{"id":143,"date":"2009-09-23T17:13:01","date_gmt":"2009-09-23T21:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=143"},"modified":"2009-09-23T17:13:01","modified_gmt":"2009-09-23T21:13:01","slug":"korean-english-guessing-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/korean-english-guessing-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Korean-English Guessing Game!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hopefully you’ved had some time to guess about these words:<\/p>\n

1. \uce74\ub9ac\uc2a4\ub9c8 <\/strong>(charisma)<\/p>\n

2. \ubcfc\ud39c <\/strong>(ballpoint pen) Be careful of the the word \ud32c<\/strong> which doesn’t mean pen, but a fan or an ethusiast.<\/p>\n

3. \uce74\uba54\ub77c <\/strong>(camera) lots of names for high tech items are derived from English.<\/p>\n

4. \ud578\ub4dc\ubc31<\/strong> (handbag) lots of names for clothes are also derived from English like \uc154\uce20<\/strong> or shirt<\/p>\n

5. \uce74\ub4dc <\/strong>(card) sometimes Koreans use this word to refer to a credit card. Ex: \uce74\ub4dc\ub85c \ub0bc\uae4c\uc694<\/strong>? Should I pay by card?<\/p>\n

6. \ucef4\ud4e8\ud130 <\/strong>(computer) the native Korean word for this is \uc804\uc790 \uacc4\uc0b0\uae30<\/strong> but \ucef4\ud4e8\ud130<\/strong> is more commonly used.<\/p>\n

7. \ud5e4\uc5b4 \uc2a4\ud0c0\uc77c <\/strong>(hairstyle) sometimes people use the word \uba38\ub9ac \uc2a4\ud0c0\uc77c<\/strong> but \ud5e4\uc5b4 \uc2a4\ud0c0\uc77c<\/strong> is more common.<\/p>\n

8. \ud14c\ub2c8\uc2a4 <\/strong>(tennis) names for sports are sometimes derived from the English like \ubc30\ub4dc\ubbfc\ud134<\/strong> or badminton.<\/p>\n

9. \ud154\ub808\ube44\uc804 <\/strong>(television) this word is sometimes shortened to \ud2f0\ube44<\/strong> or tv.<\/p>\n

10. \ud504\ub85c\uadf8\ub7a8 <\/strong>(program) this could be in reference to a tv program and a computer program.<\/p>\n

11. \ucee4\ud53c <\/strong>(coffee) a lot of words associated with coffee are derived from English as well; like cafe (\uce74\ud398<\/strong>), latte (\ub77c\ud14c<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

12. \ud5e4\ub4dc\ud3f0 <\/strong>(headphone) also called earphone (\uc774\uc5b4\ud3f0<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

13. \uc5d1\uc2a4\ub808\uc774<\/strong> (x ray) a lot of medical terminology are derived from English like CT Scan or \uc2dc\ud2f0 \uc2a4\uce94<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

14. \ub178\ud2b8\ubd81 <\/strong>(notebook) which is used to refer to a labtop computer. An actual notebook with lined paper is called a \uacf5\ucc45<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

15. \ud53c\uc544\ub178<\/strong> (piano) lots of musical instruments are derived from English like \ubc14\uc774\uc62c\ub9b0<\/strong> (violin) and \uccbc\ub85c<\/strong> (cello).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hopefully you’ved had some time to guess about these words: 1. \uce74\ub9ac\uc2a4\ub9c8 (charisma) 2. \ubcfc\ud39c (ballpoint pen) Be careful of the the word \ud32c which doesn’t mean pen, but a fan or an ethusiast. 3. \uce74\uba54\ub77c (camera) lots of names for high tech items are derived from English. 4. \ud578\ub4dc\ubc31 (handbag) lots of names for…<\/p>\n

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