How do you say "Sorry for my poor Korean" formally

[kingplaya4]

with the 합니다 and also semiformally in the 요 form?

[erich]

I would say:

미안하지만, 한국어를 전혀 못 하거든요.

No Idea though how to say that in formal Korean. -하거든습니다 sounds over-weird to me. But then again, don't forget how poor my Korean is and don't take only my word. I'm sure others also can come up with nice ways to say it. So nice in fact that people will start believing you are kidding them!

[kingplaya4]

Unless that expression isn't translated literally, it sounds like it means "I can't speak Korean at all."

I'm not looking to be overmodest, I can't speak well, but that would be a bit of an overstatement. I just want to apologize for my poor grammar, bad word usage etc.
Thanks.

[kyuree]

I would say:

미안하지만, 한국어를 전혀 못 하거든요.

No Idea though how to say that in formal Korean. -하거든습니다 sounds over-weird to me. But then again, don't forget how poor my Korean is and don't take only my word. I'm sure others also can come up with nice ways to say it. So nice in fact that people will start believing you are kidding them!

한국어를 잘 못 해요.
한국어를 잘 못 합니다.


한국어를 잘 못 해서 죄송해요.
한국어를 잘 못 해서 죄송합니다.
I'm sorry because/that I don't speak Korean well.

Erich's version means "I'm sorry but I don't speak Korean at all, (you know)"

But I'm not a pro either, so hopefully someone else will also answer

[kingplaya4]

현우,

만약에 이 미세지 보면, 학생들평가를확인해주세요.

If you see this message please confirm if what the students told me is correct. Also is there something a little more informal that you know that I could use with someone I'm friendly with just a simple 'sorry my korean sucks or whatever lol'

[holdfast]

kyuree's answer is perfect ^^ i still use this expression a lot.

and erich's answer does indeed say "i can't speak korean at all" which would kind of be odd to say in korean. 한국어 잘 못해요 is probably a better expression for you to use ^^

if you wanted to say it to your friends (like, if they are picking on you or trying to figure out what the heck you are saying) you could say 한국말 잘 못 하찮아 which gives the nuance of "you know my korean isn't good" but it is definitely informal, so be careful who you use it with. i use this one a lot too ^^

[hyunwoo]

Yeah I agree with Emily that 규리's answers are perfect

한국어 잘 못 해요.
한국어 잘 못 해서 죄송해요.

And you can also say,

아직 한국어가 서툴어서 죄송합니다.

아직 한국어 실력이 부족해서 죄송합니다.

And so on

[kingplaya4]

고마워요, 현우씨!

[hyunwoo]

네 ^^!!

[kyuree]

thanks Emily and Hyun-Woo, "perfect" sounds flattering kehehe

Yeah I agree with Emily that 규리's answers are perfect

한국어 잘 못 해요.
한국어 잘 못 해서 죄송해요.

And you can also say,

아직 한국어가 서툴어서 죄송합니다.

Stand by me 날 바라봐줘
아직 한국어 모르지만
Stand by me 날 지켜봐줘
아직 한국말에 서툴지만

I recommend singing it (does someon recognize this? no? need a little help??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zOIPh1ICf4

[kimchiandsoju]

With my middle finger.












Just kidding!

[holdfast]

Stand by me 날 바라봐줘
아직 한국어 모르지만
Stand by me 날 지켜봐줘
아직 한국말에 서툴지만

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ!!!!!!! that is awesome... 샤이니 ^^ i like the new lyrics too (:

[cheri]

Great way to learn a language : )

[hyunwoo]

With my middle finger.












Just kidding!

Hahaha

[kimchiandsoju]

I had a friend who, when asked how he learned to speak Korean, would say "One day I was eating Kimchi and then all of a sudden I could speak Korean!"

And yeah, thats funny. But what was even funnier is that most Koreans would pause for a second to think about it. A few would even say "REALLY?!?"

Thats the power of Kimchi.

It cures bird flu.

I'm not even sure how this relates to this post. I guess he noticed that he would get asked that all the time, so he needed a "stock" answer. A handy phrase, like "sorry for my poor Korean" that you can whip out without even thinking about it.

I'm shy about speaking Korean unless its to a really good friend, and even then only if they don't speak English to well so I don't feel bad about my Korean. But I used to say "한국말 잘 못 해사 점 챙피 해요."