19th Apr2013

Everyday Korean – How to say “Me Too!” in Korean

by Min

저도요. Jeo Doh Yo.

나도. Na Doh.

 

In this post, we will learn how to say “Me too!” in Korean. We say,

저도요. Jeo Doh Yo.

To your friends or people younger than you, you can say,

나도. Na Doh.

 

For example,

Someone says “I want to go to the bathroom.” in Korean. How to say? Click here – How to say “I want to go to the bathroom” in Korean.

You also want to go to the bathroom and in English, you would say “Me too!”

In Korean, the conversation would be like this…

A : 화장실 가고 싶어요. (Hwa Jang Shil Ga Go Shi Paw Yo.)

B : 저도요. (Jeo Doh Yo.)

 

Another example is for between friend or conversation with people younger than you:

A: I’m hungry. Click Here – How to say “I’m hungry.” in Korean.

B: Me too.

In Korean, it will be as following:

A : 배고파.  (Bae Go Pa.)

B:  나도. (Na Doh.)

 

Another example will be:

A: I miss you. Click Here – How to say “I miss you.” in Korean

B: Me too. (So do I.)

A: 보고 싶어.  (Bo Go Shi Paw.)

B: 나도. (Na Doh.)

 

Hope you find this post useful. Let me know if you have any questions!

 

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29th Mar2013

How to Learn Korean – Everyday Korean Video e-Book for beginners

by Min

Easy, Simple, & Convenient – Korean E-Book for beginners

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“I first purchased a one year course on learning Korean with Live Mocha, unfortunately it was really hard to know what letters were forming the sounds as it was written in Korean. I found your site through youtube & found it much easier as if you were in a classroom environment, you could see how you were pronouncing it & you also spelled it out in letters that I understood. ”

Sara from Canada

Want to understand Korean dramas/ KPOP songs without subtitles?

Want to communicate with your Korean friends better?

Want to learn Korean language but do not know where to start?

 

You’ve come to the right place!

This E-Book is a great starting point for beginners who want to learn Korean. It’s easy and convenient. You can practice Korean phrases wherever you go! These 25 phrases are essential to communicate with Korean people. I guarantee you that these phrases are so useful and simple to learn.

 

Testimonials:

 Love this e-Book! So simple and easy to learn. What’s more, I can learn and practice new Korean phrases while I commute in a taxi or in MRT. Highly recommend this! -

- Jason (Singapore) 

I have that book now(:  I’m soooooo happy!! (: The book is awesome(: thanks a lot, now I’m gonna study every day(:

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 I can speak some Korean phrases now thanks to this E-Book! – Rosa Ferns (UAE)

Min is a great teacher! Her tutorials are simple and clear. – Jonathan Tan (Hong Kong)

 

Benefits of ‘Everyday Korean Vol. 1′

- 25 videos + Text : Better than ‘text + audio only ‘ Korean Books

- Convenient : Watch and read Korean tutorials wherever you go!

- Organized : Useful phrases at a glance

 

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A couple of phrases are new (no videos in YouTube) and I’ve updated some videos with better / clear explanation than existing YouTube videos.

Video is a powerful tool in learning a new language

Unlike many text-based books with audio CD/DVD, this E-Book is a convenient source to learn Korean language via visuals and text.

E-Book in your hand wherever you go – on your iPhone or iPad 

You don’t need to worry about Wifi or Data once you download this E-Book.

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You don’t need to search this blog to find certain phrases. Table of Contents in this eBook is a great summary of useful phrases and it will work as a quick refresher after you learn all these phrases.

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With USD 10 which is a fraction of one Korean class fees or Korean language books sold in bookstores, you can master 25 key phrases and you can start talking immediately to your Korean friends. You don’t have to be in a classroom. You don’t need to find and play CD/DVD/MP3 for pronunciation.  This E-Book has it all at USD 10!

 

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With Everyday Korean Vol.1 E-Book, you will be able to master useful 25 phrases and start speaking in Korean. 25 phrases may sound little but I guarantee that this can be an important step to achieve your goal, be it to understand Korean Dramas without subtitles or to make more Korean friends.  Buy this Book now!

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08th Mar2013

Everyday Korean – How to say “You’re handsome.” in Korean

by Min

잘생겼어요. Jal Seng Gyut Sso Yo.

 

In this post, we will learn how to say “You’re handsome.” or “You’re good-looking.” in Korean.

We say,

잘생겼어요. Jal Seng Gyut Sso Yo.

To your friends or people younger than you:

잘생겼어. Jal Seng Gyut Sso.

you can just say, without 요 (yo) in the end.

 

잘생겼어요. (Jal Seng Gyut Sso Yo.) means ‘handsome’ or ‘good-looking’ and it  is usually said only to men. People don’t usually say it to girls. Instead, you say “예뻐요” (Yeah Ppaw Yo) to female.  Click here to learn how to say “You’re Pretty.”

 

Here are my favorite Korean actors whom I find very handsome. I can say,

현빈 잘생겼어요. (Hyun Bin Jal Seng Gyut Sso Yo.)

How to say "Your'e handsome" in Korean - Hyun Bin

 

고수 잘생겼어요. (Ko Soo Jal Seng Gyut Sso Yo.)

How to say You're handsome in Korean - Go Su

 

김수현 잘생겼어요. (Kim Su Hyun Jal Seng Gyut Sso Yo.)

How to say You're handsome in Korean - Kim Su Hyun

 

 

이민호 잘생겼어요. (Lee Min Ho Jal Seng Gyut Sso Yo.)

How to say You're handsome in Korean - Lee Min Ho

강동원 잘생겼어요. (Kang Dong Won Jal Seng Gyut Sso Yo.)

How to say You're handsome in Korean - Kang Dong Won

송승헌 잘생겼어요. (Song Seung Heon Jal Seng Gyut Sso Yo.)

How to say You're handsome in Korean - Song Seung Hun

 

 

 

 

 

 

06th Mar2013

Everyday Korean – How to say “I’ve been busy.” in Korean

by Min

바빴어요. Ba Ppaht Sso Yo.

 

In this post, we will learn how to say “I’ve been busy.” or “I was busy.” in Korean. We say,

바빴어요.  Ba Ppaht Sso Yo.

바빴어요. (Ba Ppaht Sso Yo.) basically both means “I’ve been busy.” and “I was busy”. It means the past tense.

To your friends or people younger than you, you can say,

바빴어. Ba Ppaht Sso.

 

Let’s see how to say “I’m busy.” in Korean. We say,

바빠요. Ba Ppa Yo.

To your friends or people younger than you, you can say:

바빠. Ba Ppa.

 

Summary:

I’ve been busy. I was busy.

바빴어요.  Ba Ppaht Sso Yo.

To your friends or people younger than you,

바빴어. Ba Ppaht Sso.

 

I’m busy.

바빠요. Ba Ppa Yo.

To your friends or people younger than you,

바빠. Ba Ppa

05th Mar2013

Everyday Korean – How to say “How are you?” in Korean

by Min

잘 지냈어요? Jal Ji Net Sso Yo?

잘 지내셨어요? Jal Ji Ne Shut Sso Yo?

 

In this post, we will learn how to say “How are you?” in Korean.

Generally we say,

잘 지냈어요? Jal Ji Net Sso Yo?

 

To your friends or people younger than you, you can say:

잘 지냈어? Jal Ji Net Sso? (Without 요 Yo in the end)

 

잘 (Jal) means ‘well’ and 지냈어요 (Ji Net  Sso Yo) can be translated as ‘be’, ‘stay’, ‘live’. Therefore, literally it means ‘Have you been well?’ or similar.

 

However, to people older than you or higher rank than you, you should say:

잘 지어요? Jal Ji Ne Shut Sso Yo?

People find you rude if you say “잘 지냈어요?” (Jal Ji Net Sso Yo?) to older people instead of “잘 지내셨어요?” (Jal Ji Ne Shut Sso Yo?). Therefore, please make sure that you memorize “잘 지내셨어요?” (Jal Ji Ne Shut Sso Yo?) to say to older people.

 

 

Summary:

In General,

잘 지냈어요? Jal Ji Net Sso Yo?

To your friends or people younger than you:

잘 지냈어? Jal Ji Net Sso?

To older people or higher rank people:

잘 지내셨어요? Jal Ji Ne Shut Sso Yo?

 

03rd Mar2013

Everyday Korean – How to say “You’re pretty.” and “You’re cute.” in Korean

by Min

You’re Pretty.

예뻐요. Yeah Ppaw Yo.

You’re Cute.

귀여워요.  Gwee Yeo Wo Yo.

 

In this post, we will learn how to say “You’re pretty.” and “You’re cute.” in Korean.

First, let’s learn how to say “You’re pretty.” We say,

예뻐요. Yeah Ppaw Yo.

“예뻐요. Yeah Ppaw Yo.” itself means just ‘pretty’. The subject is omitted. (Top 3 Characteristics of Korean Language) Therefore, it can mean “It’s pretty.”, “She’s pretty.”,”You are pretty.”, etc. depending on to whom you are talking or depending on what you are talking about. Generally, people would understand by just saying 예뻐요 (Yeah Ppaw Yo), however, if you want to specify the subject that you find pretty, you can just put before 예뻐요. (Yeah Ppaw Yo.)

To your friends or people younger than you, you can say:

예뻐. Yeah Ppaw.

 

Let’s move to how to say “You’re cute.” in Korean. We say,

귀여워요.  Gwee Yeo Wo Yo.

This is also like “예뻐요. Yeah Ppaw Yo.” The subject is omitted, thus, it just means “cute”. It can mean “it’s cute.”, “You’re cute.” “She/he is cute.” etc. depending on to whom you’re talking to.

 

To your friends or people younger than you, you can say,

귀여워. Gwee Yeo Wo.

 

28th Feb2013

Everyday Korean – How to say “I want to go to the bathroom.” in Korean

by Min

화장실 가고 싶어요.

Hwa Jang Shil Ga Go Shi Paw Yo.

In this post, we will learn how to say “I want to go to the bathroom.” in Korean.

We say,

화장실 가고 싶어요.

Hwa Jang Shil Ga Go Shi Paw Yo.

화장실 (Hwa Jang Shil) means ‘bathroom’ or ‘toilet’.

가고 싶어요 (Ga Go Shi Paw Yo) means ‘want to go’ or ‘would like to go’.

 

For your friends or people younger than you, you can just say,

화장실 가고 싶어.

Hwa Jang Shil Ga Go Shi Paw.

without 요 (Yo) in the end.

 

Let’s practice!

I want to go to the bathroom.

화장실 가고 싶어요.

Hwa Jang Shil Ga Go Shi Paw Yo.

 

To your friends or people younger than you:

화장실 가고 싶어.

Hwa Jang Shil Ga Go Shi Paw.

 

 

15th Jan2013

Everyday Korean – How to say “It’s fun. It’s not fun.” in Korean

by Min

재미있어요.  Jae Mi It Sso Yo.

재미없어요. Jae Mi Up Sso Yo.

 

In this post, we will learn how to say “It’s fun.” and “It’s not fun.” in Korean.

It’s fun. 재미있어요. Jae Mi It Sso Yo.

It’s not fun. 재미없어요. Jae Mi Up Sso Yo.

재미있어요 means… 재미 can be translated as fun, and 있어요 means ‘there is’ or ‘exist’. So 재미있어요 means ‘there is fun.’ And for 재미없어요. 없어요 means ‘there is not’ or ‘does not exist’. Therefore, it means ‘there is no fun.’

 

To your friends or people younger than you, you can just say without 요 (Yo) in the end.

재미있어. Jae Mi It Sso.

재미없어. Jae Mi Up Sso.

 

If you want to say “Korean drama is /not fun.“  You can say,

한국 드라마 재미있어요. Hahn Gook Deu Ra Ma Jae Mi It Sso Yo.

한국 드라마 재미없어요. Hahn Gook Deu Ra Ma Jae Mi Up Sso Yo.

 

If you want to say, “My work is /not fun.” You can say,

일 재미있어요. Il Jae Mi It Sso Yo.

일 재미없어요. Il Jae Mi Up Sso Yo.

일 (Il) means ‘work’ or ‘job’.

 

If you want to say, “This movie is/not fun.” You can say,

이 영화 재미있어요. Ee Young Hwa Jae Mi It Sso Yo.

이 영화 재미없어요. Ee Young Hwa Jae Mi  Up Sso Yo.

영화 (Young Hwa) is movie or film, and 이 (Ee) means ‘this’.

 

Let’s make it as questions.

Is it fun? or Are you having fun?

재미있어요?  Jae Mi It Sso Yo?

Is it not fun? (or it could mean ‘is it boring?’) or You are not having fun?

재미없어요? Jae Mi Up Sso Yo?

 

To answer this question :

Yes, It’s fun.

네, 재미있어요. Ne, Jae Mi It Sso Yo.

No, It’s not fun.

아니요, 재미없어요. Ah Ni Yo, Jae Mi Up Sso Yo.

 

In your conversation with your friends or people younger than you, you can say :

재미있어? Jae Mi It Sso? Is it fun? or Are you having fun?

재미없어? Jae Mi Up Sso? Is it not fun? / Is it boring? / You are not having fun?

Yes, it’s fun. 응, 재미있어. Ung. Jae Mi It Sso.

No, It’s not fun. 아니, 재미없어. Ah Ni, Jae Mi Up Sso.

 

Hope you find my Korean class fun. :)

Min’s Korean Class 재미있어요? (Jae Mi It Sso Yo)?

 

 

22nd Sep2012

Everyday Korean – How to say ‘Please turn left.’ and ‘Please turn right.’ in Korean

by Min

좌회전 해주세요. Jwa Hwei Jeon He Ju Se Yo.

우회전 해주세요. Woo Hwei Jeon He Ju Se Yo.

 

In this episode, we will learn how to say “Please turn left.” and “Please turn right.” in Korean.

First, let’s learn “Please turn left.”. We say,

좌회전 해주세요. Jwa Hwei Jeon He Ju Se Yo.

좌 (Jwa) usually means left,  회전 (Hwei Jeon) means rotation or turn, and 해주세요. (He Ju Se Yo) means ‘please do’. Therefore, literally, it means “Please do a left turn.”

For right turn, you say,

우회전 해주세요. Woo Hwei Jeon He Ju Se Yo.

Likewise, 우 means right side, and the rest are the same as 좌회전 해주세요.

 

In terms of directions in Korean, you should also know the following.

Right side: 오른쪽 Oh Reun Jjok

Left side: 왼쪽 When Jjok

In general, when you want to say it’s in the right/ left side, then, you use 오른쪽 (Oh Reun Jjok) / 왼쪽 (When Jjok). But, if you want to specifically say ‘right turn’ and ‘left turn’, then you say ‘우회전 (Woo Hwei Jeon) and 좌회전 (Jwa Hwei Jeon).

For example, when you’re giving a direction, you say “It’s on your right side.” Then, you say “오른쪽에 있어요.” (Oh Reun Jjok Ae It Sso Yo.)  If it’s on your left side, you say “왼쪽에 있어요.” (When Jjok Ae It Sso Yo.)

Let’s practice!

Please turn left.

좌회전 해주세요. Jwa Hwei Jeon He Ju Se Yo.

Please turn right.

우회전 해주세요. Woo Hwei Jeon He Ju Se Yo.

 

It’s on your left side.

왼쪽에 있어요. When Jjok Ae It Sso Yo.

It’s on your right side.

오른쪽에 있어요. Oh Reun Jjok Ae It Sso Yo.

 

Happy Studying! :)

20th Sep2012

Everyday Korean – How to say ‘Please go straight.’ in Korean

by Min

직진해 주세요. Jik JJin He Ju Se Yo.

 

In this post, we will learn how to say ‘please go straight’ in Korean. We say,

직진해 주세요. Jik JJin He Ju Se Yo.

Literally, 직진 (Jik JJin) comes from 직진하다 (Jik JJin Ha Da) which means ‘go straight’ or ‘straight’.  직진해 주세요 means ‘go straight  please do.’

Therefore, it means ‘Please go straight.’

To your friends or people younger than you, you can just say,

직진해. (Jik JJin He) or just 직진. (Jik JJin).

 

Let’s practice!

Please go straight!

직진해 주세요. Jik JJin He Ju Se Yo.

To your friends or people younger than you,

직진해 Jik JJin He.  or 직진. Jik JJin

 

Happy Studying! :)

 

 

 

 

18th Sep2012

Everyday Korean – Korean Language Characteristics

by Min

In this post, I’d like to explain some unique characteristic of Korean language, compared to English.

Korean language belongs to Altaic Language family.

Here are top 3 differences that I think that you’ll find interesting/helpful in learning Korean for beginners. (Of course, there are many more differences, but I’m listing only 3 here.)

 

1. S + O + V sentence structure

S is subject, O means object and V means verb. Korean sentence structure is S + O + V. In English, the sentence structure is S+ V+ O.

For example, in English, you say ” I love you.” I= Subject, Love = Verb, You = Object. However, in Korean for ‘I love you.’ you say,

“나는 너를 사랑해.” 나는 means I, 너를 you, 사랑해 is love. So, when you put Korean words together to make a sentence, you should remember in order of “I, You, Love” for ‘I love you!’

 

2. Making a Sentence to a Question

In English, when you change a sentence to a question, for example, ‘She wears a dress.” your question becomes “Does she wear a dress?”. ‘Does’ should come to the front of the subject and ‘wears’ should be ‘wear’. When I was learning English, this was my pain point. So confusing and I made lots of mistakes to make a correct question.

Unlike this, making a question is easy in Korean. I mean, very easy. :)

In Korean, when making a question, the sentence structure/ sequence does not change at all. It only requires a question mark at the end and when you read the question, just read with an intonation going up. Here goes the example.

이것은 책이야. This is a book.

이것은 책이야? Is this a book?

Easy!

 

3. Subject and Object are often/usually omitted in conversations.

In a conversation in Korean, you’ll find that subject and object are often omitted and people understand the meaning from the context.

A: 어제 뭐 했어? (Aw Je Maw Hat Sso?) Meaning – What did you do yesterday?

Translated in Korean: 어제 is yesterday, 뭐 is what, and 했어? means did. (Yesterday what did?) Therefore, the question does not include ‘you’ (the subject) but B can understand because it’s clear that A is talking to B.

B: 영화 봤어. (Young Hwa Baht Sso.) Meaning – I watched a movie.

영화 means ‘movie’ and 봤어 means ‘watched’. So it says in Korean “Movie watched”. Therefore, here, also Subject (I) is omitted.

Another example…

A: 예매했어요? (Yeah Meh Hat Sso Yo?) Meaning – Did you reserve tickets?

In this question, Subject (너, you) is omitted and the object (티켓, tickets) is omitted as well. In short, 예매했어요? it just says ‘Reserved?’

B: 네, 했어요. (Ne, Hat Sso Yo.) Meaning – Yes, I did.

네 means ‘Yes’ and 했어요 means “did”. So, literally it says ‘Yes, did’. Here, you can see that the subject (I) is omitted.

 

Hope you find this helpful.

Happy Studying! :)

 

14th Sep2012

Everyday Korean – How to say “Stop it!” / “Don’t do that.” in Korean

by Min

하지 마세요. Ha Ji Ma Se Yo.

하지마. Ha Ji Ma.

In this episode, we will learn how to say “Stop it!” or “Don’t do that.” in Korean.

You say ‘Stop it!’ or ‘Don’t do that.’ when somebody is teasing you or when someone is annoying you. In this context, in Korean,

We say,

하지 마세요. Ha Ji Ma Se Yo.

To your friends or people younger than you, you say

하지마.  Ha Ji Ma.

 

Literal translation of 하지 마세요 (Ha Ji Ma Se Yo) is 하지 (Ha Ji)  comes from 하다  (Ha Da) which means ‘do’ and 마세요 (Ma Se Yo) means ‘please don’t.’ So literally, it means ‘please don’t do.’ Therefore, it can be used as ‘stop it’, too.

 

Summary:

Stop it or Don’t do that!

하지 마세요. Ha Ji Ma Se Yo.

Stop it or Don’t do that! to your friends or people younger than you:

하지마.  Ha Ji Ma.

 

Happy Studying! :)

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