Korean is easy in my opinion. (Duh b/c I AM korean, but still.) To me, Korean looks wayyy more simpler than chinese and japanese.

Dont'ya agree??

can somebody help me?: i wanna put the phrase ''i heart Rain'' in on a t-shirt....how would i phrase it in korean?

In my opinion Korean is the easier to read compared to Japanese and Chinese, due to the systematic alphabet. But in terms of grammar I think Korean is the hardest.

i'm korean and i can only speak english. it takes me like 5 whole minutes to read a korean sentence and understand it. haha. but yeah, i agree it is easier than chinese or japanese.

^ Thankyou <3

비 사랑해 would be appropriate although it means "I love Rain" or "I love you, Rain."


I've never seen the drama and I dunno what she's saying. Hopefully someone else can help.

thank you!! i kinda figured that but i didnt know wheter bi came before or after! thanks again!

Actually either way is OK. And you're welcome

Thanks JiJi' =)



LOOKs... I agree. The alphabet is definitely easier to read. I'm pretty glad chinese characters aren't used anymore lol :] (or used to a much lesser extent, I know some newspapers/public signs still use it)

Other than that, no. The fact that you are korean does make it easier. The language your raised around will always be easier than learning something completely new, duh lol.

LOL, it would be

빠샤.

bbashya.. there's an accentuated sound on the 'b'.
well this just means something like

'HIYYAAAAHH !!'
in english. just some kind of cry. =)







and in my opinion, korean is quite hard.
i mean, it's easy to get the hang of speaking, but writing is a different matter.
i've been seriously learning korean (reading and writing) since i was about 2 or 3,
so i'm quite fluent, but still, i get the spacing and the ㅔ and ㅐ and you know.. those things mixed up.
well, i get it right most of the time, it's just that sometimes, it's hard to tell.
so yea. but otherwise, i find it quite easy and enjoyable. teehee.

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In the drama My Girl - the Ju Yu Rin always say bashya?

바샤? What is the correct way of writing this word?

It actually is a way of saying "fighting!" {화이팅! or 홨팅! in Shin Jung Hwan way XD}
So it's kind of saying "good luck!" to yourself.
I hope that makes sense?
And it's spelled 빠샤.

can someone give me the korean alphabet. THANK YOU

Go to the first page.

im kinda slow kant find it ...

Many times when I am watching dramas, the actors or actresses make this "throat-clearing" sound. It's probably for emphasis but anyone know what I'm talking about?

I must be feeling nice today

http://rki.kbs.co.kr/learn_korean/lessons/e_index.htm#

Thanks Alot

Yes, it's for emphasis and I think that's kinda nasty. Younger people don't do that as often. I never.

i find it nasty but funny. it makes me laugh.

anyway, i have a simple but stupid question (two actually). let's say i'm having a very formal conversation with someone and we're exchanging information about where we live. to ask the other person very formally where he or she lives I can use ...살십나까? But would it be, for example, 어디에 살십니까? or 어디에서 살십니까? is 살다 considered an action verb and used with 에서?

also, if they asked where i live would i just say, for example, 미국에[서?] 삽니다, since i wouldn't use an honorific like 살십니다 for myself? or would it be 살십니다? when would you use 살십니다, if you're talking about the other person or about a third person?

thanks.

Me confused.

Is 했읍니다 the old way, or is it 했습니다?

aish..i'm gonna ask for help..again...hope you guys dun mind~

how do you say:-

1. shut up
2. please
3. omigosh

thanks to anyone who helps me!

For omigosh I think it is 어머나, a term only used by girls.....But I've heard 어머 as well, so not really sure which one to choose.

I think shut up is this 입닥쳐

^ yeah those're all right.

for "please" if you're just saying please without saying "please do..." whatever then you can say 제발 (spelling?). but its use is limited, i think.

i think old people also say 세상에! sometimes for "oh my gosh!" or more like "what in the world?!"

"oh, my gosh/god!" = "맙소사!"




했읍니다 = old way
했습니다 = what most people use nowadays

asking someone where they live would be -

어디에 사십니까 ? ;; 살십니까 would be wrong because when you change it to polite formal language, you get rid of the 받침 (the ending consonant).


and it would be 미국에 삽니다 for the answer. there is no need for '서' because it is implied =)

thanks. ok, so you drop the 받침 in that case, too. i knew it was 삽니다 but not that it was also 사십니까, for some reason. i guess you know whether it's 살다 or 사다 pretty easily from the context. thanks for clearing things up for me.

HOWEVER i have another question: is there a difference in concept between 세상 + 세계 or are they two different words for pretty much the exact same thing?

^ they pretty much mean the same thing.

but to me, 세상 would mean the 'world', and 세계 would be like the universe. =)

wat does "Aish" mean?

^I thought it was just a sound that people make when they get annoyed...no?

Hm, me and my friend were debating how to pronounce Hyori. Which is closer? Hi-yo-ri or hee-yo-ri? Can you include the actual pronounciation if neither is correct? Haha, thanks! Was this asked before? Sorry for repeats.

'aish' just means something like 'dang' or 'sugar' .. as in mild cussing. it's not cussing at all, just how i would explain it =)



it's neither actually
it's 효리 , so it would be HYORI. just how it's written. i can't explain it..
actually, hee-yo-ri would be closer. hi-yo-ri is like 'hi'-yo-ri right ? 'hi' as in hello..
so hee-yo-ri is more correct. =)

well, her full name is 이효리.
효리 = hyori = hyo-ri (two syllables)
이효리 = lee hyori = lee-hyo-ri (three syllables)

well, how do you say them? i dunno how to read korean.. =? hehehe

I love this thread

Can anyone go into the tedious task of translating this to Korean for me. I want the thank the Korean woman, but she barely understands English:

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Thank you for letting me rent "Full House". It was very good and I enjoyed it! Song Hye Gyo and Bi(Jung Ji Hoon) were wonderful together. Song Hye Gyo is very pretty. Thank you again.

If it`s not directly translatable, can you kind of word it differently or however to kind of mean the same thing.

Out of curosity...can anyone also romanize it, so I could wonder how to pronounce them...?


Thank you! Soooo Much~~!!! Sorry for this! But thank you if you can!

--H!P

Can someone please translate these in to Korean characters for me?

- sad
- happy
- tired

kamsamnida !

all of these are adjective forms:

슬픈 = sad
행복한 = happy
피로한 (fatigued) or 피곤한 (tired)

dictionary verb forms:

슬프다
행복하다
피로하다 or 피곤하다

Would "잘 살아라" be a good final goodbye? Anything else more umm... uhh... final goodbye-ish?

1. shut up - shikkŭrŏwŏ
2. please - butake <- literally "I'm asking you/requesting" ; jebal <-this sounds desperate
3. omigosh - mapsosa <- "oh my god" ; ŏmŏna <- "oh my gosh"

(romanization note: ŏ is "uh" or "eo" / ŭ is "eu")


Like everyone said, both are wrong. It's HYO-RI. 2 syllables. For 'hyo' say 'yo' with an H in front. 'Ri' with a rolled R.

Her last name, Lee, is pronounced like the letter E by the way. The last name Lee is pronounced like the letter E for most Korean people.


Why are you thanking her for the video? You rented it. I'm assuming you paid for it, right? If not, did you borrow it? I'm a bit confused... I'm going to write this like you borrowed it. If you rented it, let me know.

If you read the romanization, are you confident you'll say it correctly? lol ^^;

풀하우스 빌려줘서 고맙습니다. 아주 재미있게 봤습니다. 송혜교랑 비랑 잘 어울려요. 송혜교 너무 예뻐요. 고맙습니다.

Full House billyŏjosŏ gomapsŭmnida. Aju jemikke bassŭmnida. Song Hegyo rang Bi rang nŏmu jarŏullyŏyo. Song Hegyo nŏmu yeppŏyo. Gomapsŭmnida.

(romanization note: ŏ is "uh" or "eo" / ŭ is "eu")


The first sets should only be used infront of a word... like 'sad monkey'
The dictionary form verbs are also adjectives and are fine to use in this case, and I recommend using those. I don't know how megaSTEPxo will use these words... But use the second set for stuff like 'I am sad' etc


Live well? Sounds more like a slogan or something, but I guess it's OK. You could say 잘 지내 instead.

ㅣㅇㅣ, a slogan?! X-D Haha, I thought it sounded fit for a mother saying her last goodbye to her son. 잘 지내 it is (.. Be well, right?)

It's Hyo-ri but then again, I don't know how to explain it but for example, you were to say gyo(made that up) you would first say "gee" quickly then "yo" or it could be "gu" then "yo". Does anyone understand what I mean? Ah, nevermind. Thanks for answering.

aww..thanks for your help <3

Like the other members said Hyo-Ri is a two syllable name.

As you were saying it would be like "Gee" then "Yo" but so quickly that it's only the first syllable. And then the second would be Ri.

Actually I`m 100% absolute in doubt that I`ll say it correctly.
Thank you though~!
I don`t know why...but I feel better if I thank her, because she was so nice about it...unlike the other woman, lol. I wanted to thank this woman personally...
Should I do that?

--H!P

hey thanks for this topic.. ive been trying to learn korean ..... suck real bad ^^; so this is going to help ^.^

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hm... not sure if this belongs here, but how do you type in korean?

i used to have it on my old computer but i don't have it on my new one and apparently i need office xp to type in korean.

..is there any way i could get around this?

hmm my korean is a bit shacky... can i get a quick translation

what does 웃어봐 mean

thanks

laugh (as in a command, lol)

thanks

heeelllp.

i can read korean, i just cant understand it sometimes...lol...so i'm trying to get a membership for totobrowser...heres the page:



yeah, just translate darn thing for me please


you dont need office xp.

um, go to control panel> date, time, language, and regional options>regional and language options>language (the tab at the top)>details>click add> and go find korean.