Professional Documents
Culture Documents
annyeonghaseyo!
(BABST, BAUTISTA D., BLEZA, CORTES, ESCLETO, MIGUEL,
MOLINA, NACINO, PERALTA V.)
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KOREAN
LANGUAGE
72,000,000
number of people who speak Korean in the whole world
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HISTORY OF KOREAN OR HANGEUL
➢ Chinese writing (“Hanja”) greatly influenced the way how the
Koreans before write
➢ Koreans started writing in classical chinese but later revised in
three different systems
→ Hyangchal: used Chinese characters to represent all the
sounds of Korean and was used mainly to write poetry.
→ Idu: used a combination of Chinese characters together with
special symbols to indicate Korean verb endings and other
grammatical markers, and was used to in official and private
documents
→ Gukyeol
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HISTORY OF KOREAN OR HANGEUL
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FACTS ABOUT KOREAN OR HANGEUL
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FACTS ABOUT KOREAN OR HANGEUL
➢ Verbs always come last in Korean sentence
➢ There are 7 levels of respect built into the language
➢ There are two different counting systems
→ One counting system uses native Korean vocabulary: used for saying your
age, counting objects, and expressing the hour when telling time
→ The other system is of Chinese origin: used for expressing the minutes
when telling time, as well as several other measurements such as distance,
money, and dates.
➢ Korean is a language isolate: this means that it shows no significant link to any
other existing language on Earth
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ALPHABET
consonants
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ALPHABET
vowels
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FORMAL AND INFORMAL WAY OF SPEAKING
➢ FORMAL
→ When speaking to someone considered superior or higher in
status, importance, or someone older, special nouns or verb
endings, which is called the “honorific” must be used
→ When using pronouns, general rule is to add honorific suffix
-nim to the word
Ex: Father (in general) - abeoji vs. Your friend’s father -
abeonim
Mother - eomeoni vs. - eomeonim
A male's older brother - hyeong vs. - hyeongnim
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FORMAL AND INFORMAL WAY OF SPEAKING
➢ INFORMAL
→ When talking to or about someone inferior or lower in status,
or younger, informal and verb form is used
→ Ex: Hello (formal) - an-nyung-ha-se-yo vs. Hello (informal) -
an nyoung
Thank you (formal) - Kamsahamndia vs. - (informal)
Gomawo
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SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES WITH THE
FILIPINO LANGUAGE
KOREAN FILIPINO
Regulated by:
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SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES WITH THE
FILIPINO LANGUAGE
KOREAN FILIPINO
Honorifics/ Formal Manner:
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SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES WITH THE
FILIPINO LANGUAGE
KOREAN FILIPINO
Addressing people:
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SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES WITH THE
FILIPINO LANGUAGE
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2.
KOREAN
ENGLISH
KOREAN ENGLISH
BACKGROUND:
➢ Can be divided into 3 periods:
→ 1950 – 1970: English was taught for military purposes
→ 1970 – 1990: Intended for business like international trading
→ 1990 – Present: Ability to communicate with foreigners and
associated with globalization
➢ Older generations are against the spreading of English
➢ The use of excessive English is looked down on
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KOREAN ENGLISH
ACCENT:
➢ Each syllable in the Korean language is distinctly produced, with
equal stress
➢ Pitch and RANGES
➢ Consonant deletion is common if they are not a native speaker
➢ Although it is English, the words are structured as a Korean word
and written in Hangeul (ex. computer is written as 컴퓨터 and will
be romanized as ‘keomp-yut-eo)
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KOREAN ENGLISH
PRONUNCIATION
➢ R and L: ➢ B and V
→ Koreans treat the → They pronounce ‘V’ as
pronunciation of the ‘bwi’
alphabet ‘R’ and ‘L’ the ➢ ‘F’ is used as ‘P’
same
→ ‘R’ sounds like ‘arl’
→ ‘L’ sounds like ‘el’
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KOREAN ENGLISH
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KOREAN ENGLISH
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KOREAN ENGLISH
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3.
WAY OF
LIVING
fashion and daily
dress code
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foods and residence
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means of
transportation
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Korean courtesy
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4.
S. KOREA’S
UNIQUENESS
KOREA’S UNIQUENESS
➢ South Korea is famous for its practice of “crime re-creation.” Citizens suspected of
crimes such as rape or murder are led by the police in handcuffs to the scene of
the crime and ordered to publically reenact the crime. To make the reenactment
even more humiliating, the media is also invited to take pictures and publish
details about the crime.
➢ South Korea passed a law in 1999 that requires all online shopping and banking to
be done using Internet Explorer. It is still in place.
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KOREA’S UNIQUENESS
➢ Koreans, both North and South, speak and write the Hangeul or Hangul language.
It consists of 14 consonants and 10 vowels, and the alphabet can be combined into
various syllables. It is considered one of the standard scientific writing systems.
➢ South Korea, which offers some of the world's best skincare products, has also
been reported to have the highest per capita rate of cosmetic surgery in the world,
with one in three women in the country aged between 19 and 29 reported to have
gone under the knife, according to a 2015 survey by Gallup Korea.
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KOREA’S UNIQUENESS
➢ Good posture and positive body language is most beneficial in meetings; patience
and politeness must be maintained throughout.
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KOREA’S UNIQUENESS
➢ Use two hands, or support your right arm with your left, when passing on business
cards, gifts, or when receiving an item Respect, trust and satisfaction are displayed
through a deeper bow.
➢ South Koreans are obsessed with feces, and everything from turd-shaped cookies,
phone charms, and an entire museum devoted to poop can be found in the
country. Toilets across the country also feature pleasant flushing sounds,
background music, and colored water.
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KAMSAHAMNIDA!
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