Learn how to ask someone's contact information
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| When you are in Korea, hopefully you make tons of great friends. Koreans are generally very good at keeping in touch with friends. A lot of Koreans even keep in touch with their elementary school friends. So hopefully, you will make some lifelong friends during your trip to Korea but to do that, you will need to be able to ask for their contact information. So let’s start by asking for their email address. Korea is one of the most internet savvy places in the world. So email is probably your best bet to keep in touch. What’s your email address in Korean is 이메일 주소는 뭐예요 (imeil jusoneun mwoyeyo)? One more time, it’s 이메일 주소는 뭐예요 (imeil jusoneun mwoyeyo)? And by syllable, 이-메-일 주-소-는 뭐-예-요 (i-me-il ju-so-neun mwo-ye-yo)? |
| The first part 이메일 (imeil) as you’ve probably guessed is email. One more time, it’s 이메일 (imeil). What comes after that is 주소 (juso) which means address. One more time, 주소 (juso). This is immediately followed by 는 (neun), a topic marking particle. These three things are spoken together, 주소는 (jusoneun). The last part of the phrase starts with 뭐 (mwo). This means what. One more time, 뭐 (mwo). And lastly is 예요 (yeyo) which means is. 예요 (yeyo). So literally, the phrase we have is email address what is. This is translated as, what is your email address. 이메일 주소는 뭐예요 (imeil jusoneun mwoyeyo)? Maybe some of you prefer the traditional way of keeping in touch. Sending packages, postcards, letters, all of these can be very personal. |
| So let’s ask what their home address is. This phrase in Korean is 집 주소는 뭐예요 (jip jusoneun mwoyeyo)? One more time, 집 주소는 뭐예요 (jip jusoneun mwoyeyo)? This phrase is almost identical to the first phrase what’s your email address but the only difference is, we’ve replaced 이메일 (imeil) with 집 (jip) and 집 (jip) means home. So literally, the phrase we have now is home address what is. This is translated as, what is your home address. Let’s take a look at the two phrases side by side. 이메일 주소는 뭐예요 (imeil jusoneun mwoyeyo)? 집 주소는 뭐예요 (jip jusoneun mwoyeyo)? And lastly, there is no better way to say how are you than directly speaking to the person. So, let’s go over what’s your phone number. This in Korean is 전화번호가 뭐예요 (jeonhwabeonhoga mwoyeyo)? One more time, it’s 전화번호가 뭐예요 (jeonhwabeonhoga mwoyeyo)? |
| The first word is 전화 (jeonhwa). This means phone, 전화 (jeonhwa). The next part of the phrase is 번호 (beonho). This means number, 번호 (beonho). And this is immediately followed by 가 (ga), the subject marking particle. Let’s hear these three together, 전화번호가 (jeonhwabeonhoga). To finish off the phrase, we have 뭐예요 (mwoyeyo) which once again means, what is. So literally the phrase we have is phone number what is. What’s your phone number. 전화번호가 뭐예요 (jeonhwabeonhoga mwoyeyo)? So if there’s anything else you’d like to know, you can simply say what you want to know in front and then ask 뭐예요 (mwoyeyo). Koreans take their friendships seriously. |
| Many Koreans will take the initiative and they will be the ones emailing, calling, writing, chatting whatever. Of course, it’s a matter of individuals but in my experience, I have seen many Koreans always putting in the effort to keep in touch with friends that are far away. I kept in touch with the very good friend of mine through MSN Messenger. We met only a couple of times, three or four times in the span of one summer but we kept emailing and chatting online and before I knew it, we became really, really good friends. Hopefully you will have a chance to do the same. |
| Okay. To close our today’s lesson, we’d like for you to practice what you’ve learned. I will provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you are responsible for shouting it out loud. You will have a few seconds before I give you the answer. So 화이팅 (hwaiting)! |
| What is your email address - 이메일 주소는 뭐예요 (imeil jusoneun mwoyeyo)? |
| What is your home address - 집 주소는 뭐예요 (jip jusoneun mwoyeyo)? |
| What’s your phone number - 전화번호가 뭐예요 (jeonhwabeonhoga mwoyeyo)? |
| All right, that’s going to do it for today. |
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