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nourozi
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| The romanization system in this book is different (which I like the most!) but it's more accurate than any other system, |
If its a phrasebook based on romanization, I wouldn't recommend it. Its trivial to learn to actually read korean. Romanization is never completely accurate no matter how hard they try, and its a waste of time for anything outside of names of places. |
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nourozi
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| Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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| yea thats what I was thinking, especially since I can already read korean. I know there are lots of books for koreans to learn english phrases. I need one of those I think... |
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kiknkorea
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As a phrasebook, I think it's the best one out there.
It has both hangul and romanization so you can use either. I use the romanization to help with pronunciation.
The sections are broken down well so it's easy to find what you need for a particular situation (shopping, banking, social, etc.) |
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andz22
Joined: 08 Jun 2008
Location: Wales
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| Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:06 am Post subject: |
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If you were going out to korea for upto a month then it would be fine i guess but if you were staying a few months or staying to teach then don't bother.. find a korean friend online its cheaper  |
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benji1422
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
Location: Los Angeles & Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:19 am Post subject: |
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It's okay because you have the choice of reading the romanization (useless if you read Korean) or the Korean spelling.
The best thing is that if you're in a hurry and need to learn how to ask the dry cleaner for your clothes, or how to buy a ticket for the bus... it's good for that, in that you don't need to figure out new vocabulary.
But otherwise go for Stephen Revere's book and then supplement that by watching Korean soap operas subtitled. That way you will learn a heck of a lot more than using a phrase book. |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:49 am Post subject: |
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| But otherwise go for Stephen Revere's book |
If he writes like he talks I'd rather stick a fork in my eye.
I watched about 30 seconds of the new "reimagined" let's speak korean and wanted to hurl my computer through the window. |
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Ukon
Joined: 29 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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| But otherwise go for Stephen Revere's book |
If he writes like he talks I'd rather stick a fork in my eye.
I watched about 30 seconds of the new "reimagined" let's speak korean and wanted to hurl my computer through the window. |
Let's speak korean sucks with or without him....it barely teaches anything at all....
The book is much better for day to day situations...and it will actually teach you how to learn the language as opposed to just a book of phrases....
It's also worth noting, that until you get the pronuciation down pat through practice, a large percentage of koreans will not understand you or ask you to repeat it a million times....Make sure your hanguel pronuciation is good...practice the hell out it... |
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nourozi
Joined: 15 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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| what? So are you not suggesting the lonely planet phrasebook? |
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Ausesl
Joined: 27 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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I used the lonely planet phrasebook for my first few months in Korea. It is a good book, but the pronunciation points will NOT help you. If you want to pronounce things properly, you have to learn how to read. Otherwise, as a poster previously pointed out, Koreans won't understand you at all.
Most importantly, get away from the foreign population and try to make friends that can't speak English. It speeds the learning process up a lot. |
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