[Paroxysm]

Would you be able to send it to me via skype? My skype is nickmcguffin

[Paroxysm]

Do they expect you to be able to read the korean text in 'My Korean 1' using prior knowledge of the language? If so, I am screwed :/

[souljah]

@paroxysm : yeah you're expected to have basic knowledge of the korean alphabet ie the consonents and vowels, how to read them.

[Paroxysm]

Well that makes it difficult. Any ideas? Thanks for your help with this by the way guys

[souljah]

There are some good guides online on how to read the korean alphabet actually, doesn't take too long to learn them. In all honesty the alphabet for korean is very easy to learn, the hardest part is actually the grammer-wise cos its so different from english. Moment you get used to that and expand your vocab, you will be fine =)

[inFeZa]

Sweet - thanks for the textbook recommendatory! I'll upload what i get from my classes. Starting on Tuesday - can't wait!

[inFeZa]

@Parox - Learning hanguel is pretty easy. Its an awesome alphabet system.

[inFeZa]

My First lesson starts tonight! Will update the OP with Details tonight (10:30Pm)

[EscapisT]

Harrow Guys

Thanks Zepph for the links and PoisoN for the updates!
This thread is so awesome=D

Just thought I would share what I learnt, although its very basic korean expressions its extremely practical for day to day usage. I think it would help those who have totally no idea about speaking Korean, it's probably just newbie stuff for you guys who already posted in this thread.

Hello

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Annyong-haseyo(formal)
Annyong(casual)

Good bye

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Annyonghi-gaseyo(You are host people leaving/formal)
Jal-ga(You are host people leaving/casual)

Annyonghi-geseyo(You are guest leaving/formal)
Jal-it-ssoe(You are guest leaving/casual)

Thank you

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Kamsahaminda(pronounced Gamsahamnida/Calmsahamnida)(formal)
Komapsumnida(pronounced Gomapsumnida)(formal)
Komawo(pronounced Gomawo)(casual)

I'm sorry

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Joesong-hamnida(pronounced Jaesong-hamnida)(Formal)
Mianhamnida(formal)
Mianhae(pronounced Mianhay/Miannay(casual)

I'm NAME

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Jeonun, NAME, imnida

I'm from COUNTRY

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Jeonun, COUNTRY, eseo,watsseoyo(pronounced whats-sup-yo without the Psound)(what-sow-yo)

I'm AGE years old

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jeonun, AGE, ssalieyo(pronounced sally-eh-yo)

Nice to meet you

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Mannaseo bangap-sumnida(pronounced Mana-so-band-gap-sum-nida)

Do take note that these expressions are just what I remember and may not be correct, the word is spelt correctly but I use similarities with English to help myself remember and pronounce (I did some referencing and they should be correct, please correct me if I made a mistake)

Tip: If its too much stuff and you just want to know general expressions just remember the formal ones, it can be used in all situations, the casual ones may offend people if you use it wrongly.

Fun fact:Hello and goodbye sounds EXACTLY the same when pronounced by Koreans. (to me at least)
Annyong-haseyo/Annyonghi-gaseyo/Annyonghi-geseyo, no biggie, doesn't take a genius to guess which one they mean.

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I cant understand the difference between Kamsahaminda/Komapsumnida and Joesong-hamnida/Mianhamnida, can anyone help?

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	nirvAnA:	accurate and fantastic ! :)
	Nemo:	Cool, but could you add anything usefull to speak to girls too ? :D

[inFeZa]

Nice escapist!

- from what i've learnt you can also say your name as

jen i ru meun <name> hap ni da.

then you say

ma-na-so pan gap sueb ni da
(nice to meet you)

저는 이름은 인페사 합니다.

..

만나서 반갑습니다

[Meatex]

One little tip for you;
don't use english letters to write in korean
You will just end up causing problems as it will teach very bad pronunciation.
I would suggest first and foremost going and learning korean alphabet

For example "choi" could be pronounced choi or cheh

I have been helping tgun with korean a little lately so feel free to skype me (meatex_salami) if you want a little help

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EscapisT:

Ty! added you =D

[nirvAnA]

infeza my wife teahs mes the same way as escapist says it, jeoneun NAME im ni da
and mana so pan ga wo, like these are how real koreans speak!

anyway today i was brushing up my korean and i saw that Bear = Gom

No wonder gom tv uses a bear paw as its icon! makes sense now lol

[souljah]

and for age-wise, instead of saying your age, you could also say what year you were born in. and take note : koreans are extremely sensitive about age and whos older, so always use the polite form till you know whether the person is older than you or not.

ie. 저는 구십년 생 이에요. Meaning, I was born in 1990. note the 에요 at the back is a polite and more formal way of ending, just so you dont piss off those older than you.

pronunciation will be chaw-neun ku-ship nyeon saeng eh-yo.

for pronunciation wise, using romantization will help you alot when learning at the start, but later on could lead to some pronunciation errors, so use it only at the start.

and to learn more easily, listen to songs and watch drama with subs, so you can link what you hear to what they mean, and over time you will find yourself catching more and more. after all, its no use being able to read and write korean but not able to understand when they speak to you in korean. lastly, use it as much as you can.

PS sry for the long reply

[BossDaddy]

I've been thinking of learning Korean for quite a while too.
To the native Koreans : So where should I start ? Talk to me! Haha, I have korean friends but they... are shy to teach me. =(

[sooie]

heard those spr guys were pretty good at korean

[Meatex]

@ souljah
anything ending in 요 is standard polite but if they a clearly older than you you have to use honourifics by adding a 세 before the 요 in your example.
Your example should also be written more like jeoneun gushim-nyeon-seng ieyo
Though to be honest I rarely hear that form used
usually its more 나이 어떻게 돼세요? (note i used honorifics here so its safe to ask like this.)

But again when looking for books or materials ignore anything that uses english letters for korean sounds past the first chapter

[Zepph]

Originally Posted by EscapisT

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I cant understand the difference between Kamsahaminda/Komapsumnida and Joesong-hamnida/Mianhamnida, can anyone help?

Kamsahamnida is the formal way of saying thank you, while komapsumnida is a little more informal. There is also komawoyo or komawo, which is are even more casual forms of saying thank you

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	Maynarde:
	EscapisT:	Ty! all is clear now

[inFeZa]

Updated OP with some Images of papers that i got.

We also introduced ourselves by saying just
나는 Phil 이여요.
simple.

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EscapisT:

damn, the images to remember the consonants are so good, wish I saw it before force-memorising TT

[Meatex]

komapsumnida komawoyo or komawo
are all the same word with just different conjugations
Last one you would use with friends or people you know and are on equal level

감사 is probably best thought of as thank you where 고맙 is like thanks

another useful saying might be how have you been? - 잘 지냈어요?
shall we go play together - 우리 같이 놀어갈까?
what are you doing? - 뭐 해요? / 뭐 하고있어요?
You're sooooo cute - 너 아주 귀여운네요 ㅋㅋ

any other random things you want to know how to say?

[bswhunter]

Ah thanks for this. Yesterday I felt really bad cuz all my smart friends are learning second or third languages, but I've tried learning the alphabet and its pretty challenging but fun (I reckon im using a part of my brain I havent touched since year 7 french)
But I have questions! If someone was willing to be able to answer them over MSN or somthing at anytime of the day (But mostly between 4-6 pm AU time) that would really help. Im currently still learning the alphabet and how the blocks of letters work

Oh and is there any thing I can download to allow me to type in korean?