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85-623: Wonder Girls ( Korean :  원더걸스 ) was a South Korean girl group formed by JYP Entertainment . The group debuted in February 2007 with the single " Irony " and 5 members: Yeeun , Sunye , Sunmi , Hyuna , and Sohee . After Hyuna's departure in July, Yubin was added into the group prior to the release of their debut studio album, The Wonder Years (2007). The album spawned the hit single " Tell Me ", which topped various South Korean music charts. Wonder Girls further established themselves as one of

170-596: A system of speech levels and honorifics indicative of the formality of any given situation. Modern Korean is written in the Korean script ( 한글 ; Hangeul in South Korea, 조선글 ; Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea), a system developed during the 15th century for that purpose, although it did not become the primary script until the 20th century. The script uses 24 basic letters ( jamo ) and 27 complex letters formed from

255-481: A 3-year long hiatus. In 2015, it was announced that Sunye and Sohee decided to leave the group while Sunmi would resume promotion with the remaining members. The 4-piece adapted a band -oriented concept for their acclaimed third and final studio album, Reboot (2015), and the No. 1 2016 single " Why So Lonely ". Wonder Girls are also known as "South Korea's Retro Queens", as their music has been noted to contain elements from

340-484: A Korean influence on Khitan. The hypothesis that Korean could be related to Japanese has had some supporters due to some overlap in vocabulary and similar grammatical features that have been elaborated upon by such researchers as Samuel E. Martin and Roy Andrew Miller . Sergei Starostin (1991) found about 25% of potential cognates in the Japanese–Korean 100-word Swadesh list . Some linguists concerned with

425-438: A celebration for their 10th anniversary since debut. The Wonder Girls are known for their signature retro sound and concept. Their music has been noted to contain elements from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. The Wonder Girls are known as "South Korea's Retro Queens", as their music has been noted to contain elements from the 1960s, such as in their hit "Nobody", 1970s, such as in the reggae track "Why So Lonely", and 1980s, heard on

510-477: A core vowel. The IPA symbol ⟨ ◌͈ ⟩ ( U+0348 ◌͈ COMBINING DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE BELOW ) is used to denote the tensed consonants /p͈/, /t͈/, /k͈/, /t͡ɕ͈/, /s͈/ . Its official use in the extensions to the IPA is for "strong" articulation, but is used in the literature for faucalized voice . The Korean consonants also have elements of stiff voice , but it is not yet known how typical this

595-609: A dance craze. At the 2008 Mnet KM Music Festival Awards , the Wonder Girls received three awards: the "Song of the Year" award, "Best Music Video" for "Nobody" and "Best Female Group". The group also won an award at the 2008 Golden Disk Awards for high digital sales. At the 18th Seoul Music Awards, the Wonder Girls won the Daesang ("Artist of the Year" award), the highest award offered, for "Nobody", in addition to two other awards. In October 2008,

680-459: A few extinct relatives which—along with the Jeju language (Jejuan) of Jeju Island and Korean itself—form the compact Koreanic language family . Even so, Jejuan and Korean are not mutually intelligible . The linguistic homeland of Korean is suggested to be somewhere in contemporary Manchuria . The hierarchy of the society from which the language originates deeply influences the language, leading to

765-434: A formal announcement from Sohee. For the group's 2015 comeback, Sunmi returned to the group, and served as a member alongside Yeeun, Yubin, and Hyerim; the Wonder Girls remained as four-piece band until their disbandment in 2017. Korean language Korean ( South Korean : 한국어 , Hanguk-eo ; North Korean : 조선어 , Chosŏnŏ ) is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It

850-575: A new show showcasing the Wonder Girls as a spin-off from their original movie. On November 14, Wonder Girls released the compilation album Wonder Best in Japan, which included a new song, updated versions of older hit songs, and Japanese versions of their songs. Sunye announced in November 2012 that she would get married in January 2013; JYP announced that the group would go on hiatus. The Wonder Girls performed for

935-562: A new version of the Wonder Girls' logo. Wonder World was announced as the group's second full-length album and was released on November 7, 2011 along with the single "Be My Baby". The album featured more writing and production input from the group members. Promotions for Wonder World began with a comeback stage on Music Bank on November 11 and continued through January 2012. The group returned to American activities with their made-for-TV movie The Wonder Girls in early 2012. "The DJ Is Mine", an English-language song featuring School Gyrls ,

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1020-562: A possible relationship.) Hudson & Robbeets (2020) suggested that there are traces of a pre- Nivkh substratum in Korean. According to the hypothesis, ancestral varieties of Nivkh (also known as Amuric ) were once distributed on the Korean Peninsula before the arrival of Koreanic speakers. Korean syllable structure is (C)(G)V(C), consisting of an optional onset consonant, glide /j, w, ɰ/ and final coda /p, t, k, m, n, ŋ, l/ surrounding

1105-570: A reality TV series starring the girls. In February 2008, the Wonder Girls joined their producer Park Jin-young for his month-long concert tour through Korea and the United States as special guests, where they filmed the music video for "Wishing on a Star" while in New York. " So Hot " was released on May 22, 2008. The song topped online charts soon after. In mid-2008, they performed on MBC's Show! Music Core , performing "So Hot" and "This Time". Due to

1190-417: A representative revealed, "The [English-language] album will be produced in a movie OST format. We'll be planning our concept to fit around the feel of the song, so as opposed to retro, we feel that it will be more pop. The Wonder Girls will definitely be coming out with a new image, so please look forward to it." On October 23, JYP revealed a new poster, "R U Ready?", hanging over their company's building with

1275-646: A retro, 1980s sound resonant throughout the album, similar to some of their past releases. Each member participated in the composition and production of the album. The album was a commercial success, peaking at number five on Gaon Albums Chart and number two on the Billboard World Albums chart. On October 2, it was announced that the Wonder Girls would host an episode of Saturday Night Live Korea . They performed "I Feel You", "Nobody", and "Tell Me". On December 27, they performed at SBS Gayo Daejeon , and on December 31 at 2015 MBC Gayo Daejejeon . Reboot

1360-433: A showcase of her dancing skills. The other three members—Yeeun, Sunmi , and Sohee —performed a cover version of Janet Jackson 's " Together Again ". The Wonder Girls officially debuted in early 2007 on MBC 's Show! Music Core , performing " Irony ", the hip-hop single from their debut EP, The Wonder Begins . The album sold 11,454 physical copies in 2007. Shortly after, "Wonderfuls", the official Wonder Girls fanclub,

1445-496: A sort of trademark of his. The Wonder Girls starred in the music video as a cameo and as JY Park's backing band. On June 18, 2016, the group released "To the Beautiful You" as a limited-release promotional single. On July 5, the Wonder Girls released the song " Why So Lonely ", with "To the Beautiful You" and "Sweet & Easy" serving as B-sides, as a CD and as a digital single. The single was commercially successful in South Korea;

1530-543: A variety of techniques and materials. One of these techniques is the replacement of the ligament with an artificial material. Artificial ligaments are a synthetic material composed of a polymer, such as polyacrylonitrile fiber, polypropylene, PET (polyethylene terephthalate), or polyNaSS poly(sodium styrene sulfonate). There are about 900 ligaments in an average adult human body, of which about 25 are listed here. Certain folds of peritoneum are referred to as ligaments . Examples include: Certain tubular structures from

1615-549: A vocal cord injury, Yubin temporarily lip-synced her parts under doctor's orders. On September 22, 2008, the group released the single " Nobody ". They performed the following weekend on Show! Music Core , Music Bank and Inkigayo . The song went to No. 1 on KBS' Music Bank , staying there for four consecutive weeks, and also won Cyworld 's "Song of the Month" award in September and October 2008. Like " Tell Me ", "Nobody" also sparked

1700-656: Is an agglutinative language . The Korean language is traditionally considered to have nine parts of speech . Modifiers generally precede the modified words, and in the case of verb modifiers, can be serially appended. The sentence structure or basic form of a Korean sentence is subject–object–verb (SOV), but the verb is the only required and immovable element and word order is highly flexible, as in many other agglutinative languages. Question 가게에 gage-e store- LOC 가셨어요? ga-syeo-sseo-yo go- HON . PAST - CONJ - POL 가게에 가셨어요? gage-e ga-syeo-sseo-yo store-LOC go-HON.PAST-CONJ-POL 'Did [you] go to

1785-511: Is closer to a near-open central vowel ( [ɐ] ), though ⟨a⟩ is still used for tradition. Grammatical morphemes may change shape depending on the preceding sounds. Examples include -eun/-neun ( -은/-는 ) and -i/-ga ( -이/-가 ). Sometimes sounds may be inserted instead. Examples include -eul/-reul ( -을/-를 ), -euro/-ro ( -으로/-로 ), -eseo/-seo ( -에서/-서 ), -ideunji/-deunji ( -이든지/-든지 ) and -iya/-ya ( -이야/-야 ). Some verbs may also change shape morphophonemically. Korean

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1870-399: Is mainly reserved for specific circumstances such as newspapers, scholarly papers and disambiguation. Today Hanja is largely unused in everyday life but is still important for historical and linguistic studies. The Korean names for the language are based on the names for Korea used in both South Korea and North Korea. The English word "Korean" is derived from Goryeo , which is thought to be

1955-522: Is not possible to fix the broken ligament, other procedures such as the Brunelli procedure can correct the instability. Instability of a joint can over time lead to wear of the cartilage and eventually to osteoarthritis . One of the most often torn ligaments in the body is the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). The ACL is one of the ligaments crucial to knee stability and persons who tear their ACL often undergo reconstructive surgery, which can be done through

2040-399: Is of faucalized consonants. They are produced with a partially constricted glottis and additional subglottal pressure in addition to tense vocal tract walls, laryngeal lowering, or other expansion of the larynx. /s/ is aspirated [sʰ] and becomes an alveolo-palatal [ɕʰ] before [j] or [i] for most speakers (but see North–South differences in the Korean language ). This occurs with

2125-565: Is the national language of both North Korea and South Korea . Beyond Korea, the language is recognized as a minority language in parts of China , namely Jilin , and specifically Yanbian Prefecture , and Changbai County . It is also spoken by Sakhalin Koreans in parts of Sakhalin , the Russian island just north of Japan, and by the Koryo-saram in parts of Central Asia . The language has

2210-716: Is well attested in Western Old Japanese and Northern Ryukyuan languages , in Eastern Old Japanese it only occurs in compounds, and it is only present in three dialects of the Southern Ryukyuan language group . Also, the doublet wo meaning "hemp" is attested in Western Old Japanese and Southern Ryukyuan languages. It is thus plausible to assume a borrowed term. (See Classification of the Japonic languages or Comparison of Japanese and Korean for further details on

2295-524: The Korean dialects , which are still largely mutually intelligible . The Chinese language , written with Chinese characters and read with Sino-Xenic pronunciations , was first introduced to Korea in the 1st century BC, and remained the medium of formal writing and government until the late 19th century. Korean scholars adapted Chinese characters (known in Korean as Hanja ) to write their own language, creating scripts known as idu , hyangchal , gugyeol , and gakpil. These systems were cumbersome, due to

2380-557: The Three Kingdoms of Korea (not the ancient confederacies in the southern Korean Peninsula), while " -eo " and " -mal " mean "language" and "speech", respectively. Korean is also simply referred to as guk-eo , literally "national language". This name is based on the same Han characters ( 國語 "nation" + "language") that are also used in Taiwan and Japan to refer to their respective national languages. In North Korea and China ,

2465-668: The skeletal system of the human body . Ligaments cannot usually be regenerated naturally; however, there are periodontal ligament stem cells located near the periodontal ligament which are involved in the adult regeneration of periodontist ligament. The study of ligaments is known as desmology . Other ligaments in the body include the: "Ligament" most commonly refers to a band of dense regular connective tissue bundles made of collagenous fibers, with bundles protected by dense irregular connective tissue sheaths. Ligaments connect bones to other bones to form joints , while tendons connect bone to muscle . Some ligaments limit

2550-949: The 16th century for all Korean classes, including uneducated peasants and slaves. By the 17th century, the yangban had exchanged Hangul letters with slaves, which suggests a high literacy rate of Hangul during the Joseon era. In the context of growing Korean nationalism in the 19th century, the Gabo Reform of 1894 abolished the Confucian examinations and decreed that government documents would be issued in Hangul instead of literary Chinese. Some newspapers were published entirely in Hangul, but other publications used Korean mixed script , with Hanja for Sino-Korean vocabulary and Hangul for other elements. North Korea abolished Hanja in writing in 1949, but continues to teach them in schools. Their usage in South Korea

2635-478: The 1960s through 80s. In 2017, Billboard ranked Wonder Girls at number 3 on their "Top 10 K-pop Girl Groups of the Past Decade" list. The group officially disbanded on January 26, 2017, after unsuccessful contract renewal negotiation with some of its members. On February 10, 2017, they released their final single " Draw Me ", which also served as a celebration of their 10th anniversary. After Park Jin-young revealed

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2720-626: The Jonas Brothers for a total of 45 concert dates. In order to concentrate on their American debut, both Sohee and Sunmi dropped out of high school. The English version of "Nobody" was released on June 26, 2009, the day before the start of their tour with the Jonas Brothers . "Nobody" entered the Billboard Hot 100 in October 2009, making them the first Korean group to enter the chart. "Nobody" became

2805-665: The Korean version of "2 Different Tears". They appeared on Mnet's M! Countdown on May 22, 2010. On May 27, the Wonder Girls won their first No. 1 award for "2 Different Tears" on M! Countdown . The group ended their last week of promotional activities in South Korea by performing on MBC's Music Core on May 29, 2010. During this two-week period, the Wonder Girls also appeared on several Korean variety and talk shows, including KBS's Win Win and Happy Together , as well as SBS 's Family Outing 2 and MBC's Come to Play . On July 29, MTV Korea premiered season 4 of Wonder Girls , which introduced

2890-580: The Wonder Girls were signed by the Creative Artists Agency (CAA). By the end of 2008, they had earned ₩ 12 billion ( $ 9 million US) as a group. The Wonder Girls tour began on February 28, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand. Along with their mentor, JYP , they held concerts throughout the United States. The group then returned to South Korea, holding concerts in late March in Seoul and Busan . This tour

2975-583: The Wonder Girls' everyday life in the United States, such as at their New York home and studio, and preparations for the MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia 2010 . The MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia 2010 was held at the Sunway Lagoon Surf Beach on July 31, and the show was broadcast on August 21 on MTV Asia. On July 30, M.net premiered a new show Made in Wonder Girls that took viewers behind

3060-488: The Year for two consecutive years in 2007 and 2008, with "Tell Me" and "Nobody" likewise topping their polls for Song of the Year in 2007 and 2008, respectively. "Tell Me" was voted the number one idol hit of all time in a survey of 22,000 participants conducted by Research Panel Korea in 2013, and was included in Mnet 's list of Legend 100 Songs that have captured the public since the 1960s in 2014. Billboard ranked Wonder Girls

3145-402: The addition of Yubin as replacement. In 2010, Sunmi left the group to pursue an academic career, and trainee Hyerim was selected as her replacement. In early 2013, following her marriage, Sunye became an inactive member. Sohee departed from the group in late 2013 following the expiration of her contract with JYP Entertainment. Sunye announced her departure from the group in July 2015, alongside

3230-452: The agency confirmed that former member Sunmi would re-join the group for the first time since withdrawing in 2010. The group released the album Reboot on August 3. "I Feel You" was released as the lead single from album on August 2. Rather than solely a dance group, the Wonder Girls returned as a four-member band with each member playing an instrument: Yubin (drums), Yeeun (keyboard), Hyerim (guitar), and Sunmi (bass). Their comeback featured

3315-469: The basic ones. When first recorded in historical texts, Korean was only a spoken language . Since the turn of the 21st century, aspects of Korean culture have spread to other countries through globalization and cultural exports . As such, interest in Korean language acquisition (as a foreign language ) is also generated by longstanding alliances, military involvement, and diplomacy, such as between South Korea–United States and China–North Korea since

3400-455: The beginnings of words. /l/ becomes alveolar flap [ɾ] between vowels, and [l] or [ɭ] at the end of a syllable or next to another /l/ . A written syllable-final ' ㄹ ', when followed by a vowel or a glide ( i.e. , when the next character starts with ' ㅇ '), migrates to the next syllable and thus becomes [ɾ] . Traditionally, /l/ was disallowed at the beginning of a word. It disappeared before [j] , and otherwise became /n/ . However,

3485-502: The best-selling physical single in the United States in 2009. The song also topped the Taiwan and Hong Kong music charts. On January 22, 2010, JYP announced that Sunmi would be postponing her musical career to pursue an academic career and that Hyerim , a JYP trainee, would take her place. Sunmi continued to work as a participating member of the Wonder Girls in through February in order to complete scheduled events. Sunmi's departure put many of

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3570-400: The characteristic of people with more-elastic ligaments, allowing their joints to stretch and contort further; this is sometimes still called double-jointedness . The consequence of a broken ligament can be instability of the joint. Not all broken ligaments need surgery, but, if surgery is needed to stabilise the joint, the broken ligament can be repaired. Scar tissue may prevent this. If it

3655-530: The digital download topped the Gaon Digital Chart. On July 12, the group performed the dance version of Why So Lonely for the first time on SBS MTV 's The Show , winning the trophy for that week. This was their first win on a music program since the release of "Like This" in 2012. The group also performed the song at the launch ceremony for the South Korean Olympic team on July 19. By the end of

3740-705: The end of World War II and the Korean War . Along with other languages such as Chinese and Arabic , Korean is ranked at the top difficulty level for English speakers by the United States Department of Defense . Modern Korean descends from Middle Korean , which in turn descends from Old Korean , which descends from the Proto-Koreanic language , which is generally suggested to have its linguistic homeland somewhere in Manchuria . Whitman (2012) suggests that

3825-399: The first Korean dynasty known to Western nations. Korean people in the former USSR refer to themselves as Koryo-saram or Koryo-in (literally, " Koryo/Goryeo persons"), and call the language Koryo-mal' . Some older English sources also use the spelling "Corea" to refer to the nation, and its inflected form for the language, culture and people, "Korea" becoming more popular in

3910-496: The following week with "Tell Me" as the lead single. Due to the last-minute addition of Yubin, the album version does not contain her part. However, the performance version of the song was reworked to include a bridge with rapping by Yubin. The single was a hit and reached number one on various Korean television and internet music charts, including KBS 's Music Bank . The song also became a number one hit in Thailand. The choreography for

3995-647: The form of a cross. Ligaments are viscoelastic . They gradually strain when under tension and return to their original shape when the tension is removed. However, they cannot retain their original shape when extended past a certain point or for a prolonged period of time. This is one reason why dislocated joints must be set as quickly as possible: if the ligaments lengthen too much, then the joint will be weakened, becoming prone to future dislocations. Athletes , gymnasts, dancers, and martial artists perform stretching exercises to lengthen their ligaments, making their joints more supple. The term hypermobility refers to

4080-452: The fundamental disparities between the Korean and Chinese languages, and accessible only to those educated in classical Chinese. Most of the population was illiterate. In the 15th century King Sejong the Great personally developed an alphabetic featural writing system , known today as Hangul , to promote literacy among the common people. Introduced in the document Hunminjeongeum , it

4165-519: The girls had been invited to perform at the 2011 Special Olympics closing ceremonies in Athens , Greece. They performed the traditional Korean folk song " Arirang " along with "Nobody" sung in English and "Tell Me" sung in Korean. On August 5, The Wonder Girls appeared on Billboard.com's Mashup Monday program, performing a self-arranged cover version of B.o.B and Bruno Mars' "Nothin' on You". On October 9, 2011,

4250-435: The group regardless of her inactive status. In December 2013, Sohee left JYP Entertainment and signed with KeyEast Entertainment to focus on an acting career. In August 2013, former member Sunmi debuted as a solo artist with the release of the single " 24 Hours ". In the following year, she released her debut EP entitled Full Moon . On July 23, 2014, it was announced that Yeeun would be making her debut as solo artist under

4335-470: The group to pursue an academic career and was replaced by Hyerim prior to the worldwide release of the single " 2 Different Tears " later that year. Their second studio album, Wonder World (2011), yielded the hit single "Be My Baby". In 2012, Wonder Girls starred in the TeenNick movie The Wonder Girls , and released their last 3 singles as a quintet, notably " Like This " and " Like Money ", before going on

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4420-405: The group's American plans into disarray. The Wonder Girls had been preparing an English album, with six tracks to consist of English versions of Korean singles and the other half of brand new material, initially scheduled for release in February 2010. They were also planning to have a headlining tour in January 2010; however, due to the departure of Sunmi, plans for the tour were delayed and the album

4505-481: The group's upcoming English-language album. Rainstone of JYP Entertainment said that the album was expected to have six to seven tracks. Producer Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins and the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Claude Kelly were revealed to be participating in the album and the album was to be released by one of the three major labels of America. On June 30, it was announced on their official website that

4590-479: The inflow of western loanwords changed the trend, and now word-initial /l/ (mostly from English loanwords) are pronounced as a free variation of either [ɾ] or [l] . All obstruents (plosives, affricates, fricatives) at the end of a word are pronounced with no audible release , [p̚, t̚, k̚] . Plosive sounds /p, t, k/ become nasals [m, n, ŋ] before nasal sounds. Hangul spelling does not reflect these assimilatory pronunciation rules, but rather maintains

4675-408: The issue between Japanese and Korean, including Alexander Vovin, have argued that the indicated similarities are not due to any genetic relationship , but rather to a sprachbund effect and heavy borrowing, especially from Ancient Korean into Western Old Japanese . A good example might be Middle Korean sàm and Japanese asá , meaning " hemp ". This word seems to be a cognate, but although it

4760-618: The language is most often called Joseon-mal , or more formally, Joseon-o . This is taken from the North Korean name for Korea (Joseon), a name retained from the Joseon dynasty until the proclamation of the Korean Empire , which in turn was annexed by the Empire of Japan . In mainland China , following the establishment of diplomatic relations with South Korea in 1992, the term Cháoxiǎnyǔ or

4845-578: The last time before their hiatus at the Winter Special Olympics in Pyeong Chang , South Korea on February 5, 2013. Due to the hiatus, plans for the English-language album, an English television series, as well as any future promotions in the United States were entirely scrapped. Sunye gave birth to a daughter in October 2013. JYP Entertainment stated that she would still remain as a member of

4930-451: The late 1800s. In South Korea the Korean language is referred to by many names including hanguk-eo ("Korean language"), hanguk-mal ("Korean speech") and uri-mal ("our language"); " hanguk " is taken from the name of the Korean Empire ( 대한제국 ; 大韓帝國 ; Daehan Jeguk ). The " han " ( 韓 ) in Hanguk and Daehan Jeguk is derived from Samhan , in reference to

5015-463: The mobility of articulations or prevent certain movements altogether. Capsular ligaments are part of the articular capsule that surrounds synovial joints . They act as mechanical reinforcements. Extra-capsular ligaments join in harmony with the other ligaments and provide joint stability. Intra-capsular ligaments, which are much less common, also provide stability but permit a far larger range of motion. Cruciate ligaments are paired ligaments in

5100-706: The name of his first girl group Wonder Girls in May 2006, the Wonder Girls were introduced through a TV show titled MTV Wonder Girls . The first four episodes outlined the characteristics and profiles of each member. Shortly after selecting Yeeun as the fifth member, the Wonder Girls held their first showcase in the MTV Studio. They performed a cover version of " Don't Cha " by the Pussycat Dolls as well as original songs, including "Irony" and "It's Not Love". Sunye sang Destiny's Child 's " Stand Up for Love ", while Hyuna performed

5185-631: The proto-Koreans, already present in northern Korea, expanded into the southern part of the Korean Peninsula at around 300 BC and coexisted with the descendants of the Japonic Mumun cultivators (or assimilated them). Both had influence on each other and a later founder effect diminished the internal variety of both language families. Since the establishment of two independent governments, North–South differences have developed in standard Korean, including variations in pronunciation and vocabulary chosen. However, these minor differences can be found in any of

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5270-429: The pseudonym Ha:tfelt (amalgamation of the pronunciation of the word "Hot" and "Heartfelt"). Her debut mini-album Me? was released on July 31, 2014. On June 24, 2015, JYP Entertainment announced that the Wonder Girls would be making a comeback after a three-year hiatus. After being an inactive member of the group since early 2013, Sunye officially announced her departure from the group in July 2015. A representative of

5355-413: The release of a Japanese-language version of "Nobody"; the single release was called " Nobody for Everybody ". In early September 2012, the group performed three new songs from their then-upcoming English-language album at an iHeartRadio concert. On October 29, 2012, Wonder Girls participated in a joint-interview with Nick Cannon in which they discussed the release of their English-language album as well as

5440-584: The release would be followed by an English version of "Tell Me", and that an English album would be forthcoming. In June 2009, JYP Entertainment announced that the Wonder Girls would be joining the Jonas Brothers on the North American leg of the Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009 . The Wonder Girls were initially signed on for 13 concert dates across the US, but they were eventually given the opportunity to join

5525-546: The same day and was shot in the Gyeonggi Province of South Korea. The video features appearances by Park Jin-young and the Korean-American comedian Bobby Lee . The song was released on an EP of the same name which contains English versions of the group's previous Korean hits "Tell Me" and "So Hot" alongside the previously released "Nobody". Between May 15 and 31, 2010, the Wonder Girls returned to South Korea to promote

5610-489: The scenes of the group's first American tour as well as their promotions in Singapore and Indonesia. On August 3, the Wonder Girls performed in Singapore's SINGfest 2010 at Fort Canning Park. In January 2011, JYP Entertainment 's CEO Park Jin-young hinted on his Twitter account that he had written a new song for the group while recording in the drama Dream High and later tweeted that other producers were involved in producing

5695-660: The short form Cháoyǔ has normally been used to refer to the standard language of North Korea and Yanbian , whereas Hánguóyǔ or the short form Hányǔ is used to refer to the standard language of South Korea. Korean is a member of the Koreanic family along with the Jeju language . Some linguists have included it in the Altaic family, but the core Altaic proposal itself has lost most of its prior support. The Khitan language has several vocabulary items similar to Korean that are not found in other Mongolian or Tungusic languages, suggesting

5780-522: The song was simple and widely imitated: by October, many fan performances of the dance circulated on video sharing sites such as YouTube and Daum, including one by a group of policemen who were eventually profiled on SBS 's Star King . The dance's popularity it received became widely known as the "Tell Me Virus". The Wonder Girls had an extensive promotional schedule for their album, and in late 2007 they began performing their second single, "이 바보" ("This Fool"). MTV also began broadcasting The Wonder Life ,

5865-480: The songs "Tell Me", "So Hot", "2 Different Tears", "Be My Baby" and "I Feel You". Their music videos also allude to vintage fashion and performance, with "Nobody" being mostly inspired by African-American 1960s culture and famous R&B group The Supremes , while "I Feel You" takes place in 1987 and shows the members playing their own instruments and various other scenes with heavy 1980s inspiration. Wonder Girls ranked number one on Gallup Korea 's polls for Singer of

5950-486: The store?' Response 예/네. ye/ne AFF Ligament#Knee It is also known as articular ligament , articular larua , fibrous ligament , or true ligament . Ligaments are similar to tendons and fasciae as they are all made of connective tissue . The differences among them are in the connections that they make: ligaments connect one bone to another bone, tendons connect muscle to bone, and fasciae connect muscles to other muscles. These are all found in

6035-441: The tense fricative and all the affricates as well. At the end of a syllable, /s/ changes to /t/ (example: beoseot ( 버섯 ) 'mushroom'). /h/ may become a bilabial [ɸ] before [o] or [u] , a palatal [ç] before [j] or [i] , a velar [x] before [ɯ] , a voiced [ɦ] between voiced sounds, and a [h] elsewhere. /p, t, t͡ɕ, k/ become voiced [b, d, d͡ʑ, ɡ] between voiced sounds. /m, n/ frequently denasalize at

6120-534: The third best K-pop girl group of the past decade in 2017, writing how they "dominated South Korea with their modernized retropop sound" with hits "'Tell Me' and 'Nobody' [becoming] some of K-pop's first-ever viral successes". The same publication ranked "Nobody" number 43 in their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time, deeming its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 "a breakthrough moment in K-pop history". "Tell Me"

6205-524: The top girl groups in the country with the hit singles " So Hot " and " Nobody ", released in 2008. After being released as a single in the U.S. in 2009, "Nobody" charted at No. 76 on the Billboard Hot 100 , making Wonder Girls the first South Korean act to enter the chart. The group began their entry into the American market the same year as an opening act for the Jonas Brothers' World Tour , performing English versions of their songs. In early 2010, Sunmi left

6290-566: The tour began in Washington, D.C., on June 4, 2010. The tour was eventually extended to add an additional leg in which label mates, 2AM , would open for the group during certain dates. The Wonder Girls followed up their tour announcement with the unveiling of their latest single, titled " 2 Different Tears ". The track was recorded in Chinese, Korean, and English and released on May 15, 2010. The music video for "2 Different Tears" premiered on YouTube on

6375-464: The underlying, partly historical morphology . Given this, it is sometimes hard to tell which actual phonemes are present in a certain word. The traditional prohibition of word-initial /ɾ/ became a morphological rule called "initial law" ( 두음법칙 ) in the pronunciation standards of South Korea, which pertains to Sino-Korean vocabulary. Such words retain their word-initial /ɾ/ in the pronunciation standards of North Korea. For example, ^NOTE ㅏ

6460-421: The year, "Why So Lonely" garnered nearly 1,124,000 units in digital sales and was ranked as the 26th best-selling song in the country during 2016. On January 26, 2017, JYP Entertainment announced that Wonder Girls were disbanding, with only Yubin and Hyerim renewing their contracts while Yeeun and Sunmi decided to leave the company. The group released their final single " Draw Me " on February 10; it also serves as

6545-581: Was called eonmun ('colloquial script') and quickly spread nationwide to increase literacy in Korea. The Korean alphabet was denounced by the yangban aristocracy, who looked down upon it too easy to learn. However, it gained widespread use among the common class and was widely used to print popular novels which were enjoyed by the common class. Since few people could understand official documents written in classical Chinese, Korean kings sometimes released public notices entirely written in Hangul as early as

6630-450: Was documented in the M.net reality show Welcome to Wonderland . Following the tour, the Wonder Girls debuted a music video for "Now", a cover of the Fin.K.L single. In March 2009, the Wonder Girls confirmed that the group would launch in an English-language music career in the United States with the official release of an English version of "Nobody" in summer 2009. It was later announced that

6715-481: Was established. The group held several showcases in China after receiving Chinese lessons. In mid-2007, however, members of the Wonder Girls were beset by various injuries and health problems. On June 25, Sohee was sidelined for a month after tearing a knee ligament in a fall from a running motorcycle during the filming of the movie I Like It Hot. The remaining four members continued performing until late July, when Hyuna

6800-421: Was eventually scrapped. On April 5, 2010, the Wonder Girls announced a 20-show tour of the US and Canada, dubbed "The Wonder World Tour", which included fellow label mates 2PM for nine dates in conjunction with Live Nation . The tour consisted of a combination of the English and Korean versions of their hits, covers of popular English-language songs, and new songs from their then-upcoming album. The first leg of

6885-470: Was ranked No. 1 on The 10 Best K-Pop Albums of 2015 by Billboard , and No. 18 on The 20 Best Albums of 2015 by FuseTV . The new foursome lineup also participated the TBS Conan show's "Conan without Borders" special, to where he travels to various countries. In Korea he created a music video with JY Park, Steven Yuen, the Wonder Girls and Twice, based on Conan's popular "string dance" moves that would become

6970-413: Was ranked one of the top 10 greatest K-pop songs of all time by Melon (number 9) and Rolling Stone (number 10). In 2022, Us Weekly named them one of the best girl groups of all time. The group consisted of five members at the time of its debut in 2007: Sunye , Sohee , Hyuna , Sunmi and Yeeun . Shortly after, in the same year, Hyuna left the group due to concerns over her health, which led to

7055-506: Was released as a promotional tie-in single for the movie on January 11. "The DJ Is Mine" reached number one on several Korean charts. The movie premiered on February 2 on the TeenNick channel, and featured the then-unreleased English song " Like Money ". Following the release of the movie, the group received proposals from major broadcasting companies in the United States, and were in talks concerning full U.S. promotions and activities for their debut English-language album. The twelve-track album

7140-454: Was said to have been completed and was scheduled for a summer 2012 release. On June 3, 2012, the group released the mini-album Wonder Party in Korea alongside the album's lead single "Like This". On July 10, 2012, "Like Money" featuring Akon was released as a single in the United States, in what would become their last completely English-language release as a group. On July 25, the group made their debut in Japan under DefStar Records with

7225-400: Was withdrew from the group due to her problems with chronic gastroenteritis and fainting spells. In August 2007, the talent agency Good Entertainment sent their trainee Yubin to JYP Entertainment as a replacement for Hyuna. She made her debut three days later in the group's live performance of " Tell Me " on Music Bank . Their first full-length album, The Wonder Years , was released

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