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[lorenchristopher]

Sorry if this is a repeat....the search function isn't working well for me right now.

Just looking for some input because it's about time that I invest in one. I know many of the dictionaries work well when translating Korean to English, but any suggestions for ones that are good the other way around?

I've only heard a brief suggestion that the I-River (sp??) is a good one.

I would really like one where you can save lists of vocab and quiz yourself on them later. Much thanks!!

[kinerry]

[UknowsI]

I second this question. I've only been using my cell phone but it's not that convenient.

[greasypeanut]

bump to the top, because id like to get one also. being able to quiz urself is a required feature

[taobenli]

I bought a Nurian X3 electronic dictionary at Lotte department store last summer. I've been very happy with it for Korean-English, English-Korean, and Korean-Korean. It also has Chinese and Japanese and a lot of other features. On the rare occasion that it runs out of batteries on me and I need to use my cell phone dictionary it's so much slower and frustrating. Electronic dictionaries are great.

[taobenli]

And I forgot to mention, with mine you can quiz yourself, although I don't often use that feature.

[El Capitan]

Your brain

[lorenchristopher]

[curlygirl]

I bought a Sharp RD-5500MP on special at Kyobo about a month ago for W129,500 and am pretty pleased with it. It has the same kinds of features as the other poster mentioned; not sure about the quiz though.

The trouble with Korean electronic dictionaries is that there is NO dictionary available that translates nicely from English into Korean. What I mean by this is that if you enter an English word the listed results are written in Korean. Which one of the words on the screen is the actual word you entered? If this explanation is unclear I'll give you an example.

I've just typed "leave" into my dictionary. The result has come back as pages and pages of scrollable text, the first word being 장소, which I know means location. This is followed by 사람 , 물건 등, which I know means person, thing etc. So this first part of the listing is explaining (in Korean) what types of nouns the word "leave" can be applied to. But if you don't know any Korean at all you are going to have a hard time figuring out which one of the several hundred words that is now displayed on my dictionary screen is the actual translation of the word "leave". And of course there are all the variations; are you leaving a place (departing), leaving an object behind by accident (leave and forget), leaving something with a person for safe keeping etc.

If you haven't yet learned Korean to a resonable level an electronic dictionary will do you sod all good. Also the instructions are all in Korean so unless you can understand how to drive the machine it's gonna be of little use.

That said, once you have got a decent grip of Korean (high beginner level) these gadgets are absolutely invaluable. My 천원's worth!

[waseige1]

I am low beginner level in Korean. I want an electronic dictionary that...

1) will not only show the root form of the verb, but the conjugations I should use.

2) allows me to look up by conjugated or combined word. For instance... those that I have seen so far don't find 가주세요 or even 주세요 for that matter.

Any suggestions...........

[winterfall]

[samd]

[curlygirl]

[crossmr]

my cell phone dictionary will show various conjugations if you search by the letter they'd start by. So if you search starting with ㅂ or ㄹ you will see all the various conjugations with english translations. Its up to you to put them together with a verb though.

[nattylitewvu]

If u have Ipod touch or Iphone then i recommend Declan Software's Learn Korean or something like that. It does have the occasional mispronunciation but it has multiple (4) quiz formats that quiz u frontwards and backwards