Learn how to ask someone questions starting with the Korean equivalent of the word "when"
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Intro |
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| Keith: Tell Me about Your Korean Schedule! Keith here! I'm joined in the studio by... |
| Misun: Absolutely Misun. |
| Keith: Absolutely winner, absolutely Misun. |
| Misun: 네. |
| Keith: Well, in this lesson, you will learn how to ask when. |
| Misun: 언제 |
| Keith: Okay. And this conversation takes place… |
| Misun: On the phone. |
| Keith: The conversation is between… |
| Misun: Two friends, 진이와 민호. |
| Keith: Okay, and they’re friends, so the speakers will be speaking informal Korean. |
| Misun: 반말이요. |
| Keith: Let's listen to the conversation. |
Lesson conversation |
| 진이 언제 퇴근해? |
| 민호 일곱시. |
| 진이 언제 밥 먹어? |
| 민호 여덟시. |
| 진이 언제 자? |
| 민호 아홉시. |
| 진이 언제 일어나? |
| 민호 아... 진짜... |
| English Host: One more time with the English. |
| 진이 언제 퇴근해? |
| Keith: When do you get off work? |
| 민호 일곱시. |
| Keith: Seven o'clock. |
| 진이 언제 밥 먹어? |
| Keith: When do you eat? |
| 민호 여덟시. |
| Keith: Eight o'clock. |
| 진이 언제 자? |
| Keith: When do you sleep? |
| 민호 아홉시. |
| Keith: Nine o'clock. |
| 진이 언제 일어나? |
| Keith: When do you wake up? |
| 민호 아... 진짜... |
| Keith: Ah, really? |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Keith: Hmm... getting off of work at 7 o'clock sounds like a distant memory for me. |
| Misun: Well you know, South Koreans work the most hours in the world. Do you know that? |
| Keith: Yeah, Korean people work HARD! |
| Misun: Yup. Many companies work 6 days a week. That’s amazing. |
| Keith: There's also overtime. And actually, it’s kind of mandatory overtime, even if they don't say it is. |
| Misun: That’s true. It’s like you have to stay until the boss leaves, and then you can leave. |
| Keith: Yeah. Well, maybe it's like that for some companies. But definitely face time is pretty important. |
| Misun: It's not only just face time though. People are actually working pretty hard. |
| Keith: Yeah, that's true. I think the average work week is 44 hours a week. That doesn’t sound too bad, does it? |
| Misun: Oh, it’s too bad for me. I can’t. I don’t know how they manage their life. |
| Keith: Yeah, I don’t know either, but, yeah, they like working. I don’t know if they actually, like… |
| Misun: I mean, you said mandatory. |
| Keith: It’s kind of mandatory overtime, yeah. |
| Misun: Right. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Keith: Let’s take a look at today's vocabulary. First we have… |
| Misun: 언제 [natural native speed] |
| Keith: When |
| Misun: 언제 [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 언제 [natural native speed] |
| Keith: Next is… |
| Misun: 퇴근하다 [natural native speed] |
| Keith: To finish work. |
| Misun: 퇴근하다 [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 퇴근하다 [natural native speed]. |
| Keith: Next. |
| Misun: 시 [natural native speed]. |
| Keith: Hour. |
| Misun: 시 [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 시 [natural native speed]. |
| Keith: Next… |
| Misun: 밥 [natural native speed] |
| Keith Meal or rice. |
| Misun 밥 [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 밥 [natural native speed]. |
| Keith: Next is… |
| Misun: 먹다 [natural native speed] |
| Keith: To eat |
| Misun: 먹다 [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 먹다[natural native speed]. |
| Keith: Next, we have… |
| Misun: 자다 [natural native speed] |
| Keith: To sleep. |
| Misun: 자다 [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 자다 [natural native speed]. |
| Keith: Next is… |
| Misun: 일어나다 [natural native speed] |
| Keith: To get up, to wake up. |
| Misun: 일어나다 [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 일어나다 [natural native speed]. |
| Keith: And finally… |
| Misun: 진짜 [natural native speed] |
| Keith: Really. |
| Misun: 진짜 [slowly - broken down by syllable]. 진짜 [natural native speed]. |
| KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES |
| Keith: All right. Well, let's take a closer look at some of words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Misun: The first word/phrase we’ll look at is 퇴근하다. |
| Keith: To leave work or get off of work. |
| Misun: 퇴/근/하/다 |
| Keith: This is an interesting word because there's no such word in English! |
| Misun: No. This is when you're leaving or getting off of work. |
| Keith: In Korean, it’s just one verb. |
| Misun: Right. |
| Keith: So Misun, does this word refer to the time you're scheduled to get off, or the actual time you leave, because those two can be very different. |
| Misun: It’s the actual time you leave. |
| Keith: Okay. So if you’re supposed to get off at 7:00 but your mandatory overtime says you leave at 10:00, then the time you leave is… |
| Misun: Is 10:00 o’clock. |
| Keith: Ten o’clock, okay. |
| Misun: Yes. So by the time you get home, it’s around maybe 11:00. |
| Keith: Maybe you have time for a quick shower and then you go to sleep and then go back to work again. |
| Misun: Right. Right. That’s amazing. |
| Keith: That was the word to get off of work, but what about when you're GOING to work? There’s a word for that, too, right? |
| Misun: Yeah. That's 출근하다. 출/근/하/다. Keith ,언제 출근해요? |
| Keith: 10시에 출근해요. But Misun, I have another question... this is referring to the time you're scheduled to get to work right? Not like the time you're leaving your house? |
| Misun: No, not at all. You have to be on time exactly 출근타임. |
| Keith: So if I say I leave my house at 9:00 o’clock, I get to work at 10:00 o’clock, which one is the 출근시간? Which one is it referring to? |
| Misun: That 10:00 o’clock is the 출근 time. |
| Keith: Let’s move on, then. |
| Misun: Okay. Our next word is 밥. |
| Keith: And this is referring to meal, food, or even rice. |
| Misun: Yes. It can specifically mean RICE, but since Korean people eat rice with almost every single meal, so it can refer meal as well. |
| Keith: Yeah. So it doesn't mean breakfast, lunch or dinner specifically, it just means meal. |
| Misun: Which reminds me, you know in Korea, breakfast, lunch and dinner can be pretty much the same meal? |
| Keith: Yeah that's true. It's pretty much rice and side dishes. |
| Misun: Right, 반찬. |
| Keith: And usually, there’s some kind of soup or stew next to it. |
| Misun:네. exactly. Like a 국 or a 찌게. |
| Keith: So you can cook once and eat the same meal for breakfast, lunch and dinner. |
| Misun: I guess maybe not 갈비 though. |
| Keith: Yeah. I think 갈비, the Korean barbecue might be a bit too much of a production in the morning. |
| Misun: That’s true. But for leftovers, that's just fine. |
| Keith: I’ve eaten 갈비 in the morning before. |
| Misun: Yeah. |
| Keith: It’s not a problem. |
| Misun: I want to eat 갈비. I haven’t eaten갈비 so long time. |
| Keith: Well, you can make it once and eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. |
| Misun: Right. Yes. |
Lesson focus |
| Keith: All right. Well, let’s take a look at the focus for this lesson. |
| Misun: Okay. |
| Keith: The focus of this lesson is the question word 언제. |
| Misun: This is translated as "when." |
| Keith: When you’re asking a question in Korean, the question word typically comes at the front of a sentence. |
| Misun: Right. Immediately after that, the verb is said. |
| Keith: And if you don't know, in Korean, a subject is not necessarily 100% of the time. |
| Misun: Yup. So you can ask a question without a subject. |
| Keith: So Misun, can you help us find how to ask a question using 언제? When? |
| Misun: Sure. You say the Question Word and then an Action Verb. |
| Keith: Right. So in this case it would be 언제, plus a verb after that. |
| Misun: Exactly! |
| Keith: Can we have an example? |
| Misun: Well, we have a few examples from this lesson already, like 언제 퇴근해? |
| Keith: When do you get off of work?" |
| Misun: First is the question word 언제. |
| Keith: And after that is the verb 퇴근하다, to get off work. |
| Misun: So together, the question is 언제 퇴근해? |
| Keith: Another example from the dialog … |
| Misun: 언제 밥 먹어? |
| Keith: When do you eat? |
| Misun: Yes. Again, the question word comes in front. |
| Keith: And the question word here is when,then after is the verb 먹다,” to eat.” |
| Misun: Or in this case with the word for rice, 밥. 밥 먹다. |
| Keith: Okay. So all together, with the question word and everything else.... |
| Misun: 언제 밥 먹어. |
| Keith: And there's a few more examples from the dialog you can check out. |
| Misun: Alright. Keith, let's give a few examples more. |
| Keith: Sure. Misun, what time do you go to sleep? 언제 자요? |
| Misun: 열두시 |
| Keith: Okay, 12:00 o’clock. Then what time do you wake up? 언제 일어나요? |
| Misun: 일곱시. |
| Keith: Okay, 7:00 o’clock. And before we leave, we just want to explain really quickly how you can answer. |
| Misun: Right! Just say the time... |
| Keith: In Korean of course. |
| Misun: And then add 시 at the end of the time. |
| Keith: And that 시 is kind of equivalent to “o'clock” in English. So all you have to know is the number – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 – and just add 시 at the end. |
| Misun: 네. 맞아요. |
| Keith: So really quick, Misun, can you help us up. What’s 1:00 o’clock? |
| Misun: 한시. |
| Keith: Two o’clock? |
| Misun: 두시. |
| Keith: Three o’clock? |
| Misun: 세시 |
| Keith: Four o’clock? |
| Misun: 네시 |
| Keith: Five o’clock? |
| Misun: 다섯시 |
| Keith: Six o’clock? |
| Misun: 여섯시 |
| Keith: Seven o’clock? |
| Misun: 일곱시 |
| Keith: Eight o’clock? |
| Misun: 여덟시 |
| Keith: Nine o’clock? |
| Misun: 아홉시 |
| Keith: Ten o’clock? |
| Misun: 열시 |
| Keith: Eleven o’clock? |
| Misun: 열한시 |
| Keith: Twelve o’clock? |
| Misun: 열두시 |
| Keith: Well, you have all the times. And I think now you can answer the question, too, as well as ask a question. |
| Misun: Great! |
Outro |
| Keith: All right. Well, that’s just about does it for today. Thanks for listening. |
| Misun: 안녕히계세요. |
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