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Korean-English Guessing Game!

Posted by Ginny
Sep
23
2009

Hopefully you’ved had some time to guess about these words:

1. 카리스마 (charisma)

2. 볼펜 (ballpoint pen) Be careful of the the word 팬 which doesn’t mean pen, but a fan or an ethusiast.

3. 카메라 (camera) lots of names for high tech items are derived from English.

4. 핸드백 (handbag) lots of names for clothes are also derived from English like 셔츠 or shirt

5. 카드 (card) sometimes Koreans use this word to refer to a credit card. Ex: 카드로 낼까요? Should I pay by card?

6. 컴퓨터 (computer) the native Korean word for this is 전자 계산기 but 컴퓨터 is more commonly used.

7. 헤어 스타일 (hairstyle) sometimes people use the word 머리 스타일 but 헤어 스타일 is more common.

8. 테니스 (tennis) names for sports are sometimes derived from the English like 배드민턴 or badminton.

9. 텔레비전 (television) this word is sometimes shortened to 티비 or tv.

10. 프로그램 (program) this could be in reference to a tv program and a computer program.

11. 커피 (coffee) a lot of words associated with coffee are derived from English as well; like cafe (카페), latte (라테)

12. 헤드폰 (headphone) also called earphone (이어폰).

13. 엑스레이 (x ray) a lot of medical terminology are derived from English like CT Scan or 시티 스캔.

14. 노트북 (notebook) which is used to refer to a labtop computer. An actual notebook with lined paper is called a 공책.

15. 피아노 (piano) lots of musical instruments are derived from English like 바이올린 (violin) and 첼로 (cello).

 
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Korean Words Derived from English

Posted by Ginny
Sep
17
2009

The following words are Korean words derived from English. See if you can figure out the English word from the pronunciation of the Korean word.

1. 카리스마

2. 볼펜

3. 카메라

4. 핸드백

5. 카드

6. 컴퓨터

7. 헤어 스타일

8. 테니스

9. 텔레비전

10. 프로그램

11. 커피

12. 헤드폰

13. 엑스레이

14. 노트북

15. 피아노

 
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Animal Names

Posted by Ginny
Jul
28
2009

I was helping my cousin with his home-made Korean language flash cards and I noticed he didn’t have a list for animals. This is more for him, but I hope it will benefit you as well.

bear - (곰) gom

elephant - (코끼리) kkoggiri

tiger - (호랑이) horangi

giraffe - (기린) girin

monkey - (원숭이) wonsungi

lion - (사자) saja

whale - (고래) gore

hippo - (하마) hama

horse - (말) mal

pig - (돼지) deji

cow - (소) so

chicken - (닭) dakk

dog - (개) ge

cat - (고양이) goyangi

bug, insect - (벌레) bule

bird - (새) se

fish - (물고기) mulgogi

mouse - (쥐) ji

 
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The Bigger Numbers

Posted by Ginny
Jul
16
2009

1000 - chun (천)

2000 - i chun (이천)

From 1000 - 9000, it’s the numeral plus thousand. For example, 3,000 = 3 (삼) and 1000 (천). For example, a number like 4,567 would be: 4 thousand (사천) 5 hundred (오백) 60 (육십) 7 (칠).

10,000 - man (만)

20,000 - i man (이만)

Numbers 10,000  to 90,000 is formed by adding the numeral plus man (만). For example, 30,000 is 3 (삼) and man (만).

100,000 - ship man (십만)

200,000 - iship man (이십만)

100,000 - 900,000 is formed much in the same way as the numbers above. 300,000 = (삼십만). 45,678 = (사만)(오천)(육백)(칠십)(팔).

1,000,000 - bek man (백만)

What is 2,000,000? (Hint: it’s formed exactly as the other numbers were formed)

10,000,000 - chun man (천만)

100,000,000 - ok (억)

Try a number like this: 234,567,890 by yourself.

 
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Korean Native Numbers Continued

Posted by Ginny
Jul
7
2009

20 - sumul (스물)

30 - surun (서른)

40 - mahun (마흔)

50 - shwin (쉰)

60 - yesun (예순)

70 - ilhun (일흔)

80 - yodun (여든)

90 - ahun (아흔)

100 - bek (백)

One thing I want to point out is that numbers ending in 1, 2, 3, or 4 will be shortened when a counter follows the number. For example, 11 cars will be yol han de (열한 대) instead of yol hana de.

Here are the shortened forms:

hana (하나) = han (한)

dul (둘) = du (두)

set (셋) = se (세)

net (넷) = ne (네)

 
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