Showing posts with label daily Korean. Show all posts
Showing posts with label daily Korean. Show all posts

Friday, 24 October 2014

Learning Korean - 비정상회담 - Korean TV Show

I had a great Korean class last night...   We decided to have a free talking lesson before starting the next chapter of the Essential Korean for Business use (Oh I started making a Memrise for this book - Any one else use it? - more on that later)

We talked about  비정상회담 - This is a Korean talk show and features some foreigners who are are pretty awesome at speaking korean - If you don't know about this show you can check it out on youTube here 비정상회담

The name of this show is quite interesting

정상회담 means Summit  and the shows set looks like an international summit and the "Foreigner" guests are all from different countries; Turkey, UK, USA, Australia, Africa - these guys have reached a celebrity status in Korea... because of their language ability.

The title of the show is a play on words adding 비  to the front, this is not a real word, but it makes the title mean "Normal persons summit' or 'abnormal summit'

- This show is actually a lot of fun.  See the video at the bottom of this post!!!

We talked about the show, TV shows and movies...

Phrases

매주 보는 것은 아니에요      I don't watch every week
매주 보지는 않아요               I don't watch every week
거의  ~ 않다                            rarely
example: 거의 콜라를 마시지 않아요  I rarely drink cola


Vocabulary

잊어버리다             Forget
기억나다 (하다)     Remember
특히                         Rarely
인상깊었던             Impressive






Wednesday, 24 September 2014

Learning Korean - Key to Korean - 30 Day speaking Challenge

30 Day Speaking Challenge - Key to Korean

This is really intense and don't think it would work for me. They suggest on the site to take twice as long and just learn 12 words a day - which is more manageable... but I still think that learning unconnected vocabulary, is really hard to do... But that is just me! - Oh! and then there is the Grammar!  But it is interesting!  Here is an example and some links to the site and material...


Day 1 - Vocabulary

1 추측                        Guess, supposition
2 예상(하다/되다)    Expectation, conjecture
3 장                            Chapter
4 나타내다                Express
5 표현(하다/되다)    Express, expression
6 단계                        Step
7 관련(하다/되다)    Relation, be related to
8 조금씩                    Little by little
9 예문                        Example sentence
10 통하다                  Pass, lead to
11 정확하다              Be correct
12 바라다                  Wish, hope, want, desire
13 모양                      Shape, signs, indication
14 겉                          Surface
15 감정                      Emotion
16 상태                     Condition
17 혹은                     Or
18 느껴지다             Be felt
19 과거                     Past tense
20 젊다                     Be young
21 익숙해지다        Get skillful
22 따라서                Therefore
23 보기보다            Compared to how it looks
24 남방                    Shirt (or southern region)

Download Week 1 Chapter 1 as a .pdf

Click to view the Key to Korean website

Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Phrase of the day: 퇴근 시간이 몇 시예요? What time does work finish?

어제 밤에는 한국어 공부 이에요 "Essential Korean for Business" 책 읽어습니다.

Phrase of the day:

Informal:  퇴근 시간이 몇 시예요?
                 What time does work finish?

Formal:    김 과장님은 주로 몇 시에 퇴근하세요?
                 Manager Kim, What time do you usually finish work?

Vocabulary

과장님            =  Manager/Supervisor
주로                =  Usually
몇 시에           =  What time
퇴근하세요    =  Finish Work




Tuesday, 16 September 2014

Bathroom Vocabulary

Bathroom Vocabulary list from Learning Korean is easy

핀셋Tweezers (Pronounced as: 핀섿)
욕조Bathtub (Pronounced as: 욕쪼)
수건걸이Towel rack (Pronounced as: 수건거리)
수건Towel
치약Toothpaste
칫솔Toothpaste (Pronounced as: 칟쏠)
변좌Toilet seat
화장지Toilet paper
변기Toilet
비누Soap
세면대Sink, basin
샤워 커튼Shower curtain
샤워실, 샤워기Shower
면도용 크림Shaving cream
전기면도기(electric) Shaver
샴푸Shampoo
면도날Razor blade
파우더Powder
플런저Plunger
향수Perfume
손톱줄Nail file (Pronounced as: 손톱쭐)
손톱깎이Nail clippers (Pronounced as: 손톱까끼)
구강 청결제Mouthwash
거울Mirror
화장Make-up
로션Lotion
헤어 드라이어Hair-dryer
솔빗Hair brush (Pronounced as: 솔빋)
치실Floss
컨디셔너Conditioner
Comb (Pronounced as: 빋)
목욕 수건Bath towel (Pronounced as: 모굑 수건)
화장복Bathrobe

Friday, 12 September 2014

주방 / 조리 Kitchen / Cooking Vocabulary

A vocabulary list for the kitchen / cooking from learning korean is easy

끓다To boil
Jar, bottle | It has other meanings too
굽다To grill meat, to roast, or to bake bread
Cup
요리Cookery, cooking
도마Cutting board
물병Jug
밀대Rolling pin
Sieve | Has other meanings
후라이팬Frying pan
쟁반Tray
컵받침Coaster
받침 접시Saucer
찻숟가락Teaspoon
찻주전자Teapot
접시Plate
그릇Bowl
젓가락Chopsticks
숟가락Spoon
포크Fork
Knife
Kettle
소스Dressing, sauce
참기름Sesame oil
양념Seasoning, condiments, and spices
소금Salt
부엌Kitchen

Thursday, 4 September 2014

딱 걷기에 좋은 날씨 - Perfect walking weather

During my lunchtime walk today, I learned the expression "딱 걷기에 좋은 날씨".
Which means "Perfect Walking Weather"

At first I was quite confused as I misheard 딱 걷기 as 닭고기 (Chicken) Good weather 
- Oh how they laughed (at my expense (not really - just a bit)) 

But it seemed logical to me as on the first and last day of summer Korean people eat Chicken soup Samgyetang (See picture) so it kind of made sense that on a day like today "오늘은 날씨가 엄청 좋다!" ("Today the weather is really Good") that chicken would be involved somewhere...


So I got the expression explained and broken down for me...

Vocabulary

딱 = Perfect 걷기에 = Walking 좋은 = Good 날씨 = Weather

So "딱" - is a really useful word which can kind of be translated to 'perfectly'/'Properly'/'Suitably'


So I was advised to add this to the beginning other sentences/expressions

"딱 좋아!" = Perfectly Good!

And So on... which is 딱 좋아!