Learn how to talk about nationalities
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| Introduction |
| Becky: Using Adjectives. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use adjectives in simple sentences in Korean. |
| Body |
| Becky: Here's the informal way to say 'I am Korean.' in Korean. |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 한국 사람이에요.(hanguk saramieyo.) |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'Korea' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 한국 [Slow] 한국 (hanguk) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'person' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 사람 [Slow] 사람(saram) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'to be' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 이에요 [Slow] 이에요(ieyo) |
| Becky: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning 'I am Korean.' |
| Kyejin: [Slow] 한국 사람이에요. [Normal] 한국 사람이에요. |
| Becky: Ok, now let's see the formal way to say 'I am Korean.' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 한국인입니다.(hanguginimnida.) |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'Korea' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 한국 [Slow] 한국 (hanguk) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'person' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 인 [Slow] 인(in) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'is, am, are' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 입니다 [Slow] 입니다(imnida) |
| Becky: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'I am Korean.' |
| Kyejin: [Slow] 한국인입니다. [Normal] 한국인입니다. |
| Becky: Next up is the formal way to say 'That person is American.' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 저 사람은 미국인입니다. (jeo sarameun miguginimnida.) |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'that, the' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 저 [Slow] 저(jeo ) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'person' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 사람 [Slow] 사람(saram) |
| Becky: Next is the topic marking particle |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 은 [Slow] 은(eun) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'American' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 미국인 [Slow] 미국인(migugin) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'to be' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 입니다 [Slow] 입니다(imnida) |
| Becky: Listen again to the formal sentence meaning 'That person is American.' |
| Kyejin: [Slow] 저 사람은 미국인입니다. [Normal] 저 사람은 미국인입니다. |
| Becky: Finally is a informal way to say 'My friend is Chinese. ' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 내 친구는 중국 사람이에요.(nae chinguneun jungguk saramieyo.) |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'my' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 내 [Slow] 내 (nae) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'friend' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 친구 [Slow] 친구(chingu) |
| Becky: Next is the topic marking particle |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 는 [Slow] 는(neun) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'Chinese person' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 중국 사람 [Slow] 중국 사람(jungguk saram) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'is, am, are' |
| Kyejin: [Normal] 이에요 [Slow] 이에요(ieyo) |
| Becky: Listen again to the informal sentence meaning 'My friend is Chinese. ' |
| Kyejin: [Slow] 내 친구는 중국 사람이에요. [Normal] 내 친구는 중국 사람이에요. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Kyejin: 사람(saram) and 인(in) both mean "person." But the '인' used in 한국인(hangugin) is the Sino-Korean word for "person." So you can add 사람(saram) or 인(in) after the country name to tell people where you are from. |
Outro |
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| Becky: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
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