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Morkenhai_Hawa Monday 13th of August 2007 11:27:31 PM
Trip to South Korea - Never thought I\'d be able to access the forum to post this ^^

I know this is quite on short notice, but I\'ve been quite busy lately and I haven\'t known that long that I would be going.
In a week\'s time, I\'ll be heading for South Korea for 2 weeks. I\'m going to visit my former Chinese teachers so I\'ll probably be speaking French most of the time (I live in France so I learnt Chinese from French) and maybe a little bit of Chinese if I can get round to it.
But I\'ll be arriving at Incheon International and have to make my way down to where they are in Ulsan and back up. Also, if I visit places, I may not be with them all the time (the guy is an engineer and will be working a lot and the woman has there baby to take care of and I don\'t know if she works since they\'re only there for 6 months).

I expect like in a scary amount of places (not \"bad\" scary, \"surprising\" scary), especially touristy places, I\'ll be able to understand and make myself understood thanks to English. But previous experience has taught me some people can understand and speak some English but are reluctant to do so if there\'s another way (amongst which brazilians who would rather talk to me in Portuguese and have me answer in Spanish), added to which, even though some may not like it (I\'ve heard that about the Japanese), generally speaking people seem to be pleased when you make an effort to try to say a few words in their language (even if it\'s basic, a lot of people don\'t even bother to go to the trouble of learning things like hello, goodbye or thank you). Well, and obviously not every single person on Earth has a conversational level of English.

So for the reasons stated above, I\'d like to know a bit of Korean. I won\'t be able to learn Hangeul in a week and even if I was able to read it, I wouldn\'t understand it.
I learnt a few words because I worked in an airport last year, but didn\'t really get to use them.

I don\'t know about the transliteration using the latin alphabet (I\'ve seen several; is there a standardized writing like pinyin for Chinese?) or the correct pronunciation, so if anyone knew about a place I could find that.

All I know is:

Anyong ha se yo (If I read right, the only thing that changes between hello and how are you? is the intonation)
Anyong hi ga se yo
Kamsamnida
Yong o rul hal jul asim ni ka? (or do you speak English, since if one does, one generally understands the question asked in English)
Neh (sounds like in Greek)
Ani oh
Kamsamnida
Chon man eh yo
Han kook o rul hahl jul morumnida
Yeollakcheo-reul namgyeo juseyo (isn\'t that could I have your phone number? lol)
Tokparo
Kachi kaleo (I think \"go together\")

That\'s all stuff gathered here and there. Please correct, as I\'m not sure about all the phrases. I gave up trying to learn things phonetically off Lost or The Isle I saw on TV recently ^^
I\'m posting this now because I\'ve only had the confirmation about an hour/an hour and a half ago, but I\'ll be looking through the other topics thouroughly this week and making edits (and correcting the romanized writing).

Basically, what I\'m asking:

Where could I learn how to spell Korean \"properly\" with the latin alphabet?
Does anyone have some easy tips on how to pronounce Korean well enough to be understood by someone making an effort? XD (vowels bound together, stresses)
Any advice/things I should need to know (big differences which could lead to great incomprehension, embarassment or trouble)? I know there are different levels of language (depending on how formal, like Japanese)
Any other useful phrases I should learn? Been thinking about things like: excuse me/I\'m sorry, where is (toilet, etc.)?, and the language questions (English is probably the safest bet, but I remember last year at the airport helping a Japanese person in Spanish because he only spoke Japanese and Portuguese), so I would need for French, Spanish, Italian, German and Chinese (and maybe Japanese in the worst case). I suppose you just have to swap \"yong\" for the name of the country...
Is there an equivalent in Korean to the Japanese -san (that you add on the end of a name to be polite, like Mr.)?

edwoodseo Monday 22nd of October 2007 06:36:02 PM
happy to meet you here, apologize being late to come to you - keep contact please thru:

email or yahoo messenger >> edwood51@yahoo.co.kr
msn messenger >> edwood2116@hotmail.com
skype >> edwood_seo

see ya
Ed, native speaker from Korea

Phrasebase Archive
	Morkenhai_Hawa	Monday 13th of August 2007 11:27:31 PM
	Trip to South Korea - Never thought I\'d be able to access the forum to post this ^^ I know this is quite on short notice, but I\'ve been quite busy lately and I haven\'t known that long that I would be going. In a week\'s time, I\'ll be heading for South Korea for 2 weeks. I\'m going to visit my former Chinese teachers so I\'ll probably be speaking French most of the time (I live in France so I learnt Chinese from French) and maybe a little bit of Chinese if I can get round to it. But I\'ll be arriving at Incheon International and have to make my way down to where they are in Ulsan and back up. Also, if I visit places, I may not be with them all the time (the guy is an engineer and will be working a lot and the woman has there baby to take care of and I don\'t know if she works since they\'re only there for 6 months). I expect like in a scary amount of places (not \"bad\" scary, \"surprising\" scary), especially touristy places, I\'ll be able to understand and make myself understood thanks to English. But previous experience has taught me some people can understand and speak some English but are reluctant to do so if there\'s another way (amongst which brazilians who would rather talk to me in Portuguese and have me answer in Spanish), added to which, even though some may not like it (I\'ve heard that about the Japanese), generally speaking people seem to be pleased when you make an effort to try to say a few words in their language (even if it\'s basic, a lot of people don\'t even bother to go to the trouble of learning things like hello, goodbye or thank you). Well, and obviously not every single person on Earth has a conversational level of English. So for the reasons stated above, I\'d like to know a bit of Korean. I won\'t be able to learn Hangeul in a week and even if I was able to read it, I wouldn\'t understand it. I learnt a few words because I worked in an airport last year, but didn\'t really get to use them. I don\'t know about the transliteration using the latin alphabet (I\'ve seen several; is there a standardized writing like pinyin for Chinese?) or the correct pronunciation, so if anyone knew about a place I could find that. All I know is: Anyong ha se yo (If I read right, the only thing that changes between hello and how are you? is the intonation) Anyong hi ga se yo Kamsamnida Yong o rul hal jul asim ni ka? (or do you speak English, since if one does, one generally understands the question asked in English) Neh (sounds like in Greek) Ani oh Kamsamnida Chon man eh yo Han kook o rul hahl jul morumnida Yeollakcheo-reul namgyeo juseyo (isn\'t that could I have your phone number? lol) Tokparo Kachi kaleo (I think \"go together\") That\'s all stuff gathered here and there. Please correct, as I\'m not sure about all the phrases. I gave up trying to learn things phonetically off Lost or The Isle I saw on TV recently ^^ I\'m posting this now because I\'ve only had the confirmation about an hour/an hour and a half ago, but I\'ll be looking through the other topics thouroughly this week and making edits (and correcting the romanized writing). Basically, what I\'m asking: Where could I learn how to spell Korean \"properly\" with the latin alphabet? Does anyone have some easy tips on how to pronounce Korean well enough to be understood by someone making an effort? XD (vowels bound together, stresses) Any advice/things I should need to know (big differences which could lead to great incomprehension, embarassment or trouble)? I know there are different levels of language (depending on how formal, like Japanese) Any other useful phrases I should learn? Been thinking about things like: excuse me/I\'m sorry, where is (toilet, etc.)?, and the language questions (English is probably the safest bet, but I remember last year at the airport helping a Japanese person in Spanish because he only spoke Japanese and Portuguese), so I would need for French, Spanish, Italian, German and Chinese (and maybe Japanese in the worst case). I suppose you just have to swap \"yong\" for the name of the country... Is there an equivalent in Korean to the Japanese -san (that you add on the end of a name to be polite, like Mr.)?
	edwoodseo	Monday 22nd of October 2007 06:36:02 PM
	happy to meet you here, apologize being late to come to you - keep contact please thru: email or yahoo messenger >> edwood51@yahoo.co.kr msn messenger >> edwood2116@hotmail.com skype >> edwood_seo see ya Ed, native speaker from Korea