Archive for November, 2009
Korean Vocabulary Related To Family Part 2 Posted by Ginny on Nov 30, 2009
아내 – wife (humble) 마누라 – wife (humble) 부인 – wife (honorific) 남편 – husband 자기 – often used by newlyweds to each other 여보 – used by married couples to each other 당신 – often used by married couples (formal term) 아들 – used for your own son 아드님 – used for other people’s…
Korean Vocabulary Related to Family Posted by Ginny on Nov 27, 2009
What you’ll notice about Korean vocabulary related to the family is that there may be more than one way to address someone depending on your rank, age, and relation to the person. Shall we take a look? 아버지 – father (polite) 아버님 – father (very polite) 아빠 – dad (informal) 어머니 – mother (polite) 어머님…
Answers to the Standard Polite Past Tense Posted by Ginny on Nov 24, 2009
1 – 놀다 (to play) [놀았어요] 2 – 닫다 (to close) [닫았어요] 3 – 사다 (to buy) [샀어요] 4 – 갈다 (to sharpen) [갈았어요] 5 – 싣다 (to load) [실었어요] 6 – 있다 (to have, to be present) [있었어요] 7 – 자다 (to sleep) [잤어요] 8 – 공부하다 (to study) [공부했어요] 9 – 남자예요 ([I]…
Standard Polite Past Tense Quiz Posted by Ginny on Nov 21, 2009
Form the past tense standard polite version of these verbs: 1 – 놀다 (to play) 2 – 닫다 (to close) 3 – 사다 (to buy) 4 – 갈다 (to sharpen) 5 – 싣다 (to load) 6 – 있다 (to have, to be present) 7 – 자다 (to sleep) 8 – 공부하다 (to study) 9 –…
Standard Polite Past Tense Posted by Ginny on Nov 18, 2009
For today’s post, we’ll tackle conjugating verbs in the past tense, but only in the standard polite form. Let’s take a look at this sentence: “학교에 갔어요“. (학교 = school. 에 = location marking particle. 갔어요 = went.) In English this sentence would be, “I went to school”. The infinitive of the verb “went” is “to…
있다 Posted by Ginny on Nov 15, 2009
Today we’re going to look at some expressions where you might use the verb 있다. The verb 있다 can mean “to have”. For example, “돈이 있어요?” means “[Do you] have money?” (돈 = money. 이 = subject marking particle used after a consonant. 있어요 = “have” in the standard polite form. In the deferential polite…
Pepero Day Posted by Ginny on Nov 12, 2009
November eleventh is a special day named after a snack called 빼빼로. 빼빼로 is a commercial snack usually sold in a thin rectangular box. The snack itself consists of chocolate covered sticks made of cookie dough. Usually people eat the sticks two at a time. When you place two sticks together they look like the number eleven. That’s why…