Thursday, November 25, 2010

How to introduce yourself in Korean?

There are a few typical things that we usually say when meeting someone at first.
누군가를 처음 만났을 때 얘기하는 몇 가지 전형적인 것들이 있어요.


Name, Age, Hobbies, Hometown.
이름, 나이, 취미, 고향


You will need to say 'Hi' to start a conversation, right? :)
먼저 인사를 할 필요가 있을거에요, 그렇죠?


Here are some greetings we say.


안녕! / 안녕하세요. -Hi
An nyeong / An nyeong ha sae yo (in a formal way)


만나서 반가워 / 만나서 반갑습니다
                                                                                                                    -Nice to meet you
Man na seo ban  ga wuh / Man na seo ban gab sum ni da. 


내 이름은 ooo 이야 / 제 이름은 ooo 입니다
                                                                               - My name is ____.
Nae ee rum eun _____ ee ya / Jae ee rum eun _____ eep ni da

( Nae changes to Jae, when you introduce yourself to elders.)


나는 ____ 살 이야 / 저는 _____ 살 입니다. - I'm ____ years old.
Na num _____ sal ee ya / Jeo num ____ sal eep ni da

(It might be a cultural difference for you. We usually ask one's age at first meeting. :P so that we know wether to use an honorific way to speak :3 )

나는  ____ 에서 왔어 / 저는 ______ 에서 왔어요 - I am from _____
Na nun _____ eh seo wat seo / Jeo nun _____ eh seo wat seo yo.

나의 취미는 예) 독서하기야 / 저의 취미는 독서하기 입니다. - My hobby is reading books
Na eu chui mi nun dok seo ha gi ya / Jeo eu chui mi nun dok seo ha gi eep ni da.


*Today's word*
인사 : In sah (greeting)
이름 : Ee rum (name)
나이 : Na ee ( age)
~ 에서 : place + ~ eh seo (~ from )
               ex) Mee gook eh seo  (from the U.S.)
취미 : Chui mi (hobby)

8 comments:

  1. Nice Blog!!!
    But in my opinion, sometime Korean Language are hard to pronunce...
    So if you are fine then you should make some video about how to move the mouth!!

    Kiyo

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  2. Thanks Kiyo<3
    As you told me, I am working on a video!! :)

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  3. hello JiwoNnyssi .. thank you for the teaching korean .. really big help !

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  4. go map seup nee dah

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  5. Thank you very much for helping me learning korea through this blog .. kamsahamnida :)

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  6. I think "jeo" instead of jae? O.o
    "jeo" is the formal way to say "I" in korean. I'm just saying...

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    1. hello! Both "jeo" and "jae" are the formal way to say "I" in Korean, but "는" comes after "jeo" and "가" comes after "jae". ex) 제가, 저는 (O) / 제는, 저가(X)
      Hope it helps! :)

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