Monday, October 16, 2006

Back from SF! Happy Bday Alex

This weekend I spent alot of time behind the wheel as Joseph and I went to SF and back. We went to celebrate Alex's 26th bday. We have a friend who also has a bday this weekend but couldn't make it due to midterms (happy bday Ben). Anyway.. on this long drive up to Norcal and back I learned some Korean phrases, ones I will be sure to use and others.. maybe not. Thanks to Joseph, I will be studying some Korean (while studying Japanese) for the next few weeks... and maybe continue to do so after =P

LESSON 1
Hi/hello - annyeonghaseyo
how are you? (greeting) - annyeonghaseyo?
yes - ne
no - anio
what?- mwo?
thank you- gamsahamnida
I like it!/Great!/Ok!/an excited positive response - joa!
I'm hungry - na baegopa
I'm thirsty - na mongmalla
I understand - arasseo

thats it for now.. as for pronunciations.. I'm not clear on how to pronounce these really.. once I do I'll come back and write my version.. for example gamsahamnida (thank you) sounds more like kamsahamnida and na baegopa (I'm hungry) sounds more like na paekopa...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

hi~ I read your writing on Seoul metropolitan goverment website.
Did you have lots of fun here in Korea? I sould've seen the website earlier, I'm a Korean student,,
anyway~ I hope you can enjoy in Korea!
:)

Joseph Yi said...

We will be in Korea next month from November 9-19. At the moment, we are just writing about getting ready for our trip. Thank you for visiting and I hope you come back soon!