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samd
Joined: 03 Jan 2007
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 Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:46 am Post subject: |
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What about:
마지막으로 . . .-(으)ㄴ 게 언제예요? |
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ABC KID
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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| samd wrote: |
What about:
마지막으로 . . .-(으)ㄴ 게 언제예요? |
Yes, I think I've seen that somewhere before. That is also possible. As with most Korean sentences, there is usually more than one way to say something... |
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tomato
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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If 찾다 means both "look for" and "find," how do you make it clear which one you mean?
I looked up Matthew 7:7, which says "seek and ye shall find," in my Korean Bible, hoping that it uses two different verbs.
No such luck.
It says "찾으라, 그러면 너희가 찾을 것이요."
The next verse, which says, "He that seeketh findeth," translates as "찾는 자는 찾을 것이요."
I guess I could use 발견하다, which means "discover," to mean "find."
What could I use for "look for"? |
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samd
Joined: 03 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 3:03 am Post subject: |
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| tomato wrote: |
If 찾다 means both "look for" and "find," how do you make it clear which one you mean?
I looked up Matthew 7:7, which says "seek and ye shall find," in my Korean Bible, hoping that it uses two different verbs.
No such luck.
It says "찾으라, 그러면 너희가 찾을 것이요."
The next verse, which says, "He that seeketh findeth," translates as "찾는 자는 찾을 것이요."
I guess I could use 발견하다, which means "discover," to mean "find."
What could I use for "look for"? |
Maybe 구하다?
From Naver 사전:
3【가지고 싶어하다】look for;seek;want
행복을 구하여 in search[pursuit] of happiness
명성을 구하다 seek fame |
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TpaK
Joined: 11 Nov 2008
Location: USA Virginia
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| Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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| mimis wrote: |
| 예 is used more by men and 네 more by women. |
I disagree with this statement. |
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thesarasmile
Joined: 18 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:12 am Post subject: |
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I am going to be traveling next summer and was wondering if people could recommend maybe 10 top phrases to learn when in Korea. Phonetic pronunciations would be really helpful too....or if anyone knows of a website that has something similar. Thanks!
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ABC KID
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 1:03 am Post subject: |
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| thesarasmile wrote: |
| I am going to be traveling next summer and was wondering if people could recommend maybe 10 top phrases to learn when in Korea. Phonetic pronunciations would be really helpful too....or if anyone knows of a website that has something similar. Thanks! |
I think that just for the purpose of travelling (presumably briefly) to Korea it is simply a case of getting down to a decent local bookstore and buying a small phrase book. Anyway, I will try to get you started...
1) 안녕하세요? (an-nyeong-ha-say-yo): Hello.
2) 안녕히 계세요 (an-nyeong-hi kay-say-yo): Goodbye (When you are leaving but the other person is staying where they are).
3) 안녕히 가세요 (an-nyeong-hi ka-say-yo): Goodbye (When the other person is/people are leaving. In this situation, you can be staying put or also heading off to a new place).
4) 감사합니다 (kam-sa-ham-ni-da): Thank you.
5) 미안합니다 (mian-ham-ni-da): Sorry.
6) 얼마입니까? (ol-ma-im-ni-kka?): How much is it?
7) 값 쓰세요 (kab ssu-say-yo): Please write the price down.
 맛있습니다 (ma-shi-ssum-ni-da): Delicious (Koreans expect to hear this pretty much all the time when discussing their food) |
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samd
Joined: 03 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:50 am Post subject: |
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| ABC KID wrote: |
| thesarasmile wrote: |
| I am going to be traveling next summer and was wondering if people could recommend maybe 10 top phrases to learn when in Korea. Phonetic pronunciations would be really helpful too....or if anyone knows of a website that has something similar. Thanks! |
I think that just for the purpose of travelling (presumably briefly) to Korea it is simply a case of getting down to a decent local bookstore and buying a small phrase book. Anyway, I will try to get you started...
1) 안녕하세요? (an-nyeong-ha-say-yo): Hello.
2) 안녕히 계세요 (an-nyeong-hi kay-say-yo): Goodbye (When you are leaving but the other person is staying where they are).
3) 안녕히 가세요 (an-nyeong-hi ka-say-yo): Goodbye (When the other person is/people are leaving. In this situation, you can be staying put or also heading off to a new place).
4) 감사합니다 (kam-sa-ham-ni-da): Thank you.
5) 미안합니다 (mian-ham-ni-da): Sorry.
6) 얼마입니까? (ol-ma-im-ni-kka?): How much is it?
7) 값 쓰세요 (kab ssu-say-yo): Please write the price down.
8) 맛있습니다 (ma-shi-ssum-ni-da): Delicious (Koreans expect to hear this pretty much all the time when discussing their food) |
Good list on the whole, but I kind of disagree with 6 and 8. I know it's nice to be polite, but trying to say 얼마입니까 instead of 얼마예요 seems like more trouble than it's worth. I've never heard it said, and I doubt salespeople hear it often, let alone from a foreigner, possibly leading to communication problems.
Also, 맛있어요 is more than enough. Again, I've never heard anyone say 맛있습니다 and it's that much more daunting to memorise for a beginner. |
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blackjack
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang
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| Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:05 am Post subject: |
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| samd wrote: |
| ABC KID wrote: |
| thesarasmile wrote: |
| I am going to be traveling next summer and was wondering if people could recommend maybe 10 top phrases to learn when in Korea. Phonetic pronunciations would be really helpful too....or if anyone knows of a website that has something similar. Thanks! |
I think that just for the purpose of travelling (presumably briefly) to Korea it is simply a case of getting down to a decent local bookstore and buying a small phrase book. Anyway, I will try to get you started...
1) 안녕하세요? (an-nyeong-ha-say-yo): Hello.
2) 안녕히 계세요 (an-nyeong-hi kay-say-yo): Goodbye (When you are leaving but the other person is staying where they are).
3) 안녕히 가세요 (an-nyeong-hi ka-say-yo): Goodbye (When the other person is/people are leaving. In this situation, you can be staying put or also heading off to a new place).
4) 감사합니다 (kam-sa-ham-ni-da): Thank you.
5) 미안합니다 (mian-ham-ni-da): Sorry.
6) 얼마입니까? (ol-ma-im-ni-kka?): How much is it?
7) 값 쓰세요 (kab ssu-say-yo): Please write the price down.
맛있습니다 (ma-shi-ssum-ni-da): Delicious (Koreans expect to hear this pretty much all the time when discussing their food) |
Good list on the whole, but I kind of disagree with 6 and 8. I know it's nice to be polite, but trying to say 얼마입니까 instead of 얼마예요 seems like more trouble than it's worth. I've never heard it said, and I doubt salespeople hear it often, let alone from a foreigner, possibly leading to communication problems.
Also, 맛있어요 is more than enough. Again, I've never heard anyone say 맛있습니다 and it's that much more daunting to memorise for a beginner. |
Yeah it kinda sounds more from a book than real life |
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Slowmotion
Joined: 15 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Agreed! |
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tomato
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
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| Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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Have you noticed that the Korean language is designed with the assumption that it would be spoken only by Koreans in Korea?
우리 마라 means "Korea," or literally, "our country."
우리 말 means "Korean," or literally, "our language,"
우리 나라 꽃 means "rose of Sharon," or literally, "our national flower."
I wonder what the word 외국인 means when spoken by Koreans outside of Korea.
I know that Koreans in other countries are foreigners in other countries, and not the host country citizens. But do the Koreans also know that? |
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ABC KID
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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| tomato wrote: |
I wonder what the word 외국인 means when spoken by Koreans outside of Korea.
I know that Koreans in other countries are foreigners in other countries, and not the host country citizens. But do the Koreans also know that? |
No, a lot of them probably don't. I am from England and I once tried to rent a house in London, only to find that the house owner was Korean. He refused to rent it to me because I was a foreigner!
Anyway, to avoid drifting too far off topic, Koreans use of 우리 ____ is all about the collectivism in the country (us and them - not just Korean people and foreigners but divides along other lines too where you are either in or out, you are rarely hovering on the edges). The language is just reflecting that, no matter how sick you get of hearing 우리 나라... |
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ABC KID
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 6:21 am Post subject: |
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Does anyone know how to say the following sentence in Korean?
Officially, you need a grade A but unofficially a grade B is acceptable. |
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ABC KID
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 5:00 am Post subject: |
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If you are trying to spell or comprehend a word in Korean how do you say, "Is that _____ as in ______?"
E.g. You think someone said 장사 to you so to clarify you ask the following:
Is that 장 as in 장모님?
Is that 사 as in 사진? |
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tomato
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
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Here are some words and expressions which I had to look up to write a letter to a Korean teacher:
긍정적 강화 = positive reinforcement
버릇없이 굴다 , 장난치다 = misbehave, act up
활동 = activity
미술 재능 = artistic talent
음악 재능 = musical talent
미술 기능 = artistic skill
음악 기능 = musical skill
육체적 운동 = physical exercise
공간 = enough room
I thought this list might come in handy for somebody. |
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