Speak in English and Korean

Annyeonghaseyo !!!

안녕하세요…

Back to my blog after a really really long time….

Lets see how to ask people to speak in English/Korean and also request for translations…..

1 . Ma-rul ha-se-yo : Please speak.

Mal : Speech.

ha-se-yo : please do.

ma-rul ha-se-yo means please speak/please do speak.

2 . Hang-gung-mal-lo ha-se-yo : Please speak in Korean / in place of speak we can also use “say it”.

Here l0 – instrumental relationship.

Hang-gung-mal + -lo :  In Korean.

Yong-o + -ro : In English.

3 . yong-o-ro ha-ji-ma-se-yo : please don’t say it in English/please don’t use English.

Ha-ji-ma-se-yo : please don’t do.

Mal-ha-ji-ma-se-yo : Please don’t speak

Mal-ha-se-yo : please speak.

4 . _______ (-r)ul Hang-gung-mal-lo mwo-ra-go hae yo? : How do you say _______ in Korean?

Mwo-ra-go Hae yo? : How do you say?

5 . _______ (-r)ul yong-0-ro  mwo-ra-go hae yo? : How do you say _______ in English?

Numbers and Months

Anneyong-ha-se-yo !!!

Updating after a long week….

Lets see how to say and count the numbers in korean and also how months are called …

Koreans use 2 different sets of cardinal numbers, depending on the situation- Korean numbers and Chinese numbers. Although they usually use Arabic numerals, sometimes Chinese characters are used for prices.

1. Use the Korean forms for the number of items [ 1-99 ] and Age: 2 kids,5 bottle of water, 25 years old.
2. Use the Chinese forms for dates, money, addresses, phone numbers, and numbers above 100 etc..

Lets see the table below to understand it better…

Numbers [Korean pronunciations/forms in Brackets]

English	Hangul	Pronunciation
1	일 (하나)	il (hana)
2	이 (둘)	ee (tul)
3	삼 (셋)	sam (set)
4	사 (넷)	sa (net)
5	오 (다섯)	oh (tasot)
6	육 (여섯)	yuk (yosot)
7	칠 (일곱)	ch’il (ilgop)
8	팔 (여덟)	p’al (yodolp)
9	구 (아홉)	gu (ahop)
10	십 (열)	ship (yol)
11	십일 (열하나)	ship-il (yol-hana)
12	십이 (열둘)	ship-ee (yol-tul)
13	십삼 (열셋)	ship-sam (yol-set)
14	십사 (열넷)	ship-sa (yol-net)
15	십오 (열다섯)	ship-oh (yol-tasot)
16	십육 (열여섯)	shim-yuk (yol-yosot)
17	십칠 (열일곱)	ship-ch’il (yol-ilgop)
18	십팔 (열여덟)	shi-p’al (yol-yodolp)
19	십구 (열아홉)	ship-gu (yol-ahop)
20	이십 (스물)	ee-ship (sumul)
30	삼십 (서른)	sam-ship (sorun)
40	사십 (마흔)	sa-ship (mahun)
50	오십 (쉰)	oh-ship (shween)
60	육십 (예순)	yuk-ship (yesun)
70	칠십 (이른)	ch’il-ship (irun)
80	팔십 (여든)	p’al-ship (yodun)
90	구십 (아흔)	gu-ship (ahun)
100	백	baek
200	이백	ee-baek
1,000	천	ch’eon
10,000	만	man
100,000	십만	ship-man
1,000,000	백만	baek-man
100,000,000	억	eok

Colours

Lets see what these colors are called in korean…

English	Hangul	Pronunciation/Romanization
red	빨강색	ppalgangsaek
orange	주황색	juhwangsaek
yellow	노랑색	norangsaek
green	초록색	choroksaek
blue	파랑색	parangsaek
deep blue	남색	namsaek
purple	보라색	borasaek
black	검정색	geomjeongsaek
white	흰색	hinsaek
light green	연두색	yeondusaek
crimson	진홍색	jinhongsaek
deep red	다홍색	dahongsaek
maroon	밤색	bamsaek
blue	청색	cheongsaek
gray	회색	hwisaek
green	녹색	noksaek
sky blue	하늘색	haneulsaek
golden	금색	geumsaek
silver	은색	eunsaek

Word Order and Few phrases you encounter in classroom.

English

[ SUBJECT ] + VERB + OBJECT .

LOOK AT THE BOOK.

Korean

[ SUBJECT ] + OBJECT + VERB .

CHAE-GUL POSEYO.

HERE ARE FEW PHRASES THAT WE COME ACROSS IN CLASS ROOMS.

1. Tut-kki-man-ha-se-yo : Just listen,Please.

tut is the stem of the verb.

Tutta : Listen.

Kki : Normalizer.

Tutkki : Verbal Noun(Noun in verbal Clothing).

Tut-kki means Listening .

Man : Only (it is a modifier) .

SO tut-kki-man is Listening only.

And remember Haseyo from An-nyeong-ha-se-yo ?

Haseyo ( is a polite request ) : Please do.

Tut-kki-man-ha-se-yo : Do listen only or just listen.

2. Tta-ra-ha-se-yo : Please,repeat after me.

Tta-ra : Repeat.

mo-du : Everyone / everybody.

Modu tta-ra-ha-se-yo : Everybody , Repeat after me.

Eleventh Lesson

Lets see some phrases and How to write Korean(Hangugeo or Hanguk) in Hangul.

Inviting People

Deu-reo-o-se-yo : Come in, please.

Se-yo Gives polite ending.

Depending on the prior syllable Se-yo or o-se-yo is added to the verb terms.

Asking people to sit down

Anda / Anja(different romanizations) : Sit down. [used with some one younger to you or to friends.ie informal]

An-jeu-se-yo : Sit down,Please.

Si-jak : Beginning , Start.

Si-jak-hap-ssi-da : lets begin.

Hap-ssi-da has a suggestive ending.It is in polite form and used with casual acquaintances.

Hangugeo

HAN                      GUK                      AH

Hanguk

Tenth Lesson

Korean Alphabet..

Korean alphabet is called Hangul. Like English, the letters of the Hangul alphabet represent individual sounds or phonemes.

Letters

Hangul consists of 40 letters. It has 21 vowels and 19 consonants.

Among these 40 letters, 24 are the basic letters while the other 16 are compounds formed from the basic letters.

Vowels
When you write a vowel which does not have syllable consonant, you must write the consonant ‘ㅇ‘.
In this case, ‘ㅇ‘ is a null consonant which merely indicates the absence of a syllable-initial consonant.

Simple Vowel

ㅏ,ㅓ,ㅗ,ㅜ,ㅡ,ㅣ,ㅐ,ㅔ    

Diphthongs

ㅑ,ㅕ,ㅛ,ㅠ,ㅖ,ㅒ,ㅘ,ㅙ,ㅝ,ㅞ,ㅚ,ㅟ,ㅢ

Consonants

 In Korean, the consonant is always pronounced in combination with a vowel.

However, each consonant has its own name. There are some examples to present consonant sounds. 

Plain consonants
ㄱ,ㄴ,ㄷ,ㄹ,ㅁ,ㅂ,ㅅ,ㅇ,ㅈ

Aspirated consonants
ㅋ,ㅌ,ㅍ,ㅊ,ㅎ
Glottalized consonants
ㄲ,ㄸ,ㅃ,ㅆ,ㅉ

Ninth Lesson

Food in Korean..

Going to list few regular food items…

[ 빵 ] Ppang : Bread.

[ 버터 ] Beoteo : Butter.

[ –케이크 ] Keikeu : Cake.

[ 치즈 ] Chijeu : Cheese.

[ 우유 ] Uyu : Milk.

[ 샐러드 ] Saelleodeu : Salad.

[ 소금 ] Sogeum : Salt.

[ 소시지 ] Sosiji : Sausage.

[ 과일 ] Gwail : Fruit.

[ 야채 ] Yachae : Vegetables.

[ 음식 ] Eumsik : Food.

[ 밀가루 ] Milgaru : Wheat flour, Flour.

[ 계란 ] Gyeran : Egg.

[ 고기 ] Gogi : Meat.

[ 스테이크 ] Seute-ik : Steak.

Eighth Lesson

Few Polite korean words…

[ 저기요 ] Jeogiyo : Excuse me.

Small talk usually starts with “저기요/je0giyo”. It literally means “that place” or “over there”,

and is close to the English phrase “Excuse me”. You use this word to break the ice.

[ –실례합니다 ] Sillyehamnida : Excuse me / Pardon me ( formal )  .

To apologize for something you have done, or for causing someone pain or inconvenience, say Joesonghamnida (I apologize.) In an informal context, Mian hamnida / Mianhae  (I’m sorry) is just fine .

[ 죄송합니다 ] Joesonghamnida :  Sorry ( polite ) / I Apologize .

When thanking a teacher, your boss, a stranger who looks older than you, or someone who looks not so easygoing, use one of the following phrases

[ 감사합니다 ] gamsahamnida : Thank you (formal) .

[ 천만에요 ] Cheonmaneyo : Don’t mention it / You’re welcome.

[ 괜찮습니다 ] Gwenchanseumnida : Never mind / It doesn’t matter.

Seventh lesson

Lets Know how to say the days of the week…

Monday :  W0ryoil [ 워요일 ]

 

Tuesday : Hwayoil [ 화요일 ]

 

Wednesday : Suyoil [ 수요일 ]

 

Thursday : Mogyoil [ 목요일 ]

 

Friday : Geumyoil [ 금요일 ]

 

Saturday : Toyoil [ 토요일 ]

 

Sunday : Iryoil [ 일요일 ]

[ 오늘 ] Oneul : Today

[ 어제 ] Eoje : Yesterday

[ 매일 ] Maeil : Every day

[ 내일 ] Naeil : Tomorrow

Sixth Lesson

Kinship terms….

Korean has two primary groups of kinship terms. The first group consists of terms which are used based on gender.

This means that different terms are used depending whether the speaker is male or female.

The second group consists of terms which are common to both males and females…

Lets see ’em without further ado…..

You often here people calling these…lets see what they mean :

[ 형 ] hyeong : older male for males
 [ 누나 ] nu-na : older female for males
[ 오빠 ] o-ppa : older male for females
[ 언니 ] eon-ni : older female for females
[ 동생 ] dong-saeng : younger person
[ 여동생 ] yeo-dong-saeng : younger female person
[ 남동생 ] nam-dong-saeng : younger male person

Father : appa [ 아빠 ] or abeoji [ 아버지]

Mother : eomma [ 엄마 ] or eomoni [ 어머니 ]

Brothers : hyungje [ 형제 ]

Sisters : jamae [ 자매 ]

Your father’s side of the family, chin-ga [ 친가 ]

Paternal Grandfather: harabeoji [ 할아버지 ]

Paternal Grandmother: halmeoni 할머니 ]