Korean Like a Pro 2
COMMENTS 52Bam! Here’s the second installation of our Korean Like a Pro series, in which we teach you how to speak Korean, like a Pro! Ha! If only it were that. No no no. We just try to use the Korean that we’ve learned, and we butcher it along the way, but, hell, if you haven’t noticed by now, we’re shameless. And the best way to learn something is by teaching it. So here we go!
We learned a cool Korean phrase a couple of weeks ago when we were having lunch with one of Martina’s Korean friends. She taught us the phrase 살쪄, which means “I don’t want to be fat.” It comes up a lot in conversation, usually when a guy and a girl are discussing what they want to eat for dinner or lunch or breakfast or whatever. It’s hella hard to pronounce, though, because the 쪄 is just impossible for us. IMPOSSIBLE! It’s between a “J” and a “CH” sound, and we can’t figure it out. Problem is, when we mispronounce it, instead of saying “I don’t wanna get fat” it becomes “Give me your flesh.” Yikes. Hopefully we didn’t mispronounce it too terribly!
If you can’t tell by now, we’re not fluent in Korean, but we’re trying to learn it, and we want to document it as we go. We’re not taking any formal classes yet. We’re just trying to learn Korean by picking up and practicing Korean phrases. One of these days we’ll get around to being more formally studious. For now, these hodgepodge phrases will have to do! Anyhow, we have a lot of fun with these videos, and we want to make more of them. We can’t promise them as regularly as our Kpop Music Mondays, but – yeah – we will make more of them. If you’ve got any suggestions or recommendations for phrases or words you’d like to see us try out, or scenarios you’d like to see us do, leave us a comment here, or send us an email. Like the Music Monday Requests, we can’t promise that we’ll do everything requested of us, but if we get enough of a particular request, we might just go through with it. Yeah!
As always, JB and Annie from [닉쑤] Enjoy Your Happy Life~* are awesome for so diligently translating all of our videos into Korean. Huzzah! Also, occasionally, they translate what we write here into Korean as well, and have been kind enough to send us the translation. Here it is, if you’re interested in reading Korean:
ì§œì§ ! ‘프로처럼 한êµë§ 하기’ 시리즈 ë‘번째 시간입니다. ì €í¬ê°€ 한êµë§ì„ ê°€ë¥´ì³ ë“œë¦¬ëŠ” 시간ì´ì£ . 마치 프로처럼요! 하하~ ì €í¬ê°€ ì •ë§ í”„ë¡œë¼ë©´ ë§ì´ì£ . 하지만 그건 ì ˆëŒ€ 아닙니다. ì €í¬ëŠ” 단지 ê·¸ë™ì•ˆ ë°°ìš´ 한êµë§ì„ ì“°ë ¤ê³ ë…¸ë ¥í•˜ëŠ” ê²ë‹ˆë‹¤. 어쩌다보니 ì—‰ë§ìœ¼ë¡œ ì“°ê³ ìžˆì—ˆë˜ í‘œí˜„ë“¤ë„ìš”. í ! ì´ë¯¸ 다들 ì•„ì‹œê² ì§€ë§Œ, ì €í¬ëŠ” ì–¼êµ´ì´ ë‘ê»ìŠµë‹ˆë‹¤. ê·¸ë¦¬ê³ ë¬´ì–¸ê°€ë¥¼ ë°°ìš°ëŠ”ë° ìžˆì–´ì„œ ìµœê³ ì˜ ë°©ë²•ì€ ê·¸ê²ƒì„ ê°€ë¥´ì¹˜ëŠ” 것ì´ë¼ëŠ”ê²ƒë„ ì•Œêµ¬ìš”. ìž, 시작해 볼까요!
ì €í¬ëŠ” 몇 주 ì „ì— ë§ˆí‹°ë‚˜ì˜ í•œêµì¸ 친구와 ì ì‹¬ì„ ë¨¹ìœ¼ë©´ì„œ ë©‹ì§„ 한êµì–´ í‘œí˜„ì„ í•˜ë‚˜ ë°°ì› ìŠµë‹ˆë‹¤. ê·¸ 친구가 가르ì³ì¤€ í‘œí˜„ì€ ‘살쪄’ì¸ë°ìš”. ‘뚱뚱해지기 ì‹«ì–´’ë¼ëŠ” 뜻입니다. ì¼ìƒëŒ€í™”ì— ì •ë§ ìžì£¼ 등장하는 표현ì¸ë°, 주로 ì—°ì¸ë“¤ì´ ì 심ì´ë‚˜ ì €ë… ë“± ë˜ ë¨¹ìœ¼ëŸ¬ ê°ˆë ¤ê³ ì˜ë…¼í• 때 ë§Žì´ ì‚¬ìš©í•©ë‹ˆë‹¤. 하지만 ë°œìŒì´ ì •ë§ íž˜ë“¤ì–´ìš”.’쩌’ë°œìŒì€ ì§„ì§œ 안ë˜ë”êµ°ìš”. ì´ê±´ ì €í¬í•œí…Œ 불가능한 ë°œìŒì´ì—ìš”! ‘J’와 ‘CH’중간 소리ì¸ë°, ë„대체 êµ¬ë¶„ì„ ëª»í•˜ê² ë”ë¼êµ¬ìš”. ë¬¸ì œëŠ”, ‘살쩌’를 잘못 ë°œìŒí•˜ë©´ ‘ì‚´ 줘’ê°€ ë˜ë²„ë¦°ë‹¤ëŠ”ê±°ì£ . 으엑~ ì €í¬ ë°œìŒì´ 너무 ì—‰ë§ì´ì§€ 않았길 바랄 ë¿ìž…니다.
보시다시피, ì €í¬ëŠ” 한êµì–´ë¥¼ 잘 못합니다. 하지만 ë°°ìš°ë ¤ê³ ë…¸ë ¥í•˜ê³ ìžˆê³ ê·¸ ê³¼ì •ì„ ê¸°ë¡í•˜ê³ 싶답니다. ì•„ì§ ì •ì‹ ìˆ˜ì—…ì€ ë“£ëŠ”ê±´ 없지만 ê·¸ì € 한êµì–´ í‘œí˜„ë“¤ì„ ê³¨ë¼ìž¡ì•„서 연습하는걸로 한êµì–´ë¥¼ ë°°ìš°ë ¤ê³ ë…¸ë ¥ì¤‘ì´ì£ . 조만간 조금 ë” ì²´ê³„ì 으로 ê³µë¶€í• ê±°ì—ìš”. ì§€ê¸ˆì€ ë’¤ì£½ë°•ì£½ì¸ í‘œí˜„ë“¤ì„ ê³„ì† í• ê±°ì§€ë§Œìš”. ì–´ì¨‹ë“ , 비디오 ì°ìœ¼ë©´ì„œ ì™„ì „ 재밌었답니다. ê·¸ë¦¬ê³ ë” ë§Œë“¤ì–´ ë³´ê³ ì‹¶êµ¬ìš”. K-pop Music Mondays 처럼 ì •ê¸°ì 으로 ë§Œë“ ë‹¤ê³ ì•½ì†ì€ 못드리지만, 아마ë„, 앞으로 ë” ë§Œë“¤ê±° 같아요. ì €í¬ë“¤ì´ 시ë„해봤으면 하는 표현ì´ë‚˜ 단어, í˜¹ì€ ì‹œë‚˜ë¦¬ì˜¤ê°€ 있으시면, 댓글ì´ë‚˜ ì´ë©”ì¼ë¡œ ì œì•ˆ, 추천해주세요. Music Monday 뮤ì§ë¹„디오 ìš”ì²ê³¼ 마찬가지로 ëª¨ë“ ìš”ì²ì„ 다 들어 드릴 순 없습니다. 하지만 íŠ¹ì • ìš”ì²ì´ ë§Žì´ ë“¤ì–´ì˜¤ë©´ 아마 그걸로 바로 비디오 만들거ì—ìš”. 예~
í•ìƒ ê·¸ë ‡ë“¯ì´, ì €í¬ ëª¨ë“ ë¹„ë””ì˜¤ë“¤ì„ í•œêµì–´ë¡œ 부지런하게 번ì—해주는 “[닉쑤] Enjoy Your Happy Life~*” JB와 Annie는 ë©‹ì§„ 친구들ì´ì—ìš”. í—ˆì´ì§œ!
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