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Titusmaster6
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5937 Posts
May 23 2009 18:33 GMT
#221
On May 24 2009 01:37 konadora wrote:
IT. IS. TOONG.TOONG.PO

>=(


oh my b.
Shorts down shorts up, BOOM, just like that.
ForTheSwarm
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States556 Posts
May 25 2009 03:13 GMT
#222
Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great article.

This is incredibly helpful.
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masami.sc
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States445 Posts
May 25 2009 03:31 GMT
#223
How about 대박? How would that be translated?
mmmmm...
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66358 Posts
May 25 2009 04:42 GMT
#224
Hmm.. dae-bak.. uh. Jackpot? To strike it big I guess?
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tomatriedes
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
New Zealand5356 Posts
May 25 2009 06:03 GMT
#225
Very nice guide.
However I think it's far better to romanize the '어' vowel sound as 'eo'. I notice that for many of the words you romanize it as 'u'. The problem with doing this is that an English speaker not familiar with 한글 will likely get a wrong impression of how the word sounds. For example if '건물' is written as 'gunmul' one might get the impression that the first syllable is pronounced the same way as the word 'gun' in English. Writing '건' as 'geon' gives an English speaker a far better idea of how the vowel sounds.
I know some Koreans will say using the 'u' is just 'how it's always been done' and they won't change but actually 'eo' is now officially used as part of the RR system adopted by the Korean government in 2000. All street signs and subway maps now use this system. It might feel painful to make the change over but it will be for the benefit of both non-Koreans and Koreans if a logical and standardized romanization system is used.
This guide on Wikipedia gives more info on how each 한글 character is romanized:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanisation_of_Korean

Also note the vowel '으' is best romanized as 'eu'.
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66358 Posts
May 25 2009 06:06 GMT
#226
I didn't really romanize it, I just typed it according to how I would write if someone asked me to write the words in English. Don't really know the proper romanization codes either (before I read your link that is). I think the romanizations are kinda off but for standardization purpose, well.. okay it's necessary ㅡ.ㅡ
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29 fps
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States5725 Posts
May 25 2009 06:22 GMT
#227
are there hanjas for some of these words?
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konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66358 Posts
May 25 2009 06:23 GMT
#228
Yeah but I'm not 100% sure on them.
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Shuray
Profile Joined July 2008
Brazil642 Posts
May 25 2009 17:56 GMT
#229
Hmm, nice to learn those
city42
Profile Joined October 2007
1656 Posts
May 25 2009 19:07 GMT
#230
I don't know anything about Korean but I know a couple phrases that are missing from your list:

-Chunji storm is the term for those moments where storms seem to fill the screen (i.e. nal_ra vs nada on requiem). I was told what it means but I forget...something like "land and air storms."
-The two hatch hydra break is/was called ddang hydra.
-Bul kkot (forgive me if that's wrong) is the sync-style break on a zerg's expansion.
-Spirit is the thing pusan was famous for, when he launches an impossible amount of units right at the opponent, with little regard for micro or control.
-The term slips my mind, but there was some Korean word for "genius" which is nada's nickname.

You could add other popular nicknames too. Kingdom was the devil toss, yellow was the storm zerg, xellos was the perfect terran (though I'm not sure if that is the actual Korean nickname for him or just something fabricated by the foreign community), gorush surely had a nickname to go with his famous management style, etc.
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66358 Posts
June 01 2009 03:18 GMT
#231
Didn't know somebody posted here, updated OP.
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NeverGG *
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom5399 Posts
June 01 2009 03:52 GMT
#232
Totally late, but thank you so much for this. There have been many times when I've been sitting there wondering what on Earth the commentators were saying.
우리 행운의 모양은 여러개지만 행복의 모양은 하나
poebae
Profile Joined January 2008
Australia134 Posts
December 03 2009 04:53 GMT
#233
Chiming in a little late here, but:

Da-Su 다수 - A large number
So-Su 소수 - A small number

This is usually said when the commentators are referring to the number of a particular unit, so it'll be followed by something like "Lurker" or "Dragoon".

Another thing the commentators often SHOUT is:

Ggae-Jib-Ni-Da! - 깨집니다 - literally means "it breaks", when referring to buildings

e.g. HATCHERY HATCHERY HATCHERY....... GGAE JIB NI DA!!!
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66358 Posts
December 03 2009 05:03 GMT
#234
thanks, will add :p
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jalstar
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States8198 Posts
December 03 2009 07:19 GMT
#235
caster, he is well-known for his horrible (?) singing


korean husky?

thanks for this!
wok
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States504 Posts
December 03 2009 07:31 GMT
#236
I'm going to see if I can understand progame VODs with this glossary of key terms in hand. Thanks a bunch!
I'll race you to defeatism... you win.
betaben
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
681 Posts
December 03 2009 08:18 GMT
#237
I always hear kan-san-mi-da. does that mean anything?
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66358 Posts
December 03 2009 08:42 GMT
#238
On December 03 2009 17:18 betaben wrote:
I always hear kan-san-mi-da. does that mean anything?

gamsahamnida

thank you
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Tru_m4n
Profile Joined September 2009
162 Posts
December 28 2009 03:10 GMT
#239
What about "punjin"?
Also wondering what "kitte-mone" means.
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LosingID8
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
CA10829 Posts
December 28 2009 03:16 GMT
#240
On December 28 2009 12:10 Tru_m4n wrote:
What about "punjin"?
Also wondering what "kitte-mone" means.

you probably mean "bonjin" when you wrote "punjin". that's the word for main base.

-gi ddaemunae (kitte-mone) means "because of..."
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