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Adventurer
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 Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 4:31 am Post subject: How do you say"If you're trying to preach to me, |
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I want to know how I can communicate in Korean that I don't want anyone proselytizing to me. How do you deal with that? What do you say? It's easier in English because there's no language barrier, and I can get straight to the point, and no one randomly stops in the US preaching to you unless you're on a campus and they're passing out literature. So let's have those pointers.  And "Not now!". as the guy says in the movie Airplane won't work.  |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 4:43 am Post subject: |
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| No thanks [in korean], shake your head & smile. Always works for me. |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 4:46 am Post subject: |
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| schwa wrote: |
| No thanks [in korean], shake your head & smile. Always works for me. |
I didn't know what he wanted to say no thanks. I want to be able to say exactly as I said, so I want to be able to say something like no preaching to me or something to that effect that way if that's the intention, I can know right away. |
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thrylos
Joined: 10 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 5:07 am Post subject: |
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Cho-neun Bulkyo-ye-o. Jjinjayeo. (I'm a Buddhist. Really). Always works for me and leaves them speechless. (no offense to the Buddhists)
Once I've used Islamkyo, but got a diatribe that did more harm than good, so I've just reverted to Bulkyo and it's worked fine ever since. |
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Stout
Joined: 28 May 2011
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 5:10 am Post subject: |
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Fold your hands into a mudra, lower your eyelids in a contemplative fashion, breath into your gut, then softly say, "Na nun Bulgyo salam i ae yo"...should do the trick  |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 5:47 am Post subject: |
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| thrylos wrote: |
Cho-neun Bulkyo-ye-o. Jjinjayeo. (I'm a Buddhist. Really). Always works for me and leaves them speechless. (no offense to the Buddhists)
Once I've used Islamkyo, but got a diatribe that did more harm than good, so I've just reverted to Bulkyo and it's worked fine ever since. |
I know Bulgyo. I also know Yudayin (Jewish/Judean). the dude showed me pass over on his computer pad. I wonder if he was asking me if I was Jewish. It's not something you should ask a stranger. It would be good to beat them to the punch and be able to see if someone's thinking of preaching not to waste their time. You try to be nice when folks stop you, and then they talk to you about religion. We're in the information age, if I really want to join your Pat Robertson group, I can do it by myself. The Catholics and Buddhists are all right. They don't bother people with any nonsense like that infringes on your privacy. You get this behavior also the Middle East, and Korea doesn't need that to be more in vogue. Otherwise, it will go out the window at some point.
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 5:55 am Post subject: |
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저한테 전도하지 마세요. 관심 정말 하나도 없어요.�
That will be 10,000 won....or a beer next time you're in Seoul...
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coralreefer_1
Joined: 19 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 6:28 am Post subject: |
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I've seen this with the old ladies that show up at my apartment from time to time..and in those cases when they ring the doorbell and I ask who it is and they respond..i simple tell them in Korean "I am a foreigner" and they move right along to the next apartment.
Up front people in the face on the street? Well, that old "talk to the hand" thing has seemed to do the trick for me. |
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tran.huongthu
Joined: 23 May 2011
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Did we really need a thread on this? Couldn't you just ask a Korean friend how to be a jerk to people? Like another poster said above say no thanks if it really bothers you and do it with a stern look. You do know how to look stern don't you?  |
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Lynns
Joined: 19 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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| If they are talking to you about Passover they're probably World Mission Society Church of God, a cult based in Bundang. |
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DaHu
Joined: 09 Feb 2011
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:19 am Post subject: |
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| tran.huongthu wrote: |
| Did we really need a thread on this? Couldn't you just ask a Korean friend how to be a jerk to people? Like another poster said above say no thanks if it really bothers you and do it with a stern look. You do know how to look stern don't you? |
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PigeonFart
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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I've found this board to be helpful to my time in Korea, even for the little things such as this. There are always people willing to help. So i'll answer the OPs question.
The verb 'to preach' is 설교하다 (sul kyo ha da)
The sentence 'if you're trying to preach' can be translated as 설교하고 있으면
(sul kyo ha go iss euh myun?)
After saying that sentence, you could give a mildly forceful "가세요" (gah say yo) which means 'please go.' |
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Son Deureo!
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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| I just say 관심 없어요 (I'm not interested) as I shut the door in their face. Do they really need any further explanation? |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Lynns wrote: |
| If they are talking to you about Passover they're probably World Mission Society Church of God, a cult based in Bundang. |
I guess they must have spread to Gwangju? What are they all about? To be fair, most Christians in Korea have been fine to me including pastors, but some can be a little too much. I will take the suggestions.
I talked to a religious Christian woman at the 5-18-2011 national cemetery, and she was nice to me, and asked me if I was learning Korean because I understand many things she was saying, so I know most Christian folks here are stellar. |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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| PigeonFart wrote: |
I've found this board to be helpful to my time in Korea, even for the little things such as this. There are always people willing to help. So i'll answer the OPs question.
The verb 'to preach' is 설교하다 (sul kyo ha da)
The sentence 'if you're trying to preach' can be translated as 설교하고 있으면
(sul kyo ha go iss euh myun?)
After saying that sentence, you could give a mildly forceful "가세요" (gah say yo) which means 'please go.' |
I think I can handle this one. Thanks to you and TJ. |
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