Archive for July, 2020
A Review of Honorific Korean (Part 1) Posted by Flying Oyster on Jul 20, 2020
My husband seems to be more cautious to speak to my parents, especially my father. He thinks that he has to speak perfect honorific Korean to my parents in order to show respect. I told him many times that my father would understand even if he makes some mistakes, but he still can’t be free…
Korean Words That Phonetically Sound Like English Posted by Flying Oyster on Jul 9, 2020
About 20 years ago, I remember how startling it was when I heard a native speaker pronounce the word “chocolate” because the pronunciation of the word “chocolate” was entirely different than what I had known. There are no other Korean words for this 외래어 (wae-rae-uh: loanword, foreign word usage). Therefore, I thought that native…