Learn the Korean words you should use to say you "don't like" something
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Keith: I'm Sorry, but I Really Don't Like that Korean Dish. In this lesson, you will learn how to what? |
| Misun: Express your dislikes, 싫어해요. |
| Keith: Okay. And this conversation takes place… |
| Misun: At a friend’s house. |
| Keith: The conversation is between… |
| Misun: Two friends. |
| Keith: But they will be speaking formal Korean. |
| Misun: 존댓말. |
| Keith: Okay. Well, let’s listen in to the conversation. |
Lesson conversation |
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| 나현:저는 밥 싫어해요. |
| 민규:정말요?! |
| 나현:저는 밥이랑 김치 싫어해요. |
| 민규:진짜? |
| 나현:저는 밥이랑 김치랑 김을 싫어해요. |
| 민규:오마이갓! |
| English Host: One more time, with the English. |
| 나현:저는 밥 싫어해요. |
| Keith: I don't like rice. |
| 민규:정말요?! |
| Keith: Really? |
| 나현:저는 밥이랑 김치 싫어해요. |
| Keith: I don't like rice and Kimchi. |
| 민규:진짜? |
| Keith: Really? |
| 나현:저는 밥이랑 김치랑 김을 싫어해요. |
| Keith: I don't like rice, Kimchi, and seaweed. |
| 민규:오마이갓! |
| Keith: Oh my God! |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Keith: Misun, the three food items that came out in the dialogue. What were they? |
| Misun: 밥, 김치, 김. |
| Keith: Okay, that's Rice, Kimchi, and gim, which is roasted seaweed. |
| Misun네. These three foods can make the simplest meal for anyone. I love it, actually. |
| Keith: Well, even though it’s simple, it’s quite delicious. Yeahh. |
| Misun: 맞아요. When you're at home, and you’re having nothing to eat, usually Korean people will always have these at the least. |
| Keith: Yeahh. So how about a quick, simple recipe we can give our listeners? |
| Misun: Sure! First, you need rice, of course. |
| Keith: Yeahh. That's, of course, with almost every Korean meal. |
| Misun: 네. And then you can put 김치 on top of it. |
| Keith: Or if you like it sauteed, you can put it on the frying pan and fry up the Kimchi, too. |
| Misun: Sure. 네. It's good like that too. And then you can add 김 on top of that too. Delicious! |
| Keith: Right. You could also cut the 김, the seaweed into smaller bits and pieces if you like as well. |
| Misun: 네. And finally, you can just mix it all up, and eat it. |
| Keith: Actually, another extra tip, maybe we can add a little sesame oil. |
| Misun: All right. Right. That’s great. That’s great. That’s great, too. |
| Keith: What’s sesame oil in Korean? |
| Misun: It’s 참기름. |
| Keith: And for those cooks out there, you can also add a fried egg if you want. |
| Misun: Oh, Yeahh, absolutely. I love fried egg, too, but not scrambled. Usually, just sunny side up, or over easy. |
| Keith: Right. You want to keep that yolk. It'll taste better that way. |
| Misun: Yeahh. And I love that one. This is a very, very simple recipe that anyone can use really quickly. |
| Keith: And it's pretty good considering it's not much effort that goes into it, right? |
| Misun: 네. |
| Keith: All right. Well, let’s take a look at the vocab for this lesson. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Keith: The first word we have is… |
| Misun: 밥 [natural native speed] |
| Keith: Meal, rice. |
| Misun: 밥 [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 밥 [natural native speed] |
| Keith: Next. |
| Misun: 싫어하다 [natural native speed] |
| Keith: To hate, to dislike. |
| Misun: 싫어하다 [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 싫어하다 [natural native speed]. |
| Keith: Next is… |
| Misun: 정말 [natural native speed] |
| Keith: Really. |
| Misun: 정말 [slowly - broken down by syllable].정말 [natural native speed]. |
| Keith: Next. |
| Misun: 김치 [natural native speed]. |
| Keith: Kimchi. |
| Misun: 김치 [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 김치 [natural native speed]. |
| Keith: Next. |
| Misun: 진짜 [natural native speed]. |
| Keith: Really. |
| Misun: 진짜 [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 진짜 [natural native speed]. |
| Keith: Next. |
| Misun: 김 [natural native speed] |
| Keith: Roasted laver. |
| Misun: 김 [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 김 [natural native speed]. |
| Keith: And finally…. |
| Misun: 오마이갓 [natural native speed] |
| Keith: Oh, my god. |
| Misun: 오마이갓 [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 오마이갓 [natural native speed]. |
| KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES |
| Keith: Okay. Well, let's take a look at some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Misun: The first word we’ll look at is 정말. |
| Keith: And that means, “really.” |
| Misun: 네.. And we'll also look at 진짜 as well. |
| Keith: Which also means “really.” |
| Misun: These two words, 정말 and 진짜 both mean really. |
| Keith: Right, they both mean exactly the same thing - really. |
| Misun: Yeahh. So you can use anything, whatever you want. But we should know that 진짜 is used just a tiny bit more by women, so to say. |
| Keith: Yeahh. 진짜 is slightly more feminine. Just slightly. |
| Misun: 맞아요. I don’t know why, but it's totally okay for men to use it too. |
| Keith: Yeahh. I use it all the time. But I try not to over-use it, too. I try to mix in a few 정말's in there, too. |
| Misun: That’s right. If you use it a lot, it can be a little feminine, but again, there's no problems for men to use 진짜 at all. |
| Keith: That's right. Okay, Misun, what's our next word? |
| Misun: Our next word is 오마이갓! |
| Keith: Oh my god. |
| Misun: 오마이갓. It’s English “oh, my god” but Korean 오마이갓. Something like that. |
| Keith: Still English, you say. Okay. |
| Misun: Right. And our listeners should know that it's a little more light hearted than the English version. |
| Keith: Yeah, in English, you use it when there's something really unbelieveable. |
| Misun: 네, in Korean, we use it the same way too! But it's usually a little funny. |
| Keith: Do you think it's because it's Konglish? English used in the Korean language? |
| Misun: I guess so. |
| Keith: I think, most of the time, you use it jokingly. It’s not really that serious. |
| Misun: Right, right. That’s true. |
| Keith: Well, in any case, I feel whenever I hear 오마이갓, it's a little funny. |
| Misun: 네 진짜요. In Korean it's not such a serious phrase, like I said before. So use it in a funny way. |
| Keith: Yeah. That's right. Okay, let’s move onto our focus for this lesson. |
Lesson focus |
| Misun: The focus of this lesson is the verb 싫어하다 |
| Keith: And this means "to not like' or even "to hate." Okay. Some of our listeners may know, the sentence order in Korean is different than it is in English. |
| Misun: 네...In English, the basic sentence order is subject-verb-object. |
| Keith: Right. But in Korean, the word order is subject-object-verb. It’s switched in the last two. |
| Misun: 네. So this verb, 싫어하다, is often found at the end of simple sentences. |
| Keith: Yup. And the object comes before that. |
| Misun: 네. Also, in Korean, the subject can often be omitted. |
| Keith: That's right. Spp a sentence can often start with simply the object, and then end with the verb. |
| Misun: 네. Let's look at the phrase "저는 김치 싫어해요" as an example. |
| Keith: Okay. This means "I don't like Kimchi." What’s the first part? |
| Misun: 저는 |
| Keith: And that’s "I", the subject. |
| Misun: The second part is the object, 김치. |
| Keith: And then finally comes the verb. |
| Misun: 네. 싫어해요. |
| Keith: Which means “to not like.” So literally this all means "I, kimchi, don't like" |
| Misun: But as we mentioned, usually subjects can be omitted. |
| Keith: Right. So we can just say, “ 김치, don't like.” |
| Misun: 네. 김치 싫어해요. |
| Keith: Now that we got the grammar part of out the way, let's go over some common Korean items that you may encounter. |
| Misun: Sure. Let's start with 비빔밥 |
| Keith: And this is a Korean dish that has vegetables and other toppings over rice. |
| Misun: 네, 맞아요. 저는 비빔밥 싫어해요. |
| Keith:” I don't like bibimbap.” Or you can also say, without “I”... |
| Misun: 비빔밥 싫어해요. |
| Keith: Right. That’s dropping the subject "I", 저는. |
| Misun: Yeah, but it will mean the same thing. |
| Keith: Okay. Our next item is 김밥, which is a roll of rice and other fillings. |
| Misun: In Korean, that's 저는 김밥 싫어해요. |
| Keith: I don't like gimbap. |
| Misun: And again, you can just say, 김밥 싫어해요. |
| Keith: That means the same thing. I don’t like 김밥 but you’re dropping the subject I, 저는. I don't like kimbap. |
| Misun: And finally our last one is, 된장찌개 |
| Keith: And this one is fermented soy stew. |
| Misun: If you don't like it, you can say 저는 된장찌개 싫어해요. |
| Keith: “I don't like fermented soy stew.” Okay, Misun, how did it come out in this conversation? |
| Misun: First it was 저는 밥 싫어해요.. |
| Keith: I don't like rice. |
| Misun: Next was 저는 밥이랑 김치 싫어해요. |
| Keith: "I don't like rice and kimchi." |
| Misun: After that was, 저는 밥이랑 김치랑 김을 싫어해요. |
| Keith: "I don't like rice, Kimchi, and seaweed." |
| Misun: And before we finish, we just wanted to talk a little more about 싫어하다. |
| Keith: Right. The verb 싫어하다 is actually, it’s kind of a strong word. |
| Misun: Yes. So culturally speaking, it's pretty direct, because it's so strong. |
| Keith: And if someone is not so direct with their words, then in Korean culture, that’s appreciated. |
| Misun: That’s right. Not be so direct, Korean people often say, 별로예요. |
| Keith: And that translates as "I don't particularly like it." It’s kind of beating around the bush. |
| Misun: Right. For example, 김치 별로예요. |
| Keith: "I don't particularly like Kimchi" or "Eh, kimchi's not that great." |
| Misun: Right. There you're not being so direct. So it's appreciated, right? |
Outro |
| Keith: Well, that just about does it for today. Bye-bye! |
| Misun: Yeah! Wonderful! 안녕히 계세요, 여러분. |
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