Racism in Korea? In jieuna's discussion: I'm Korean but I do not like Korea. I was especially shocked to read this: Quote "Second, Koreans general mind is rotten. They are racists who think their race is best as I wrote in another thread. They also like to insult about others If you are fat or ugly or have different race." Unquote I had hoped to study abroad in Korea when I'm older however this is a little troubling... I've never had to deal with bullying or racism. I'm a New Zealand Maori with light brown skin (as you can see from my profile pic) so I guess I would stand out a bit... If I were to go to Korea would I be picked on! Is racism really that bad over there? I suppose I've lived a fairly sheltered life so I hadn't given it much thought until now. I asked this question in jieuna's discussion but never got a reply so I hope to hear everyone's opinions on this matter, particularly from the natives of Korea and foreign visitors of Korea. Thank you~ On a side note, "New Zealand Maori" are the natives of New Zealand and in the native tongue New Zealand is actually Aotearoa. In Korean it would be pronounced 아오테아로아 since in the Maori language vowels are pronounced in the same way and we also roll the R. Aotearoa means land of the long white cloud. Most people wouldn't care but I thought I would mention it for anyone that was curious. ^.^v

Random thought~ I just thought of something funny ^~^ 자, 가자! is like saying, come on! lets go. right? so then could you say 자, 자자 as, come on let's (go to) sleep? ㅋㅋㅋ

Translation corrections please~ Hello~ I wrote this to try and help someone with translating and so I could get some practice ㅋㅋㅋ. If someone could correct my mistakes it would be a big help for both of us. Thank you! 고맙습니다! ^-^ Original here: http://www.italki.com/notebook/entry/266037.htm#ST Hello my name is Ann, I am 22 years old. I love to meet different people. I am friendly and happy person. I love to meet foreign friends and learn about their culture. Thank you. 안녕하세요 제 이름은 앤입니다, 저는 스물두살 입니다. 다른 사람 만나는 것이 마음에 듭니다. 저는 친한하고 행복합니다. 외국인 친구들 만나는 것이 마음에 듭니다 그리고 문화를 배웁니다. 감사합니다.

열다 vs 열리다 & 닫다 vs 닫히다 여러분 안녕하세요~ Can someone please tell me the difference. 열다 & 열리다 = open 닫다 & 닫히다 = close/shut Are 열리다 & 닫히다 progressive? 열리다 = opens? 문을 천천히 열려요... The door slowly opens... 맞아요? Or is there no difference 0_0 Please give examples for both~ Thank you! 고마워요! ^.^

In regards to one of my earlier questions "Is this correct?" Hi everyone! Because my Korean isn't very good I had trouble understanding what someone had written to me. I tried to translate but recently I'm really not confident in my abilities. ^-^; james wrote: 어이구 당연히 아닙죠 그런생각은 추호도 없습니다요 나으리. My Translation: Oh my, of course it isn't. I don't think it is, not in the slightest 나으리 = your highness maybe? 나으리 I can't find in my dictionary and when I asked what it means I was told to find out myself ^-^; it may be what wives used to call their husbands in the olden days? james wrote: 한국어를 아주 잘하십니다. My Translation: Do you think your Korean is very good. Also, can someone explain 십니다 please! I've never encountered it before so I translated in the form of a question. james wrote: 이렇게 적고 나니 한국인인 저도 몰랐던 사실도 찾아보며 많이 알게 되고 좋군요. 감사합니다. 건투를 빕니다. My Translation: like this, fewer Koreans and even I didn't know in fact you'll find you'll know a lot and become good. Thank you. Best of luck. I'm sorry I know my translation must be horrible but I wanted to try... I really need someone to translate for me please. Please help! ^-^;

제 이름은 뭐예요? Is this correct? (Native speakers please) ^-^ Remini = 렘인니? Remy and Rem = (제 별명) 렘이와 렘? 감사합니다.

Kpop Studies I really like to sing along to my favorite Kpop songs so I try to study them (word for word) but sometimes I get stuck. In Girls' Generation's Gee, Sunny sings, 너무 너무 예뻐 맘이 너무 예뻐 첫 눈에 반했어 꼭 짚은 Girl. (I think) I understand all but "꼭 짚은" can someone give me a literal translation please (preferably native speakers) Please translate the whole paragraph! This is what I think it translates as (I hope I'm right...) So so pretty, 'Your' heart is so pretty. I fell 'for you' at first sight/glance... and I don't know the last part ^-^;Thank you james I appreciate your input ^-^ So according to my dictionary 짚다 means "to touch/feel" or it could also mean "to grasp/grab/hold maybe" + if I'm not mistaken this example uses the state/result modifier -(으)ㄴ. So as james said it may be similar to (Now your mine) However, because Sunny is speaking of her feelings for this person and not directly to him maybe it better translates as ('He surely' has me) or possibly ('He' has touched me) as if to say I'm truly touched by him... I really don't know! Maybe there is no exact English equivalent but I can't figure it out... D;

Is this correct? Is this the correct way to say 'I hope I can...' in Korean. (으)면 하다 + (을)ㄹ 수 있다 or is this totally wrong. 0_0 저는 18살 때 한국에 유학을 가면 할 수 있습니다. (I hope I can 'go' study abroad in Korea when I'm 18) 저는 그 남자한테 말으면 할 수 있어 (I hope I can talk to that guy) 'casual with friends' 곧 쉬면 할 수 있어요 (I hope I can rest soon) Also are these sentences correct? 저는 18살 때 한국에 유학을 가려면 갑니다. (I intend to study abroad in Korea when I'm 18) With rising intonation. casual 피곤했지? ('You' were tired, right?) or ('You' were tired wern't you?) 생각하는 거 아니야? (Don't 'you' think so?) 생각하는 거 아니지? ('You' don't think so, right?) Also, to end with '죠' is slightly more polite 맞죠? 안 맞아요? With falling intonation. casual 생각하는 거 아니죠 (of course 'I/you/we' don't think 'so/that') I have a feeling I've got it all wrong... but I'm improving little by little. Thank you in advance for helping me. ^-^v 도와주셔서 감사합니다.

Another silly question~ I'm learning Korean and I find while looking at others questions and notebook entries I'm very tempted to answer or give my opinion. And in some cases I already have... I feel confident in the answer/opinion I'm giving and I do mention I'm still learning. Also I would hope a native speaker would come and make corrections to my corrections if needed and in this way I also learn from them. Though now that I think about it I worry a native speaker will see that an entry has been corrected and not bother checking it... So! is what I'm doing wrong? Do people find it annoying to be corrected by a non native learner and should I stop... I feel like I'm using others to learn from them... but like I said it's very tempting muwahahaaa! >:D