안녕~ 유진입니다~

StargazerBlue · Beginner Joined: Aug 27, 2008 Posts: 4

안녕하세요~

I'm a 15 year old girl who's interested in learning 한국 so I can understand my friends, songs, TV shows and so forth better. I'm a very Asian oriented person, which means I love studying Asia's culture, entertainment, etc. I've been listening to Korean music for about half a year now, and I'm interested in learning properly so I can speak fluently.

Currently I know
- English (Well, I think that's a given)
- Chinese (Mandarin, semi-fluent)
- Japanese (not so fluent, but I can scrape by if I had to live in Japan)

My Korean name would be Chae Yu Jin (채유진), derived from my Chinese name. I've noticed that the grammar and some words are very closely related in Chinese, Japanese and Korean, so I hope that will make it easier for me.

Is there anyone that would be wiilling to give me some basic Korean vocabulary lessons etc? The stage that I'm at right now, I know

- How to read the Korean alphabet
- How to type (very slowly =_=)
- Very basic phrases (hello, goodbye, I love you, where, why, sorry etc)
- SOME particles (을,를,은,는)
- SOME words

I'm still confused/need to learn

- Grammar
- Sentence structure (but I'm getting there, it's like Japanese)
- Other particles
- Sentence endings (요,합니다 etc)
- Vocab

I hope that you all have fun learning Korean, and to the more experienced people please come and help ^_^

준비 됐어요? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

seung_bin0508 · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 1:35 pm Post subject: Re: 안녕~ 유진입니다~

환영합니다~!

앞으로 Learn-Korean.net에서 열심히 배워가세요

Jared · Tourist Joined: Jun 10, 2008 Posts: 77

채유진 씨, 안녕하세요?
저는 제레드예요. 하지만 제 한국 이름은 은율 이에요.
I suppose I'm an old-timer here, but I've been occupied with college recently and haven't been around in a while. Welcome to the forums! I don't have much time to write out lessons on grammar or alphabet for you, but there are some very good resources out there on the Internet for someone who is persistent and dedicated to learning.

- Very basic phrases (hello, goodbye, I love you, where, why, sorry etc)
hello = 안녕하세요 (you can say this to anyone)
hi = 안녕 (for friends and people much younger than you)
goodbye = 안녕히가세요 (to someone leaving)
goodbye = 안녕히게세요 (when you're leaving)
bye = 안녕 (to friends)
I love you = 사랑합니다 (formal) 사랑해요 (polite) 사랑해 (intimate)
Where = 어디 ===> 어디에요? (Where is it?/Where are you?)
Why = 왜? (plain, used before a clause) 왜요? (polite, used by itself)
Sorry = 미안합니다 (formal) 미안해요 (polite) 미안해 (intimate)
Sorry can also be 죄송합니다, which is used when apoligizing to strangers.

Other useful phrases:
When = 언제
How = 어떻게 ===> how have you been (어떻게 지냈어요?), also 잘 지냈어요? where 잘 = well
What = 무엇 ===> what is it (뭐예요?), what is this (이게 뭐예요?)
e.g. what is your name (이름이 뭐예요?)
Yes = 네 (polite), 응 (intimate)
No = 아니요 (polite), 아니 (intimate)

koreanlearner · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 5:50 am Post subject:

goodbye = 안녕히게세요 (when you're leaving)

typo error i guess

안녕히게세요=====>안녕히계세요

론
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StargazerBlue · Beginner Joined: Aug 27, 2008 Posts: 4

koreanlearner · Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:02 pm Post subject:

i want to eat==>전 먹고 싶어요

i want to eat apple ==>전 사과를 먹고 싶어요

i want to drink==>전 미시고 싶어요

i want to drink beer==>전 맥주를 마시고 싶어요

i want to play==>전 놀이하고 싶어요

i want to play basketball==>전 농구하고 싶어요

i want to go==>전 가고 싶어요

i want to go to korea==>전 한국에 가고 싶어요

i want to read==>전 읽고 싶어요

i want to read a book.==>전 책을 읽고 싶어요

론
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전 론이라고 해요. 바기오에 사는 필리핀사람인데요. 만나서 반가워요. 전 한국어 실력을 향상시키기 위해서 공부해야만 해요. 연습을 하면 완벽해집니다.

StargazerBlue · Beginner Joined: Aug 27, 2008 Posts: 4

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don't hesitate to ask anything.
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Have a nice week!!
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When you visit Korea, we can have some talk over coffee at the airport.^^

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Jared · Tourist Joined: Jun 10, 2008 Posts: 77

Actually -고 싶어요 is the conjugation for wanting to do something. You just take the verb stem (the verb without 다) and add 고 싶어요 to make it 'want to do something'. And yes 를 is the object marker. For example (예를 들면):

맥주를 마셨어요? => did you drink beer?

In this case, the verb stem is 마시다. You conjugate to the past tense with 었 because the last vowel in the verb stem is what's called a 'ying vowel' or 'dark vowel' (basically meaning it's not 오 or 아). If the verb stem ends with a 'yang vowel' you use 았어요 instead.
마시 + 었 +어요 = 마시었어요, but if you say 이었어요 quickly it sounds like 였어요, so it's shortened.

책을 읽었어요? => did you read a book?

Since the word that will become an object has a consonant in the bottom, called 받침 the object marker is 을 instead of 를. The reason is because it's just easier to say.

너는 먹었어요? => did you eat?/have you eaten?
영화가 재미있었어요? =>was the movie interesting/fun/funny?
-재미있다 is the same as 재밌다, and means fun, funny, and interesting.