Lesson #7 - Apologies
June 15th, 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.
You wake up and look at your clock. It’s 12:00! You’re already an hour late to meet your friend down at the hotel lobby! You rush down and see your friend; he doesn’t have the most pleasant expression on his face. The only option you have to salvage this friendship is to apologize. In today’s lesson, we’ll learn how to do just that! Be sure to stop by SurvivalPhrases.com and leave us a post!
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this lesson was really funny. good job! (how do you write out “fighting” in hangul?)
Hey reuben, “fighting” in hangul would be “화이팅.” Glad you enjoyed the lesson
your lessons are solid…..keep it up.
I’m really enjoying these lessons so far! I love the way you make the lessons personable by giving funny examples, telling little jokes and encouraging us by yelling “fighting!” It sounds like you’re having fun teaching us and that you really want us to learn. I’m definitely going to continue trying my best! Thanks!
Dan and Kaela, thanks for your positive feedback! I’m definitely having fun doing this. So glad you’re enjoying yourselves too
Keith, I just found these lessons on itunes … you have inspired me to renew my interest in Korean, thanks!
Just one thing on this lesson - I thought “mi-an-ham-ni-da” / “mi-an-hae” was the usual way of saying “I’m sorry” but you made no mention of it.
David, thanks for your interest! Glad that you’re enjoying our Survival Phrases.
You’re correct! mianhamnida/mianhae are both “I’m sorry” as well, but I was going for the most polite version because typically, you try to be as polite as possible. But mianhamnida/mianhae are both used as well. Especially the latter
This was a great lesson. I’ve downloaded all of them to my iPod, and listen to them while either working, or walking around. I just started studying Korean a few months ago and have found it to be quite challenging and rewardin
Keep up the awesome lessons!
swillra - this lesson was my personal favorite
Thanks for listening swillra! If you’re looking for some more challenging Korean lessons, we also have www.KoreanClass101.com! I’ll see you there!
thnks again
Back in high school, i’ve always wanted to learn Korean but just can’t find the right resources for me to learn. And having recently noticed that a lot of Koreans are coming in the Starbucks store where i work, i’ve decided to start learning, to help our customers feel appreciated in our store by hearing the barista greet them in Korean. Man, my boss would love me for this.
i know 2 other languages already, and i know that adding another one is good for my brain. Thanks for all the lessons, my friend. i like listening to all of it, i listen to it everytime i have breaks.
Keep it up!
keith,
I love your podcasts…i download all of them and listen to them all day. There is (believe it or not) a chinease restaurant down the road from me owned my Koreans and i have been able to speak a little with them…its great! thanks
Great lessons! This is a huge help for people planning a trip to Korea like myself.
One question I had about this lesson is: what does ‘hamnida’ mean? I noticed it’s used when saying ‘thank you’ as well as ’sorry’.
daedanhi gamsa hamnida!
Nikki, “hamnida” is the polite form of the Korean verb “hada”, which basically means “to do”. If you look up “hamnida” in a dictionary you probably won’t find it, but look up “hada” and you will.
Hi, Keith,
I’m getting so much out of the lessons. Going to Korea in a month for two weeks and think I’ll be able to get by much better than the last two times. Thank you!
Question on pronunciation of the word for sorry. The pdf spells it “joesonghamnida” but it sounds like you are making a “tray” sound instead of a “jway” sound. Can you be specific about that, like what the tongue position is. Are the lips slightly pursed?
Thanks again!
Lisa
Hi Lisa! Thanks for stopping by! And I’m glad SurvivalPhrases has been a service to you!
As for the pronunciation, i start with my lips in front, and move my lips back so my mouth is half open. And the tip of my tongue is starts at the roof of my mouth behind my front teeth and gradually comes down to the bottom of my mouth when I move my lips back.
I think a good way to explain the pronunication may be to romanize the syllable as:
jooweh - this is actually a double vowel in Korean, which means it has two vowels squished into one syllable. So try to pronounce “joo” as the first syllable and “weh” as the second. And then gradually try to speak faster and squish em in together to get one syllable.
I hope this helps!
i was taught another way to say sorry :bianhamnida
how is that different from jwesunghamnida?
thanks for sharing this! ~thumbs up