S S1L8 092309 Kclass101
S S1L8 092309 Kclass101
S S1L8 092309 Kclass101
SurvivalPhrasesS1#8
CanYouSpeakEnglish?
CONTENTS
Dialogue-Korean
Main
English
Romanization
Vocabulary
Samplesentences
Grammar
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Culturalinsight
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KOREANCLASS101.COM SURVIVAL PHRASES S1 #8 1
DIALOGUE-KOREAN
MAIN
1. 영어하세요?
2. 한국어하세요?
ENGLISH
1. DoyouspeakEnglish?
2. DoyouspeakKorean?
ROMANIZATION
1. Yeong-eohaseyo?
2. Hangugeohaseyo?
VOCABULARY
Hangul Romanization English Class
영어 yeongeo English noun
한국어 hangugeo Korean(language) noun
일본어 ilboneo Japanese noun
하다 hada todo verb
SAMPLESENTENCES
초등학교때영어를배우기시작합니다. 영어좀읽어줄래요?
Chodeunghakgyottaeyeongeoreulbaeugi Yeongeojomilgeojullaeyo?
sijakamnida. “CouldyoureadtheEnglishplease?”
"WestartlearningEnglishinelementaryschool."
영어발음이좋아요. 영어몰라요.
yeongeobareumijoayo. yeongeomollayo.
"YourEnglishpronunciationisgood." "Idon'tknowEnglish."
Intoday'slesson,we'llcoveranotherextremelyimportantphrase,"CanyouspeakEnglish?"Usingthis
phraseasopposedtospeakingEnglishatsomeoneisimportantformanyreasons.Forone,iftheparty
you'respeakingtodoesn'tunderstandEnglish,atleastheorshewillbeabletounderstandwhatyou're
asking.Italsoconveysalotofrespecttoshowthatyoutooktheefforttolearnevenalittlebitofthe
language.Forthesereasonsandmanymore,we'regoingtocoverthisphrase.
"CanyouspeakEnglish"inKoreanis영어하세요?(yeongeohaseyo?).Thefirstwordofthisphraseis영어
(yeongeo),whichmeans"English."Thesecondpartofthephraseis하세요(haseyo).Thishaseyomeans
"todo,"butinthisspecificcontextitmeans"tospeak."Literally,thephrasewehaveis"English,do"or
"English,speak."Translated,itmeans"DoyouspeakEnglish?"
Let'sgooverthewordsfortwomorelanguages."Korean"is한국어(hangukeo).Japaneseis일본어
(ilboneo).Yeongeohaseyois"CanyouspeakEnglish?"Forthephrase"CanyouspeakEnglish?"wecan
replacethelanguage("English")andask"CanyouspeakKorean?"Simplyreplace"English"(yeongeo)
with"Korean"(hangukeo).Thenewphrasewehavenowishangukeohaseyo?or"Canyouspeak
Korean?"
CULTURALINSIGHT
Tip#1:TheImportanceofLearningSoundsinKorean
ManywrittenKoreanwordshavecorrespondingChinesecharacters.Forinstance,eoor"language"hasa
correspondingChinesecharacter.TheseChinesecharactersareveryimportantastheyplayastrongrole
intheKoreanlanguage.ManywordshavetheiroriginsfromChinesecharacters.Andknowingthese
characterscanopenupsomanydoorsinthelanguage.
WhenIwasstudyingKorean,Ididn'tknowanyChinesecharacters.Istilldon'tknowasmanyChinese
charactersasI'dlike,butIlearnedtoassociatecertainsoundsinKoreanwithcertainmeanings.For
example,eomeans"language."Andthewordforanylanguage(e.g.,English,Korean,Chinese,Spanish,
French)inKoreanendsineo.OnceyoureachacertainlevelofyourKoreaneducation,youvocabulary
willskyrocketwhenyoulearnthesecharacters(orattheleastthesounds).