Lesson 7 - Korean Names and Topics

LET'S LEARN BASICS OF KOREAN LANGUAGE!

In Korean, when you want to address men politely, one would use the word songsaengnim attached to their surname or full name, this literally means teacher.
For example, one would say Yoo Songsaengnim or with the full name Yoo SangHyun Songsaengnim.
It is not possible to a Korean persons first name, such like SangHyun Songsaengnim. For that same reason, when you use the ssi, you cannot say Yoo-ssi, or Yoo SangHyun-ssi, but would rather say SangHyun-ssi.

Addressing Korean women, in Korea women do not take their husbands surname when they get married.
For example if Mrs Han is married to Mr Kim, then she may referred to as Kim songsaengnim-puin (Kim mr-wife), or she maybe reffered to in a similar English terminology such as Misesu Han(Mrs Han).

 



Using Copula to describe "this is that"

In Korean, if you want to describe A is B , you will have to use special verbs called copula. In Korea, this copula is present at the end of a sentence, and behaves a little differently to ordinary verbs.

If you want to say A is B(like "This is a Korean book"):-

A B-ieyo (or B-eyo)
this Korean book-ieyo

It is obvious that you would use -eyo when B ends in a vowel, but -ieyo when B ends on a consonant.

songsaengnim-ieyo (is teacher)
soju-eyo (is soju)

IMPORTANT to note that in Korean the copula is only used to describe when this "is equivalent to".
It cant be used to say "is located in"(is underneath", "is near") nor can it be used to say "is a certain way" (i.e "is red", "is happy").



Describing how things are

Korean possess words which mean "is a certain way".
Ottaeyo means is how?, as in:
songsaengnim ottaeyo? ( How is teacher ? or What is teacher like? )
saob ottaeyo? (How is business? or What is business like?)

Kuraeyo literally means "it is like that", and may be used as a statement such as "it's like that", "thats right", "it is".
On the other hand it may be used as a question Kuraeyo? meaning "is it like that?", "really?" or "is that so?".
Korean has a special particle, used in attachment to place emphasis on what is being talked about.
by adding -un or nun, it makes As for Business or As for me.
-nun is attached to a noun, whereas -un is attached to a vowel. EG soju-nun (as for soju), Songsaengnim-un (as for teacher).

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@K3U_minwoo-  well hangul is not really hard, it's the words that we don't know, like me i know the basics like,

-yangmal - socks

-shimbal-shoes

-bori-head

-pal-leg

that's well i learned that through dramas and kshows.  if you don't understand PM me afterwards :)

@shineexsmxfamily-

ㅇ-it is for ng but it can also be m or something else

for example- this can either be 'min' or 'in'.

- yes it is for j but most of the koreans when they speak out j it will sound like ch so that was why i put it as ch not j

ㅋ-this is for k but like what i said the sound that koreans use when speaking can be sounded as both

ㅌ- yes it is for t, this is also the same matter i put d' is because it needs to be sharp sounded so somehow it will become t :)

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HanNah28
#1
Chapter 10: nim means big in korean(means great when used after nouns). It is used to praise and cherish people but very politely
wildgreentree
#2
Chapter 7: I was taking a Korean Language Classes from a Korean Teacher and it is not as simple as learning English. Different vowels and consonants plus the double and aspirated sounds are really difficult to pronounce precisely. Not to mention the levels of honorifics. I somewhat think if you're a fluent Chinese Language Speaker it's a good head-start. But my teacher said," Great time, devotion, determinant and bravery is needed to master the language. It's not a short term thing to be done."
Dohyeonju
#3
Chapter 16: 대박... :)...
NightLess
#4
I want to learn more words! And sentences you can use. Do. Think you can put common sentences and words and phrases? Kamsamnida Songsaenim!
K3U_minwoo
#5
can I ask ?
can you already compose some sentences in Korean ?
and can you already understand Korean (both when they are speaking and in reading ) ahehehe ^^ sorry If I have lots of question ^^"
I'm just curious ^^
heyMrSimple #6
Thanks for making thissssss...
Its really a big help! ♥
hyo_jinki
#7
thank you so much for making this. ^^
its_chanyorr #8
Skipped the hangul part cos I'm good with that and went straight to the others...
Thanks for making this!!! :D
shineexsmxfamily #9
oh thanks
shineexsmxfamily #10
you said songsaengnim is for teacher right? but why do i hear some Koreans calling doctors songsaengnim also?im confused..
and I once read that you add -nim as a way of respecting that person am i right?or not?