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Korean For Dummies
By: Jungwook Hong , Wang LeeeBook Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
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Start speaking Korean the fun and easy way with Korean For Dummies , a no-nonsense guide to Korean culture and the basics of Korean language. Pick up basic phrases and commonly used words so that you can converse with Koreans in both business and personal situations. You’ll learn Korean for everyday life and task-specific expressions for Korean on the go. In addition, you’ll discover important and fascinating aspects of Korean culture.
This handy guide won’t burden you with lists of grammar rules; just look up the phrases and cultural phrases that you need or read through the whole book for a general overview. You’ll be able to place material in a daily context with cultural tidbits, phonetic spelling of Korean words, and the recorded Korean dialogues on the accompanying CD. Exercises will jog your memory and reinforce everything that you learn. Find out how to: Use basic phrases and words correctly Converse intelligently about Korean culture Do business with a Korean company Say task-specific expressions Pronounce Korean words Put material in a real-world context Make a good first impression with Koreans
Complete with lists of ten ways to learn Korean quickly, ten phrases to make you sound Korean, ten expressions that Koreans like to use, and ten things you should never do around a Korean, Korean For Dummies is your one-stop guide to speaking basic Korean and understanding the fundamentals of Korean culture.
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| Title of eBook: Korean For Dummies | |
| Release Date: 05-23-2011 | |
| Publisher: For Dummies |
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Korean For Dummies
Chapter One
Getting Down the Basics
In This Chapter
* Sounding off with Korean phonetics
* Pronouncing the basic vowels and consonants
* Working on sounding fluent
* Practicing some Korean phrases
* Using Korean gestures
Surprising a woneomin (won-uh-min; native speaker) of Korea by perfectly pronouncing a mungu (moon-goo; phrase or a munjang (moon-jang; sentence) of their language can be jaemi (jae-mee; fun). And the purpose of this chapter is to help you do exactly that. Here you will learn how to pronounce Korean and get a hang of a few common haengdong (hang-dong; gestures). It shouldn't take long for you to begin fooling your Korean chingudeul (chingoo-deul; friends) into thinking that you've secretly been spending time mastering the language.
Like unjeon (oon-jun; driving), riding a jajeongeo (ja-juhn-guh; bike) or tightrope geotgi (gut-gee; walking), the only way to get better at pronouncing Korean is by practicing. And the only way to fix your mistakes is by making them. So in this chapter, I introduce words like chimdae (chim-dae; bed), angyeoung (an-gyoung; eye glasses), chitsol (chi-sol; toothbrush), and keopi (kuh-pee; coffee) so you can practice saying words throughout your daily routine, and also teach you some basic sentences and phrases so you can start communicating in Korean. The more Korean you incorporate into your daily routine and daehwa (dae-hwa; conversations) you have, the better your understanding of Korean will become. Try to get a Korean friend to work with you. Practicing accurate pronunciation will not only help you deutgi (deut-gee; list
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