{"id":4675,"date":"2017-06-14T22:30:19","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T03:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=4675"},"modified":"2017-06-14T15:37:50","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T20:37:50","slug":"what-is-%ec%bd%a9%ea%b8%80%eb%a6%ac%ec%8b%9c-konglish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/what-is-%ec%bd%a9%ea%b8%80%eb%a6%ac%ec%8b%9c-konglish\/","title":{"rendered":"What is \ucf69\uae00\ub9ac\uc2dc (Konglish)?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever heard a word \ud578\ub4dc\ud3f0\u00a0<\/em><\/span> that sounded like an English word, but found yourself scratching your head in confusion? In this post, we will explore a list of \u00a0\ucf69\uae00\ub9ac\uc2dc<\/em><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0words <\/em>that are used often by native Korean speakers.<\/p>\n

The Korean language consists of these three main components: pure Korean words, Sino-Korean words, and loanwords. Loanwords have\u00a0\uc678\ub798\uc5b4<\/span>\u00a0<\/em> and\u00a0\ucf69\uae00\ub9ac\uc2dc<\/em><\/span>. \u00a0<\/em>\uc678\ub798\uc5b4<\/em>\u00a0<\/span> are Korean words that are derived from another language because there is no equivalent or substitute words for them in the Korean language. These are some examples of\u00a0\uc678\ub798\uc5b4<\/em><\/span>: \ubc14\ub098\ub098<\/em><\/span> (banana), \ub9c8\ub124\ud0b9<\/em><\/span> (mannequin), and \ub274\uc695<\/em><\/span> (New York). \ucf69\uae00\ub9ac\uc2dc<\/em> <\/span>(Konglish) is a portmanteau of the words, Korean and English. \ucf69\uae00\ub9ac\uc2dc<\/em><\/span>\u00a0 words are derived from the English language, but the meaning or pronunciation has been altered. They sound like English words, so many foreigners who study Korean are often puzzled by or have to think hard about them to figure out their actual meanings.<\/p>\n

In this post, I would like to introduce a list of\u00a0\ucf69\uae00\ub9ac\uc2dc<\/span>\u00a0<\/em> words that you will often hear from native Korean speakers.<\/p>\n

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When you hear the above\u00a0\ucf69\uae00\ub9ac\uc2dc<\/em><\/span>\u00a0 words from Korean speakers next time, I hope you won\u2019t have to scratch your head anymore. Although these might sound awkward at first, \ucf69\uae00\ub9ac\uc2dc\u00a0<\/em><\/span> words are very useful to learn when you study Korean. In order to become familiar with their pronunciation and meaning of these words, please refer to the following list and audio recording at the bottom of this post.<\/p>\n

\uac10\uc0ac\ud569\ub2c8\ub2e4<\/em><\/strong>!<\/em><\/strong><\/span> (Thank you!)<\/strong><\/p>\n

***Related Vocabulary***<\/strong><\/p>\n

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