Archive for 'Korean Language'
A Beginner’s Mind Posted by Linda on Dec 1, 2011
“Why are you learning Korean? You.” This question haunts me. As a second generation Korean-American who learned how to speak Korean by osmosis from my Korean mother’s small conversations and language leaks amongst her family and friends, I am insecure about my “Korean-ness”. Our stereotypical society expects me to know about Korean culture, food, and…
School Bell Song Posted by Ginny on Sep 27, 2011
There’s an old Korean children’s song called 학교종, which means ‘school bell’. It’s a song about teaching kids that when the school bell rings, it’s time to start class. Korean people take their children’s education seriously. Although the song is sweet, cute and short enough for kids to remember, there’s a serious message underlying the…
Cute Korean Children’s Song Posted by Ginny on Aug 31, 2011
There is a popular Korean children’s song that describes some of the features and shapes of faces by using various fruits and vegetables. If you look at the song, the song uses the example of a 호박 (hobak) or squash to describe a characteristic of a face. Generally when someone’s face is said to look…
Korean Body Parts Posted by Ginny on Aug 9, 2011
There’s a Korean version of the song ‘Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes’. A lot of people use this song to help them memorize body parts in Korean. Hope it can be of use to you too! 머리 어깨 무릎 발 무릎 발 (muhri uhggeh mooreup bal mooreup bal) Head, shoulders, knees, foot, knees, foot 머리…
Oink Oink Oink Posted by Ginny on Jul 19, 2011
There is an adorable Korean children’s song about a baby pig and its mother. The baby pig wants to go outside, but the mother pig says no. It’s a song reminding children that they should obey their mother. 토실토실 아기돼지 (toshiltoshil agidweji) Chubby chubby baby piggy 젖달라고 꿀꿀꿀 (jutdallago ggoolggoolggool) asked for milk, oink oink…
Hey Fox! Posted by Ginny on Jun 30, 2011
There is a very well known Korean children’s song that is called 여우야 여우야. The song title roughly translates to “Hey Fox, Hey Fox”. It’s a cute little song about asking a fox what he’s doing. What the song does is teach children that the three basic motions that are essensial to carry on in…
Korean Onomatopoeia Posted by Ginny on Jun 21, 2011
Korean is a language with a lot of onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates or suggests the sounds that they describe. Have you heard of the following onomatopoeia? 1. 빵! 2. 톡톡 3. 두근두근 4. 빵빵 5. 쾅! 6. 쿨쿨 7. 꿀꿀 8. 띵동 9. 엉엉 10. 멍멍 11. 똑똑 12. 훨훨 13. 쿵…