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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…
Korean-English Guessing Game! Posted by Ginny on Sep 23, 2009
Hopefully you’ved had some time to guess about these words: 1. 카리스마 (charisma) 2. 볼펜 (ballpoint pen) Be careful of the the word 팬 which doesn’t mean pen, but a fan or an ethusiast. 3. 카메라 (camera) lots of names for high tech items are derived from English. 4. 핸드백 (handbag) lots of names for…
Korean Words Derived from English Posted by Ginny on Sep 17, 2009
The following words are Korean words derived from English. See if you can figure out the English word from the pronunciation of the Korean word. 1. 카리스마 2. 볼펜 3. 카메라 4. 핸드백 5. 카드 6. 컴퓨터 7. 헤어 스타일 8. 테니스 9. 텔레비전 10. 프로그램 11. 커피 12. 헤드폰 13. 엑스레이 14. 노트북 15…
Animal Names Posted by Ginny on Jul 28, 2009
I was helping my cousin with his home-made Korean language flash cards and I noticed he didn’t have a list for animals. This is more for him, but I hope it will benefit you as well. bear – (곰) gom elephant – (코끼리) kkoggiri tiger – (호랑이) horangi giraffe – (기린) girin monkey – (원숭이)…
The Bigger Numbers Posted by Ginny on Jul 16, 2009
1000 – chun (천) 2000 – i chun (이천) From 1000 – 9000, it’s the numeral plus thousand. For example, 3,000 = 3 (삼) and 1000 (천). For example, a number like 4,567 would be: 4 thousand (사천) 5 hundred (오백) 60 (육십) 7 (칠). 10,000 – man (만) 20,000 – i man (이만) Numbers…
Korean Native Numbers Continued Posted by Ginny on Jul 7, 2009
20 – sumul (스물) 30 – surun (서른) 40 – mahun (마흔) 50 – shwin (쉰) 60 – yesun (예순) 70 – ilhun (일흔) 80 – yodun (여든) 90 – ahun (아흔) 100 – bek (백) One thing I want to point out is that numbers ending in 1, 2, 3, or 4 will be…