[int] Asking Directions

Ciara : 실례합니당. 저는 가장 가까운 경찰서를 찾고 있어요.
Ryu : 오른쪽으로 가셔서 두블럭 더 가세요. 그리고.. 그리고..
Ciara : 그 당음에는요?
Ryu : 몰라요.

Ciara : Excuse me. I'm looking for the nearest police station.
Ryu : Make right and go more two blocks... and...and..
Ciara : and then?
Ryu : I don't know.

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Ciara : 저기요. 경찰서가 어디있는지 아세요?
Kim : 오. 왼쪽으로 가시고 곧바로 가세요. 그러면 보일거에요.
Ciara : 정말 고맙습니당.

Ciara : Hey. Do you know where the police station is?
Kim : Oh. Turn left and go straight. Then, you will see.
Ciara : Thanks a lot.


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1. excuse me : 실례합니당.
When you need a help from someone, you can say "실례합니당." It's extremly formal.
And "여기요" and "저기요" are also being used in spoken.
Basically, 여기요 is like "here is." and 저기요 is "there is."

2. I don't know : [저는] 몰라요. (opp. 알아요 = I know)
In Korean speaking, Korean people usually omit subjective when a speakers talk about himself or herself and listeners know the answer is on the speaker.

3. Direction : 방향
좌측 or 왼쪽 : left side
우측 or 오른쪽 : right side
straight : 곧바로
back side : 뒤쪽
front side : 앞쪽
to the back side : 뒤쪽에 ( the preposition 'to' used for direction is "~에.")
그러면 : then

4. more : 더 (opp. less : 덜, 조금)
ex> eat more! (더 먹어) - eat less! (조금 먹어!)






#. This is for people who can read Korean without the English instructions.

Korean New Year (2)

Korean New Year (2) - The memorial service for Korean's own ancestors.

I am not sure whether "the memorical service for ancestors" is translated in english correctly. Anyway, as you can see the picture, it's called "cha rae"[차례]. It's kind of the respectful service for Koreans' own ancestors.

It's originated from Confucianism which was accepted in the Chosun dynasty as a national religion and a efficiently ruling idea.

I think you already know that Koreans love hot and spicy food. But you won't find out hot and spicy food on the service. It's totally banned that hot, spicy and red color food including peppers and garlics is put on because the red means that ancestors' spirits don't prefer. Obviously, it could be kind of shamanism or idolraty, which is believing idols.

Because Koreans practice worships for acestors like idols, Christian people deny this ritual ceremony with one of the Ten Commandments from the Holy Bible that says "I am the LORD thy God, thou shalt have no other gods before me."

There are other regulations when Koreans set up the table. Fish should be on east and fish's head should be headed for right side. Meat should be on west-side. Koreans put dried seafood like a squid on the left side of the table. And red-colored fruits like apples are on right side of the table.

As like that there are lots of dialects from each area in one language, the methods how to set up are different from family, region, and so on.

차례(charae), the memorial service for ancestors, is usually being held twice a year, 설날(the Korean new year) and 추석(chusok : the Korean Thanksgiving day).

----NEW WORDS

차례 (charae) : the ancestral memorial service in Korea

a picture : 사진[sa jin]

Confucianism : 유교 (you gyo)

Christianism : 기독교 (gi dok gyo)

Buddhism : 불교 (bul gyo)

#. ~교 means a kind of religion.

an apple : 사과(sa gwa / sa gua)

a squid : 오징어 (oh jing oe)

----QUIZ

WHAT is "the memorial service for ancestors" called in Korean?

Korean Language and Culture

Hi. I'm Ryu from South Korea. It's the first time that I tell you about Korean language and culture. But, as you hear me, my english pronunciation might be too poor to understand. There are lots of flaws in grammar or words. Please, understand me. You can drop by my blog to read an article about this podcasting. Feel free to visit to http://yourkorean.blogspot.com or to send an e-mail dooliya@gmail.com. and my skype account is dooliya. You can contact me with what ever you want at your convinience.

If you see a Korean person at the first time, you have to greet. How should you say? ok! I will tell you. You can say "처음뵙겠습니당.“[Cheo um boep get sum ni da.] It means "how do you do?" and you may say "hello" or "hi". You can say "안녕하세요.”[An nyung ha se yo] or "안녕하십니까" [an nyung ha sip ni gga]. There is another expession like that "nice to meet you". In Korean, it's "만나서 반갑습니당.“ [man na seo ban gap sup ni da.] You may response to it like that "So do I". ”So do I" is "저도요.“[jeo do yo.].
Ok. One more time!

처음 뵙겠습니당. [Cheo um boep get sum ni da.] = How do you do?
처 음 뵙 겠 습 니 당.
안녕하세요 [An nyung ha se yo] = Hello
안 녕 하 세 요
안녕하십니까 [an nyung ha sip ni gga] = Hello
안 녕 하 십 니 까
만나서 반갑습니당. [man na seo ban gap sup ni da.] = Nice to meet you
만 나 서 반 갑 습 니 당
저도요. [jeo do yo.] = So, do I
저 도 요

Let's practice. Follow the sentences what you've learned. First time I will say them slowly. And second time I will say them faster.


Actually, some of my friends living in other countries want to learn Korean language. But, I think before learning another language, it's essential to understand the culture. Don't you think so? hmm. nobody agree with me. Whatever!~
Anyway, I hope to be helpful for who wants to learn Korean.
If you want to get the article about this podcast, you can visit to http://yourkorean.blogspot.com or send an e-mail dooliya@gmail.com.