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[EZ] Fun guide for reading Korean

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_MagnuM_
Profile Joined July 2011
Denmark136 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-05 09:19:19
April 25 2012 13:14 GMT
#1
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Australia28 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-25 13:24:41
April 25 2012 13:24 GMT
#2
cool guide!
Superouman
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
France2195 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-25 13:36:35
April 25 2012 13:34 GMT
#3
Am i reading "Hari Potu" correctly? no R sound at the end?

I can't believe korean alphabet is so easy, it's awesome
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Bangladesh2767 Posts
April 25 2012 13:41 GMT
#4
nice guide. thanks a lot for sharing. gonna help out a lot...
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Munk-E
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States672 Posts
April 25 2012 13:43 GMT
#5
Now all i need to know is Korean!
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onlinerobbe
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany547 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-25 13:48:29
April 25 2012 13:45 GMT
#6
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
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Shanedon
Profile Joined April 2010
United States147 Posts
April 25 2012 13:48 GMT
#7
Hells yeah! Getting educated through TL once again :D
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Switzerland2412 Posts
April 25 2012 13:53 GMT
#8
Haha love the tag
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United States1166 Posts
April 25 2012 13:59 GMT
#9
this is neat thx for sharing
a9arnn
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United States1537 Posts
April 25 2012 14:12 GMT
#10
Wow that's really cool!
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Australia170 Posts
April 25 2012 14:21 GMT
#11
Haha 9gag made it to TL.
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Ireland4122 Posts
April 25 2012 14:27 GMT
#12
You should link to the original source, not a 9gag image:

http://ryanestradadotcom.tumblr.com/post/20461267965
CaptainCrush
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States785 Posts
April 25 2012 14:43 GMT
#13
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!
Weavel
Profile Joined January 2010
Finland9223 Posts
April 25 2012 14:47 GMT
#14
Wuu 9gag the most loved website ever <3

But seriously OP give credit to the guy who made that picture.
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iamahydralisk
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States813 Posts
April 25 2012 14:56 GMT
#15
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!

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.
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Fighter
Profile Joined August 2010
Korea (South)1531 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-25 15:06:40
April 25 2012 15:00 GMT
#16
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!


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 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


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
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CaptainCrush
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States785 Posts
April 25 2012 15:00 GMT
#17
On April 25 2012 23:56 iamahydralisk wrote:
Show nested quote +
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!

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.


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.
onlinerobbe
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany547 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-25 16:33:35
April 25 2012 16:32 GMT
#18
On April 26 2012 00:00 CaptainCrush wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 25 2012 23:56 iamahydralisk wrote:
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!

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.


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.

it doesn't that's why I for one kinda dislike this guide


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.

it's kind of a mix between the two, ever seen anime in japanese? then you should have an idea


+with a word like gollum where you can see a ㄹ at the end of a syllable and another at the beginning of the next you
can (mostly at least) romanize that as double L

and it wouldn't be goal-lawm afaik...the ㅓ can be pronounced like the u in "bun" but it's actually "eo"
the rest is normal gollum.. simply

of course, I'm not an expert (I'm not even a beginner) but that's what I learnt here and elsewhere
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jinorazi
Profile Joined October 2004
Korea (South)4948 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-25 18:45:13
April 25 2012 18:44 GMT
#19
On April 26 2012 00:00 Fighter wrote:
Show nested quote +
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!


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.

Show nested quote +
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


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


i never understood that, seems like a japanese way of doing it.
Potter can be 파털 and david can be 대이빗
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acerockolla
Profile Joined June 2011
United States219 Posts
April 25 2012 21:29 GMT
#20
On April 26 2012 03:44 jinorazi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 26 2012 00:00 Fighter wrote:
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!


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 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


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


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


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.
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