[technikal]

i'm korean but i always wondered how non-koreans perceived the sound of korean..
i'm talking about basic conversation not the exaggerated speech you see in k-dramas with the whiny voices and angry dudes
about to kill folks...

thanks...

[xLionHeartx]

my american friends told me koreans sound whiny.. i can understand why though because they only know words like HA JI MAH, BANGOO YA

[jaeka]

Like Japanese, at odd times. When I can just hear it in the background and I'm not focusing on it, it sounds slightly like Japanese. But then if I focus on it, it sounds like Korean. Which, as I cannot speak the language, consists of a lot of "ch/jo/g" noises and "yo". (:

[cerys]

Indian mixed with Japanese mixed with Chinese.

Or maybe not lol. It just sounds like that to me (non-korean) xD

[bliZZard -x]

when i first listened to korean, i was like...
what in the freaking world is that gruff, vulgar-sounding language?
I was thinking it was some dialect of chinese that i didn't know of.
Or some language similar to Japanese.

But turns out that I loved it eventually. hahaha

[Whateva]

I like how korean sounds. It really flows in my mind...

[ddang]

my american friends told me koreans sound whiny.. i can understand why though because they only know words like HA JI MAH, BANGOO YA

I think Korean sounds whiny too..When my bf and I first started dating, he'd always talk to his friends in korean and I thought he was a huge whiner

[nicolef4]

when i first heard people speak korean, i thought it sounded whiny and very rough.
but now that i'm actually learning it, i think it really flows. ^^

[strangelyaddicted13]

whiny and LOUD.
its as if you're shouting when you're speaking korean.
HAHA.

[ninyaah]

^Yeah. It sounds whiny and draggy. Maybe it's because of the -yah or -ah at the end of the words. And loud too. It's like they're always shouting. ^^

[little mixed girl]

the korean they use at the airport and for announcements sounds really smooth and soothing.
the korean used by girls on the street sounds like whinny brats.
the korean on songs and some tv shows sounds like japanese when i'm not really paying attention.

[lvff_]

lol yep they overdo it in dramas cause you really have to get the emotion out there.

ive heard from non-koreans that the country accent sounds like japanese. x]

[Jamila]

at first I thought Korean sounded like Japanese..
at one time I thought it sounded like a mix of spanish and chinese..(weird..I know lol)
but now it seems to flow (can't think of a word to describe it really..)as mentioned above

[angeland]

Like Japanese, at odd times. When I can just hear it in the background and I'm not focusing on it, it sounds slightly like Japanese. But then if I focus on it, it sounds like Korean. Which, as I cannot speak the language, consists of a lot of "ch/jo/g" noises and "yo". (:

same to me...
both with lots of intonation
and the tone of korean is stronger than japanese

[l♥velyLily]

It sounded kind of whiny, but it was still cool. xD
They kept saying -seyo, I think?

[goldenGAZE]

Korean sounded Indian to me at first lol. Its spoken with a very deep sound (as opposed to japanese which sounds super high pitched).

[saranghaexgd]

my dad said there's alot of 'ida's and 'yo's. at first it sounded wierd to me too cause i had no idea what they were saying but now im studying it so i can understand parts of what people are saying and it doesnt sound that strange now ^^

[shenrou]

i found at first that korean seemed to sound like cantonese ,u know the ending sounds..

[chansay110002]

when I watched the first time a k-drama (stairway to heaven) I was like...ok?
Well it very VERY different from German and tagalog..I always didn't know if it was japanese or korean
But now I am used to korean and japanese since I watch lots of dramas and super junior ,dbsk shinee stuff etc. =)

[kissez*]

It sounds weird to me. Not as weird as Mandarin (which I think is the ugliest Asian language out there) but ranking close behind.