LESSON NOTES

Absolute Beginner S1 #7
A Little of 'This' and 'That' in Korean

CONTENTS
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Korean Hangul
Romanization
English
Vocabulary
Sample Sentences
Vocabulary Phrase Usage
Grammar
Cultural Insight

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KOREAN HANGUL
1.

.. ?

2.

? .

3.

.. ?

4.

? .

5.

.. ?

6.

? .

7.

....

ROMANIZATION
1.

TTAL:

appa... igeo mwoyeyo?

2.

APPA:

igeo? haembeogeoya.

3.

TTAL:

appa... igeo mwoyeyo?

4.

APPA:

igeo? gamjatwigim-iya.

5.

TTAL:

appa... igeo mwoyeyo?

6.

APPA:

igeo? maekjuya.

7.

TTAL:

umm...masitgetda.

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1.

DAUGHTER:

Dad...what's this?

2.

DAD:

This? A hamburger.

3.

DAUGHTER:

Dad...what's this?

4.

DAD:

This? French fries.

5.

DAUGHTER:

Dad...what's this?

6.

DAD:

This? Beer.

7.

DAUGHTER:

Looks good.

VOCABULARY
Hangul

R omanization

English

igeo

this

masitgetda

looks delicious, looks good

maekju

beer

gamja twigim

french fries, fried potato

appa

dad

haembeogeo

hamburger

mwo-yeyo

What is it? What?

SAMPLE SENTENCES

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... !

igeo juseyo.

wa... masitgetda!

"Please give me this one."

"Wow...looks delicious!"

,
.

hanguk saramdeureun suljibeseo maekjureul

masil ttae, gimina mareunojingeoreul hamkke

maekju masyeo

"Drink some beer."

meokseumnida.

"When Korean people drink beer at a bar,

they eat dried seaweed or squid together
with it."

! ?

gamja twigim meogeullae?

appa eodi gaseyo?

"Do you want to have some french fries?"

"Dad, where are you going?"

uri jeomsim-euro hambeogeo meokeulrae?

igeo mwo-yeyo?

"Shall we have some hamburger for

"What is this?"

lunch?"

VOCABULARY PHRASE USAGE

Choose 2-4 Words or Phrases of Interest from the dialogue for Discussion

GRAMMAR
The Focus of This Lesson Is the Phrase ?
.. ?
"Dad...what's this?"

? (igeo mwoyeyo?) is a phrase that literally means "What is this?" The first part of

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the phrase is (igeo), which means "this." The second part of the phrase is the question
word (mwo), which means "what," along with a conjugated form of the copula, which
we translate as "is."
Literally, this phrase is "this" "what" "is," but we translate this phrase as "what is this?"
Politeness Levels

The phrase ? (igeo mwoyeyo?) is in the most common form, the standard
politeness level. It is polite, yet conversational. See below for a chart of different politeness
levels.
Politeness
Level

Korean

Romanization

"English"

Notes
Most formal,

Formal

igeoseun

mueotimnikka?

not
"What is this?"

Korean
Conversationa

igeo
Standard

mwoyeyo?

conversational

"What is this?"

l and polite
Conversationa

Initimate

igeo mwoya?

"What is this?"

l, used only for

close people

Examples From This Dialogue

1.

.. ?
appa... igeo mwoyeyo?
"Dad...what is this?"

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Sample Sentences

1.

?
igeo mwoya?
"What is that?" (informal Korean)

2.

?
jeogeo mwoyeyo?
"What is that?" (polite Korean)

3.

?
jeogeo mwoya?
"What is that?" (informal Korean)

CULTURAL INSIGHT
The content of this box will be imported to the Post Conversation Banter section of the MART
the first time you open the MART.

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