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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Learn Korean Part I

Recently, Korean "fever" has attacked so many teens especially girls in Indonesia. Whether it's Korean dramas, or Korean songs, seems like everybody like them so much so that make them want to learn Korean language. But, the problem is, where can we learn Korean? Course? Surely it'll spend so much money and surely it needs time, whereas we don't have enough free time because of our hectic schedules. Here I found a bit resolution for those who wants to learn Korean in their busy time. I'll share a little of basic Korean language that I know, so you can learn it anytime you want. Here we go!


HANGEUL ALPHABET SYSTEM

Vowels : -

"a"

"ya"

"eo"

"yeo"

"o"

"yo"

"oo" or "u"

"yoo" or "yu"

"eu"

"i"

Consonants : -

"g" or "k"

"n"

"d" or "t"

" r " or " l "

"m"

"b" or "p"

"s"

-

" ch "

" ch' "

" g' " or " k' "

" d' "

" p' "

" h "


Note that " ' " means the letter is aspirated, i.e a sharp sound.

+

+

=

han

h

a

n

+

+

=

guk

g

u

k

한국 pronounced HanGuk meaning Korea

Double Vowels : -

eir

yeir

ere

yere

wa

where

wo

weo



wei



NUMBERING

In Korean there are two sets of numbers which are used when counting, the first set are known as pure Korean numbers, and the other are Sino-korean which is based on the chinese numerals.
The use of these numbers depends on the context in which it is used, for example the pure korean numbers are used when counting hours, and the sino korean when used to count minutes.

kong

0

il

1

shibil

11

ishibil

21

i

2

shibi

12

ishibi

22

sam

3

shipsam

13

ishipsam

23

sa

4

shipsa

14

ishipsa

24

o

5

shibo

15

yuk

6

shimnyuk

16

ch'il

7

shipch'il

17

p'al

8

shipp'al

18

ku

9

shibku

19

ishipku

29

ship

10

iship

20

samship

30

saship

40

kuship

90

paek

100

ch'on

1000

man

10,000


FAMILY MEMBERS

Relative Titles - 친척과 관계된 호칭

Older Woman - 아주머니 - ajumni (aunt) [Polite]

Older Woman - 아줌마 - ajumma (auntie) [Less Polite]

Older Man - 아저씨 - ajussi (Uncle)

Elderly Woman - 할머니 - hal muh ni (Grandmother) [Polite]

Elderly Man - 할아버지 - hara buh ji (Grandpa) [Less Polite]

Father - 아버지 - ah buh ji

Father in law - 시아버지 - shi ah buh ji

Father in law - 장인어른 - jang in uh reun

Dad - 아빠 - appa [Informal]

Mum - 엄마 - umma

Mother - 어머니 - uh muh ni

Mother in law - 시어머니 - shi uh muh ni

Mother in law - 장모님 - jang mo nim

Siblings - 손위 형제 자매

Older Sister - 언니 - unni (If the speaker is female)

Older Brother - 오빠 - oppa (If the speaker is female)

Older Sister - 누나 - nuna (If the speaker is male)

Older Brother - - hyung (If the speaker is male)

Younger Sibling - 동생 - dong saeng (Regardless of speaker's gender)



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