Lesson #1 - Thank You!
June 1st, 2007Learn Korean travel phrases with SurvivalPhrases.com. A little Korean can go such a long way! Whether you’re traveling, visiting, or sightseeing, SurvivalPhrases.com has all the essential travel phrases just for you! Today we cover another high frequency phrase which will be sure to be of use on your trip, vacation, or travels to Korea.
People are often amazed at Korean hospitality. Often you’ll come across people refusing money from you, extra food or drinks for free, or even discounts for no apparent reason at all. And as this is the case with many Koreans, you’ll have plenty of reason to know how to say: “Thank you!” Be sure to stop by SurvivalPhrases.com and leave us a post!
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Nice lesson. Great enunciation Keith Kim.
Thanks, Keith! I’m really happy Korean Survival Phrases is up because I’ve been hearing about it for so long at JapanesePod101. Congratulations and I look forward to more excellent lessons.
Moses and AP, thanks for the encouragement! Hope you guys enjoy the rest of the Survival Phrases
What does ‘Kim’ mean. Korean people always put it after their names… is it like the Japanese ’san’ suffix?
Evan - great to hear that you’re making an effort to really connect with you’re daughter-in-law’s parents! You can definitely get a few phrases down and impress them! And in addition to the language component of these Survival Phrases, I think you’ll find the cultural tidbits helpful as well. They should give you a better understanding of her family and where they come from.
Maxie - Actually, my name is Keith Kim, and Kim is my surname. Kim is a very common surname in Korea. This name accounts for nearly 20% of the surnames in Korea (probably why you were under the impression it was equivalent to “san”!). The equivalent of the Japanese “san” would be “ssi.” But it would only be affixed to a given name, not a surname. Hope this helps
I got one of my Korean students to help me with this:
http://www.mp3.com.au/track.asp?id=144011
it helped me remember this new word well, hope you like it!
Keith - love it! I found you on iTunes and have been using your service for only a day, but I love it so far. Great work. Keep it up! I’m listening…
Great Korean lessons Keith-Kim!
I just listen to all the lesson and I’m learning Korean already!!
Keep up the great work! :cool
Hyunwoo-Sun
Beautiful site, you have very interest blogs there!
S_R_C
Great job! The thing I don’t like about so many of these podcast sites is that they usually take up so much time blabbing on and on about nothing in particular. (As fun as that can be sometimes, it gets annoying.) This podcast gets straight to the point, which I LOVE. I also appreciate the clear enunciation. Plus, the little exercises at the end are a nice touch, and I love your upbeat attitude, Keith. Keep up the good work!
안녕하세요!
These lessons are great - I also like the fact that the lessons are only about 5mins long and are really direct! So much easier to remember that way.
감사합니다 ~ !
세라
Thanks for all the comments everyone! Glad to hear that people are enjoying these survivalphrases
I love these podcasts. Very good! I was wondering whether there will be a free trial for the services like JP101? Thanks,
Matt
Matt - Really glad to hear that you’re enjoying these podcasts. While we don’t have a free trial, we do have a sample PDF Lesson Guide for each language on our Subscription & Pricing page. We also offer a 30 day money-back guarantee on memberships.
I’ve really enjoyed listening to the lessons so far! They are very helpful and very clearly pronounced, so it’s easy for me to pick up on after listening to it a few times through and repeating the words, syllable by syllable, for myself. I am one-fourth Korean, but I actually did not know a single word of the language (until now)! My dad (half Korean) was adopted from an American family very early on in his life, so he knows very little Korean (and to address an earlier post - his name was Kim Ke Sue… though I doubt that is spelled right). Also, I’m currently in a summer program, and one of the girls here is Korean. I thought it would be cool if I just said something like, “Thank you!” or “You’re welcome!” in Korean some time.
Chris, I’m glad to hear that you’re trying to connect with some of your heritage. If you go to Korea, you’d probably be pretty popular. Many models in Korea are of mixed Korean heritage
Never thought I will be learning korean.
Great work.I like the format of your lessons.
Keep it up. More topics,please. Cheers.
Cool stuff guys. I’m around Koreans pretty often and go to Korean restaurants a lot too (bibimbap is the GREATEST FOOD EVER) so I have lots of opportunities to use this stuff.
Guys…using “anyong ha sei yo” at Korean restaurants is freaking crazy, man!!! For whatever reason, they think it’s really funny when white people use any Korean phrases… Makes interacting with the waiters/waitresses a lot of fun.
Also, I’m around Vietnamese people all the time so I’ll be using the Vietnamese section of this site as well.
Sam - Great to hear you’re getting smiles out of this
Use some of the more advanced phrases, and see what kind of reactions you get! 
Keith, This site is really very helpful. I listen to this everyday . i highly recommended this to all my friends who are learning korean.
Btw, you’ve got an excellent diction . Great job!
…not to mention , it’s cool when you add some funny stuff
can’t wait for the next lessons ( i just finished the #60)
감사합니다
uwaa~korean is just as great as japanese
both EXTREMELY fun and exciting languages! xD
dae-dan-hi gahm-sah-hahm-ni-da~
thank you VERY muchhhh
…tetanhi kamsahamnida…:smile:,
i really wanted to learn korean…i hope you give the right spelling of the words..nevertheless i enjoyed a lot…kang sahamnida..
(No, not a Korean Kim :gri
I had an overnight stay at Incheon so decided to at least learn how to say “thank you”. I think people appreciated it, they spoke Korean back to me, yay! I put a couple of different Korean “thank you” lessons on my iPod for the plane journey over but yours was by far the best as it was short and easy to follow. Thanks! If I ever go back there for a longer trip, I’ll be sure to take your podcasts with me.
Great lesson , Keith! Taedanhi Kamsahamnida!
Hey Keith, you are awesome in these lessons! Great job! i actually got to apply it at work, and my boss was so impressed that one customer was really happy when i said thank you in korean. Keep it up!
By the way, how do you say the ‘fighting’? is it the same as it is pronounced in english?
and what about ‘aja’? isn’t it also a form of encouragement? what does it mean?
Lessons are good Keith. But when these people, if they ever meet native Koreans will have no idea what they are saying. You have lost your Korean accent or never had it. Maybe getting a native to speak will help, but these are good refresher courses. Also Koreanclass101 podcast is awesome, thanks.
Lessons are good Keith. But when these people, if they ever meet native Koreans will have no idea what they are saying. You have lost your Korean accent or never had it. Maybe getting a native to speak will help, but these are good refresher courses. Also Koreanclass101 podcast is awesome, thanks.
Jim,
I know what you mean. I agree that Keith has a somewhat American accent in his Korean(which is very fluent), and no offense 
but just in case anybody’s wondering whether they should take your comment seriously, as a native speaker of Korean, I don’t have any problem understanding what Keith says because his pronunciations are very clear 
Keep up your Korean studies 
화이팅!!
i am chinese but i’m really interested in japanese and korean culture. i was very happy when i found out that iTunes has language podcasts. There was a time when i had to try my little korean, i went to this 24-hour shop in SF and greeted the korean manager “Anyeong-Seo” and since asian people look the same she thought i was a korean and she bombarded me with words that i can’t decipher. She was puzzled when she heard me say ’sorry, i don’t speak korean’ in korean language and she was staring at me when i left the shop, :wink:, that was hell of an experience. Well, maybe i should also try a little japanese sometimes :grin:…
thanks!! these podcasts really did help a lot!! it is great to have the break down of the word’s meaning and pronunciation.
Even though this was started a while ago , I’ve just started learning Korean as a new language.
Thanks for the enthusiasm , its good to learn a language where the teacher themselves sound enthusiastic =D .
Great to hear you’re learning, guys! And 감사합니다 for the kind words!
hi
thankyou for making this site
its really useful
however i cannot work out how to put the lessons onto my ipod shuffle
would be brilliant if you could tell me how
thanks
no worries
i’ve worked it out!
what does ajussiu mean?
i thought it meant ‘older brother’ but i wasnt sure
I may have spelt it wrong
감사합니다!
Quite helpful regarding pronunciation!
esp. tae-dan-hi kam sa ham ni da
annyeong haseyo.
i am a malaysian..
and im a huge fan of korean entertainment.
i’ve watch lots of korean series and movies..
and now i want to stop reading to the subs and hear it.
but to do that i have to learn korean..
does any body here know any free,friendly,easy and good website to learn korean?
pls3..im eager to learn languange..:smile
Hanna씨, if you want to learn Korean more in depth, have a look at http://www.koreanclass101.com . It’s hosted by Keith from Survival Phrases - Korean.
Thanks for the great lesson Keith! I’m getting really excited to visit Korea for a few weeks.
Just one question: I’m confused about why “g” and “d” are used when they sound more like “k” and “t” respectively. For example, “GamsahamniDa” sounds like “KamsahamniTa.” Can you explain why that is?
cool