Learn how to say 'this' - igeo, and 'what' - mwo
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Keith: What is this? |
| Seol: 안녕하세요. 윤설입니다. (annyeonghaseyo. yunseorimnida.) |
| Minkyong: 안녕하세요. 민경입니다. (annyeonghaseyo. yunseorimnida.) |
| Keith: I don’t get an intro? |
| Seol: Okay. |
| Keith: Come on, help me out with an intro. |
| Keith: And here comes the champion Keith Kim, no… |
| Seol: Yeah. |
| Minkyong: Yeay! |
| Keith: All right. So sorry about the intro folks. We will move on to the lesson. What do we got today? What’s going on? |
| Seol: It’s in the living room and daddy, mommy and son are watching TV altogether and something happened. |
| Keith: Yeah it’s kind of cute too. Okay so because the mother is talking to the son and the son is talking to the mother, they are talking in casual language, intimate politeness level but just a quick note, children, when they are speaking to their parents, they can speak either intimate politeness level, casual language or polite language and it depends on the family. |
| Seol: Yes. |
| Keith: So how about yourself? |
| Minkyong: I use 반말 (banmal) to my parents. |
| Keith: Casual language. |
| Minkyong: But my brothers use 존댓말 (jondaenmal) to my parents. |
| Keith: Polite language. |
| Seol: Me too, I speak in 반말 (banmal) to my parents but when I did something wrong, when I have a problem, then I speak in 존댓말 (jondaenmal). |
| Keith: And this child is very young, maybe about 3 years old, 2 years old and at that age, most children use |
| Seol: 반말 (banmal). |
| Keith: Yeah right. |
| Seol: It is easier to learn. |
| Keith: Yeah okay. So let’s go ahead with this conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| 아들 (adeul): (동물원에서) 엄마... 이거 뭐야? ((dongmurwoneseo) eomma... igeo mwoya?) |
| 엄마 (eomma): (원숭이 소리) 이거? 원숭이. ((wonsungi sori) igeo? wonsungi.) |
| 아들 (adeul): 엄마... 이거 뭐야? (eomma... igeo mwo-ya?) |
| 엄마 (eomma): (돼지 소리) 이거? 돼지. ((dwaeji sori) igeo? dwaeji.) |
| 아들 (adeul): 엄마... 이거 뭐야? (eomma... igeo mwo-ya?) |
| 엄마 (eomma): (코 고는 소리) 어? 여보! ((ko goneun sori) eo? yeobo!) |
| 아들 (adeul): 아빠! (appa!) |
| Minkyong: 한 번 더 천천히. (han beon deo cheoncheonhi.) |
| 아들 (adeul): (동물원에서) 엄마... 이거 뭐야? ((dongmurwoneseo) eomma... igeo mwoya?) |
| 엄마 (eomma): (원숭이 소리) 이거? 원숭이. ((wonsungi sori) igeo? wonsungi.) |
| 아들 (adeul): 엄마... 이거 뭐야? (eomma... igeo mwo-ya?) |
| 엄마 (eomma): (돼지 소리) 이거? 돼지. ((dwaeji sori) igeo? dwaeji.) |
| 아들 (adeul): 엄마... 이거 뭐야? (eomma... igeo mwo-ya?) |
| 엄마 (eomma): (코 고는 소리) 어? 여보! ((ko goneun sori) eo? yeobo!) |
| 아들 (adeul): 아빠! (appa!) |
| Minkyong: 영어로 한 번 더. (yeongeoro han beon deo.) |
| 아들 (adeul): (동물원에서) 엄마... 이거 뭐야? ((dongmurwoneseo) eomma... igeo mwoya?) |
| Son: Mom, what's this? |
| 엄마 (eomma): (원숭이 소리) 이거? 원숭이. ((wonsungi sori) igeo? wonsungi.) |
| Mom: (monkey sound) This? A monkey. |
| 아들 (adeul): 엄마... 이거 뭐야? (eomma... igeo mwo-ya?) |
| Son: Mom, what's this? |
| 엄마 (eomma): (돼지 소리) 이거? 돼지. ((dwaeji sori) igeo? dwaeji.) |
| Mom: This? A pig. |
| 아들 (adeul): 엄마... 이거 뭐야? (eomma... igeo mwo-ya?) |
| Son: Mom, what's this? |
| 엄마 (eomma): (코 고는 소리) 어? 여보! ((ko goneun sori) eo? yeobo!) |
| Mom: Huh? Honey! |
| 아들 (adeul): 아빠! (appa!) |
| Son: Daddy! |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Keith: All right, wasn’t that cute? |
| Seol: It is. |
| Minkyong: It is. It’s like my family. |
| Keith: Why, why is that? |
| Minkyong: Because my father snores a lot. |
| Seol: And he just falls asleep when he watches TV? |
| Minkyong: Yeah, yeah he does, he does. When we are all watching TV, he sometimes just falls asleep and we can’t watch TV because he snores a lot and we kind of send him to his you know, room. |
| Keith: Go away dad… |
| Minkyong: Dad! |
| Keith: Go away! That’s cute too, that’s cute. All right, so let’s move on to the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Keith: Okay first word we have is. |
| Seol: 엄마. (eomma.) |
| Keith: Mom. |
| Seol: 엄마 (eomma) [slowly - broken down by syllable] 엄마 (eomma) [natural native speed] |
| Keith: Next we have |
| Seol: 이거. (igeo.) |
| Keith: This, this one. |
| Seol: 이거 (igeo) [slowly - broken down by syllable] 이거 (igeo)[natural native speed] |
| Keith: Next is |
| Seol: 뭐야. (mwoya.) |
| Keith: What’s this, casual language. |
| Seol: 뭐야 (mwoya) [slowly - broken down by syllable] 뭐야 (mwoya) [natural native speed] |
| Keith: And next we have. |
| Seol: 원숭이. (wonsung-i) |
| Keith: Monkey. |
| Seol: 원숭이 (wonsung-i) [slowly - broken down by syllable] 원숭이 (wonsung-i) [natural native speed] |
| Keith: Next we have |
| Seol: 돼지. (doeji.) |
| Keith: Pig. |
| Seol: 돼지 (doeji) [slowly - broken down by syllable] 돼지 (doeji) [natural native speed] |
| Keith: And after that we have |
| Seol: 여보. (yeobo.) |
| Keith: Honey, darling. |
| Seol: 여보 (yeobo) [slowly - broken down by syllable] 여보 (yeobo) [natural native speed] |
| Keith: And finally we have |
| Seol: 아빠. (appa.) |
| Keith: Daddy. |
| Seol: 아빠 (appa)[slowly - broken down by syllable] 아빠 (appa)[natural native speed] |
| Keith: All right. Before we get into this conversation line by line, we had a couple of animals. What do we have? |
| Seol: 원숭이 (wonsung-i) and 돼지 (doeji). |
| Keith: Monkey and pig. And let’s go over some other animals that maybe a young child may know. |
| Seol: 개 (gae). |
| Keith: Dog. |
| Seol: 강아지 (gangaji). |
| Keith: Puppy. |
| Minkyong: 고양이 (goyangi). |
| Keith: Cat. |
| Seol: 말 (mal). |
| Keith: Horse. |
| Seol: 소 (so). |
| Keith: Cow. Okay I think we can keep going but yeah just to give our listeners some extra vocabulary but if you are interested, we have extra vocabulary in the PDF. So if you are interested, stop by and check out our PDF if you want to study in a bit more detail. All right, so we have those animals and before we get into it, I just want to talk about one more word 여보 (yeobo). |
| Seol: I never use this word but I know what this means. |
| Keith: Well you are Korean. Of course you know what it means. |
| Seol: So this is a word that – well this word is for the couple. They call each other 여보 (yeobo). |
| Keith: And this is specifically for married couples, right? |
| Seol: Uh-huh. |
| Keith: So do your parents use it? |
| Minkyong: No my parents use something special. |
| Seol: What is that? |
| Keith: Yeah I am interested. |
| Minkyong: My mom calls my dad 영감 (yeonggam). |
| Seol: Really? |
| Minkyong: Really. Yeah it’s really cute. My mom – I think she does it on purpose. |
| Keith: 영감? (yeonggam?) |
| Minkyong: 영감 (yeonggam) always. |
| Seol: It’s basically for calling a senior citizen. |
| Minkyong: Yeah. |
| Seol: Like 60s, 70s. |
| Minkyong: And my dad calls my mom 혜련 씨 (hyeryeon ssi). |
| Seol: Ah your mom’s name. |
| Minkyong: Yeah. |
| Keith: With the… |
| Minkyong: 씨 (ssi). |
| Keith: 씨 (ssi). The honorific suffix. Well that’s really cute. |
| Minkyong: It’s not cute, okay. |
| Keith: Well you are the daughter. You don’t want to hear that kind of stuff but that sounds like it’s very loving and… |
| Seol: Yeah. |
| Keith: Fun relationship. Very fun marriage. |
| Minkyong: Yes. |
| Keith: Whatever. |
| Minkyong: Whatever. |
| Keith: They are my parents, I’m sick of them. 닭살 (daksal), right? |
| Seol: Yeah 닭살 (daksal). |
| Keith: And what is that word real quick? |
| Seol: 닭살 (daksal). |
| Keith: Goosebumps, just when you are sick of it – sick ah! |
| Seol: 닭살이야 (daksariya). |
| Keith: Too much. Let’s move on to the conversation. So let’s go line by line. First we have |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Minkyong: 엄마... 이거 뭐야? (eomma... igeo mwoya?) |
| Keith: Mom, what is this and we can break it down. What’s that first part? |
| Minkyong: 엄마 (eomma) |
| Keith: Mom and now we have |
| Minkyong: 이거 (igeo) |
| Keith: This |
| Minkyong: 뭐야? (mwoya?) |
| Keith: What is – what is this and you can use this as a phrase 이거 뭐야 (igeo mwoya) what is this. So in a casual situation of course very casual, you are learning Korean. You can use Korean to learn Korean. If you have Korean friends around you, point to something and say |
| Seol: 이거 뭐야? (igeo mwoya) |
| Keith: What is this and if you want to be polite, if you are asking a – maybe 아줌마 (ajumma) on the street, maybe a lady on the street that you don’t know a stranger, you want to be polite, how do you say it? |
| Seol: 이거 뭐예요? (igeo mwoyeyo?) |
| Keith: Okay. So this phrase is very useful and just like a child 이거 뭐야? (igeo mwoya?) what is this? She is pointing to a television and now |
| Seol: 이거? 원숭이 (igeo? wonsungi). |
| Keith: So first we have |
| Seol: 이거? (igeo?) |
| Keith: This and now |
| Seol: 원숭이. (wonsungi.) |
| Keith: Monkey. This? Monkey. Okay and now we have |
| Minkyong: 엄마... 이거 뭐야? (eomma... igeo mwoya?) |
| Keith: Again the same question. Mom, what is this and to be a little more polite |
| Minkyong: 엄마, 이거 뭐예요? (eomma, igeo mwoyeyo?) |
| Keith: And the mother answers |
| Seol: 이거? 돼지 (igeo? dwaeji). |
| Keith: This? A pig. All right and now we have |
| Minkyong: 엄마... 이거 뭐야? (eomma... igeo mwoya?) |
| Keith: Mom, what’s this and now what? |
| Seol: Somebody was snoring 어? 여보! (eo? yeobo!) |
| Keith: 여보 (yeobo) is that term of endearment, honey, dear for married couples. |
| Seol: Yeah. |
| Keith: And do you want to use this by the way? |
| Seol: No. |
| Keith: Why not? |
| Seol: This is too 닭살 (daksal). |
| Minkyong: It’s normal right? |
| Seol: It is but because I am not married, I just feel a little bit awkward when I hear this you know word or… |
| Minkyong: But if you get married, would you use it? |
| Seol: No I will still call my boyfriend 오빠 (oppa). |
| Minkyong: Even if you get married? |
| Seol: Not in front of my family but when we are just you know, two of us then 오빠 (oppa) is better I think. |
| Keith: And for those of you that don’t know what is 오빠? (oppa?) |
| Seol: Brother, big brother. |
| Keith: Yeah it doesn’t make a lot of sense when it’s translated but it’s used for even boyfriends, older brother. Okay so but this couple, this mom calls her husband |
| Seol: 여보 (yeobo). |
| Keith: And now because it’s her husband, it’s the child’s |
| Minkyong: 아빠 (appa). |
| Keith: Daddy. All right, so just to recap really quickly, we had mom. |
| Seol: 엄마 (eomma). |
| Keith: And to be a little more polite, what can you say? |
| Seol: 어머니 (eomeoni). |
| Keith: And dad, daddy? |
| Seol: 아빠 (appa). |
| Keith: And to be a little more polite |
| Seol: 아버지 (abeoji). |
| Keith: Okay and just to bring our focus back to what we wanted to talk about today, how do we say what is this? |
| Minkyong: 이거 뭐야? (igeo mwoya?) |
| Keith: And if you wanted to say what is that, what would you say? |
| Minkyong: 저거 뭐야? (jeogeo mwoya?) |
| Keith: When you are pointing to something, that, this and to be a little more polite |
| Minkyong: 이거 뭐예요? (igeo mwoyeyo?) |
| Keith: What is this, same thing just politer. |
Outro |
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| Keith: All right, so I think that’s going to do it. |
| Minkyong: Bye. |
| Seol: 안녕 (annyeong). |
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