HALOOOO... fellow members! Azzy's smart young brain suggest me to open up "Nenek Korean Language series" here.

I would love to help you on Korea and Korean language. I have couple of wonderful members from SPC who had learned Korean culture and language through emails and pms.. and I have helped numbers of business translation in my real life. And I am translating novels as well! Ok.. smarty Yonny will keep mouth shut about her back ground.

Just ask me about Korean.

Ahn Nyong Ha Se Yo!! -- Hello! in very polite term.

Jal Ga! - Good Bye!
Or.. Ahn Nyong could be said as well for good bye.

so many words to say Hello?? so what's 'hello' to your friends?
You got your first student here, Yon.
Update please.. student want moreeee..

My first student!

Student = Hak Saeng
Friend = Chin Goo

When you call someone(who is your friend. Don't use this to older people or in business circumstances. ) You use word "Ya"

So, when you call friend, "Chin Goo Ya!"
When you meet friend, "Chin Goo Ya, Ahn Nyong?"

Oo, forgot to add, this calling auxiliary word "Ya" is a particle. But weirdly enough it only works with the words end with vowel sound.

I'm joining too.

How do I say 'Thank You'? formal and informal is there any different?

what about 'very nice'?

thanks nenek!

Hmm.. is the pronounciation like the way English does?
Say "Chin Goo" -> do we say "goo" like in
1. "good"
2. "go" but prolong it
Like Chinese, does the Korean have the standardised "pinyin"?

Yonnnyyy

Thanks for the lessons.

Now I can understand the conversations in films.

Yes, the 'goo' in 'chin goo' is pronounced like 'goo' in 'good'

Some simple Korean that I know

Yonny, correct me if I'm wrong ok ?

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Yeh - Yes

Ah Ni o - No

Ahn Nyong i kah seh yo - Good Bye

Kahm Sa Hahm Ni Da - Thank you

Mi Ahm Hahm NI Da - I am sorry

.... Chu Se yo - give me or I'd like to have.... please

K'uh p'i - coffee

Mack Cho - beer

Ch'ah - tea

k'uh p'i chu se yo - I'd like to have some coffee please

Moh lah yo - I don't know

Cho Ah Hey Yo - I like it

Yonny, can you translate the following lyric please ? I really like the song but it's very hard for me to follow the lyric to sing along... soooo hard...

Hengbok (Full Of Happiness)
H.O.T

Hahn buhn doh nahn nuh reul ee juh bohn juhk up ssuh
Oh jik gi dae mahn eul seng gahk haet neun guhl
Geu ruhn nuh neun mwuh yah nahl ee juht dduhn guh yah
Nae noon ae suh noon mool ee heul luh bae shin gahm neu kkyuh

Nuhl chah jah gahl kkah seng gahk hae ssuh nahn nahn jahl moh reu gae ssuh
Ee sae sang ee dool goh eet neun ji geum nae noon ae neun nuh bah kkae mwuh ji
Hahl mahl ee up ssuh gahl soo doh up ssuh
Noon mool doh up ssuh neu kkim doh up ssuh
Nae ah pae suh eet neun nahl bah rah bwah
Ee ruh kae nuhl wi hae sah rah eet neun nahl

Yahk sohk dwaen shi gahn ee wah ssuh yo geu dae ah pae ee ssuh yo
Doo ryuh oom ae ool goh eet jji mahn
Noon mool eul ddah kkah joo uh ssuh yo geu ddae nae sohn jah baht jjyo
Ee ruh nahl kkuh yah hahm kkae hae joon geu dae ae gae heng bok eul

Noon gahm kkoh geu dael geu ryuh yo mahm sohk geu dael chah jaht jjyo
Nah reul bahl kyuh joo neun beet chi boh yuh young won hahn
Heng bok eul noh chil soon up jjyo geu dae nah boh ee nah yo
Nah reul bool luh jwuh yo geu dae gyuh tae ee sseul kkuh yah
Nuh reul sarang hae hahm kkae hae yo geu dae wah young won hi

Hahn buhn doh nahn nuh reul ee juh bohn juhk up ssuh
Oh jik gi dae mahn eul seng gahk haet neun guhl
Geu ruhn nuh neun mwuh yah nahl ee juht dduhn guh yah
Nae noon ae suh noon mool ee heul luh bae shin gahm neu kkyuh

Yahk sohk dwaen shi gahn ee wah ssuh yo geu dae ah pae ee ssuh yo
Doo ryuh oom ae ool goh eet jji mahn
Noon mool eul ddah kkah joo uh ssuh yo geu ddae nae sohn jah baht jjyo
Ee ruh nahl kkuh yah hahm kkae hae joon geu dae ae gae heng bok eul

Noon gahm kkoh geu dael geu ryuh yo mahm sohk geu dael chah jaht jjyo
Nah reul bahl kyuh joo neun beet chi boh yuh young won hahn
Heng bok eul noh chil soon up jjyo geu dae nah boh ee nah yo
Nah reul bool luh jwuh yo geu dae gyuh tae ee sseul kkuh yah
Nuh reul sarang hae hahm kkae hae yo geu dae wah young won hi

Noon gahm kkoh geu dael geu ryuh yo mahm sohk geu dael chah jaht jjyo
Nah reul bahl kyuh joo neun beet chi boh yuh young won hahn
Heng bok eul noh chil soon up jjyo geu dae nah boh ee nah yo
Nah reul bool luh jwuh yo uhn jae rah doh
Geu dae mah eum eul yuh ruh boh ah yo ah paen nae gah ee ssuh yo
Nah reul bool luh jwuh yo geu dae gyuh tae ee sseul kkuh yah
Nuh reul sarang hae hahm kkae hae yo geu dae wah young won hi

eeyore menulis:
I'm joining too.

How do I say 'Thank You'? formal and informal is there any different?

what about 'very nice'?

thanks nenek!

Thank you in formal way will be "Kam Sah Ham Ni Da"
Informal "Ko Ma Wo"

The first one, you can use it to strangers, elders, business occasion.. whatever.
Second one is more like among the friends, or to younger sisters or brothers.

Very Nice .. we have too many words to say that.
When you say "Joh Ta" it could refer to rather amstract things.. like ideas or feelings, but "Muht Yit Ta" could be also very nice when you say something like fancy cars or clothes.

hey_sephia menulis:
Hmm.. is the pronounciation like the way English does?
Say "Chin Goo" -> do we say "goo" like in
1. "good"
2. "go" but prolong it
Like Chinese, does the Korean have the standardised "pinyin"?

We don't have pin yin because Korean doesn't have this accent to distiguish the meaning like Chinese does.

There are some words hard to pronouce. But based on my personal experience with Indo friends.. *cough cough my dear darling Lex .. cough cough* very very fluent about pronoucing the sounds.

Temujin menulis:
Some simple Korean that I know

Yonny, correct me if I'm wrong ok ?

----

Yeh - Yes

Ah Ni o - No

Ahn Nyong i kah seh yo - Good Bye

Kahm Sa Hahm Ni Da - Thank you

Mi Ahm Hahm NI Da - I am sorry

.... Chu Se yo - give me or I'd like to have.... please

K'uh p'i - coffee

Mack Cho - beer

Ch'ah - tea

k'uh p'i chu se yo - I'd like to have some coffee please

Moh lah yo - I don't know

Cho Ah Hey Yo - I like it

Mi Ahn Ham Ni Da will be correct. Among the friends, you don't want to be so polite. You can just say "Mi Ahn" will be good enough to say sorry.

Chu Se Yo is a common term as "Give me" but I have seen too many forieners use this because of some guide book came up with. In my discussion with linguist from Scottland, He indicated Chu Se Yo rather should be sounded as in "Ju Se Yo" rather than "Chu Se Yo" Be cause the word 주 sounds rather J sound (as in Journal) than Ch (as in Chewing)

Mohl Lah Yo meaning I don't know. Some reason this Mohl Lah Yo seems very feminine. Often guys use term "Mohl Rue Get Nuen Dae Yo" more than "Mohl La Yo" Unless he cuddles with his gf..

Cho Ah Hey Yo meaning I like. So.. you can say Maek Chu Cho Ah Hey Yo.. meaning "I love Beer!"

And dear k4ng4r00

I would be happy to translat for you, but I would like to do it in my forum.
Once the traslation is done, I will post in yonyon forum. Should be done shortly.

Nenek, when I asked what's korean for 'very nice', it's because my regular hairdresser is korean salon, so I want to say 'very nice' as for what they do to my hair. and it's always nice he,he,he...

Temujin menulis:
Moh lah yo - I don't know

eeyore menulis:
Nenek, when I asked what's korean for 'very nice', it's because my regular hairdresser is korean salon, so I want to say 'very nice' as for what they do to my hair. and it's always nice he,he,he...

andrea7974 menulis:

Temujin menulis:
Moh lah yo - I don't know

in Javanese Moh lah yo means: "Wo bu yao" or in Indonesia "Nggak mau lah ya"

yon, what is teacher?

lah ini bacanya gimana ???