hello! honestly, i know nothing about the language. Since there is a Learn Mandarin thread, i might as well make this thread and i'm also fascinated to learn the language...so please...help!

i'll help...i'm really into korean ryt now...and i think i wanna become a linguist..hahaha! i've been doing research on korean language since endless love 1 aired in the philippines..hehehe...i know, i'm pathetic!

here are their sort of alphabets...it's called hangul in korean...


Good morning--> 안녕하세요?--> Annyong haseyo?
Good-bye.(to person leaving)--> 안녕히 가세요. --> Annyonghi kasayo.
Good-bye.(to person staying)--> 안녕히 계세요.--> Annyonghi kyesayo.

Good night. --> 안녕히 주무십시요. --> Annyonghi jumushipsiyo.
How do you do? (meeting for the first time)--> 처음 뵙겠습니다. --> Ch'oum poepgetsumnida.
My name is _____. --> 저는 ___ 입니다. --> Chonun ______ imnida.
How are you? --> 어떠십니까? --> Ottoshimnikka?
Hello? (on the phone) --> 여보세요?--> Yoboseyo?

lei jie, can you read the characters? i mean, does it show properly on your monitor?

Years of Starcraft has taught me some Korean.

Ahn Nyung (sp?) - Hello or Good morning or some form of greeting. I forgot ^^

Sa rang hae (sp?) - I love you

Gosu - Skilled

Chobo - Unskilled

Hasu - Unskilled

^^; No I just learn useful words I use alot. When playing games, excessive use of I love yous, and describing another players level of skill is quite common. Especially, the I love yous. The more language that can be said in, the better.

wow thanks armi and Kirai! and yes, i can see the characters perfectly...but i cant read them he he. Xie Xie that's mandarin, sorry ...what is Thank You in korean anyway?

more...for you lei jie!

Thank you. --> 감사합니다. -->Kamsahamnida.
I am sorry. --> 미안합니다. -->Mianhamnida.
Yes. --> 네. --> Ne.
No. --> 아니요. --> Aniyo.

Kamsahamnida armi ..actually, i'm surfing the net for Korean words right now but they only have the translation and the charater, no pronunciation you have to listen to it though ...and what does saranghamnida means? is it i love you? because ate Luds (may she rest in peace) used to say that.

yay...i saw this one..let's compare notes

네.(예.)-[Ne.(ye.)]-Yes.

아니오.-[Anio.]-No.

여보세요.-[Yeoboseyo.]-Hello (when picking up the phone).

안녕하세요.-[Annyeong-haseyo.]-Hello.

안녕히 계세요.-[Annyong-hi gyeseyo.]-Good bye (when you, the guest, are leaving).

안녕히 가세요.-[Annyeong-hi gaseyo.]-Good bye (when you, the host, are bidding your guests good bye).

어서 오세요.-[Eoseo oseyo.]-Welcome.

고맙습니다.(감사합니다.)-[Gomapseumnida. (Gamsahamnida.)]-Thank you.

천만에요.-[Cheonmaneyo.]-You're welcome.

미안합니다.(죄송합니다.)-[Mianhamnida. (Joesong-hamnida.)]-Sorry.

괜찮습니다.(괜찮아요.)-[Gwaenchansseumnida.]-It's all right.

실례합니다.-[Sillyehamnida.]-Excuse me.

i don't think saranghamnida means "i love you" i think it just means "to love"

and our notes were kinda the same...
have to go now...i'll post more tomorrow!

Annyonghi jumushipsiyo.
wan an
good night
magandang gabi

guys, this tutorial is cool! i wanna learn korean too because of winter sonata..

QUOTE

and what does saranghamnida means? is it i love you? because ate Luds (may she rest in peace) used to say that.

i don't think that's korean, sis. my brother said the language but i forgot..sorry. but im pretty sure it isn't korean..

sue, it is...sarang hamnida can be found in korean dictionaries...

Where is ...? --> ...는 어디 입니까? --> ...nun odi imnikka?
How do I get to ...? --> ...에는 어떻게 갑니까? --> ...aenun ottok'ae kamnikka?
airport --> 공항 --> gonghang
bus station --> 버스 터미날 --> bosu t'eomeenal
train station --> 기차역 --> kich'a yeok
subway station--> 지하철역--> chihach'eol yeok
Id like a ticket to ... --> ...행 표 한장 주세요. --> ... haeng p'yo hanjang chusaeyo.

hmmm...for me it's more difficult to study korean than mandarin...their words are very long...and i can't memorize them at all... and i don't know how their sentences work...arrrgh! i wanna work on it!

for driving directions:

Please go to ... --> ... 에 가주세요. --> ... ai ga-jusaeyo.
I'm in a hurry. --> 급해요. --> ku-p'haiyo.
There's no hurry. --> 급하게 가지 않아도 되요. --> kup'hagae gaji ahnado dwaeyo.
Please drive more ... --> 좀 더 ... 운전해 주세요. --> Jom deo ... unjeonhae jusaeyo.
slowly / quickly --> 천천히 / 빨리 --> ch'eonch'eonhee / bbali
Go straight ahead. --> 똑바로 가주세요. --> Ddokparo ga-jusaeyo.
Turn ... --> ... 으로 돌아가 주세요. --> ... uro dolla ka-jusaeyo. (turn lang, ang haba-haba! )
left / right --> 왼쪽 / 오른쪽 --> wen-jjok / orun-jjok
Stop here, please. --> 여기서 내려 주세요. --> Yeogiseo naeryeo jusaeyo.
How much is the fare? --> 요금이 얼마예요? --> Yogumee alma-yaeyo?

WOW... this is cool!!! although... im not as interested to learn korean as mandarin, but i wanna learn it too! ... actually, i wana be a linguist too, armi jie... haha... di ka nagiisa! rofl and i dont wanna learn asian languages only, im even making sis wing teach me dutch! hehehe.... ill add stuff here once i get to find stuff on the net... and ill ask my friend who's obssessed with korean stuff... hehe

trish, y are you online??? aren't you supposed to be in school?

i saw your learn japanese thread...im gonna visit it too..i need it badly!

i noticed it too that Korean words are long unlike Mandarin which is one to two syllables per word only! I want to copy the characters in Microsoft word but i can't i'll just save this page na lang

yes it is.. saranghamnida is a real korean word.. it does mean "i love you"..
but people often say "saragehae!" or "saranghaeyo!" (more formal) and sarang just means "love"... saranghamnida is just about the same thing.. except theres the root word.. but it can be changed..

armi jie, my exams... half day.. hehe....

yeah, post more stuff in the jap thread.. i bought this notebook to write all the differnt languages i learn... i entitled the notebook, "i think i wanna be a linguist one day..." haha... ang corny...

i agree... korean is very hard... its hard to understand... unlike mandarin.. actually, per character, its only one syllable... the only hard thing in mandarin is their intonations and the strokes of their characters.. but their sentence patterns are almost the same with the english language...

u guys

does dong sang=sister
oppa=brother?

oppa - big brother (said by a girl)
and theres another way to call big brother if you are a boy.. but i forgot..

unni - big sister (said by a girl)
nuna - big sister (said by a boy)

i might've mixed up.. dont kill me

well, i've seen it used alot.. so im used to it kinda.. lol

i think korean writing is cute.. but i like the way japanese is spoken better..
its cute!

but korean is so much easier i think..

hyung - older bro or something like that said by a younger male to older male
umma -mother
appa - father
sarang - love
saranghae yo - i love you (im not sure if you need the yo but o well)
namu - tree
oyu - milk
man - ten thousand (not pronounced english way! there's a way in korean, but that's how it looks romanized ^^;;)
o-i : cucumber
ohu - afternoon
nyu yok - new york

ok there's all the vocabulary i know

wat is oppa??
how do we say i love hyori in korea

hm i writed vancouver bfore..

oppa means big brother

and what do you mean how do we say il love you in vancover??
you mean how do you say i love you hyori in korean?

if so, then you say, "hyori, saranghae yo!" haha =)

korean is very interesting language. i hear it all the time bcuz i live in a korean neighborhood. the alphabet is pretty young. korea seperated from china only 100 years ago.

japan used to be part of china too(ages ages ago) and/or vietnam(Can't remember).. but the last emperor of china was so useless he cudn't keep the country together..
then after that mongolia became independant too..

anyway.. korean, does anyone know how to pronounce the "i love you" in korean? because i wanna say it, but don't know how to pronounce it.

and does anyone know how to say pretty girl?

how do you guys pronounce the words?....is it like Japanese?....syllable by syllable?....

I wanna learn Korean....some of my friends are Korean but they don't know how to speak it....maybe I can teach them a thing or two.....

i like the korean languge and i really want to learn something about it. good thing you putup a thread for it

korean pronounciation is very similiar to japanese..
but there are more "puffs" in the air when they talk..
uhh its hard to explain..


i love you - saranghaeyo!

you pronounce saranghaeyo like this:

"SA RANG HAY YO!" but say it fast and brief.. and with a "puff".. the pronounciation is abit softer than japanese..

i'm not quite sure if this is right "pretty girl"..

a-rum-da-gwon yuhja.. <== beautiful girl..

again, im not definitely sure.. maybe theres another common term to say pretty girl..

Kamsahamnida tvbfan.....can you translate these words for me?:

Take care
See you later
Talk to you later
and the #s (1-10)

I been exploring korean a bit , and there's a lot of ways saying something .. So , about "I love you" in korean , man , a lot . It depends how someone wants it to be . .. I think ..

hahaha i dont really knowww

i just know these words that can be used(and are commonly used) when
to say bye bye to someone and its equalivent to take care, etc..

Goodbye = An-nyong-hi Ka-ship-sio
So long = An-nyong-hi

1 = hana
2 - deul
3 - set
4 - net

hahaha thats all i no... i could be wrong.. i used to remmber it.. now i forgot

*runs away*

lets count.. thats been the 6th time i've ran away from you..lol
i think i'm going towards the dead end now.. lol r u gonna make me
run way more and jump off the cliff?

anyway, what did you say?
huh?? huh??
uhhh.. what.. IS.. saranghaeyo?
i only understand english and francais

My case is similar to urs....my (adopted) so call korean grandparents...they talk korean to me....i dont understand so i just nod my head at whatever they say...the language is quite interesting...after watching a few series...keke....i think i would have to visit over there

since yall know the words, can yall pronounce it the right way also?

yup, i've been learning korean myself and i've been working around the
words and pronounciation to get the hang of it.. and i'd have to say its
pretty good so far.. im loving it! i justlisten to korean music and sing along
and eventually i learn how to get the right accent.. its not the best, but its
still there haha

aren't they pronounced as how you spelled the words? only with a hard accent...hehehe...i've heard choi ji woo speak and she speaks like Japanese.

i like the korean language..so pretty...my friend let me wear her hon bok..they are so pretty and cute...they sorta make you look like a muffin

a friend of mine knows how to speak korean because she tutors english to some koreans here. the first time i heard of korean in a movie, i was amazed. it's a hard-spoken language just like jap but it's cool to the ears.

i love how korean sounds in a song. it's just cool. newho i'm taking korean so right now i can understand as much as a 1st grader can. it's not as hard as i think it would be or maybe it's because i like learning it.

한국어는 재미 이다 그래서 모두는 그것을 해봐야 한다.
korean language is fun so everyone should try it. (sorry all the verbs are still in dictiionary form)


[EDIT] march 29
Vanggirlie Lesson 1

Memorize and practice writing.
consonants


vowels

pronounciation of some of the hard ones:
for the top row
eo = all
a = a as in ma
eu = the "ou" in could
i = ee
e = the "ay" in say
oe = way
wi = we

for the bottom row you just add a y to the begging of the top row.

Now practice consonants with vowels


Now practice putting the characters in the right position and how to read.



below is a good site to tell you how to write.
www.lifeinkorea.com/Language/ writing.cfm

Vanggirlie Lesson 2

i want to warn you that the only thing i cant do is convert the verb right. you'll see as you go on below.

you must know the characters first (alphabet). know which is vowel and which is consonat. also know how to pronounce.

Vocabulary

noun
나 = I
공원 = park
선물 = present
상점 = store
학교 = school
집 = house
사과 = apple

verb
하다 = to do
공부하다 = to study
먹는다 = to eat

sentence structure
these are all possible sentence structures that can be made.

topic + topic marker + place + place marker + subject + subject marker + object + object marker + verb.

topic + topic marker + subject + subject marker + place + place marker + object + object + object marker + verb.

more sentence structures

topic + topic marker + verb.

subject + subject marker + verb.

subject + subject marker + object + object marker + verb

topic + topic marker+ object + object marker + verb



particles
you put after topic, subject, and object to label it as such (so that you know that it is either topic or subject or etc.).

topic marker

는 used with topic word that ends without a consonant (consonant = batchim).

ex: 나 + 는 = 나는
나 means I so 는 is just telling you that "I" is the topic of the sentence.

은 used with a topic word that ends with a consonat (batchim).

ex: 상점 + 은 = 상점은
상점은 (store) with 은 after it than that means 상점 is the topic of the sentence.

subject marker

가 (ga) used with subject word that ends without a consonant (batchim).
ex:

이 (ee) used with subject word that ends with a consonant (batchim).
ex:

object marker

을 used with object word that ends with a consonant (batchim).

ex: 선물 + 을 = 선물을
this 을 siginfies the 선물 (present) is the object in this sentence.

를 used with object word that ends without a consonant (batchim).

ex: 사과 + 를 = 사과를
를 after 사과 (apple) means that 사과 is an object.

place marker

에 = to place; (ay as in say) used with a place word.

ex: 학교 + 에 = 학교에
에 after 학교 (school) marks the 학교 as a place. use this marker when your verb is "go" or "come. as in "i go 학교에.

에서 = to a place to do...; (ay sall) used with a place word when you are going to a place to do something.

ex: 집 + 에서 = 집에서
에서 signifies that you are at a place or going to (depending on the verb) a place 집 (house) to do something so you can add a verb other than "go" or "come" or use them still. as in "i 집에서 sleep.

sentence example

나는 학교에 간다.

I/I'm + to school + go

I'm going/go to school.



나는 학교에서 공부하다.

I + to school + to study.

i going/go to school to study



나는 사과를 먹는다.

I + apple + eat.

i'm eating an apple.



나는 학교에서 사과를 먹는다.

I + to/at school + apple + eat.

i eat an apple at the library.



[edit] march 30 @ 12:30 pm
ok so the verb is still in it's dictionary form. meaning that's how the verb looks in the dictionary but if you put the verb in a sentence than you must conjugate it. for example if you want to write drive in past tense than you conjugate it into drived. the korean verbs are kind of like that but a lot different, this was the only way i could think of to explain it. wait till i get to school than i'll be able to put up examples.

ex: 은경이가 김치를 먹어요
eungyung eats kimchi.

you see that the verb "eat" 먹다 is conjugated to 먹어요. so whenever you use a verb in sentence than you must conjugate it.

will finish later

ooh.. im really thankful to have a korean thread.. now i can learn the language..

yipee

korean charactores are easy to write but it's too hard to pronounce

precious..

yah..
its a bit difficult differenciating jap ang korean..
but its easier for me now...
because japanese language has a combination of chinese

yes..
but its so confusing..
because most characters are almost the same

can anyone teach me korean? ' hehe...

trish...i wonder why they closed the old thread...good thing i saved some of them...

Good morning--> 안녕하세요?--> Annyong haseyo?
Good-bye.(to person leaving)--> 안녕히 가세요. --> Annyonghi kasayo.
Good-bye.(to person staying)--> 안녕히 계세요.--> Annyonghi kyesayo

Good night. --> 안녕히 주무십시요. --> Annyonghi jumushipsiyo.
How do you do? (meeting for the first time)--> 처음 뵙겠습니다. --> Ch'oum poepgetsumnida.
My name is _____. --> 저는 ___ 입니다. --> Chonun ______ imnida.
How are you? --> 어떠십니까? --> Ottoshimnikka?
Hello? (on the phone) --> 여보세요?--> Yobo

Thank you. --> 감사합니다. -->Kamsahamnida.
I am sorry. --> 미안합니다. -->Mianhamnida.
Yes. --> 네. --> Ne.
No. --> 아니요. --> Aniyo.

armi jie.. i think its supposed to be YOBOSEYO? the hello in the telephone.. typo... hehe... '

Where is ...? --> ...는 어디 입니까? --> ...nun odi imnikka?
How do I get to ...? --> ...에는 어떻게 갑니까? --> ...aenun ottok'ae kamnikka?
airport --> 공항 --> gonghang
bus station --> 버스 터미날 --> bosu t'eomeenal
train station --> 기차역 --> kich'a yeok
subway station--> 지하철역--> chihach'eol yeok
Id like a ticket to ... --> ...행 표 한장 주세요. --> ... haeng p'yo hanjang chusaeyo.


hahaha...mian...i just copied and paste that one e...
yeah...
Hello? (on the phone) --> 여보세요?--> Yoboseyo

for driving directions:

Please go to ... --> ... 에 가주세요. --> ... ai ga-jusaeyo.
I'm in a hurry. --> 급해요. --> ku-p'haiyo.
There's no hurry. --> 급하게 가지 않아도 되요. --> kup'hagae gaji ahnado dwaeyo.
Please drive more ... --> 좀 더 ... 운전해 주세요. --> Jom deo ... unjeonhae jusaeyo.
slowly / quickly --> 천천히 / 빨리 --> ch'eonch'eonhee / bbali
Go straight ahead. --> 똑바로 가주세요. --> Ddokparo ga-jusaeyo.
Turn ... --> ... 으로 돌아가 주세요. --> ... uro dolla ka-jusaeyo. (turn lang, ang haba-haba! )
left / right --> 왼쪽 / 오른쪽 --> wen-jjok / orun-jjok
Stop here, please. --> 여기서 내려 주세요. --> Yeogiseo naeryeo jusaeyo.
How much is the fare? --> 요금이 얼마예요? --> Yogumee alma-yaeyo?

chon-mahn-eh-yo. -->You're welcome.
sil-le-hahm-ni-da. -->Excuse me.


Phrases for Meeting and Greeting

yong-o-rul hahl-jool asim-ni-ka? --> Do you speak English?

jeo-nun han-kook-o-rul jo-gum-bah-ke mo-tahm-ni-da. --> I only speak a little Korean.

song-ha-mi o-teo-ke dwe-si-ji-yo? --> What is your name?

je-i-rum-eun Mee-Young im-ni-da. -->My name is Mee-Young.

ahn-nyong-ha-se-yo? --> How are you?

neh jal-i-soum-ni-da. -->I'm fine, thank you.

gahm-se-hahm-ni-da. -->I'm fine, thank you.

mahn-na-bwep-ge dwe-o-seo bahn-gahp-soum-ni-da. -->I am very glad to meet you.

jal mo-dara dut-ge-soum-ni-da. -->I don't understand.

mo-ra-go greo-shut-ji-yo? --> What did you say?

jom-chon-chon-hee mahl-soum-hae joo-se-yo? --> Can you speak more slowly?

choong-boon-hee i-hae-hah-go i-soum-ni-da. -->I understand perfectly.

peh-goh-p'ah-yo -->Are you hungry?

peh-goh-p'ah-yo -->I am hungry.

muh-gul-gah-yo -->Shall we eat? / Shall we eat ...?

chu-se-yo Give me ..., -->please.

issuh-yo -->Do you have ...?


muh-guh-yo -->I eat ...

mot-muh-guh-yo -->I don't (or can't) eat ... (as in "I don't eat pork.")

cho-ah-hey-yo -->Do you like it? ; Do you like ...?

cho-ah-hey-yo--> I like it. ; I like ...


meh-wuh-yo -->Is it spicy? ; Is ... spicy?

meh-wuh-yo -->It is spicy. ; ... is spicy


mwuh-tool-uh-ssuh-yo -->What is in it?


mah-shi-ssuh-yo -->Is it delicious? ; Is ... delicious?

mah-shi-ssuh-yo -->It is delicious. ; ... is delicious.

mah-duhp-ssuh-yo -->It is not delicious. ; ... is not delicious.


add a little touch with...


mah-nee a lot (-- Add it right in front of the phrases.)

cho-goom a little (-- Add it right in front of the phrases.)

chee goom-now
oh nool-today
neh li -tommorow
chuhn-hwah-bun-ho -phone number

trish, ano na? are these very useful sa magiging conversation niyo ni Sandy? hehehe...i can't find more to post eh...hope they make this a sticky thread along with the other "learn other languages" threads...

ahahaha... dui.. very useful! ang dami mo nang napost ah.. xie xie!

sana makausap mo na si sandara para mas masaya...ako wala naman akong mashadong natatandaan sa mga words na yan...nagpapanggap lang ako...hahaha

got this from another forum...sokorean.com

sarang
love

sarang hae yo
i love you

Yak Sok
Promise

Chun sa
Angel

Heng Bok
happy or happiness

sin yong
trust

hang sang or yeong won hi
forever

chuk da
die

choesong hamnida
sorry

omma
mum

aboji or appa
dad

oppa
older guy that is said by girls

unni or onni
older girl that is said by girls

dong seng
younger girl that is said by girls

hyung
its what guys say then they refer to another guy

sin
god

go sin
goddess

me->나 [nah]

you-> 너 [neuh]

we -> 우리 [woori]

she/he -> there's not really a he she.

dad ->아빠 [appa]

mom ->엄마 [omma]

sister ->누나 [noona <for boys>] 언니 [onnie <for girls>] 여동생 yuh dong seng [younger sister for both girls and boys]

brother -> 형 [hyung<for boys] 오빠 [oppa <for girls] 남동생 nam dongseng [younger brother for both

girlfriend -> 여자친구 [yuhjah chingu]

boyfriend -> 남자 친구 [namjah chingu]

friend -> 친구 [chingu]

they got an alphabet or not?!?

they do...it's called hangul...