[EZ] Fun guide for reading Korean

On April 25 2012 23:43 CaptainCrush wrote:
Am I seeing this right? Gollum would be pronounced "Gorrum"?

Hahaha, I love me some engrish. This is a great guide though, I would really love to be able to speak korean one day!

On April 25 2012 23:43 CaptainCrush wrote:
Am I seeing this right? Gollum would be pronounced "Gorrum"?

Hahaha, I love me some engrish. This is a great guide though, I would really love to be able to speak korean one day!

On April 25 2012 22:34 Superouman wrote:
Am i reading "Hari Potu" correctly? no R sound at the end?

I can't believe korean alphabet is so easy, it's awesome

On April 25 2012 23:56 iamahydralisk wrote:

Pretty sure it would be like "goal-lawm." Take that with a grain of salt though, because I've only been learning Korean for a year.

On April 26 2012 00:00 CaptainCrush wrote:


Well Im sure you know better than I do then but I was curious since it says that the squiggly symbol that resembles an "S" is pronounced like the "R" in rattlesnake.

On April 26 2012 00:00 Fighter wrote:
Korean uses ONE character for both the R and the L sound. The character itself actually makes NEITHER of those sounds because it's actually sort of somewhere in between. This is the reason that Koreans have a hard time pronouncing L words, but it also means that when you transliterate there's really no way to make a 1:1 correspondence between characters.

On April 26 2012 00:00 Fighter wrote:


Korean uses ONE character for both the R and the L sound. The character itself actually makes NEITHER of those sounds because it's actually sort of somewhere in between. This is the reason that Koreans have a hard time pronouncing L words, but it also means that when you transliterate there's really no way to make a 1:1 correspondence between characters.



And yes, a lot of times Koreans sort of drop certain sounds. Again, words don't always get translated 1:1 by their characters.

One thing that's REALLY important in Korean, is that letters get blocked into syllables, and if you look at the syllable construction you will notice they really NEVER end in consonants. Only vowels. But "Potter" ends in a consonant, which makes it super, SUPER hard for native Koreans to even SAY. It just goes against the grain so badly for them. That's why you get the stereotypically asian "uhh" at the end of words.

It's not David, it's Daviduh

It's not Potter, it's Pottuh

On April 26 2012 03:44 jinorazi wrote:


i never understood that, seems like a japanese way of doing it.
Potter can be 파털 and david can be 대이빗

On April 26 2012 06:29 acerockolla wrote:


Nah.. if you spoke Korean, you'd know what 털 sounds like. It means hair btw.. but it isn't the sound you are looking for in Potter. It would end up sounding more like Pa Tawl. I wouldn't try to rationalize any of the english word translations as it's not exactly a concrete system nor do they really care if the match is off by a bit.

On April 26 2012 07:05 jinorazi wrote:


just wondering, english words written in korean doesn't sound like the original form(in american accent), figured why not try to make it close as possible albeit difficult to achieve . i personally dont think any korean would see 파털 when in reference to the movie as Green Onion Hair. i do think there should be new standard on korean to english though...for example, cho, kim, park, aren't pronounced that way :/ (jo, ghim, bak, respectively)

On April 25 2012 22:45 onlinerobbe wrote:
hnnnng guys you should look at mizu's blog, they're easy as well and have some discussion afterwards
with people who know what they're talking about

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Last Part (I think)

they're quick and easy and TL-made, so .... they have to be better, right?


@OP: btw usually it's better to write something yourself with whatever content you're trying to provide
don't just dump an image here and you'll have a longer life here on tl

On April 26 2012 07:42 fishuu wrote:
This OP would be a lot better if you'd linked or credited the original artist instead of 9gag.

On April 26 2012 07:55 _MagnuM_ wrote:


I'll give credit where credit is due.

On April 26 2012 00:00 Fighter wrote:


Korean uses ONE character for both the R and the L sound. The character itself actually makes NEITHER of those sounds because it's actually sort of somewhere in between. This is the reason that Koreans have a hard time pronouncing L words, but it also means that when you transliterate there's really no way to make a 1:1 correspondence between characters.



And yes, a lot of times Koreans sort of drop certain sounds. Again, words don't always get translated 1:1 by their characters.

One thing that's REALLY important in Korean, is that letters get blocked into syllables, and if you look at the syllable construction you will notice they really NEVER end in consonants. Only vowels. But "Potter" ends in a consonant, which makes it super, SUPER hard for native Koreans to even SAY. It just goes against the grain so badly for them. That's why you get the stereotypically asian "uhh" at the end of words.

It's not David, it's Daviduh

It's not Potter, it's Pottuh

On April 26 2012 15:51 cmen15 wrote:
Very funny comic!!

On April 26 2012 15:46 0z wrote:


Wait, don't Kim and Park both end in consonants?
Edit: Cool guide!

On April 27 2012 00:54 Fighter wrote:


D'oh! You're right. I'm actually not sure why I said that. Let me restate myself:

Letters get blocked into syllables. So if you try to block a name like David you might THINK it would be blocked as follows:

Dae-Bid (there's no letter for "V" in Korean)

But actually, they block it as:

Da-bee-duh

Then, the "D" in the third block CAN'T get blocked without a vowel, so they add the "uhh" vowel (looks like "---").

That said, I'm not really sure why they can't just block the second D into the middle syllable.

On April 26 2012 23:41 _MagnuM_ wrote:


Thanks for the credit guys!!

I'm really glad you like it... It took me around 22 years to find!

On April 26 2012 03:44 jinorazi wrote:


i never understood that, seems like a japanese way of doing it.
Potter can be 파털 and david can be 대이빗

On April 27 2012 05:14 NexUmbra wrote:


When the rattlesnake is in the final position is makes a complete L sound.

On April 27 2012 05:01 RogerX wrote:
Is there one for Japanese?

On April 26 2012 00:00 Fighter wrote:




And yes, a lot of times Koreans sort of drop certain sounds. Again, words don't always get translated 1:1 by their characters.

One thing that's REALLY important in Korean, is that letters get blocked into syllables, and if you look at the syllable construction you will notice they really NEVER end in consonants. Only vowels. But "Potter" ends in a consonant, which makes it super, SUPER hard for native Koreans to even SAY. It just goes against the grain so badly for them. That's why you get the stereotypically asian "uhh" at the end of words.

It's not David, it's Daviduh

It's not Potter, it's Pottuh

On April 27 2012 04:50 pStar wrote:


Maybe you should link to the original tumblr link in your poster and give the artist and author some credit? Instead of ripping from a terrible website such as 9gag where all of their stuff is stolen.

This annoys me as I think it is really wrong to not give the original author any credit. What was the point of him doing the thing at all if people were just going to steal any not give any credit?

please put link in your post, it was posted a few posts above.

On April 27 2012 07:36 Flamingo777 wrote:

I think you're getting Korean confused with Japanese, Koreans don't really put an "u" sound at the end of things, it's more like an "auh", sounds more like an "o" ending than an "u".

Thanks for this thread OP! I've been wanting to learn to read and write Korean, and since I can kind of already speak it this really helps a beginner like me a lot!

On April 27 2012 07:03 jinorazi wrote:


hmmm?

On April 28 2012 00:04 _MagnuM_ wrote:
this is the best fucking post i've ever seen!

On April 28 2012 00:04 _MagnuM_ wrote:
this is the best fucking post i've ever seen!

On April 28 2012 00:30 Lord Zeya wrote:
I didn't know Korean was so EASY! This is a really nice guide to what is often said to be a very complex language.

On April 28 2012 00:19 Eishi_Ki wrote:


He's talking about Batchims, like the S character is pronounced T as a batchim like in miot myung

On April 27 2012 19:34 _MagnuM_ wrote:


Look man, i gotta give credit where credit is due.... i was browsing through some 9gag stuff and this one came up and i thought people might like this here on TL so i just shared it... and people are glad i did.. I would most certainly be thankful as well... if you have beef with people stealing other people's shit... then go send an email to 9gag with your whining... stop ruining a perfectly good post!!

THANK YOU

On April 28 2012 03:58 fishuu wrote:


Again, the credit is due to the artist who actually drew this, not to 9gag for stealing his work, and certainly not to you for finding it and making a thread about it here. Not only has Ryan Estrada's original post been linked several times on this thread now, it's also not that hard to find the source using Google's reverse-image search these days. I don't understand what the problem is? If you just edited the OP with the original post and credit, the matter would be dropped. "9gag stole it, so it's fine for me to do the same" is not a legitimate excuse.

I definitely issues with people stealing other people's stuff, and that is essentially what you are doing here without crediting, so cheers.

On April 28 2012 05:26 _MagnuM_ wrote:



Stealing it would be saying that I made it.. which I never ever claimed to do... Get your facts straight holmes... Theres always fuckers like you ruining threads out on the forums.. Just stay in your moms basement, and keep away from beautiful threads like these.. We don't need your poisonous words here!

User was warned for this post

On April 28 2012 10:31 babylon wrote:

Bro, I really hope this is what you're gonna tell your profs when you get accused of plagiarism for not citing your sources in uni. "I never claimed I wrote it!" will totally fly!

On April 28 2012 05:26 _MagnuM_ wrote:
Look man, i gotta give credit where credit is due.... i was browsing through some 9gag stuff and this one came up and i thought people might like this here on TL so i just shared it... and people are glad i did.. I would most certainly be thankful as well... if you have beef with people stealing other people's shit... then go send an email to 9gag with your whining... stop ruining a perfectly good post!!

On May 05 2012 11:25 TidusX.Yuna wrote:
존아탄

Jonathan? Do I have this right?

On May 05 2012 12:56 Zoler wrote:
So my name is Lucas, would it be like .. Ru ka suh ?

Google translate says 루 카 서 when i translate lu ka suh

But according to what I learned from this guide should the the "lu" be the "rattlesnake" followed by the EE with the a notch to the left making a U-sound?

On April 29 2012 10:05 _MagnuM_ wrote:
Just to be clear, I never said I made this image, that I own it - or anything for that matter. I saw it and thought people here on TL would appreciate a nice image like this and I shared it, FOR YOU. I never sought to claim some higher reputation or appraisal for posting it. I simply believed people would enjoy it, which MOST PEOPLE did. But there are always some guys like you trying to ruin it for everyone.

If the mods feel that credit should be given to the maker of this image, they may feel free to edit the OP. I'm not gonna be the one satisfying you, after you pollute my thread.

On May 05 2012 13:17 Navi wrote:


That's really good! It stresses the "an" part, like "Jon-Ah-Tan" so if you prefer that over being called "Jon-ah-tin" or "Jon-Ah-Ten" ( 존아틴 and 존아탠/존아텐 respectively).



루카스 is probably the translation I would go for - 서 really emphasizes the "uh" part in suh, making your name sound like "Lu-Ka-SUh" instead of "Lu-Ka-Ss", which is what I imagine you would prefer

뤼카스 - What I think the guide taught you? is more like "Lui - Ka - Ss" - its more of a "Ui" sound than a "u" sound, handy for writing Luigi though!