This no smoking sign is from Seongdong district (성동구),
and it explains why you shouldn't smoke in the area.
The sign says 담배연기 싫어요! 간접흡연으로 이웃들이 괴로움을 호소하고 있습니다, and
- 담배: cigarette
- 연기: smoke
- ~ 싫어요: don't like ~, the basic form of 싫어요 is 싫다(not to like, to hate)
- 담배연기 싫어요: We don't like cigarette smoke
- 간접: indirect
- 흡연: smoking
- ~으로: due to ~
- 이웃: neighbor
- 들: plural suffix
- 이: a subject marking particle
- 괴로움: suffering
- 을: an object marking particle
- ~ 호소하고 있습니다: from 호소하다 (to appeal, to complain) --> all together it means '(people) are complaining of ~.'
- 간접흡연으로 이웃들이 괴로움을 호소하고 있습니다.: Due to secondhand smoking people are complaining that they are suffering.
- 성동구[Seongdong-gu]: a name of district in Seoul
I like this sign because it sounds polite and also more appealing.
More traditional no smoking sign usually says '금연,' '금연구역,' or '흡연금지.'
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