Korean for fun: Basics I -- Simple Phrases

Yes. yeh No. ah-ni-o It's okay. That's alright. kwen-chah-nah-yo How are you? How do you do? [also in reply] ahn-nyong-ha-se-yo Good bye. ahn-nyong-i kah-se-yo Thank you. [formal] kahm-sa-hahm-ni-da Thank you. [less formal] koh-mahp-soom-ni-da I am sorry. [intense] che-sohng-hahm-ni-da I am sorry. [less intense] mi-ahn-hahm-ni-da

Korean for fun: Basics II -- Smart Phrases

The following phrases are complete sentences by themselves. However, you can also make multiple sentences with them. All you have to do is put the word you want in front of the phrase. For example:

+
k'uh-p'i coffee chu-se-yo give me

=
k'uh-p'i chu-se-yo "Give me coffee." " I'd like to have coffee, please."

Is there ...? Is ... there? Do you have ...? Have you got ...? issuh-yo There is ... ; I have ... ; ... is here issuh-yo Is there not ...? Is ... not there? Do you not have ...? up-suh-yo There is not ... ; ... is not here ; I don't have ... up-suh-yo Give me ...; I'd like ..., please. chu-se-yo Do you do ...? Do you speak ...? hah-se-yo I don't know ; I don't know ... mol-lah-yo Is it good? Do you like it? ; Is ... good? Do you like ...? cho-ah-yo

It's good. I like it. Okay ; ... is good. I like ... cho-ah-yo Where is ...? uh-dee-ye-yo What is ...? mwuh-ye-yo

Korean for fun: Number and money

1. numbers

il 1 ship 10 paek 100

ee 2 eeship 20 eepaek 200

sahm 3 sahmship 30 sahmpaek 300

sah 4 sahship 40 sahpaek 400

oh 5 ohship 50 ohpaek 500

yook 6 yookship 60 yookpaek 600

ch'il 7 ch'ilship 70 ch'ilpaek 700

pahl 8 pahlship 80 pahlpaek 800

koo 9 kooship 90 koopaek 900

ee- sahm- sahohyook- ch'il- pahl- kooch'on ch'on ch'on ch'on ch'on ch'on ch'on ch'on ch'on 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 9,000 ee- sahm- sahohyook- ch'il- pahl- koomahn mahn mahn mahn mahn mahn mahn mahn mahn 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000 90,000

"100,000" is [ship-mahn ]. As you can see, units change every four digits in Korea (and in many other Asian counturies), and adding a comma every three digits ('1,000') is very western custom.

"14" is

[ship-sah

]. -- 14 = 10+4.

Similarly, 143 is

[paek-sah-ship-sahm

].

2. money in different forms

money tohn the Korean monetary unit won credit card

k'ah-d

traveler's check yo-haeng-jah soo-p'yoh dollar

dahl-luh

Korean for fun: Food and drinks: (1) Food words

meal shik-sah breakfast ; morning ah-ch'im lunch ; lunch time chum-shim dinner ; evening

cho-nyok

shik-tahng

restaurant

menu me-nyoo beef

soh-goh-gi

pork tweh-ji-goh-gi chicken tahg-goh-gi vegetarian diet ch'e-shik a vegetarian (person) ch'e-shik-chu-ui-jah

bahng

bread

pahp

(cooked) rice

salt so-goom pepper

hoo-ch'oo

water mool

check, bill kyeh-sahn-suh restroom hwah-jahng-shil

Korean for fun: Food and drinks: (2) Food phrases

The following are also smart phrases. you can add in front of them the words in the "foodrelated words." Also, refer to "smart phrases" for more phrases.

Are you hungry? peh-goh-p'ah-yo I am hungry. peh-goh-p'ah-yo Shall we eat? Shall we eat ...? muh-gul-gah-yo Give me ..., please. chu-se-yo Do you have ...? issuh-yo

muh-guh-yo

I eat ...

I don't (or can't) eat ... (as in "I don't eat pork.") mot-muh-guh-yo Do you like it? ; Do you like ...? cho-ah-hey-yo I like it. ; I like ... cho-ah-hey-yo

Is it spicy? ; Is ... spicy? meh-wuh-yo It is spicy. ; ... is spicy meh-wuh-yo

What is in it? mwuh-tool-uh-ssuh-yo

Is it delicious? ; Is ... delicious? mah-shi-ssuh-yo It is delicious. ; ... is delicious. mah-shi-ssuh-yo It is not delicious. ; ... is not delicious. mah-duhp-ssuh-yo

add a little touch with... a lot (-- Add it right in front of the phrases.)

mah-nee

a little (-- Add it right in front of the phrases.) cho-goom

example:

-- "I am a little bit hungry."

Korean for fun: Food and drinks: (3) Drink-related words

alchol in general sool soft drinks in general oom-nyoh-soo Now, smart phrases:

glass; cup -- also as a counting unit; a glass of chahn bottle pyung Now, coffee shop -- most likely serving soft drinks only, like Starbucks k'uh-p'i-shohp tea house -- most likely serving Korean/herb tea ch'aht-chip caf -- soft drinks and liquer (by night, maybe), some meal k'ah-p'eh bar -- a generic term for bars in different types sool-jip

coffee k'uh-p'i tea ch'ah

cola k'o-lah sprite or 7-up (un-cola) sai-dah juice as in orange juice (most likely when you don't specify it) choo-s

beer mack-choo soju -- a typical Korean hard liquer. Transparent soh-choo milk-colored liquer made of fermented rice mahk-gohl-li wine, alternatively called p'oh-doh-joo (grape-liquer) wah-inn Western hard liquer in general, such as whisky, brandy, burbon, etc.(you need to specify it)

yahng-choo

Korean for fun: Food and drinks: (4) Drink-related phrases

a glass; a cup hahn-jahn a bottle hahn-byung

Give me ... chu-se-yo Shall we drink ... ? mah-shil-gah-yo Would you like to do/eat/drink ....? hah-shih-geh-suh-yo

It's okay. (More likely, 'I am okay. No, thanks.') kwen-chah-nah-yo Okay. Good. ( cho-ah-yo

I cannot drink. mohm-mah-shuh-yo I don't drink. ahn-mah-shuh-yo

Cheers! kun-beh

Korean for fun: Call a doctor!

-- Here are some words and phrases that you might need when you need some medical attention. We start with some necessary vocabulary, such as 'hospital,' 'doctor,' etc., learn names of body parts, and check some of common words that you might hear around a hospital. Some information about the Korean medicare system: The word for hospital ( /pyung-won/) is used for both large hospitals--with a number of doctors and equipment--and small clinics run by a doctor. Pharmacists can not only sell medicine but also write prescriptions to make medicine. It has been a serious dispute between phrmacists and doctors for a long time. Pharmicists are also allowed to practice some Chinese/Korean medicine. It is partially because the role of pharmacists had been very crucial (and still is in some regions) from the time they did not have enough doctors. 1. Basic nouns

hospital; clinic pyung-won medical doctor ui-sah nurse kahn-ho-sah emergency room ung-goop-shil medicine, drug yahk pharmacy; drug store yahk-kook

Now, you can say such phrases as 'Where is the hospital?,' or 'Let's go to the hospital.'

pyong-won "hospital"

uh-tee "where"

issuh-yo "is...?"

Where is the hospital?

. pyong-won "hospital" kah-yo "go"

Let's go to the hospital.

2. Basic body parts

head muh-ree face ul-gool eye noon nose k'oh mouth ip ear kui body; torso mohm neck; throat

mohk

shoulder uh-gae chest kah-soom stomach pae upper back toong lower back huh-ree side body yup-koo-ree arm p'ahl hand sohn butt ung-dung-ee leg tah-ree foot pahl

Now, the smart phrase:

muh-ree "head"

ap'ah-yo "... hurts."

My head hurts. (= I have a headache.)

Korean for fun: Dating a korean: Do you have time?

now chee-goom today oh-nool tomorrow neh-il on the weekend chu-mah-reh time shee-gahn Is there ...? Is ... there? Do you have ...? Have you got ...? issuh-yo There is ... ; I have ... ; ... is here issuh-yo Is there not ...? Is ... not there? Do you not have ...? up-suh-yo There is not ... ; ... is not here ; I don't have ... up-suh-yo phone number chuhn-hwah-bun-ho

What is ...? mwuh-ye-yo

example of making a question

ne-il tomorrow

shee-gahn time

issuh-yo do you have?

Do you have time tomorrow?

Korean for fun: Dating a korean: Shall we?

theatre, movie theatre kook-chahng where Shall we go? Shall we go ...? Shall we go? Shall we go ...?

uh-dee (polite or formal) kahl-gah-yo (intimate or to a younger person)

kahl-gah?

pahp

rice or meal in general

mwuh (polite or formal) muh-gul-gah-yo

what Shall we eat it? Shall we eat ...?

muh-gul-gah

(intimate or to a younger person)

Shall we eat it? Shall we eat ...?

coffee k'uh-p'i cola

k'o-lah

ch'ah (polite or formal) mah-shil-gah-yo (intimate or to a younger person)

tea Shall we drink it? Shall we drink ...? Shall we drink it? Shall we drink ...?

mah-shil-gah

movie yong-hwah TV t'ee-bee (polite or formal) pohl-gah-yo (intimate or to a younger person) Shall we watch (or see) it? Shall we watch (or see) ...? Shall we watch (or see) it? Shall we watch (or see) ...?

pohl-gah

kohng-boo

studying

(polite or formal) hahl-gah-yo (intimate or to a younger person)

Shall we do it? Shall we do ...? Shall we do it? Shall we do ...?

hahl-gah

example of making a question

k'uh-p'i coffee

mah-shil-gah-yo shall we drink?

Shall we drink (or go to have) coffee?

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