Korean Job Discussion Forums

[mithridates]

Sorry for the obvious plugging of my own page, but this is useful to many of the people here. I had a section on my page called "Korean through ����" where I would take messages from my phone and translate them, turning them into small lessons. I didn't have a computer back then and was always at the PC Bang so I didn't feel like writing more than one, but since I have my own computer I decided recently that I could do about three a week with little effort. Now there's only one ���� per lesson. I was thinking they could be good for those of us who teach too much and only have the mental will to study for about ten minutes before vegging out / relaxing.

It's on the �Խ��� section of my page, go there and then to "Korean through ����" that you'll see on the left.

Here's the one I wrote today, without any formatting:

[Randall Flagg]

Thank you Mithridates. Really, thank you. I like the way you explain things. I will start visiting your site more often.

[law]

Thanks Mithridates.

I learned something today. I'll be checking on your page more.

By the way, what's the origin of your username? I was just thinking about that when I was typing it out.

[Ilsanman]

Um...correct me if I'm wrong (I might be), but shouldn't it be:

�� ���ϰ� �輼��?

�������� only works if the subject is not a person. �輼�� works when the subject is the person.

I was taught this way, at least..........

[tzechuk]

Are you teaching Korean or English?

[Wangja]

I'd be interested too ... but when I clicked on the site link all I got was a sheet of graph paper ... p'raps it's me ....

[SuperHero]

[mithridates]

It's your pop-up blocker! Cyworld homepages are small and are actually pop-ups. Allow pop-ups for that site and you'll be able to see the site.

[Wangja]

OK, thanks ... I'll try and do that, from the comments above it does look interesting.

[Derrek]

Mith,

You know, it would really benefit you to attend a University and actually get a degree in something.

Teaching here without a degree is illegal, anyway, no matter how you try to rationalize it.

Besides, you have the knack to move on to something like a Ph.D, etc.

You might actually find you enjoy it.

Why don't you?

[mithridates]

But I'm not a teacher, I work in an office...

I would go to university if I could study Altaic / Turkic languages and their relation to Korean and Japanese, for free.

[Ilsanman]

[mithridates]

Yeah, they're both okay. I think ..�Լ��� is even more polite though. Basically you can put a (��)���� after everything.
This girl's from Pusan though; sometimes she'll put a �� after ���ϴ� as well. �����ϴٿ�~, like that.

[noelinkorea]

I commend the study in Korean, but I was a bit confused by the title on the posting - ����? I immedately understood it as a common alternative for ����. Knowing that Korean has commonly repeated syllables with different meanings, I checked the excellent website

http://dic.naver.com/?frm=nt

...and the definition was


���� ���� [����] letters; figures; a character (���� �ϳ�); an alphabet
[�������뱸] a phrase; an idiomatic phrase from the Chinese classics
�����ڸ� �� ���� be much given to quoting [using] phrases from classical Chinese
������ ���⸦ �����ϴ� love to use old Chinese expressions
��(��) a dial (plate); the face ((of a clock)); the clockface
���� �״�� literally; to the letter

...or do you mean ���� �״��?

...the word pretty much relates to ����...note that 'phrase' here is also related to the chinese classics...your example sentence wasn't.

...So, did you mean ���� and not ����?

[mithridates]

Oh...���� are text-messages you send from phone to phone. ���ڸ��� is the full name for them. Text mail.