Hi, guys!
What a lovely day...♥ It's so much warmed up, isn't it? I'm happy :)
As weather gets better, I feel like my mind is full of love and optimism.
So, today I will show you how to express your emotion in Korean.
If you have difficulty in reading these letters, I would recommend you to check second and third post.
Here are words regarding emotions.
- 사랑 love ex) I love you: 사랑해 (sarang hae) - 기쁨 joy ex) I am glad: 기뻐 (gippeo) - 슬픔 sadness ex) I am sad: 슬퍼 (seul peo) - 화남 anger ex) I am angry: 화났어 (hwa nasseo) - 놀람 surprise ex) I am surprised: 놀랐어 (nolat sseo) - 실망 disappointment ex) I am disappointed: 실망이야 (silmang iya) - 부끄러움 shame ex) I am embarassed: 부끄러워 (bukeu reowo) - 이상 wierd ex) that's wierd: 이상해 (isang hae)
You can use '나는(I am)' in front of the sentences, but Koreans usually skip the subject and be-verb and use them when we want to emphasize the meaning. Also, adding '요(yo)' at the end of the sentences, you can change the expressions to formal ones. For example, 'sarang haeyo' is the formal sentence of 'I love you', which you can use to your parents.
Talking about emotion, I brought some useful Korean emoticons and abbreviations that you can use on the internet or text message. Be careful not to use to your girlfriend or boyfriend because you can look a little bit insensitive.
- ㅇㅇ : Yes/ OK
originated from '응(yes)'
- ㅇㅋ : OK
it's from '오케이'
- ㅠㅠ: eyes with tears
- ㅎㅎ : smiling - same as :)
- ㅋㅋ: laughing, giggling.
You can always use this even when you are not laughing. two 'ㅋ' means actually nothing. If you saw a really funny video, and you want to share it with your friends, then just type 'ㅋ' as much as possible. 이거 좀 봐 개웃겨ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Like this.
- ㄴㄴ: no no
- ㅂㅂ: bye bye
- ㅗ : middle finger
- ;;;;;;; : semi colon is sweating
you can use this at the end of the sentence to express your uncomfort
I'm glad to show you how Koreans communicate each other. See you next week! 안녕!
Hi everyone! Did you have a great spring break?
Today, we are going to learn how to greet at the first meeing in Korea.
In Korea, it is so important to be careful about formal & informal expression, so here are two kinds of dialogues which are useful in the first meeting.
Formal Greeting * the second lines are English pronounciations. I gave spaces between them letter by letter.
A: 안녕하세요. 저는 홍지은이라고 합니다. an nyung ha se yo. Jeo neun Hong Ji Eun i ra go hab ni da. (Hello. My name is Jieun Hong.) B: 안녕하세요. 저는 김현준입니다. an nyung ha se yo. Jeo neun Kim Hyun Joon ib ni da. (Hello. I am Hyun Joon Kim.) A: 만나서 반가워요. 몇 살이신가요? man na seo ban ga wo yo. Myeot sal i shin ga yo? (Nice to meet you. How old are you?) B: 93년생입니다. (스물 네 살 입니다.) guship sam nyeon sang ib ni da. / Seu mul ne sal ib ni da. (I was born in 1993./ I am twenty four years old.) A: 오, 저희 동갑이네요! 말 편하게 하세요. Oh, jeo hee dong gab i ne yo! mal pyeon ha ge ha se yo. (oh, we are same age! Please use an informal language.) B: 그래. 저녁은 먹었어? Geu rae. Jeo nyeok eun mug ut seo? (Okay. Did you have a dinner?)
Informal Greeting
A: 안녕. 난 홍지은이라고 해. an nyung. nan Hong Ji Eun i ra go hae. (Hi. My name is Jieun Hong.) B: 안녕. 난 김현준이야. an nyung. nan Kim Hyun Joon i ya. (Hi. I am Hyun Joon Kim) A: 반가워. 어느 학교 다녀? ban ga wo. eo nu hak gyo da nyeo? (Nice to meet you. Which school do you go to?) B: 중앙대학교. 너는? joong ang dae hak gyo. neo neun? (Chung-ang University. How about you?) A: 난 숭실대학교. 전공이 뭐야? nan soong shil dae hak gyo. jeon gong i muo ya? (I go to Soong-sil University.What's your major?) B: 기계공학 전공해. gi gye gong hak jeon gong hae. (I major in mechanical engineering.) A: 멋지다. 내 전공은 미디어야. meot ji da. nae jeon gong eun mi di eo ya. (Cool. My major is Media.)
Did you guys find anything interesting in these dialogues?
Yes, age is really important in Korea because the way we call someone is changed depend on the age.
So, you must ask about his/her age at the first time, and if they are older than you, you have to use formal expression until they allow you to use informal one.
Also, talking about age, Korean people sometimes use the year they were born in to tell their age. However, you better use numbers rather than year when you're talking with those who are obviously older than you like employer or granny. Just use the year that you born in if you are with peers.
There is some variation from informal language to formal one. In formal expression, there is 'yo' or 'ni da' at the end of the sentence. For example, in the dialogues above, A says 'nice to meet you' in two ways. informal one is 'ban ga wo', and formal one is 'ban ga wo yo'.
Here is the words you need in this chapter.
-안녕하세요 [an nyung ha se yo] : formal greeting -안녕 [an nyung] : informal greeting -저 [jeo] : I (formal) -나 [na] : I (informal) -저희 [jeo hee] : we (formal) -우리 [woo ri] : we (informal)-는 [neun] : be verb - am , are, is -몇 [myeot] : how much -살 [sal] : age -학교 [hak gyo] : school -대학교 [dae hak gyo] : university -전공 [jeon gong] : major (noun) -전공해 [jeon gong hae] : major (verb)
If you have another question, please direct message me on instagram @h5ng
Thank you. Have a good night and hopefully start happy week!
Hello, everyone!
The spring break began, so what are you guys planning to?
I'm going to visit New York and Miami for this spring break. I'm so excited :D
Maybe someone is gonna go back to home and chill out. Then, how about spending time reading my posts and learning Korean?
Todays topic is vowel.
ㅏ ㅑ ㅓ ㅕ ㅗ ㅛ ㅜ ㅠ ㅡ ㅣ
those have only one sound each, and they can be combined to express complicated sounds.
Followings are their sounds and examples. (Their names are same as their sounds)
ㅏ[a] This pronounciation is 'a' of 'car' ex)사랑(love) : sarang
ㅑ[ya] Like this, you can just add 'y' sound when vowels get one more stroke compared to former one. ex)양말(socks) : yangmal
ㅓ[ʌ /eo] It sounds like awe ex)서울(Seoul) : seoul ㅕ[yeo] ex) 여름(summer) : yeorum ㅗ[o] This has to be British 'O'. No exception. lol ex) 공(ball) : gong ㅛ [yo] ex) 요리(cooking) : yori ㅜ [wu] same as 'u' or 'oo' sound. ('u' of put, 'oo' of 'cartoon') ex)우산(umbrella) : wusan
ㅠ [yu] ex)유리(glass):yuri ㅡ [eu] ex)지은(my name★): Jieun ㅣ[i] ex) 이빨(tooth): ippal From here, combinations of vowels are. ㅐ(ㅏ+ㅣ) [æ] ex) 애기(baby) : aegi ㅔ(ㅓ+ㅣ) [e] Actually, ㅐ and ㅔ sounds are so similar that nobody tries to distinguish them. Some people says 'ㅐ(ae)' sounds longer than 'ㅔ[e]', though.
ex) 게(crab): ge
ㅒ (ㅑ+ㅣ) [yae] Actually, there are only three words that include this vowel, so you can just remeber words below. They are all informal pronouns.
ex) 걔[he/she(when he/she is not here)] : gae 얘[he/she(when he/she is here)] : yae 쟤[he/she(when he/she is over there)] : jae
ㅖ (ㅕ+ㅣ) [ye] ex) 세계(world): segye
ㅘ (ㅗ+ㅏ) [wa] Imagine you are saying 'o' and 'a' sequentially.
ex) 과일(fruit): gwail ㅙ (ㅗ+ㅐ) [wæ] This vowel actually sounds same as 'ㅚ', 'ㅞ', the next vowels, so nobody care about their differnce. Only thing you have to care about is to write right vowel depending on words.
ex) 왜?(why?): wae?
ㅚ (ㅗ+ㅣ) [oi] It's technically 'oi' sound, but it would be more practical to pronounce this and 'ㅙ', 'ㅞ' as 'ue' sound. Only news anchors pronounce it as 'oi'.
ex) 괴물(monster): guemul
ㅞ (ㅜ+ㅔ) [ue] ex) 궤도(track): guedo
ㅟ (ㅜ+ㅣ) [ui] ex) 귀(ears): gui
ㅢ (ㅡ+ㅣ) [eui] Pronounce 'ㅡ' and 'ㅣ' together really fast .
ex) 의사(doctor): euisa
Finally, we looked through all of the consonants and vowels of Korean!
Can you make syllables and pronounce them now?
Try to pronounce 맥도날드 and guess what means. If you have right answer and leave comment, I would buy you a cup of coffee. Lol.
Sadly, no video today, but I will return with something more interesting next week :)
Hopefully you guys have fantastic spring break !!!!
I brought really important introduction about Korean today:
Han-geul. Hangeul is Korean alphabet. We make words and
sentences with this amazing character. Hangeul was invented by King Sejong about five hundred
years ago to encourage education of common people; at that time, Koreans
had used Chinese characters for writing, and only noblemen could learn
Chinese characters in the educational institute. As going through changes, Hangeul had had its
current shape and it is also admitted as the most scientific character in
the world. Let me show you Hangeul's appearance.
- consonants ㄱ ㄴ ㄷ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅅ ㅇ ㅈ ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ - vowels ㅏ ㅑ ㅓ ㅕ ㅗ ㅛ ㅜ ㅠ ㅡ ㅣ How does it look? I think it’s cute :) In Hangeul, like English alphabet, there are consonants and vowels, but there are three different parts that each elements can be located. Here is an example.
Like this example, Korean letters must start with consonant(beginning), and have only one vowel. And mostly they have ending consonant, which is always located in the bottom of the letter.
So, you can make a letter like below.
자 [ja] : a ruler
ㅈ[j] +ㅏ[a] (beginning + vowel)
잘 [jal]: well
ㅈ[j] +ㅏ[a] + ㄹ[l] (beginning + vowel +ending)
Today, I’m going to tell you how to pronounce consonants.
There are basic consonants and double consonants. First, here are phonetic alphabets of basic consonants and examples of pronounciations.
ㄱ (Giyuk) [k/g] * softer than Englsh 'g' sound. when it is in ending, it sounds like 'k'
i.e.) 가방 (bag) = gabang
ㄴ (Niun) [n] i.e.) 나 (I/ me) = na
ㄷ (Digut) [t/d]
* when it is used as an ending, it sounds like 't' sound. And every endings with 'ㅅ', 'ㄷ', 'ㅌ', 'ㅈ', 'ㅊ', 'ㅎ' has 't' sound as ending consonant.
i.e.) 다리(legs) = dari
곧(soon) = got (you should pronouce this like Brithish)
옷(cloth) = ot
꽃(flower) = kkot (powerful)
ㄹ (Liul) [l/r]
* complicated one. when it is ending consonant, it has 'l' sound. However, when it is beginning consonant, its sound depends on the existence of ending in its before letter, which is directly connected to it. When it meets ending consonant before it, or there is no letter before it, its sound is 'L'.
i.e.) 난로 (heater): nan-lo 라면 (Koean ramen):lamyeon
Except for this, 'ㄹ' has 'R' sound.
i.e.) 가루 (powder): garu 바람 (wind):baram
ㅁ (Mium) [m]
i.e.) 몸 (body): mom
ㅂ (Biup) [p/b]
i.e.) 밥 (meal): bab
ㅅ (Shi-ot) [s]
*when it is ending sound, it changes to 't' sound.
i.e) 사람 (human) : saram 옷 (cloth) : ot
ㅇ (Yieung) [Ø/-ŋ] * As a beginning consonant, this is silent, but when it is an ending consonant, it sounds 'ng' in English.
i.e.) 영 (zero) : young
유아 (infant): yua
ㅈ (Jiut) [ɖʒ]
i.e.) 잔다 (sleep) : janda
ㅊ (Chiut) [ʈʃ]
* Stronger sound of 'ㅈ'. when it its in the beginning, it has 'ch' sound.
Can you see ther littel line which distinguish 'ㅊ' and 'ㅈ'
The sylabels below are the stronger version of 'ㄱ', 'ㄷ', 'ㅂ', and they sound same as its weak version when it is ending consonant.
ㅋ (Kiuk) [c/k]
* stronger version of 'ㄱ'
i.e.) 코(nose) : ko
ㅌ (Tiut) [t]
* stronger version of 'ㄷ'
i.e.) 토끼(rabbit) : tokki
ㅍ (Piup) [p]
* stronger version of 'ㅂ'
i.e.) 파랑(blue) : parang
ㅎ (Hiut) [h] * when it is ending consonant, it makes next beginnig consonant stronger.
i.e.) 하늘 (sky): haneul 좋다 (like) : jota
This is end of basic consonant! I know this can be difficult and complicated. But if you see the video I attached, it would be much easier to pronounce them. There are also explanation about double consonants pronounciation. Double consonants are too tricky for me to explain, unfortunately, you'd better watch this video.
Next post will be about vowels. Stand one more boring week, and you can read and write Korean!! I'm finishing this post with "good night" in Korean. 잘자요~ (Jaljayo)
안녕하세요!
Hi, everyone. I am Jieun Hong and I'm a visiting student from South Korea.
I started this blog for those who want to learn Korean. 'Ya(야)' means 'Hey' in Korean.
So I'm gonna post some useful information about Korean language and Korean culture once a week.
I know first time is hard, but I swear it's not gonna be that difficult !
My English is not perfect either. So don't be afraid of learning Korean.
For the first post, here is a funny video about Korean culture. This video is made by American guy Dave and he well compared Korean culture with American culture. I hope you guys enjoy the video :)
