How do you ask someone what they're doing - Basic Korean Language 1

안녕하세요, ME again.... Finally I have time to writing my new post & fulfill my passion towards Korean Language again.

It's been a while since my last post about How to Introduce Yourself in Korean . You still remember it right ???? ᄏᄏᄏᄏ

오늘, November 27 is a special day because I'm 27 years old now. (Lucky number right ??) <3 <3
And I want to share a new lesson about "How to ask someone what they're doing in Korean Language".

(I think the title post is to longggg ᄏᄏᄏᄏ)

Let's start the lesson .....

Formula : NOUN + 은/는 (You use 은 'en' when last syllable consist bachim and use 는 'nen' when last syllable doesn't consist bachim)

For example :

1. 제 이름은 노피예요  Pronounce : Je ireum en Novi ye yo. --> the last syllables 'ᄆ'is a bachim so we use 은 'en'

    My Name is Novi.

2. 저는 노피예요 Pronounce : Jo nen Novi ye yo. --> the last syllables 'ᅥ' is a vowel so we use 는 'nen'

    I am Novi.

Other example :

1. 선생님은 한국 사람 이 에요?  Pronounce : Son saeng nim en han guk sa ram i e yo?. --> the last syllables 'ᄆ' is a bachim so we use 은 'en'

   Teacher are you a Korean ?

2. 노피 씨는 회사원 이에요?  Pronounce : Novi-ssi nen hwe sa won i e yo ?. --> the last syllables 'ᅵ'is  a vowel so we use 는 'nen'

    Is Ms. Novi an office worker ?

Formula : VERB/ADJECTIVE + -어요 / -아요 (You use -어요 '-o yo' when last syllable consist bachim and use -아요  '-a yo' when last syllable doesn't consist bachim)   

For example :

1. 먹다.   Pronounce : Mok da, means Eat. --> the last syllables 'ᄀ' is a bachim so we use -어요 '-o yo' and the words will be 먹어요 Pronounce : Mok o yo .

    We can use it in sentence : 친구와 밥을 먹어요 Pronounce : Ching gu wa bab eul mok o yo, means  Eating rices with friend.

2. 자다.   Pronounce : Ja da, means Sleep. --> the last syllables 'ᅡ'is  a vowel so we use -아요  '-a yo' and the words will be 자요  Pronounce : Ja yo .

    We can use it in sentence : 지용 씨는 자요. Pronounce : Ji yong ssi nen ja yo, means   Mr. Ji yong sleep.

Now let's start our conversation :

나 : 지용 씨는 뭐 해요?    Pronounce : Na : Ji Yong -ssi nen mwo hae yo ?

Me : Mr. Ji Yong what are you doing ?
Answer...

지용 : 노래 해요 Pronounce : Ji Yong : No rae hae yo

Ji Yong : I'm Singing.

지용 : 노피 찌는 뭐 해요 Pronounce : Ji Yong : Novi -ssi nen mwo hae yo ?

Ji Yong  : Ms. Novi what are you doing ?

Answer...

나 :  공부 해요 Pronounce : Na : Gong bu hae yo

Me : I'm study.

You can also ask the person you talking to with further question, for example :

나 : 지용 씨는 어디에 가요?    Pronounce : Na : Ji Yong-ssi nen odi e ka yo ?

Me : Where Mr. Ji Yong going?

Answer...

지용 : 공원 에 가요 Pronounce : Ji Yong : Gong won e ka yo

Ji Yong : Going to the park.

OR 

나 : 지용 씨는 집 에 가요?    Pronounce : Na : Ji Yong-ssi nen jib e ka yo ?

Me : Mr. Ji Yong going home?

 Answer...

1. 지용 : 네, 집에 가요  Pronounce : Ji Yong : Ne, jib e ka yo.

    Ji Yong : Yes, going home.

2. 지용 : 아니요, 백화점 에 가요  Pronounce : Ji Yong : Aniyo, baek hwa jom e ka yo.

    Ji Yong : No, going to department store. 

Notes : We use 에 means go to/at before mention the place name.

Now, you can try to fill the underlined words with your own word. Here's some of vocabulary you can use :

일하다 = Work  Pronounce : Il ha da

자디 = Sleep  Pronounce : Ja da

공부하다 = Study   Pronounce : Gong bu ha da

운동하다 = Exercise   Pronounce : Un dong ha da

전화하다 = Call   Pronounce : Jon hwa ha da

이야기하다 = Talk   Pronounce : I ya gi ha da

먹다 = Eat   Pronounce : Mok da

가다 = Go   Pronounce : Ga da

보다 = See   Pronounce : Bo da

학교 = School  Pronounce : Hak kyo

대학교 = University  Pronounce : Dae hak kyo

고등학교 = High School Pronounce : Go deng hak kyo

중학교 = Middle School Pronounce : Jung hak kyo

초등학교 = Elementary School Pronounce : Cho deng hak kyo

공원 = Park  Pronounce : Gong won

 회사 = Company  Pronounce : Hwe sa

식당 = Restaurant  Pronounce : Sig dang

시장 = Market  Pronounce : Si jang

집 = House  Pronounce : Jib

백화점 = Department Store   Pronounce : Baek hwa jom

영화관 = Cinema/ Theater  Pronounce : Yong hwa gwan

Now I guess you can start a conversation with your Korean friend when you meet them.

Once again, I'm not a native Korean speaker so please correct me if there's misleading information in my post & hope my post useful.

Don't hesitate to contact me on Facebook, Twitter or my email pipi_2711@yahoo.co.id if you need more information about my post. I will be glad to help you.

One more things, please make sure to visit Korea Tourism Organization Official Website & Buzz Korea  to learn more about daily conversation, more interesting fact of hangeul and more information about Korean Culture & Tourism. 감사합니다.....

PS: Wait my next post, I'm thinking about writing 'How to describe the location of your belongings'....emm or maybe something else.. any request ??? ^0^

안녕

My source for this post & picture is : 세종한국어 1 (Korean Cultural Center Indonesia), Korea Tourism Organization Website, Buzz Korea Website, Wikipedia & Google.  

Many thanks to VIP who draw chibi BigBang picture, I'm sorry using the picture without your permission because I didn't knew who you are.



How to Introduce Yourself in Korean - Basic Korean Language 1

안녕하세요, 제이름은 Noviani 예요 (*Hello, My name Noviani).

Today, I will share to you " How to Introduce Yourself in Korean" such as your name, age, nationality, hometown & job. Before that, you still remember my previous post about hangeul ?? If you haven't read, click here . It will help you to be able to reading hangeul if you already memorized the alphabets.

Below is a table of hangeul for your quick reminder :

Now let's move on to the next lesson shall we.

이름  : 저는      노피아니   예요 .  Pronounce : I-reum : Jo-neun Noviani ye yo.

Name : I'm         Noviani         .

나이 : 저는    스물여섯     살 이에요. Pronounce : Na-i : Jo-neun se-mul yo-sot sal i e yo.

Age   : I'm    26 years old       .

나라         : 저는      인도네시아   사람 이에요. Pronounce : Na-ra : Jo-neun Indonesia sa-ram i e yo.

Nationality : I'm          Indonesia        people.

도시 : 저는     자카르타     에 살아요. Pronounce : Do-si : Jo-neun Jakarta e sa-ra-yo.

City   : I'm live in     Jakarta    .

직업 : 저는    회사원      이에요. Pronounce : Jig-ob : Jo-neun hoe-sa-won i e yo.

Job    : I'm an     office worker .

Notes :

You can see that at the end of some sentence I use -이에요/-예요. What is the difference ??

Well, we use  -이에요 if the last syllable of the sentence consist of 받침 'bachim' and we use -예요 if the last syllable of the sentence doesn't consist of 받침 'bachim'. When the consonant is in the final position of syllable it is called a 'bachim' .

The sound of consonant makes can sometimes change whether it is in the initial positon or the bachim. You can read more about bachim from Korea Tourism Organization Official Website in here

For example : 

I use -이에요 when I said my nationality "저는 인도네시아   사람 이에요", in this sentence 사람 'sa-ram' is the last word and consist of bachim 'ᄆ' (m). 

I use -예요 when I said my name "저는      노피아니   예요" , in this sentence 노피아니 'Noviani' is the last word and doesn't consist of bachim and 'ᅵ' (i) is a vowel.

Now, you can try introduce yourself by filling the underline text with your own answer, I will share to you some related vocabulary below :

Age --> you must add 살 'sal' (to refer to your years of age)

열살 = 10 years old   Pronounce : yeol-sal

열한살 = 11 years old  Pronounce : yeol-han-sal

열두살 = 12 years old  Pronounce : yeol-du-sal

열세살 = 13 years old  Pronounce : yeol-se-sal

스물살 = 20 years old   Pronounce : se-mul-sal

스물네살 = 24 years old   Pronounce : se-mul-ne-sal

스물다섯살 = 25 years old   Pronounce : se-mul-da-sot-sal

스물일곱살 = 27 years old   Pronounce : se-mul-il-gob-sal

서른살 = 30 years old   Pronounce : so-ren-sal

서른여덟살 = 38 years old   Pronounce : so-ren-yo-dol-sal

서른아홉살 = 39 years old   Pronounce : so-ren-a-hop-sal

Nationality --> you must add 사람 'sa-ram' behind your country name (means people)

한국 사람 = Korean people Pronounce : Han-guk sa-ram

중국 사람 = Chinese people Pronounce : Jung-guk sa-ram

대만 사람 = Taiwanese people Pronounce : Tae-man sa-ram

일본 사람 = Japanese people Pronounce : Il-bon sa-ram

베트남 사람 = Vietnam people Pronounce : Be-te-nam sa-ram

몽골 사람 = Mongolian people Pronounce : Mong-gol sa-ram

태국 사람 = Thai people Pronounce : Tae-guk sa-ram

영국 사람 = British people Pronounce : Yong-guk sa-ram

Job

대학생 = College students Pronounce : Dae-hak-saeng

학생 = Students Pronounce : Hak-saeng

초등 학생 = Elementary School Students Pronounce : Cho-deng Hak-saeng

중 학생 = Middle School Students Pronounce : Jung Hak-saeng

고등 학생 = High School Students Pronounce : Go-deng Hak-saeng

 의사 = Doctor Pronounce : Ei-sa

선생님 = Teacher Pronounce : Son-saeng-nim

주부 = Housewife Pronounce : Ju-bu

요리사 = Chef  Pronounce : Yo-ri-sa

Can you introduce yourself in Korean now?? It's not difficult right ??

Wait for my next post, I will share more of Korean Vocabulary and 'How do you ask someone what they're doing in Korean'.

I'm not a native Korean speaker so please correct me if there's misleading information in my post & hope my post useful.

Don't hesitate to contact me on Facebook, Twitter or my email pipi_2711@yahoo.co.id if you need more information about my post. I will be glad to help you.

One more things, please make sure to visit Korea Tourism Organization Official Website & Buzz Korea  to learn more about daily conversation, more interesting fact of hangeul and more information about Korean Culture. 감사합니다.....

안녕

My source for this post & picture is : 세종한국어 1 (Korean Cultural Center Indonesia), Korea Tourism Organization Website, Buzz Korea Website, Wikipedia & Google.  

Let's Get Acquainted with Hangeul - Basic Korean Language 1

안녕하세요, been a while since my last update. I'm busy with my works & Korean Class. (but I'm enjoyed my time)  ^0<

Today I want to introduce you with hangeul (한글), I can guarantee that most people who love K-POP or K-drama will also love hangeul and want to know more about this alphabet.

Before that, let's read a history about hangeul a little bit.

Hangeul (Korean Alphabet) was created by King Sejong. You already know King Sejong ??? 

You can see his picture on 10,000 won bill & there's also a big statue of him that you must visit when you have a chance to visit Korea.

King Sejong created hangeul because he found great injustice in the fact that it was mostly Joseon elites who could read and write Hanja (Chinese Characters) that were used that time. This ability to commnunicate using the written word meant huge power for the upper classes, so when King Sejong decided to create a phonetic alphabet for the masses, he knew he would meet lots of resistence. For this reason, King sejong created alphabet in secret with help from just a few people. And now hangeul used by all Koreans today. Hangeul had 10 vowels and 14 consonants.

Previously I read that the oriental philosophy including concepts like Yin and Yang, Ohaeng (The Five Elements) and Cheonjiin (Heaven, Earth & Man) went into the making of Hangeul. I liked philosophical elements things, because of that I became more interested with hangeul.

For Yin & Yang concepts, it said that every vowel must be accompanied with a consonant to make a syllable in Korean. No one letter can stand alone.

Another interesting point related to Yin and Yang, it was thought that vowels have either  positive or negative values.  The vowels that point up or to the right were seen as bright and positive (ㅏ,ㅗ), and the ones that point down or to the left were seen as dark and negative (ㅓ,ㅜ).  For example words : 밝다’(bright) and ‘어둡다’(dark). You can see that bright using 'ㅏ' and dark using'ㅓ', 'ㅜ'

For Cheonjiin, it said that world consisted of 3 things Heaven, the earth and man. This 3 things is symbolized with : Heaven = ".", the earth = "ㅡ" and man = "ㅣ".

You can see these symbols on vowels in Hangeul.



Cheonjiin Concept : Heaven, Earth & Man

Now, let's see 10 vowels of Hangeul below :

Vowel	Name       Sound
ㅏ	a (아)         a
ㅑ	ya (야)       ya
ㅓ	eo (어)       eo
ㅕ	yeo (여)     yeo
ㅗ	o (오)        o
ㅛ	yo (요)      yo
ㅜ	u (우)       u
ㅠ	yu (유)     yu
ㅡ	eu (으)     eu
ㅣ	i (이)        i

The names of the vowel letters are simply the vowel itself, written with the null initial ㅇ ieung (because vowel must accompanied by consonant to make a balanced syllable). For example word : '우유' (milk), in here ㅇ ieung become silent so you pronounce 'uyu' .

But when there's consonant letter before vowel you don't need to add ㅇ ieung, for example word : '사랑' (love), in here you write'ㅏ'in '사' without ㅇ ieung  and ㅇ ieung at the end of syllable '랑' become -ng so you pronounce 'sarang' .

And for 14 consonants of Hangeul below :

Consonant	Name                    Sound
ㄱ	giyeok (기역)                G
ㄴ	nieun/niŭn (니은)          N
ㄷ	digeut (디귿)                 D
ㄹ	rieul/riŭl (리을)             R/L
ㅁ	mieum/miŭm (미음)      M
ㅂ	bieup/piŭp (비읍)          B
ㅅ	siot (시옷)                     S
ㅇ	ieung/iŭng (이응)          -NG at the ending of syllable
ㅈ	jieut/chiŭt (지읒)           J
ㅊ	chieut/ch'iŭt (치읓)       CH
ㅋ	kieuk/k'iŭk (키읔)         K
ㅌ	tieut/t'iŭt (티읕)            T
ㅍ	pieup/p'iŭp (피읖)         P
ㅎ	hieut/hiŭt (히읗)           H

The consonants have two-syllable names, with the consonant coming both at the beginning and end of the name.

Besides basic vowel above, there's also Dipthongs (Combined Vowels) as below :

		Letter	Name       Sound
		ㅐ	ae (애)         ae
		ㅒ	yae (얘)       yae
		ㅔ	e (에)          e
		ㅖ	ye (예)        ye
		ㅚ	oe (외)       oe
		ㅙ	wae (왜)    wae
		ㅘ	wa (와)      wa
		ㅟ	wi (위)       wi
		ㅝ	wo (워)      wo
		ㅢ	ui (의)        ui
		ㅞ	we (웨)      we

There's also Double Consonant, the sound of double consonant is similiar to the original consonant, but more tensed and stronger. You will need practice to be able recognize the difference, right now i'm still practicing too ^0^  ᄏᄏᄏᄏ

Letter	Name
ㄲ	ssanggiyeok (쌍기역)
ㄸ	ssangdigeut (쌍디귿)
ㅃ	ssangbieup (쌍비읍)
ㅆ	ssangsiot (쌍시옷)
ㅉ	ssangjieut (쌍지읒)

  

One important thing when you learn hangeul is, how to write in a right way. A simple thing to remember the right way is stroke from left to right and top to bottom which one come first. Below is some example :

Are you familiar with 한글 now and want to know more?? Wait for my next post, I will share some Korean Vocabulary and how to introduce yourself in Korean.

I'm not a native Korean speaker so please correct me if there's misleading information in my post & hope my post useful.

One more things, please make sure to visit Korea Tourism Organization Official Website to learn more about Hangeul , more interesting philosophy and how to pronounce it in right way. 감사합니다.....

My source for this post & picture is : 세종한국어 1 (Korean Cultural Center Indonesia), Korea Tourism Organization Website, Wikipedia & Google.