Thursday, 26 January 2012

Lesson 7 - Thanking and Apologising

Expressions
1. Thank you                                  = 감사합니다 (gam sa ham ni da)
2. Thank you - casual                    =고마워 (go ma wo)
                     - polite                       =고맙십니다 (go mab sim ni da)
3. It's Ok/ You're welcome            = 아니에요 (a ni e yo)
4. That's all right/ It's alright - casual = 괜찮아 (gwaen cha na)
                                     - polite       = 괜찮아요 (gwaen cha na yo)
5. I'm sorry - casual                      = 미안해 (mi an hae)
                  - polite                         = 미안해요 (mi an hae yo)
6. I'm truly sorry                            = 죄송합니다 (joi song ham ni da)
7. I'm sorry for being late              = 늦어서 죄송합니다 (neu jer ser joi song ham ni da) 




And here's the translation ( I hope you were able to understand it before reading the translation ^^)



Sunday, 22 January 2012

Lesson 6 - Basic Greetings

Some basic greetings


Hello                                                      = 안녕하세요 (an nyeong ha se yo)
How are you?                                        = 어떻게 지내세요 (eoddeoke ji nae se yo)
I am doing well/Okay                             = 저는 잘 지내세요 (jer neun jal ji nae se yo)
So - so                                                   = 그저 그래요 (geu jer geu rae yo)
I am a little busy                                     = 저는 좀 바빠요 (jer neun jom babbayo)
And you?                                                = _____는요? (_____ neun yo?)
Good bye (to the person who is leaving)    = 안녕히 가세요 (an nyeong hi ga se yo)
Good bye (to the person who is staying)    = 안녕히 계세요 (an nyeong hi gye se yo)
*always add '씨 - ssi' to someones name when meeting them for the first time or to be respectful and polite to someone older. (once you're close with that person, you can drop the ssi)


Were you able to guess what Anna and Soohyun were saying?
Here's a translation
Anna = Soohyun oppa, i love you
Soohyun = i love you too anna
HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA .... ok ignore me ......TT
Anyways, here's the REAL translation = 


Simple? Are you able to read the whole thing by yourself? practice makes perfect ^^


Heres a video of me reading it~~



Friday, 20 January 2012

Common words Idols use when tweeting - Part 6

1. Good morning = 좋은 아침 (joeun achim)




2. To reveal = 공개 (gong gae) - idols usually use this word because they usually say things like "finally, we're revealing the MV, new song, concept" etc


3. Finally = 드디어 (deu di er)

Common words you can use ^^

Here's s some words that been asked by alot of people, so i thought that i might aswell post it up for everyone to see ^^


Me / I / I'm 
Casual = 나는 (na neun)
Polite = 저는 (jer neun)


Me too
Casual = 나도 (na do)
Polite = 저도 (jer do)



We / Us = 우리 (u ri)


Little sibling = 동생 (dongsaeng)
If you want to be specific and say if your little sibling is male or female, you would write it as...
male sibling (little brother) = 남동생(nam dongsaeng)
female sibling (little sister) = 여동생(yer dongsaeng)

Lesson 5 - ㅎ weakening or deletion

Lesson 5 is finally up~ ^^ now i hope you've read through lesson 1-4, even if you haven't memorised everything, at least read through it ^_____________^


Korean is not an easy language as many of you know, even real Koreans have a hard time to write in their own language~ Take it slow and don't push yourself ^^ try to learn one new word per day so you can build your vocabulary~ ^^


NOW, lesson 5~ 


The letter ㅎ is a bit tricky, when its place between two 'vowels, ㅁ,ㄴ,ㅇ or ㄹ' 
ㅎ tends to be silent in casual speech.


For example~






So next time you see the ㅎ in a word, it might be silent, so dont pronounce it ^^ 


Here's a little video to explain it abit better ~~ ^___________^

Random Korean word of the day

Understand/Understood


Casual = 알았어요 (a ra sseo yo)
Polite = 알겠습니다 (al get sseum ni da)