If...

i am a useless piece of shit, i would make sure that anyone that step on me will get their foot real dirty! :D

korean level 1, lesson 5-10

1) 이에요 / 예요 [i-e-yo / ye-yo]

Final consonant + 이에요 [i-e-yo]

No final consonant (Only vowel) + 예요 [ye-yo]

2) Sentence Structure

English sentence structure:

ABC + [be] + DEF.

** DEF is a noun here.

Ex)

ABC is DEF.

I am ABC.

You are XYZ.

Korean sentence structure:

ABC + DEF + [be]

** DEF is a noun here.

Ex)

이거 ABC예요. [i-geo ABC-ye-yo] = This is ABC

3) Sample Sentences

물이에요. = 물 + 이에요 [mul + i-e-yo]

(It’s) water.

가방이에요. = 가방 + 이에요 [ga-bang + i-e-yo]

(It’s) a bag.

사무실이에요. = 사무실 + 이에요 [sa-mu-sil + i-e-yo]

(It’s) an office.

학교예요. = 학교 + 예요 [hak-gyo + ye-yo]

(It’s) a school.

저예요. = 저 + 예요 [ jeo + ye-yo]

(It’s) me.

4) Asking questions

You can also make this a question simply by raising the tone at the end of the sentence

물이에요. [mul-i-e-yo] = It’s water.

물이에요? [mul-i-e-yo?] = Is that water? Is this water?

학교예요. [hak-gyo-ye-yo] = It’s a school.

학교예요? [hak-yo-ye-yo] = Is it a school? Are you at school now?

뭐 [mwo] = what

뭐예요? [mwo-ye-yo?] = What is it? What’s that?

5) 이거 [i-geo] = this, this one

이 [i] (“this”) + 것 [geot] (“thing”) = 이것 [i-geot] --> 이거 [i-geo]

이거 [i-geo] is originally 이것 [i-geot] and it is a combination of 이 [i] (“this”) and 것 [geot]

(“thing”) but it is often used as just 이거 [i-geo] for the ease of pronunciation

6) Sample Sentences 2 (for vocab)

이거 책이에요. [i-geo chaek-i-e-yo] = This is a book.

이거 카메라예요. [i-geo ka-me-ra-ye-yo] = This is a camera.

이거 커피예요. [i-geo keo-pi-ye-yo] = This is coffee.

이거 사전이에요. [i-geo sa-jeon-i-e-yo] = This is a dictionary.

7) 이거 뭐예요? [i-geo mwo-ye-yo?] = What is this?

이거 뭐예요? [i-geo mwo-ye-yo?] = What is this?

이거 핸드폰이에요. [i-geo haen-deu-pon-i-e-yo] = This is a cellphone.

이거 뭐예요? [i-geo mwo-ye-yo?] = What is this?

이거 물이에요. [i-geo mul-i-e-yo] = This is water.

이거 뭐예요? [i-geo mwo-ye-yo?] = What is this?

이거 커피예요. [i-geo keo-pi-ye-yo] = This is coffee.

8) Modifiers

이 [i] = this (near you)

그 [geu] = the / that (near the other person)

저 [ jeo] = that (over there)

9) Usage: like chinese zhe ge and na ge

이 [i] = this

이 + 것 = 이것 [i-geot] or 이거 [i-geo] = this thing, this item, this one

그 [geu] = the, that

그 + 것 = 그것 [geu-geot] or 그거 [geu-geo] = the thing, the item, that one, it

저 [ jeo] = the, that, that ... over there

저 + 것 = 저것 [geu-geot] or 저거 [geu-geo] = that thing over there

You can form various expressions using 이, 그, or 저 along with other words.

Example)

사람 [sa-ram] means a person

이 사람 [i sa-ram] = this person, this man here, this lady here, he, she

그 사람 [geu sa-ram] = the person, that person, he, she

저 사람 [ jeo sa-ram] = that person over there, he, she

FYP's open selection is like playing mind games...cool, not.

korean level 1, lesson 1-4

learning Korean online is fun. Recommend this website: www.talktomeinkorean.com. Content below is extracted from there...

1)안녕하세요. = Hello. / Hi. / How are you? / Good afternoon. / Good evening. / etc...

안녕+하세요 = 안녕하세요.
[an-nyeong]+[ha-se-yo]

안녕 = well-being, peace, health
하세요 = you do, do you?, please do

2)감사합니다. = Thank you.

감사 + 합니다 = 감사합니다.
[gam-sa]+[hap-ni-da]

감사 = appreciation, thankfulness, gratitude
합니다 = I do, I am doing

3)네. [ne] = That’s right. / I agree. / Sounds good. / What you said is correct.
아니요. [aniyo] = That’s not right. / I don’t agree. / What you said is not correct

e.g.
커피 좋아해요? [keo-pi jo-a-hae-yo?] = Do you like coffee?
네. 좋아해요. [ne. jo-a-hae-yo] = Yes, I like coffee.

커피 좋아해요? [keo-pi jo-a-hae-yo?] = Do you like coffee?

아니요. 안 좋아해요. [aniyo. an jo-a-hae-yo] = No, I don’t like coffee.

커피 안 좋아해요? [keo-pi an jo-a-hae-yo?] = You don’t like coffee?

아니요. 좋아해요. [aniyo. jo-a-hae-yo] = Yes, I like coffee.

커피 안 좋아해요? [keo-pi an jo-a-hae-yo?] = You don’t like coffee?

네. 안 좋아해요. [ne. an jo-a-hae-yo] = No, I don’t like coffee

abit confusing. but it is a common grammar mistake in English.

네 is more than just YES or THAT’S RIGHT.

While 네 [ne] is used to express “Yes” or “That’s right”, it is also used as a conversation filler.

If you listen to two Korean people talking with each other, you will hear them saying 네 quite

often, even when it is not intended to mean “Yes”.

So two people can have a conversation like this. Imagine it is all in Korean.

A: You know what, I bought this book yesterday,

B: 네. [ne]

A: and I really like it.

B: 네.

A: But it’s a bit too expensive.

B: 네.

A: Do you know how much it was?

B: How much was it?

A: It was 100 dollars!

B: 네? [ne?]

A: So I paid the money with my credit card.

B: 네...

A: But I still like it a lot because it’s a book by Kyeong-eun Choi, one of the teachers at TalkToMeInKorean.com

B: 네...

So, as you can see from the dialog above, 네 [ne] is a multi-player. It can be:

Yes. / That’s right

but also,

I see. / I got it. / I’m here! (when someone calls you) / I understand. / Ah-ha. / etc...

4) 네, 맞아요. [ne, ma-ja-yo] = Yes, that’s right.

5) 안녕히 계세요. [an-nyeong-hi gye-se-yo] = Stay in peace

안녕히 가세요. [an-nyeong-hi ga-se-yo] = Go in peace

6) Best tip given ever! hahaha :D

When Korean people say 안녕하세요 [an-nyeong-ha-se-yo], 안녕히 계세요 [an-nyeong-hi gyese-yo] or 안녕히 가세요 [an-nyeong-hi ga-se-yo], they don’t always pronounce EVERY single

letter clearly. So often times, what you would hear is just the ending part, “세요” [se-yo].

So you can deliberately sound more fluent by just saying 세요 [se-yo] for all of these occasions.

7) 죄송합니다. [ joe-song-hap-mi-da] = I apologise/ I feel ashamed. (strictly for apologies, not applicable to "i'm sorry that (something unfortunate) happen to you" case)

8) 저기요. [ jeo-gi-yo] = Excuse me ONLY applicable for calling out to gain someone's attention or asking waiter/waitress to take order.

9) 잠시만요. [ jam-si-man-yo] (literal meaning: “Just a second.”)

죄송합니다. [ joe-song-ham-ni-da] (literal meaning: “I am sorry.”)

잠깐만요. [ jam-kkan-man-yo] (literal meaning: “Just a second.”)

= excuse me, please give way. (to pass through a crowd)

** Yes, “jamsimanyo” and “jamkkanmanyo” are the same thing.

Can't wait to go Korea

the reason

why i used this template is becos i wanted to say:

1) NUEVE 7 is over and I feel so old

and dont wanna say this on fb..hahaha

YAYES changed blog template and gg to go twitter style...

rants.

When i hear ppl's replies, i remember why i chose to keep quiet in the first place.

When i see how my sister studies, doing for the sake of doing, i recall how great my sec sch teachers were. What extra stuff they bothered to teach us, like mrs yeo which showed us how to derive all the equations for volumes and surfaces. Til date, i still remember that the surface of a sphere is 2/3 that of the surface of the cylinder that encompasses it. and that the volume of a pyramid is 1/3 of the cube/cuboid that encompass it...and so on. haha such simple derivations then have led to more complicated ones as my studies progress...interesting...

another issue:

just want to say: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS FREEDOM OF SPEECH. period.

If one insists, one would have to be prepared to bear the consequences.

when you want to say something, being human, a social creature, you would consider what your listeners' response maybe, the consequences that may result for it and from there make a decision whether to modify, moderate and simply just not say what was on ur mind.

So, forcing yourself on others who are uncomfortable with what you said, is inhumane. That said, the above may not apply to all situations, like a mother nagging and a child and so on. If goodwill is the speaker's intention, it would be unjustifiable to say that the speaker is inhumane, right. so apply when appropriate. hahaha

Bad chocolates

NEWS of the week! SNSD has release a new album HOOT! Can someone gg to korean get it for me pleaaaaase? hahahaha i alr have to OH! album le....although i love them very much, my practical sense still say have to wait for albums instead of buying singles. hahaha

Anyways i wanted to record somewhere of the brands of chocolates that i have blacklisted. Not nice.

1) Milo nuggets made in malaysia? does it make a difference if its made somewhere? i dont noe...

2) Toberone - it used to be very nice leh! but its not nice alr! :(

Do i look innocent?

Though at first glance, i may seem naive and innocent, i am not. hahaha.

Often i find myself disliking certain ppl and yet unable to voice that out cos everyone else seem okay with them. Despite the majority opinion versus minority opinion thingy, i still secretly hold true to my thoughts, ideas and impressions of the that person. I am unconventional and dislikes herd mentality. For this case at least! hahas

I like to say i secretly pride myself on being able to judge ppl accurately. Definitely judgement cant be based on nothing right, so, i have to add that i pride myself on my sharp observations too! so much pride have i, eh?

so okay, currently on my mind now are 2 such persons...

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i am a shadow of what i was before. Before the naive girl in me is being tore apart by the ugliness of other self-centred humans.

I was browsing through some of my old autograph books...Back in those days when they are all the rage, everyone owns one such book and passes it around the whole class for a written record of "who are my friends in secondary/primary school"...

Ppl wrote that im always happy and cheerful and how i brighten their day. I wonder, was i really like that? If so, days back then must be happier then. Nowadays, what is there to be happy about? Just travelling to school is like a chore. Of course going home is supposed to be happy, but i guess one can be too troubled or tired to actually feel happy alr. SIGH

Ppl wrote that i was very helpful, enthusiastic and what not. Hmmms back then my illusion of witches only exist in fairytales wasnt popped yet. i didnt know and havent met anyone who was selfish and self-centred to the extent that it would change my whole outlook of everyone else on Earth. sn was just such a nice, sheltered, warm and lovely place, even with the preachy principals and other horrible events in my sec sch life.

aww the memories. Worth reliving and reminiscing BUT, i wld still prefer the smarter and more cautious and more mature me now. For the record, i have decided my age to remain at 17 gg to 18 no matter what. Time is passing me by too quickly...

i am 17 gg on 18.

Oh another thing...you know how sometimes it get annoying when someone talks to you about something that u are totally not interested about? Although you dont seem to be participating in the "conversation", that person totally didnt take the hint and rushes on enthusiastically about his chosen topic. That gets on my nerves especially if im occupied with something. AND the most important factor here is that person happens to be someone that you are on close terms with. You dont really want to issue a "oh, i dont know and dont care so shush" kind of reply in fear of hurting that person... oh dear, the torture continues. This what i observed ill do...

- with eileen, just interrupt her and change topic, she catches on very fast anyways.
- with my sis, just keep quiet and let her run out of gas. At least to my sis, im not obligated to give replies when directed qns at.
- with grp a, just nod and smile mildly and turn away letting ur attention drift to something else. At least with the attention gone, they will move on the other targets and not me!
- with grp b, post a question instead of answering to divert the topic. Question shd be straight forward and easy to answer. This breaks their train of thought and hopefully they will steer to other topics.

food for thought!

ttfn.