Korean Words
Imagine this, your company decided to send you on an official tour to Korea and did not give you enough time to even learn a few words of the language. You land on the unknown shores of Korea to be greeted by the people from your company's Korean branch as "AHN-NYUN HA SEH-YO, BAN-GAP SUP-NEE DA"! What do you do? Rush to the nearest doctor to either get your ears checked or may be his head checked? Well, you need not take any such drastic step for the poor guy is only saying, "Good morning, nice to meet you". But thankfully, such nightmarish situations can be avoided with a little luck and loads of patience. You can definitely enroll yourself in any of the many foreign language schools mushrooming all over your city. And if time is what binds you then fret not, a number of "Instant Korean" books have thronged the market. You can utilize the time it takes you to cover the long journey to Korea and learn a few basic words that might prove to be your life savers.
Let us first get ourselves a little brief on the language. Korean is the official language spoken in North Korea as well as South Korea. It also is one among the two official languages of the Korean Autonomous state of China. It boasts of a large speaking population of 78 million which just goes to prove that Korean is not just spoken in the far-Eastern countries but also around the world. From China to Brazil, from Japan to USA and from Philippines to Canada, the Korean language has speakers spread wide. The genealogical origin of the language is something that divides experts into groups. While some believe that the Korean language belongs to the Altaic family, many are of the opinion that it is a 'language isolate'. Much like the Japanese and the Vietnamese languages, the Korean language too has been influenced by the Chinese language. The influence can be seen in the form Sino-Korean words. With the Korean states rising in power, curiosity in the language has increased. Korean in no longer learned by people with the habit of going for the unconventional. Korean has very much become conventional and is learnt even by the high office holders of a country.
The Korean phonetic alphabet, known as han-gul, has 14 consonants and 10 vowel sounds. Hangul is ancient and dates back to the times of the mid 1400s. Although the language with its artistic twists and turns looks very difficult but the truth is far from being that. If somebody is really eager to learn, it does not take too long and can be learnt without too much effort being put. Learning the Korean words are much like learning English words. The grammar involved is pretty much the same as the Korean language too has its nine parts of speech. Almost 50 percent of the Korean words are of Sino-Korean origin. Like in all other languages, many words in this language too have been borrowed from other languages such as Sanskrit, Mongolian etc. Ironically, the Korean language has also contributed many words to other languages such as the Tsushima dialect.
Now with the world slowly becoming a global village, people are waking up to the benefits of knowing many languages. Korean is one such example in the case. Thanks to the many websites such as amazon.com selling numerous books on the subject, number of courses teaching the language being offered both online and by many schools, colleges and private institutes, learning Korean words has never been easier. So get yourself familiarized. AHN-NYUNG-HEE GA-SEH-YO
Let us first get ourselves a little brief on the language. Korean is the official language spoken in North Korea as well as South Korea. It also is one among the two official languages of the Korean Autonomous state of China. It boasts of a large speaking population of 78 million which just goes to prove that Korean is not just spoken in the far-Eastern countries but also around the world. From China to Brazil, from Japan to USA and from Philippines to Canada, the Korean language has speakers spread wide. The genealogical origin of the language is something that divides experts into groups. While some believe that the Korean language belongs to the Altaic family, many are of the opinion that it is a 'language isolate'. Much like the Japanese and the Vietnamese languages, the Korean language too has been influenced by the Chinese language. The influence can be seen in the form Sino-Korean words. With the Korean states rising in power, curiosity in the language has increased. Korean in no longer learned by people with the habit of going for the unconventional. Korean has very much become conventional and is learnt even by the high office holders of a country.
The Korean phonetic alphabet, known as han-gul, has 14 consonants and 10 vowel sounds. Hangul is ancient and dates back to the times of the mid 1400s. Although the language with its artistic twists and turns looks very difficult but the truth is far from being that. If somebody is really eager to learn, it does not take too long and can be learnt without too much effort being put. Learning the Korean words are much like learning English words. The grammar involved is pretty much the same as the Korean language too has its nine parts of speech. Almost 50 percent of the Korean words are of Sino-Korean origin. Like in all other languages, many words in this language too have been borrowed from other languages such as Sanskrit, Mongolian etc. Ironically, the Korean language has also contributed many words to other languages such as the Tsushima dialect.
Now with the world slowly becoming a global village, people are waking up to the benefits of knowing many languages. Korean is one such example in the case. Thanks to the many websites such as amazon.com selling numerous books on the subject, number of courses teaching the language being offered both online and by many schools, colleges and private institutes, learning Korean words has never been easier. So get yourself familiarized. AHN-NYUNG-HEE GA-SEH-YO