, although his words are short and concise he speaks really fast, wavy and barely moves his mouth lol. It’s interesting because he makes a lot of pauses making him look like he speaks slowly, but once he pronounces the word it comes out fast. For me RM even though he uses a more advanced vocabulary and grammar, he gives me enough words to understand the topic and I do feel mesmerized by his refined way of speaking… funny enough I do tend to speak in a more complex way in my native language “Spanish” just like RM even though I spend a lot of time with friends who have distinctive dialects. Also another funny thing is that even though I have a hard time understanding dialects (most of times I think they sound bad hehe) I love spending time with my friends who speak it and watching BTS who speak their own native dialects. As for Korean what I noticed is that the Busan dialect sounds either violent or mostly funny to me and the one from Daegu is my favorite, I love how it sounds, it’s hard for me to understand but I love the rhythm of it; it’s really interesting because even Koreans have a difficult time differentiating those two dialects and I instantly either laugh at one or get completely blush at the sound of the other ;;

absolutely love this series! thank you so much for the work you put into this!

I need to see you analyze tae‘s speaking style. Since I can think the way he expresses himself might confuse ppl around him. From my own experience I can only guess that he actually says this stuff because he understands them himself but others sometimes don’t get a grip of what he means. I remember that years ago suga said that one day he just learned how to translate what taehyung is saying and he actually did so. I am pretty sure i‘ve seen yoongi interpreting what tae tried to express to the members which is hilarious to me. I tend to also kinda struggle with delivering my sentences in a way others understand me. It‘s something I am even insecure about. Since I know what I mean when saying it but others probably don’t.

Another AMAZING analysis Billy! Loving this! It is helping me so much when I hear the boys talk. Thank you so much!

Thanks for making this video series. I'm taking your Beginner Course and am in Bangtan Academy and I've been having a hard time feeling motivated but these videos cheer me up and inspire me.

08:55 since I prefer learning korean by listening to videos or livestreams, personally Suga's voice is quite easy to understand for me. Instead I have difficulties understanding speakers with a really strong pronounciation haha (I should turn on korean radio more often to practise ㅋㅋ)~~

Thank you for your Video, and Happy Birthday to Suga💜

thank you for this series!! again, this helped me know a different side of the guys through their manner of speech and writing 💜 hopefully, you'll make a part 2, too!

I'm loving this series so much. Also Loved that you quoted Paldogangsan!

I love this series! Thank you very much for all your work ☺️❤️