Learn how to say the days of the week
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Minkyong: 안녕하세요. (Annyeonghaseyo.) KoreanClass101의 민경입니다 (ui jimingyeongimnida). |
| Keith: Hey and I am Keith. Which Day of the Week Did You Say in Korean? In this lesson, you will learn how to say the days of the week in Korean. |
| Minkyong: 월요일 (woryoil), 화요일 (hwayoil), 수요일 (suyoil)... |
| Keith: And so on. So where does this conversation take place? |
| Minkyong: The conversation is between two friends and one of them is planning to go to Japan and the other is asking when. |
| Keith: So the speakers are speaking informal Korean. |
| Minkyong: 반말 (banmal). |
| Okay well, are you ready to take a flight to Japan? |
| Minkyong: 네, 들어 봅시다. (ne, deureo bopsida.) |
| DIALOGUE |
| 태현 (taehyeon): 언제 일본 가? (eonje ilbon ga?) |
| 앨리스 (aelliseu): 화요일에 가. ( hwayoil-e ga.) |
| 태현 (taehyeon): 화요일? 오늘 화요일이야. (hwayoil? oneul hwayoil-iya.) |
| 앨리스 (aelliseu) : 아... 수요일에 가. (a... suyoil-e ga.) |
| 태현 (taehyeon): 수요일? 아.. 내일 가? (suyoil? a... naeil ga?) |
| 앨리스 (aelliseu): 어? 내일이 수요일? 미안. 금요일에 가. (eo? naeil-i suyoil? mian. geumyoil-e ga.) |
| 태현 (taehyeon): 정말이야? (jeongmal-iya?) |
| 앨리스 (aelliseu): 정말 금요일이야. (jeongmal geumyoil-iya.) |
| Seol: 한번 더 천천히 (hanbeon deo cheoncheonhi). |
| Keith: One more time, slowly. |
| 태현 (taehyeon): 언제 일본 가? (eonje ilbon ga?) |
| 앨리스 (aelliseu): 화요일에 가. ( hwayoil-e ga.) |
| 태현 (taehyeon): 화요일? 오늘 화요일이야. (hwayoil? oneul hwayoil-iya.) |
| 앨리스 (aelliseu): 아... 수요일에 가. (a... suyoil-e ga.) |
| 태현 (taehyeon): 수요일? 아.. 내일 가? (suyoil? a... naeil ga?) |
| 앨리스 (aelliseu): 어? 내일이 수요일? 미안. 금요일에 가. (eo? naeil-i suyoil? mian. geumyoil-e ga.) |
| 태현 (taehyeon): 정말이야? (jeongmal-iya?) |
| 앨리스 (aelliseu): 정말 금요일이야. (jeongmal geumyoil-iya.) |
| Seol: 영어로 한 번 더 (yeongeoro han beon deo). |
| Keith: One more time, with the English. |
| 태현 (taehyeon): 언제 일본 가? (eonje ilbon ga?) |
| Keith: When are you going to Japan? |
| 앨리스 (aelliseu): 화요일에 가. ( hwayoil-e ga.) |
| Keith: I'm going this Tuesday. |
| 태현 (taehyeon): 화요일? 오늘 화요일이야. (hwayoil? oneul hwayoil-iya.) |
| Keith: Tuesday? Today is Tuesday. |
| 앨리스 (aelliseu): 아... 수요일에 가. (a... suyoil-e ga.) |
| Keith: Oh...I'm going this Wednesday. |
| 태현 (taehyeon): 수요일? 아.. 내일 가? (suyoil? a... naeil ga?) |
| Keith: Wednesday? Oh...are you going tomorrow? |
| 앨리스 (aelliseu): 어? 내일이 수요일? 미안. 금요일에 가. (eo? naeil-i suyoil? mian. geumyoil-e ga.) |
| Keith: Huh? Is it Wednesday tomorrow? Sorry, I'm going on Friday. |
| 태현 (taehyeon): 정말이야? (jeongmal-iya?) |
| Keith: Are you sure? |
| 앨리스 (aelliseu): 정말 금요일이야. (jeongmal geumyoil-iya.) |
| Keith: I'm really going on Friday. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Keith: Hmm 앨리스 (aelliseu) is not so organized. |
| Minkyong: Right. If I were going abroad, I will be counting days and hours and make sure to know exactly when I am going. |
| Keith: Yeah. Maybe she was too excited and forgot everything. She is going over a lot of names of the days of the week and that’s the focus of our lesson today but before we take a look at the days of the week, Minkyong? |
| Minkyong: Yes. |
| Keith: What are some of the top travel places for Koreans? |
| Minkyong: Japan is pretty popular. |
| Keith: Yeah they are pretty close. It’s about a 2 hour flight. What else do we have? |
| Minkyong: How about China like Hong Kong? |
| Keith: Yeah. A lot of Koreans go to China as well because it’s so close but before we move on to the vocabulary really quickly, I am an American citizen. So if I wanted to travel to China, I need a visa, I need a tourist visa to go there and I have to get it separately. What about Koreans, do they need travel visas to go anywhere? |
| Minkyong: We don’t need a visa to go to Japan but we need a visa for China. |
| Keith: Oh so you are the same as me. |
| Minkyong: Umm. |
| Keith: All right, well let’s take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| Minkyong: Okay. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Keith: The first word we are going to take a look at is |
| Minkyong: 언제 (eonje) [natural native speed] |
| Keith: when |
| Minkyong: 언제 (eonje) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Minkyong: 언제 (eonje) [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Minkyong: 일본 (ilbon) [natural native speed] |
| Keith: Japan |
| Minkyong: 일본 (ilbon) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Minkyong: 일본 (ilbon) [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Minkyong: 가 (ga) [natural native speed] |
| Keith: I go/you go/they go/we go (intimate) |
| Minkyong: 가 (ga) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Minkyong: 가 (ga) [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Minkyong: 오늘 (oneul) [natural native speed] |
| Keith: today |
| Minkyong: 오늘 (oneul) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Minkyong: 오늘 (oneul) [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Minkyong: 내일 (naeil) [natural native speed] |
| Keith: tomorrow |
| Minkyong: 내일 (naeil) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Minkyong: 내일 (naeil) [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Minkyong: 미안 (mian) [natural native speed] |
| Keith: Sorry. (intimate) |
| Minkyong: 미안 (mian) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Minkyong: 미안 (mian) [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Minkyong: 정말 (jeongmal) [natural native speed] |
| Keith: really, for real |
| Minkyong: 정말 (jeongmal) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Minkyong: 정말 (jeongmal) [natural native speed |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Keith: All right. So let’s have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first word we are going to take a look at is |
| Minkyong: 언제 (eonje) |
| Keith: When and how did it come out in this dialogue? |
| Minkyong: 언제 일본 가? (eonje ilbon ga?) |
| Keith: “When are you going to Japan?” And let’s have another example. |
| Minkyong: 이거 언제 끝나? (igeo eonje kkeunna?) |
| Keith: When is this going to be over? When is this going to finish? Minkyong, you don’t like recording? |
| Minkyong: I didn’t say that. |
| Keith: Well just really quickly, we would like to go over some of the other question words that you might come across in Korean. So how do we say, “what”? |
| Minkyong: 뭐 (mwo.) |
| Keith: ”Why“ |
| Minkyong: 왜 (wae.) |
| Keith: “Who” |
| Minkyong: 누구 (nugu.) |
| Keith: ”Where“ |
| Minkyong: 어디 (eodi.) |
| Keith: And once again, what’s “when”? |
| Minkyong: 언제 (eonje) |
| Keith: Okay. So let’s take a look at our next word. |
| Minkyong: 오늘 (oneul) |
| Keith: “Today.” How about a sample sentence? |
| Minkyong: 오늘, 무슨 요일이야? (oneul, museun yoiriya?) |
| Keith: Today, what day is it or what day is it today. So how did the word 오늘 (oneul) come out in this dialogue? |
| Minkyong: 태현 (taehyeon) said to 앨리스(aelliseu), 오늘 화요일이야. (oneul hwayoiriya.) |
| Keith: Today is Tuesday. Well, really quickly, let’s go over some related words today. What’s yesterday? |
| Minkyong: 어제 (eoje). |
| Keith: And tomorrow |
| Minkyong: 내일 (naeil). |
| Keith: Hopefully that will be useful for some of our listeners. All right, let’s take a look at our last word. |
| Minkyong: 미안 (mian). |
| Keith: “Sorry,” and if you wanted to be a little more polite |
| Minkyong: 미안해요 (mianhaeyo). |
| Keith: Yeah. This one is a little tricky. What do we have as the informal version? |
| Minkyong: 미안 (mian). |
| Keith: But you can also say |
| Minkyong: 미안해 (mianhae). |
| Keith: And when we have that 해 (hae) at the end and we want to be a little more polite, you can just add on |
| Minkyong: 요 (yo). |
| Keith: So we have |
| Minkyong: 미안해요 (mianhaeyo). |
| Keith: So for our listeners who might be thinking this one, you can just add on 요 (yo) at the end of 미안 (mian), 미안요 (mianyo), it doesn’t really work that way. |
| Minkyong: No. It sounds weird 미안요 (mianyo), so we have to say 미안해요 (mianhaeyo). |
| Keith: Right. Instead of 미안요 (mianyo), you add on 미안해요 (mianhaeyo). All right, well, let’s take a look at the focus for this lesson. |
Lesson focus |
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| Keith: All right so Minkyong, what are we taking a look at in this lesson? |
| Minkyong: Days of The Week |
| Keith: Days of the week in Korean are expressed by adding the word 요일 (yoil) to the end of the letter that represents each day. Basically what that means is, there is a pattern and each day has a name that’s based on Chinese characters that represents different things in nature. So for some of our listeners that may know some Chinese or may know some Japanese, this might be a very easy lesson for them because all they got to know is the days of the week, that first syllable and then just add on... |
| Minkyong: 요일 (yoil) |
| Keith: At the end of them, and there you go, you got the days of the week! So let’s take a quick example. What’s Sunday? |
| Minkyong: 일요일 (iryoil) |
| Keith: Can we break that down, what’s that first syllable? |
| Minkyong: 일 (ir) |
| Keith: And that represents “day” or “sun,” and then we just add on |
| Minkyong: 요일 (yoil). 일요일 (iryoil) |
| Keith: All right and how about Monday? |
| Minkyong: 월요일 (woryoil) |
| Keith: And that first syllable is |
| Minkyong: 월 (wor) |
| Keith: And that represents “moon” but you can just add on what after it to get Monday. |
| Minkyong: 월요일 (woryoil). |
| Keith: Okay how about Tuesday? |
| Minkyong: 화요일 (hwayoil) |
| Keith: And that first syllable is |
| Minkyong: 화 (hwa) |
| Keith: And that means fire. What can we add on after that? |
| Minkyong: 요일 (yoil) |
| Keith: And together we have |
| Minkyong: 화요일 (hwayoil). |
| Keith: Tuesday. All right Wednesday? |
| Minkyong: 수요일 (suyoil) |
| Keith: That first syllable is |
| Minkyong: 수 (su) |
| Keith: And that represents “water.” What do we add on after that? |
| Minkyong: 요일 (yoil) |
| Keith: So we have |
| Minkyong: 수요일 (suyoil). |
| Keith: Wednesday. Next? |
| Minkyong: 목요일 (mogyoil) |
| Keith: And that’s Thursday and that first syllable is |
| Minkyong: 목 (mog) |
| Keith: And that represents tree and after that |
| Minkyong: 요일 (yoil) |
| Keith: So together we have |
| Minkyong: 목요일 (mogyoil). |
| Keith: Thursday. After that, what do we have for Friday? |
| Minkyong: 금요일 (geumyoil) |
| Keith: First syllable is |
| Minkyong: 금 (geum) |
| Keith: That means “gold” and after that |
| Minkyong: 요일 (yoil) |
| Keith: So together |
| Minkyong: 금요일 (geumyoil). |
| Keith: Friday. Next is Saturday. |
| Minkyong: 토요일 (toyoil) |
| Keith: And that first syllable is |
| Minkyong: 토 (to) |
| Keith: And that represents “earth.” After that we add on once again |
| Minkyong: 요일 (yoil) |
| Keith: So together |
| Minkyong: 토요일 (toyoil). |
| Keith: Saturday. And as you can see, there is a pretty easy pattern to this. All you’ve got to do is remember the days of the week. So there is seven days of the week and there is seven syllables that you just have to remember and right after that, you just add on |
| Minkyong: 요일 (yoil) |
| Keith: To the end, and actually remembering the first syllables of these days can be very helpful because a lot of times in Korean when referring to several days of the week in one sentence or in one statement, only the first letters are used. So for example, I go to school on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. How can we say Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday? |
| Minkyong: 월화수 (wolhwasu). |
| Keith: And those are just the first syllables of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. How about Monday, Wednesday, Friday? |
| Minkyong: 월수금 (wolsugeum). |
| Keith: And once again, those are the first syllables. So once you remember 7 syllables, you just have to add on 요일 to get the day and also knowing the first syllables will be really helpful because a lot of times, several days of the week are referred to as just the first syllables. |
| Minkyong: Yeah it’s really easy. You only have to remember the first syllable of the days of the week. |
Outro |
| Keith: All right, well that’s going to do it for this lesson. Well, everyone, hope you have a wonderful day. |
| Minkyong: 좋은 하루 되세요 (joeun haru doeseyo). |
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