Tagged: learn korean

Matt Strum, a fellow member at Korea Business Central (www.koreabusinesscentral.com), and his associate Chris Kwon are working on a Korean language resource called the Korean Wiki Project (www.koreanwikiproject.com). It is packed with easily accessible and useful information about the Korean language. I encourage anyone interested in the Korean language to check it...

I recently prepared a short video for my translation agency clients. These clients make up a large segment of my business and I maintain a personal relationship with many project managers at dozens of agencies around the world. Considering this, it was a good chance to try out a new,...

During my years in Korea, the most embarrassing language situations have occurred when I’ve misused the honorific forms. Of course, I’ve spoken 존대말 (respectful form of Korean) to children more times than I can count and from time-to-time, I’ll say a little 반말 (low form of Korean)  to adults. Usually I can...

I'll start with "thank you" because its usage is straightforward. There are actually two words for it: "kahm-sahm -ni-da" and "ko-map-sum-ni-da". The two words are interchangeable and if you use them often, you will do well in Korea. Saying "please", however, is a bit more complicated since its usage depends...