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Korean 101 (한국말), for beginners [p1]

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mizU
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States12125 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-01 21:45:56
September 01 2012 10:51 GMT
#1
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Part 1

If you want something to listen to while you're going through this:
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As a follow up to my Hangul 101 series, I feel comfortable enough with my conversational Korean to start a new series. This series will focus pretty much on basic everyday greetings, questions, and common sayings. If you can't read Hangul don't try this just yet, go back to my Hangul lessons linked above and go through that first. You can get through it pretty quickly, don't worry! I don't want to have to romanize the pronounciation for everything in this, so it's going to all be in Hangul, thus you'll need to know it or you'll be terribly confused. I'm going to try to keep things simple without going too deeply into semantics or etymology, if you want to learn roots of words, and more vocabulary, you're better off actually taking a class.

Well without any further delay, let's get started, shall we?

[Note: if speaking casually, the rule of thumb will be to remove the 요, but don't do this unless you know them well]

Entering a conversation

Hello (usually accompanied with a bow)
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안녕하세요

[Casual form is NOT 안녕하세, it's 안녕]

Note, very rarely is it pronounced like so, you'll more likely hear a shorter condensed version that will sound more like 안냐세요. The proper way to respond to this would be by saying 네, 안녕하세요, but I've found that it's more common to just reply by saying it back, 안냐세요 with a bow.


What are you doing?
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뭐해요?

Obviously you wouldn't normally ask this if you're with the person but on Skype/FB/texting this is a pretty common question. Sometimes prefaced with 지금 (now) to ask 지금 뭐해요 what are you doing now?

You can answer this with some of these basic verbs [all present tense]
먹어요 eating
스타2해요 playing SC2
[show/movie]보고있어요 watching [x movie/show]
공부해요 studying

So a short conversation might go:
Q: 지금 뭐해요? What are you doing right now?
A: 지금 스타2해요. I'm playing SC2 right now.

Easy! :D

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If you noticed, 뭐 is what, and can be used with other verbs to form a new questions such as
뭐 먹어요? what are you eating?
뭐 공부해요? what are you studying?



Where are you going?
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어디 가요?
어디 is where and 가요 is going. You might say this if you run into someone on campus, or on the street. Also possibly prefaced with 지금 to ask where are you going now?

A slightly different question 어디 있어요 where are you?, can also be prefaced with 지금.

You can answer this with some of these basic locations
집에 home
학교에 school
기숙사에 dorm
도서관에 library
화장실 bathroom

So a short conversation might go:
Q: 지금 어디 가요? Where are you going right now?
A: 지금 집에 가요. I'm going home right now.

Simple, right?


Yes/No
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Simply, yes is 네 and no is 아니요 HOWEVER there are a TON of variations on yes, as I've learned. Yes can be 에, 엥, 예, 옝, 응, 어, 넹 (cute version), or anything sounding similar to those. Luckily there aren't as many variations with no, so anything that sounds close to 아니요 is no.


That's actually quite a lot for a first lesson, I didn't expect there to be that much;;
Try to practice as much as you can so the sentence kind of sticks with you, and then you can begin to really say the whole phrase without much thought, and then start using different verbs/places.
If you want to know how to say different verbs or places, just ask! Me or some other Korean speaker will surely be glad to help.
If there are any errors/typos in here, please let me know so I can fix them!

I'll be coming out with a second part very soon, so stay tuned for that! Hopefully you all can use this and start using Korean in everyday life!

열심히 공부해요~
Study hard!

파이팅~~~
<3 mizU


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if happy ever afters did exist <3 @watamizu_
dongfeng
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
731 Posts
September 01 2012 11:44 GMT
#2
awesome! thanks mizu
Suc
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Australia1569 Posts
September 01 2012 11:50 GMT
#3
It's really good of you to put this kind of stuff up for people to learn from, good job.

Just some things (I want to try to say these without sounding like a dick; I just want to be completely objective, haha):
-Are you contracting 먹고 있어요 to 먹고요 or did you misspell 먹어요?
-It might be useful to explain why you put 에 on the end locations, otherwise people might think it's a part of the original word.
-열심히 공부하세요* (unless you meant 'Let's study hard')
Azera
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
3800 Posts
September 01 2012 11:59 GMT
#4
Is the person in the banner you?

Awesome work!
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UTL_Unlimited
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Korea (South)353 Posts
September 01 2012 12:18 GMT
#5
Younha > All.
Need to write more things...
Stratos
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Czech Republic6104 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-01 12:42:27
September 01 2012 12:40 GMT
#6
Isn't 응 and 어 only used in 반말?
먹고요 = 먹어요? Or is that like a shortened 먹고 있어요? Or a cute version? I don't recall seeing that before.

Overall gj, hope you keep this thing going and introduce grammar points in the future as well. The location marking particles might've been a good start in this one already since it's easy and very useful.
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Rekrul
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Korea (South)17174 Posts
September 01 2012 13:05 GMT
#7
귀엽다
why so 진지해?
pebble444
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Italy2497 Posts
September 01 2012 13:19 GMT
#8
In many languages of the world "YES" has always a number of variations while "NO" doesn' t.

Funny how so many different cultures share the same pattern on the word no.
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Sephy90
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1785 Posts
September 01 2012 14:04 GMT
#9
고마워연! This is nice of you for doing this :D:D
"So I turned the lights off at night and practiced by myself"
NB
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Netherlands12045 Posts
September 01 2012 14:39 GMT
#10
thanks a lot for the series, my friend is going to Korea for 1 year exchange so i sent him your blog hoping he will learn something
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Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
September 01 2012 14:49 GMT
#11
On September 01 2012 20:59 Azera wrote:
Is the person in the banner you?

Awesome work!


yep mizu's pretty cute
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zeehar
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Korea (South)3804 Posts
September 01 2012 15:02 GMT
#12
On September 01 2012 23:49 Torte de Lini wrote:
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On September 01 2012 20:59 Azera wrote:
Is the person in the banner you?

Awesome work!


yep mizu's pretty cute


so much so that he looks like a girl
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fire_brand
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada1123 Posts
September 01 2012 15:27 GMT
#13
Good stuff, I'm just going through the Hangul 101 stuff. This should really be under TL Knowhow. This stuff is gold, and I wish I discovered it sooner. Thanks for all your hardwork.
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Proseat
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Germany5113 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-01 15:45:52
September 01 2012 15:41 GMT
#14
Are there any fixed rules as to when to pronounce ㄹ as an R or L? I thought the rule would be it's pronounced like an L if it's at the end of a syllable (쿨 "cool") or at the start if the previous syllable had one at the end (쿨링 "cooling")? Obviously, 스타리그 (starleague) seems to be an exception?

As for the most common form of "yes", 네 is spelt "ne" ("yep", 넵 is spelt "neb") but usually you hear that the N is pronounced like a D. Is this another example of where Koreans cannot tell the difference of sounds?

What are other examples of letters pronounced differently and why? I think an ㅅ (possibly double ㅅ too?) at the end of a syllable is pronounced like a soft D as in 핫도그 (hotdog)?

The double vowel constructs to make w-sounds are also still somewhat confusing.
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Djagulingu
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Germany3605 Posts
September 01 2012 15:49 GMT
#15
Wait so you're saying that you "do" the studies (gongbo) and you "do" SC2? Interesting.
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Sajiki
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany522 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-01 16:41:21
September 01 2012 16:41 GMT
#16
On September 02 2012 00:41 Proseat wrote:
Are there any fixed rules as to when to pronounce ㄹ as an R or L? I thought the rule would be it's pronounced like an L if it's at the end of a syllable (쿨 "cool") or at the start if the previous syllable had one at the end (쿨링 "cooling")? Obviously, 스타리그 (starleague) seems to be an exception?

yes.
its more like 스탈리그, but that doesnt fit the pronounciation that well either. so just pronounce the rieul as an L in that case.

additionally my korean teacher told me 아니요 is no longer correct and is now 아니오 :/
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Tatari
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1179 Posts
September 01 2012 17:02 GMT
#17
Shouldn't it be 한국어?

Side note, why change the 요 to 오... ;_;
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Trozz
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada3454 Posts
September 01 2012 17:07 GMT
#18
Nice blog frmo mizu ^____^
I've collected some phrases.
No hangul in these:

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oegug-in - foreigner
hana/hansae - 1
dul/doosae/ee - 2
set/sam - 3
naes - 4
dasot/bo/daseuhs - 5
mo ha seyo - what's up?
jal jee nae suh yo? - is it going well?
wah chaego dah - that's awesome
kamsahamnida - ty
mian haeyo - sry
Neomu honranseureowo - so confused
geimhaja - lets play
chingu - friend
sugo, sugo ha sayo, - good effort/good job
Shijak - start
uh di gah se yo? - Where are you going?
nuh moo chu wuh yo. - It's so cold
nuh moo duh wuh - It's so hot
Jar Ja sea yo - Good Night
ggok sung kong ha gi reul ba ral bbun im ni da - All I hope is for you to succeed
pi gon hae suh sseu ruh jil ji kyung ee eh yo - I'm so tired that I may fall down
ee gul mwuh ra go bool luh yo? - What's this called?
ee got eun nuh moo nah joh neh yo - It's great here
jam kkan mahn yo - Just a minute
gwaen chan ah yo - It's ok
joong yo hae yo - It's important
joong yo ha ji mahn ah yo - It's not important
guh gut bo se yo - Look at that
ee gut bo se yo - Look at this
joon bi dwae ssuh yo - I'm ready
joon bi dwae ssuh yo? - Are you ready?
haeng oon eul bil uh yo. - Good luck
anyong-ee geh seh yo - if you're leaving and they're not
anyong-ee gah seh yo - if you're staying and they're leaving
Bae go pa - hungry
mokossimnida - I ate well
nuh noonchi opsonabwa - ah i see you have no sense
areosseo - agreed
kusrokyo - (aftergl)
sekki - asshole
gaesekki - bitch
shibosekki - also badmanner
chi mi jae no la - play the game fun (imperitive)
neyagachinhuupsayo - I have no gf
shibal - 18 (and bm)
michinnom-a - u motherfucker
hajimaaa~ - go awayyy~
jeon jillyeoss-eoyo - I am sick
naya jal jinaeji - I'm doing well
nan geonganghae - I am healthy
nan gwaenchanh-aibnida. - I'm fine
nan jal jinaegoiss-eo - I'm doing well
yuh ki suh "StarCraft" reul hal kkuh yae yo. - play SC?
Sook-so - team-house
MADAPAKA - D:<
naga - get out
nan imi jin - I've already lost
cho-ah pcbang ahsoh tushigoship chuniyo - will you go to a pcbang with me
jebal butag jajangmyun jumun halke yo - I want to order jajangmyun plz
juktu - huk's favorite food
Soong doo boo, kimchi jjigae, kalbi, bibimbap - tasty foods

ordering@restaraunt: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=251850
http://talktomeinkorean.com/
http://www.italki.com/knowledge/Learn-korean-english.htm
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=41676#10


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Burns
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States2300 Posts
September 01 2012 17:19 GMT
#19
I love these thanks for posting another one
What do you mean you heard me during the night, these are quiet pants!
Zocat
Profile Joined April 2010
Germany2229 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-01 17:54:05
September 01 2012 17:43 GMT
#20
On September 02 2012 00:41 Proseat wrote:
Are there any fixed rules as to when to pronounce ㄹ as an R or L? I thought the rule would be it's pronounced like an L if it's at the end of a syllable (쿨 "cool") or at the start if the previous syllable had one at the end (쿨링 "cooling")? Obviously, 스타리그 (starleague) seems to be an exception?


Well in loan words (Starleague) it's probably a bit different. Apart from that those are the rules I know:

- beginning of the syllable (foreign words) it's a r
- between vowels or vowel & ㅎ it's also a r
- when double it's a long l
- before a consonant / at the end it's a l
- when preceeded by a consonant which is not ㄴ it's a n (심리 = shimni )
- when next to ㄴ it's a l (the n disappears basically a double l) (신라 = shilla)

Though it's probably better just to learn the pronunciation with each word and ignore those rules
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