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S S1L1 080509 Kclass101 Recordingscript
S S1L1 080509 Kclass101 Recordingscript
SurvivalPhrasesS1#1
ThankYou!
# 1
KOREANCLASS101.COM SURVIVAL PHRASES S1 #1 1
안녕하세요(annyeonghaseyo)
HelloandwelcometoKoreansurvivalphrasesbroughttoyoubyKoreanClass101.com,thiscourseis
designedtoequipyouwiththelanguageskillsandknowledgetoenableyoutogetmostoutofyourvisit
toKorea.YouwillbesurprisedathowfaralittleKoreanwillgo.Now,beforewejumpin,rememberto
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post.Ifyoustopby,besuretoleaveusacomment.
Hello,안녕하세요(annyeonghaseyo).MynameisKeithKimandIwillbeyourlanguageteacherand
culturalguidethroughoutthisintroductorycourse.WelcometoyourfirstKoreanlesson.Now,wherever
yourdestinationmaybe,mannersareamustandinthisrespect,Koreaisnodifferent.Soinourveryfirst
lesson,wewillbetakingalookataphrasethereisnoexcusenottobringwithyoutoKorea.Again,Iwill
stressthisoverandover.Alittlebitofthelanguagecangosuchalongway.InKorean,thereare
numerouswaystosaythankyou.Wewillgooverthemostcommonlyheardversions.
InKorean,thankyouis감사합니다(gamsahamnida).Andonemoretimeslowly,감사합니다
(gamsahamnida).Let’sbreakthisdownbysyllable감사합니다(gam-sa-ha-mni-da).Nowlet’shearitagain,
감사합니다(gamsahamnida).Thisisessentialtousewithstrangersasitconveysthemostrespectpossible.
ItisveryimportanttorememberthatKoreaisaConfuciansocietyandsocialrankingaswellasageplays
astrongroleinlanguage.
Nextis고맙습니다(gomapseumnida).Onemoretimeslowly,고맙습니다(gomapseumnida).Let’sbreakit
downbysyllable,고맙습니다(go-map-seu-mni-da).Andnowlet’shearitonceagain,고맙습니다
(gomapseumnida).Thisformisverysimilartothefirst감사합니다(gamsahamnida)but고맙습니다
(gomapseumnida)isatiny,tinybitmoreinformalbutstillprettyformalnonetheless.
Now,let’stakealookathowtouseaninformalformofthewordtothoseyoungerthanyouortothose
thatareyourcloseandintimatefriends.Theinformalis고마워(gomawo).Onetimeslowly,고마워
(gomawo).Let’sbreakitdownbysyllable,고마워(gomawo).
Remember,thisistobeusedincloserelationshipsbutifyouareeverunsureofwhichonetouse,stick
withthemostpoliteversion감사합니다(gamsahamnida).Forthoseveryspecialoccasionswhensomeone
goesaboveandbeyondthecallofbeingkind,whensomeoneisextremelygenerousorforanyothertime
youareextremelygrateful,wehavethefollowingphrasetoexpressthis,대단히감사합니다(daedanhi
gamsahamnida),whichisliterallytranslatedas“greatthanks.”
Let’shearitonceagainslowly,대단히감사합니다(daedanhigamsahamnida).Andnowlet’sbreakitdown
bysyllable,대단히감사합니다(dae-dan-higam-sa-ha-mni-da).
Nowthatwewentoverallthewaystosaythanks,let’sjustrecapheregoingfromthemostpolitetomost
informal.Greatthanks,doyourememberthatone?It’s대단히감사합니다(daedanhigamsahamnida).And
onceagain,slowly,대단히감사합니다(daedanhigamsahamnida).Andnextwehavethankyouwhichis감사
합니다(gamsahamnida),andonceagainslowly,감사합니다(gamsahamnida).Thenextoneisonceagain
thankyoubutslightlylessformal고맙습니다(gomapseumnida).Andonceagainslowly,고맙습니다
(gomapseumnida).Andthelastis,you’veguessedit,theleastformal고마워(gomawo),andslowly,고마워
(gomawo).