this is a CULTURAL as well as language question... and you need to read the story that goes with it..


so basically i was an idiot this morning..
and since the kid that i tutor didnt show up, i was just sitting in this teacher's classroom talking to my friend...
then this (asian, i would guess korean) girl came in and she was studying...and i noticed that it matched mine.. so i pointed it out to my friend (i was excited.. cause i'm an idiot) and she laughed at me.. when i tried to tell that girl why, she didnt seem to understand... and she kept looking at my friend (who's chinese.. i'm white by the way) and me..
so i felt really bad.. i tend to hang out with the korean kids so i have an understanding of some of the stuff they go through when they come.... and since i assume she's new, i probably made her feel even more uncomfortable in this weird place...
so i really want to apologize to her.. but i'm kind of shy to, since i'm not sure what the korean custom would be about this..
i can speak some korean (i have a tutor), but i'm not that good..

i need a strategy plus advice of what to say? please/// TToTT
thank you~

what is it that you want to say? she probably was looking at your friend because if you're studying korean and she sees this asian dude, she's maybe thinking he's korean american and looking for him to help her understand what's going on.

from your story, she seemed like she was just laughing or giggling because you seemed way over-excited about her being korean. it doesn't sound like she was offended, so i'm not sure what it is you want to say. i'm sorry? i'm studying korean, so i was excited to see that you're korean? all of that seems like it'd just make things way more awkward. just let it go.

#1 figure out what you want to tell her

#2 have someone here write a note that you can copy on your own (you can write in korean at least, right?)

#3 make sure the note has further instruction that you'd like for her to help teach you some korean

#4 do ur best, good luck

Hey I was wondering if you guys can translate a few English names into Korean? ^^

Laney
Christina
Annie
Michael
Stephanie
Andrew
Tina

Thanks!

remember can also be = 명심하다

you want them written in Hangul?...

i'll try. if somebody can..correct me if i'm wrong...because i'm positve i've gotten some (or all) wrong

Laney= 레니

Christina=크리스티나

Annie=아니..or 앤니..however u pronounce it...

Michael=마이클

Stephanie=스태퍼니

Andrew=앤드루...this one i'm positive is wrong! haha

Tina=티나
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question peeps..what does:
제목미정 mean...?

it's a song title..

^
스태파니

제목미정?
"title.. undecided"?
are you sure that's the title?

lol yeah its Kim Ji Eun's new video..

thanks for the translation.

haha yeah i saw that i put ''ㅓ'' instead of ''ㅏ''



thanks again!

I think a better way to write it would be
래이니
and
마이컬. (:

But it could be like that.. I guess. ahaha (: But 레니 would be more appropriate for "Lenny" (:

hey are there special audio codecs, because i downloaded seducing mr perfect but there was no sound. i don't know what happened.

My friend gave me a korean name... it's "Lee Dan Bi"

How do you write that? say it? an what does it mean?

>_<

이단비

i think that's how you write it.. o_O
someone tell me if it's wrong

Hi hi!!! How do you write and say the following words:

breath
stop
musical note
remember


thanks in advance!!! <3

Quick translation please?

"넌 모한냐 "

I looked everywhere to find "모한냐 " ^^;;

Hey! That's my best friend's name! loool. yup. it's 이단비. (:
lee would be the last name and "dan" is sweet and "bi" is rain, so lee sweet rain. ahahah (: That's the literal (sp?) translation. ahah




"What are you doing?" 모한냐 is the same thing.. just the "넌" or the "you" is just implied. (:

sorry, can anyone help me translate the following?


"포스터케이스에 6종 포스터를 말아서 배송 해드릴 예정입니다.

문의주셔서 감사합니다."



"현재 해외배송은 어렵습니다.

죄송합니다."



"주문하신 상품은 예약판매중이며, 14일 출시예정 상품입니다.

죄송합니다."



"죄송하지만 현재 택배 업무가 마감되어 설연휴 이후에
수령가능하십니다.

죄송합니다. "


thanks so much in advance!

breath = 숨쉬다
stop = 멈추다 or 그만해 depends on how you are usin the word stop
musical note = 음표
remember = 명심해 or 기억해

Hey again.

My friend wrote this TO me but i dont know what it says.

Can someone please Translate this for me? thank youuu

안녕~!
나는 빨리 너등을맞댄 얻지 않기를 위해 유감스럽다.
나는 계속 일에 바쁘다.
너는 언제 하와이에 돌아오고 있을 것이는가?
너는 바닷가에 우리들과 오, 놀아야 한다.
많은 재미 이다.
너가 잘 하고 있는 것을 잘, 나는 희망한다.
우리가 너를 볼것을 얻을 까지 너자신의 포획 배려!
안녕!

hello i don't know of this is the roght place but can i ask how i can registre in the oage of cafe daum?? because they are things that i can't understand can someone help me?all is in korean and i don't know how i have to put my phone number or things like that

thanks for the advice..
well i talked to a korean guy friend last night and he told me about her..
so i guess i'll introduce myself one day... and tell her that i can help her with french or something. try to make up for being stupid..

---but one more question.
how do you say pencil case?
that way i can explain my excitement..

필통

"i'm planning to roll 6 posters into a poster case and send it.
thanks for asking"
"overseas delivery is a little difficult at the moment
sorry."
"the item you requested is reservable, it will go out in 14 days.
sorry." (not sure about this one)
"i'm sorry but the current home delivery service has ended; after 설연휴, it will be available
sorry."

"포스터케이스에 6종 포스터를 말아서 배송 해드릴 예정입니다. 문의주셔서 감사합니다."
- We are planning on shipping the 6 posters in a poster case. Thank you for the inquiry.


"현재 해외배송은 어렵습니다. 죄송합니다."
- At the moment, international shipping is unavailable [difficult, hard, basically NO]. Sorry"

"죄송하지만 현재 택배 업무가 마감되어 설연휴 이후에 수령가능하십니다. 죄송합니다. "
- Sorry, but at the moment, the shipping company's business is done working for the holiday, so you will receive your items after the holiday. Sorry"



I think the person used a translator or something, because some of these do not make sense.

Hi~
It's unfortunate that you ___________.. (huh?)
I've been busy constantly with work
When will you come back to Hawaii?
We have to spend time again at the beach
It was [will be?] alot of fun
WHat you do best.. I hope.. (huh? #2)
When we will see each other.. (huh? #3)
Bye!

........ yeah.

http://www.soompi.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=112760




위기탈출 넘버원
wui-gi-tal-chul neom-beo-won
crisis escapement number 1

www.kbs.co.kr/2tv/enter/no1

프로그램명 : 위기탈출 넘버원
제작진 : 연출-박중민, 김진수, 신미진
방송사 : KBS2
방송시간 :매주 토요일 밤 10시 5분
출연진 : 지석진, 한석준, 조형기, 김종민

we don't have a thread for that yet. you can make a new one and report it in the threads directory.

hmm, i just copy & paste from gmarket's Q&A section hehehe.
anyhow, thanks!

whos is 한국학교?

Saw this on my friend's xanga.. im guessing this isn't a real person's name cause theres 4 characters.. so i'm thinking he used the korean alphabet to sound out the name...

thanks

^ 한국학교 means 'korean school' 한국 is korean/korea and 학교 is school (:

hiya! am planning to visit korea in mid may during the lantern festival. does anyone know if there are shows featuring k-pop performers (actors, actresses, singers, etc).. anyone has any info on this? please pm me or pls direct me as to where i can find info on this...please....

thanks so much!

"전지현과 함께 호흡을 맞춰보고 싶어요. 데뷔 전부터 '왕' 팬이었거든요.(웃음) 대부분의 남자 분들이 그렇겠지만 영화 '엽기적인 그녀'를 보고 그분의 매력에 빠졌죠. 그리고 영화 속 전지현의 모습이 제 이상형과 많이 닮았어요. 영화에서 보면 남자를 휘어잡잖아요. 실제 모습은 어떤지 잘 모르겠지만 작품을 통해 봤을 때 참 매력적인 분 같아요."

can anyone translate this?.. i want to know what it says. thank you in advance

how do you say "Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief." in hangul + romanization? thanks in advance to anyone who can help me.

i want to work with Jun Jihyun one day. I was a big fan before her debut. (laugh) most guys must feel this way also but after watching the movie "my sassy girl" i fell for her charms. and the Jun JiHyun in the movie's character is similar to my ideal type. if you see her in movies she captures the attention of guys. i'm not sure what her true self is like but through the works i feel like she is a person with many charms.



how about...
우정은 기쁨을 두배로 만들고 슬픔을 반으로 나눈다.
oo-jung-eun gi-bbeum-eul doo-bae-ro man-deul-go seul-peum-eul ban-eu-ro na-noon-da

I need a translation for this please..

남친이 있으면 남친이 있다고 말을하지!
ㄱ- ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
난 몰랏자나~ ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
암튼 ㅋ 미안하게됬어..ㅋ

:] thank you!

hmm..i dont know if this is the place to ask but i guess so! haha. from the drama SNOW QUEEN, there's this line that says about white lilies of the valley and it translates to "you will surely find happiness" or "you will be happy no matter what"

how do u say that in korean...like can i have the romanized version that they say in the drama?

thanks. =]

if you had a bf you should have said that you had a bf
kekekek
i didn't know~ TT TT TT (crying face)
anyways ke, sorry for what happened.. ke



could you provide the video link and the time? if you want the exact phrase... i probably won't do it b/c i have to go now

can someone write "sung tan chuck ha" in hangul for me?

thanks in advance

thank you flyaway01 !! :]


BoATwin :
성단축하

>like that? lol

can someone please type this in korean for me really quickly:

chehn ssho yoo

please and thank you ^^

^ 챈쏘유? 챈쇼유?

Okay, so I finally decided I want to learn how to read/write in Korean... I feel if I can start learning to read Korean and become fluent in reading I can start speaking better... I feel how I hear Korean is wrong. Like some syllables and things aren't clear to me.

What's a good place that makes it simple? Like Japanese was easy to learn for me because it has charts and stuff... It only took me about 1-2 hours to memorize the katakana/hiragana and be able to slowly read it... but I don't understand how Korean is put together and how the sounds are... or if I'm pronouncing things right haha. It looks confusing >_<

I don't know stroke order either . I looked at some of the links on the first page and feel overwhelemd :\

If you learned kana easily then you should find Korean a breeze--it's a really easy system to learn and the pronunciation rules are actually easy to catch onto after a very short time. The links on the first page should be fine if you go back and try again. There are a lot of places to quickly learn 한글 (the Korean alphabet) on the web. Good luck! Don't worry too much about stroke order. It's not as big a deal in this case as when you learned Japanese or if you've ever learned Chinese. One of the sites at least I think has sound files for everything, so look for one like that. It took me maybe 30 minutes to learn basic reading and not much longer to learn the harder pronunciation rules; a lot of the rules actually make sense.

I guess the hardest thing about learning to write Korean would be spelling. Even I have a lot of trouble with that and I'm Korean. =_=; ahaha But it's pretty easy to read it. (: lol. a lot of the words have the same pronunciation, just different spelling and meaning. ahah. Stroke order doesn't really matter as long as it looks like the word. It's pretty simple altogether though Good luck! You'll get it soon...

and I don't know any sites, I'm sorry. =_=x

Thanks in advance.

Edit: I'm sorry. I should've actually put this in one of the stickied topics. My apologies.

Well, I'm korean- born in the US- and I pretty much understand it/speak it (sort of)/read/write(sort of), but spelling and how to say certain phrases and spell them is my main problem and what is keeping me from being fluent. I'm constantly worrying whether or not I'm using specific words right. Can anybody recommend any good sites (in english) that might help me with stuff like this?

the top corner of the thing says oot chat sah.. the smile gag show thing

^i learned how to read korean (by myself) on aheeyah. they have this hangeul chart and it made me learn easier. then i searched on google/yahoo for other references. i think knew how to read korean after 1 week. .__. (memorization and pronunciation took kinda long~ hahha )

^^;

wow..maybe u kan teach me

I find it easier to teach yourself or to take actual classes. I think it's complicated for a person that just learned it themselves to teach others.
If you memorized the korean alphabet/sounds then you could go on youtube and watch 'Let's Learn Korean' with Lisa and Stephen. It'll help you lots. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language )





I need help with translations again:

나야 뭐.. 잘지내지 ㅋ
너는??? 음. 3일동안 쉬는데
뭐하고 지낼거야??ㅋ

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ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 새해복 많이받어!!!
.....세뱃돈 주세여 ,,,☞☜ㅋ

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I think this one is saying something like, happy new years and get lots of money but I just got to make sure I'm correct. XD~~

ohh..i knew i was spelling something wrong. Thanks!

hi!

i want to learn to speak korean language...

but 1st of all i just wanna know how will i write my name in hangul?! just want to post it in my school notebooks...

btw it's ryklle yu caldwell

tnx in advance!

Why is the k/g sound sometimes like this: and sometimes slanted at the bottom ?