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Hi, my name is Fan and I live and work in South Korea. I want to speak Korean well but I don't have a lot of free time. I want to meet people so I can practice Korean and you can practice English. ^^안녕하세요, 저는Fan 이에요 (내 한국 이름은 "타지" 이에요). 이제는 한국에 살고 일해요. 난 한국 말을 잘 하고 싶지만 시간이 없어요. 많이 사람들을 만나고 싶어서 한국어를 연습해요. 영어 공부를 도와줄게요. ^^
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- Yes, they are both correct. 오빠 means "older brother" when a girl says it. 형 means "older brother" when a guy says it. As Emily said, you don't have to be related to use it. In fact, it is a sign of closeness between friends. We use 동생 to mean "younger sibling" (male or female - there is no distinction unless you add 남+동생 for a guy, or 여+동생 for a girl).0 votedNovember 7, 20090
- I'll do my best, some I may not know though (I have put 요 on the endings to make them polite): I don't care: 상관이 없어요 Why should I care? 전혀 관심이 없어요. (I couldn't care less) / 알 게 뭐야? (who cares?) Who are you talking to? 누구랑 얘기해요? what are you talking about? 무슨 말이에요? Shut up/silence/keep quiet 조용히 해줘 (informal but polite) or 입닥쳐 (kind of rude) That's nonsense 멋모르는 소리 말아요 How ridiculous 바보 같은 소리 하지 마세요 (don't talk like a fool) That was humiliating 굴욕을 느꼈어요 how could you do that? 그거게 어떻게 할 수 있어요? say something 말해줘! I want to but i cant 하고 싶지만 못 해요 Can we talk? 이야기할 수 있어요? / 이야기해도 돼요? I want to talk to you (당신에게) 이야기하고 싶어요 When are you going to stop? (not sure of this cos the context is important) (언제부터 그만하겠어요?) Get out of my way 비켜라 I don't want to go there 거것에 가고 싶지 않아요 Why should I go there 내가 거것에 가야 할 이유를 모르겠어요 Amazing 우와 짱이다 / 아주 좋다 I am pleased 행복해요 I am stunned/amazed 나를 놀랐어요 tomorrow perhaps 내일, 아마 (the context is needed here I think) Since when? 언제부터? Why did you do it? 왜 했어요? How many days does it take? 날짜는 얼마나 걸립니까? I have been to _______,_______ and _______ / ______에 갔다 왔어요. (I'm not sure about multiple places) If I have made mistakes please correct it. Thanks. ^^0 votedFebruary 24, 20090
- 보고 싶어(요) (the 요/yo can be removed if you are close/friendly with the person) bo-go si-po-(yo) The structure VERB (base form) + 고 싶다 = I want to VERB, so adding 보다 (just the 보 part cos it's the base form of the verb) to 고 싶다 literally means "I want to see you", but it is most commonly used to mean "I miss you". Below are some other ways to write/say it: 보고 싶다 bo-go sip-da 보 고 싶당 bo-go sip-dang (cute form) 보고 싶어용 bo-go si-po-yong (cute form)0 votedFebruary 24, 20091
- For the consonants I think learning the names of them (much like we do with the English alphabet) is very useful. ㄱ- giyeok ㄴ- nieun ㄷ- digeut ㄹ- rieul ㅁ- mieum ㅂ- bieup ㅅ- siot ㅇ- ieung ㅈ- jieut ㅊ- chieut ㅋ- kieuk ㅌ- tieut ㅍ- pieup ㅎ- hieut I recommend this because when you pronounce each letter it will give you a clue to the intial sound and ending sound of each letter (except ㅎ- hieut - as there is no "t" sound when ㅎ is the final sound of a word). Example: when "ㅈ - jieut" is the final sound of a group of letters, like in 찾다 - it sounds like ㅊ("ch") + 아 ("ah") + ㅈ ("t") + ㄷ("d") + 아 ("ah") = chat-da NOT chaj-da. So saying it as jieut lets us know that "j" is the initial sound and "t" is the final sound.0 votedFebruary 20, 20090
- For the next part, keep in mind the DARK and BRIGHT sounds. Other DARK vowels include: 여, 유, 에, 예, 워, 위, 웨. Other BRIGHT vowels include: 야, 요, 애, 얘, 와, 왜, 외. DARK sounds are combined with other DARK sounds, e.g. 우+어 = 워 / 우+이 = 위 / 우+에 = 웨 / 으+이 = 의 / etc. BRIGHT sounds are combined with BRIGHT sounds, e.g. 오+아 = 와 / 오+이=외 / 오+애 = 왜 / etc.0 votedFebruary 20, 20090
- The way that I learned was that there are BRIGHT and DARK vowel sounds in Korean. 오 & 아 are BRIGHT and 어 & 우 are DARK. (으 & 이 can also be placed with the DARK sounds.) What does this mean? You have to use your imagination for the next part. The BRIGHT sounds are similar to when the SUN is the brightest 오 (sunrise) and (it then travels from the east) 아. Then the DARK sounds come in, 어 (going west) and 우 (sunset). Well, if you imagine that with the BRIGHT sounds, your mouth is more open and wide, and with the DARK sounds, your mouth is narrower and tighter. Try 아 vs 어 and you'll see that your mouth will be wider for the BRIGHT sounds and narrower for the DARK sounds and the same for 오 vs 우. Okay, so that is the basic part.0 votedFebruary 20, 20090
- 심심해서 ____에 갑시다! Shim-shim-hae-seo ______e gap-shi-da! I'm bored so let's go to _____! 심심하다 (to be bored) / _______에 (place+to) / 갑시다 (to go someplace together) This is if you mean let's go out (to someplace). If you mean to go out for drinks or a night on the town it would be a little different.0 votedFebruary 20, 20090

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