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vincentmiser
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 Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 2:29 am Post subject: Favourite Korean phrases used by the average foreigner |
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Hey guys
What are the typical phrases used by the typical foreigner?
You know, like, 'mekju juseyo!', or 'kimbap hana juseyo', or 'adjossi! hajima!'....
Just wondering... |
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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: Tue Nov 02, 2010 3:40 am Post subject: |
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| Beats me. Most of the foreigners I've met didn't even know THAT much. |
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Radius
Joined: 20 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 3:41 am Post subject: |
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| "jin jjaa?!!" drives shivers down my spine when i hear it, too. |
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PatrickBateman
Joined: 08 Jun 2009
Location: American Gardens Building, West 81st Street
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 4:12 am Post subject: |
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| Radius wrote: |
| "jin jjaa?!!" drives shivers down my spine when i hear it, too. |
Really? |
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Globutron
Joined: 13 Feb 2010
Location: England/Anyang
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 4:39 am Post subject: |
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| I use 'aiiish' - but I actually used this years before I even know what a Korea was. I got shocked faces by little kids thinking I knew bad korean words when saying it. |
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Louis VI
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
Location: In my Kingdom
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 4:45 am Post subject: |
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"balli balli!" 
| tomato wrote: |
| Beats me. Most of the foreigners I've met didn't even know THAT much. |
Ditto... it's just not a priority with most waygook teachers. |
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redaxe
Joined: 01 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 6:22 am Post subject: |
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| Radius wrote: |
| "jin jjaa?!!" drives shivers down my spine when i hear it, too. |
Yeah, when foreign guys say it... it sounds SO girly! |
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space
Joined: 30 Sep 2009
Location: Ulsan
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 6:23 am Post subject: |
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I don't know that much Korea but what i do know I abuse. Sorry for the romanisation of characters I don't have a bi-lingual laptop.
but my favourites are-
gwen-chan-i-yo =i'm ok/you're ok/are you ok?
yogi-yo =here
cheogi-yo =over there
chich-chin hare-juseyo =straight ahead please do for me
ip-bba-yo =pretty
is-a-yo =I have/do you have?
op-se-yo -I do not have
juug-ggu-lae = do you want to die? (say with a smille)
mich-chan-ny = are you crazy? (say with a smile)
and my all time favourite the Daegu dialect
mua-ra-can-no = what? (mau-a-yo)
or mau-ra-bwono = what you looking at (daegu dialect + rude. I only use this with the rude kind are staring people who continue to stare even after aknowledgment. |
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space
Joined: 30 Sep 2009
Location: Ulsan
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 6:25 am Post subject: |
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| *rude kind OF staring people... |
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sulperman
Joined: 14 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 6:28 am Post subject: |
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| redaxe wrote: |
| Radius wrote: |
| "jin jjaa?!!" drives shivers down my spine when i hear it, too. |
Yeah, when foreign guys say it... it sounds SO girly! |
YES.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop saying this foreign guys. Doesn't sound cool, doesn't sound charming, doesn't sound smart.
It sounds awful. Just say "네?" kind of low and drawn out. |
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sulperman
Joined: 14 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 6:36 am Post subject: |
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Also, since this is going to turn into a (I think helpful) thread on what not to say, please don't speak banmal to the person who runs your local meat joint.
Annyeong=NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
Yogi=NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
That is rude. Really. Not my opinion, just fact. I've seen it too many times. |
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samd
Joined: 03 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 7:08 am Post subject: |
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| sulperman wrote: |
| redaxe wrote: |
| Radius wrote: |
| "jin jjaa?!!" drives shivers down my spine when i hear it, too. |
Yeah, when foreign guys say it... it sounds SO girly! |
YES.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop saying this foreign guys. Doesn't sound cool, doesn't sound charming, doesn't sound smart.
It sounds awful. Just say "네?" kind of low and drawn out. |
What makes you the authority on this?
When a native speaker tells me not to say it, and I stop hearing Korean guys say it, then I'll stop. Until then, I'll keep the 아 진짜?s coming. |
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BaldTeacher
Joined: 02 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 7:44 am Post subject: |
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Some ones that I use:
[Mod Edit]
Ddong-ko
You like Beok-beok-i?
"Beok-beok-i Juseyo" (When I get my head shaved) |
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Junior
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
Location: the eye
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 8:45 am Post subject: |
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| space wrote: |
| gwen-chan-i-yo =are you ok?. |
Koreans never use this to ask about someone.
The correct sentence would be "onul otdeyo?" (how are you today)
or simply "otdeyo". |
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Mariella713
Joined: 22 May 2010
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 8:45 am Post subject: |
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| redaxe wrote: |
| Radius wrote: |
| "jin jjaa?!!" drives shivers down my spine when i hear it, too. |
Yeah, when foreign guys say it... it sounds SO girly! |
When foreign guys say it, I actually blush.  |
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