Learn Korean with KoreanClass101.com! Today we’ll be starting on a new series - Newbie series. These lessons are designed to give total beginners an introduction to the Korean language, provide important cultural insights, and hopefully entertain to a certain to degree. In today’s lesson, we’ll be going over proper etiquette when meeting someone for the first time. Be sure to stop by and leave us a post!
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68 Responses to “Newbie Lesson #1 - First Encounters”
Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:
September 5th, 2007 at 11:28 pm
Great lesson! 
And 설 and Keith, you both sound very good with the Spanish pronunciation! 
Jimmy B says:
September 5th, 2007 at 11:28 pm
Here we go… launching!
I can’t wait for next week… I want to know more than Cheoum Boepguessimida (4 lessons in.. that phrase is WELL burned into my skull).
maxiewawa says:
September 6th, 2007 at 5:12 am
By saying ‘저기요’ are you saying ‘you over there’? That’s what I thought she meant when she originally said 자기.
Sindy says:
September 6th, 2007 at 6:28 am
KC101 crew/listeners!
Finally We are getting for what we paid, the first Newbie lesson! 
Hyunwoosun!
I agree with you, Keith sound really Spanish! 
BTW thank you for wishing me luck, Do you have MSN 
Jimmy B!
Great, I can’t wait for that too!
Lastly are you guys going to put the same icons (faces) that JP101 post but instead of a Japanese flag, a Korean flag
Well thank you for your time everyone! S_R_C
David Cha says:
September 6th, 2007 at 7:02 am
Keith -
Awesome lesson man.
Background sound effects are perfect. Say hello to everybody for me.
hope all is well! take it easy buddy.
Osirius says:
September 6th, 2007 at 8:25 am
I can’t see the lesson in iTunes for some reason. Only in the site. 
steved says:
September 6th, 2007 at 9:33 am
Max,
Yes, I think that is what you are saying: “(you) over there”. I believe 저기 is also used as a filler like “um” as well (OK, not newbie stuff .) Someone correct me if I am wrong…
Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:
September 6th, 2007 at 9:46 am
Max, Steve, you’re right, “저기” originally means ‘over there’,
but over the course of time, now we have slightly different accents for different occasions, so when you really mean “over there”, the accent changes slightly.
Try to say 저(high)~~~~기요(low).
This is “(it’s) Over there.”
And say 저기(low)요(strong),
and this becomes a call for a waiter.
So, for real, if you say 저~~~기요 in a restaurant, some heads will turn and look at you. But the waiter probably won’t come. ^_^
Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:
September 6th, 2007 at 9:49 am
And for your information, you can say ‘여기요’ in a restaurant instead of 저기요, (여기요 means “Hey, here” or “It’s here.”) but you can’t say 여기요 to start a conversation with a stranger. I mean, you can, but it would sound a bit weird. ^_^
steved says:
September 6th, 2007 at 10:05 am
That sustained 저~~~~~ is used to convey distance for emphasis like “wayyyy over there” I think. It can be a bit gutteral (which I am not good at) too.
maxiewawa says:
September 6th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
I have the same problem as Osirus, I haven’t got this lesson in my iTunes yet.
KoreanClass101.com says:
September 6th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
Sorry all!!! Left one button unclicked! 
죄송합니다!! (joesonghamnida - sorry!!)
maxiewawa says:
September 6th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
자기요! I would like to propose a name change. 킴요아 sounds more Korean than 요아킴, right?
I’ve made a short quiz:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPoBaU6jyUw
Try to answer out loud before I say the answer for you.
Anyone interested in making a movie but who doesn’t know how can just send me some jpgs and some kind of voice recording of themselves saying the questions and answers.
By the way, this quiz refers to material from the last lesson, not this one.
Finally, we had placement tests for university today. I’m learning 중국말 , but roughly 2/3 of my classmates are 한극사람. I should get some good practice after class! If we get enough quizzes like the above, I’ll be sure to ask everyone and see how many they get right. I’ll naturally be filming them at the same time, and post the results on youtube (of course!).
Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:
September 6th, 2007 at 8:35 pm
Cool, Max! brilliant video - come on, people. This is your best chance to practice!! Join in !! ^^
( btw, ‘한국 사람’ is the correct writing. )
Which do you find easier, 중국어 and 한국어?
Maybe equally difficult? (equally easy? ㅋㅋ)
Guizzy says:
September 7th, 2007 at 12:00 am
Great lesson guys! I’m really looking forward to more newbie and beginner lessons!
Keep up the great work!
joey says:
September 9th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
wow. this is nice. glad to hear in korean. hope to make a great progress forever!! you can register this podcast to podstation.co.kr!!
Pati says:
October 11th, 2007 at 4:20 am
안녕하세요!!
I’ve been looking everywhere for good korean classes (cause, well, there aren’t much korean schools in Sevilla (Spain)), and i have to say that is really, really good! I love it! It’s so useful!! And it’s also really enjoyable and funny… specially when you “argue” about the pronunciation of “Garcia”. It’s a really common last name here
Thanks a lot!! I really wanted to learn korean, but i didn’t know how…and when i saw the huge vocabulary lists in other sites it was…ahh, it scared me!! Thanks again! Really!
선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:
October 11th, 2007 at 9:49 am
Hi Pati,
Welcome to the site!! I’m glad that you find this website and the lessons useful and enjoyable Hope to talk to you often through the comments and in the forum!!
만나서 반가워요!!
Ann Marie (Yoon-young) says:
October 19th, 2007 at 5:31 am
I was born in Korea, but was adopted as a baby to loving American parents. So even though I look like I should speak Korean fluently, I unfortunately didn’t learn/use Korean growing up much. Now I wish I had stuck out Saturday Korean school.
Anyway, I’m so glad I found this site. It’s a fresh addition to all the other learning aids I currently use to learn Korean.
선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:
October 19th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
안녕하세요 윤영 씨! 반갑습니다!
Welcome to the site, and I hope we’ll see you coming back to the site often
화이팅~~ Have a great weekend!
Taliana says:
November 17th, 2007 at 2:04 am
A friend of a friend recently pointed us in the direction of this place, and I LOVE the lessons here! There are literally no places to learn Korean here where I live, and studying alone can be really daunting. I have a really helpful book, but the audio CD that came with it is SO boring, it’s more likely to put me to sleep than teach me Korean - but you guys are so fun to listen to! Really great voices, and I dunno, you sound like you’re all having a great time, which makes me feel like I’m having a great time too. The lessons are just the right length to drill the points into you, but not so long that your attention wanders of.
Excellent work guys, really I didn’t even hestitate when I clicked to buy a premium account. Completely, 100% worth that money.
I look forward to working my way through the rest of the lessons ^___^v
선현우 says:
November 17th, 2007 at 2:51 am
Taliana, welcome to the site! Where are you from ? 만나서 반갑습니다 ^^!!
선현우 says:
November 17th, 2007 at 3:14 am
:-) 안녕하세요!! 영국 사람이시군요~ 한국어 공부는 언제부터 하셨어요? When did you start studying Korean? Hope to see you often on the site!!
Taliana says:
November 17th, 2007 at 3:20 am
At the start of the year! But I really slacked off over the past few of months, and have forgotten a lot of what I learned ㅠ_ㅠ But all the bits and pieces are slowly coming back now, and I have a lot more motivation this time around ^^!
Now I will stop spamming the blog post and go study some more XD
Jen says:
January 10th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
I love your sites! Japansepod101.com is great, and so far Koreanclass101.com is fantastic. I need to learn korean for work so I will definitely check out the other lessons!
Tracey says:
January 15th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Hi Everyone!
SOOO glad to have found this site. I’ve been living in Korea for a few years now, but kept losing my motivation for studying Korean due to boring materials. This site is GREAT! Keep up the good work…
선현우 says:
January 15th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Tracey, Welcome to the website!! Thank you for the comment and we hope you’ll enjoy our future lessons as well! Where in Korea are you living?
Tracey says:
January 16th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
I live in Seoul.
Hey, I noticed on your person webpage you had the lyrics to a French song. Do you speak French?? (I do!)
선현우 says:
January 16th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Ouais Tracey, je parle francais aussi mais mon anglais est toujours mieux que mon francais. 
J’habite a Seoul aussi. Qu’est-ce que tu fait a Seoul? Tu peut m’envoyer un email a [ever4one arobase gmail point com] si tu ne veux pas faire tout le monde mal a la tete. heh heh.
Ed says:
February 10th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Hello,
Great site you’ve got here. Quick request though: Could you check the audio for Lesson #1 (009_NB1_090507_kclass101.mp3)? It cuts off just 20 seconds in, as the “newbie” series is being introduced. Apparently the file is corrupted or truncated.
Thanks!
선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:
February 10th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Hi Ed, welcome to the site!! thanks for the comment! Can you check the file again now? It seems to be working fine right now, so please check it again, and if you still have the same problem, please let us know once again! Thanks! Hope to talk to you often in the comments!
Ed says:
February 11th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
고맙슴니다!
It is working fine now, and I just finished listening to the full lesson.
-에드 (Is this the best representation of “Ed”?)
선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:
February 11th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Ed(에드) Glad to hear that it’s working fine now! (잘 된다니 다행이네요!) 그리고(and) Yes, “에드” is the best representation of “Ed”
Bouks says:
February 19th, 2008 at 7:50 am
I have a question about this lesson…in the dialogue, Mr. Garcia is addressed as “Galsia-ssi”. But it is also explained that you shouldn’t use “ssi” with only a person’s family name. Is this rule excepted for non-Korean people?
Gamsahamnida!
Keith says:
February 19th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Great point Bouks!
Actually, I never realized that! I think it may be an exception to non-Koreans. This is probably because in most non-Korean countries, the last name is used to attach honorific prefixes/suffixes
(i.e. Senor Garcia - Spanish, Garcia-san - Japanese, Mr. Garcia - English, Monsieur Garcia) don’t take my work on the French, I’m not totally sure on that one!
But referring for names of non-Koreans, Garcia ssi seems more natural than Juan ssi (for when meeting someone for the first time). And I think its because they are trying to be respectful, but trying to accommodate to the other persons culture.
David J says:
April 12th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Very impressed with what i’ve learned in just one week. Keep up the great work!
Keith says:
April 14th, 2008 at 10:39 am
Hi David Welcome to the site, and definitely feel free to ask any questions if you have any
王龍碩 says:
May 9th, 2008 at 12:51 am
Awesome lesson! 감사함니다! BTW, why is 습 in 처음 뵙겠습니다 pronounced as 슴?
선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:
May 9th, 2008 at 1:07 am
Hi 王龍碩 ,
(your name is pronounced ‘왕용석’ in Korean ^^ )
If you try pronouncing 습니다 three times as fast, you will realize that it is difficult to make it sound like 습+니+다 because the sound in the middle gets blocked So it’s much more natural to pronounce it as “슴니다”
It’s similar to tones changing in Chinese when two 3rd tones are put together
Grettel says:
June 22nd, 2008 at 2:29 am
Wonderful lesson…
I really enjoy how relaxed you guys are when teaching and you don’t rush into anything so thats a big help towards me.
Oh and Keith you said Garcia perfectly….muy bien =]
Liz says:
June 27th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Hey All!
I just started learning Korean about two weeks ago from my friend 오솔. I really like your lessons a lot, and I download the podcasts from Zune, but they start with Newbie Season 2, Lesson Number 11. How can I get the lessons from before then?
Thanks,
Liz
elizabeth says:
July 14th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
how to pronouce 처음뵙겠습니다??
is it ‘cheom boepgesseubnida’ or ‘cheom boepgesseumnida’??
선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:
July 14th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Liz The public feed can’t have all the past lessons in it, so if you want the past lessons, you can download them from the site
Elizabeth
-습니다 is usually pronounced “seumnida” because there’s no vowel between ㅂ and ㄴ, and ㅂ has the shape shape of mouth as ㅁ, but then you have to say ㄴ without really opening your mouth, so it becomes 슴니다
Miranda (팽시윤) says:
July 25th, 2008 at 5:32 am
It was a great lesson! But I read this on the sample sentences: 지금 몇 시에요
How do we pronounce it?
Thanks for all! C ya!
Mandy says:
August 5th, 2008 at 9:58 am
This was pretty helpful for a first lesson
But cheoeum boepgesseumnida gets me tongue tied 
winromeo says:
August 11th, 2008 at 7:01 am
Hello all,
I am a brand new Newbie! Just listened to the first Newbie lesson, I really liked it, but how come there is no conversation about “Formal Conversation” according to the PDF script?
Thanks!
Keith says:
August 11th, 2008 at 10:48 am
Hi winromeo! We’re glad you enjoyed the first Newbie lesson
There’s a slight difference in the two conversations. In the standard politeness level (under Formal conversation), it says 처음 뵙습니다 (cheoeum boepseumnida). Which is a slight difference from 처음 뵙겠습니다 (cheoeum boepgessseumnida). And the same goes for 처음 뵙네요 (cheoeum boepneyo) and 처음 뵙겠습니다 (cheoeum boepgessseumnida).
I hope this helps. Thanks again for coming by!
lynda says:
August 13th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
waw it’s a great site i have found everything i need to go to korean and now i will try to understand the biscics see ya guys and pleas help me to get throu this
michelle says:
November 26th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Annyeonghaseyo!
I’m new here, and really enjoying this, a great site! I’ve tried a few basic lessons then I came across this newbie lesson, and now i’m a little confused here… which one should I start first? Basic or Newbie?
라미 says:
December 3rd, 2008 at 8:39 pm
안녕하세요
am rahma and am new in learning korean and i want to say hello to everyone
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Category: Newbie Lessons |
Grammar: greeting phrases, honorific suffix | Function: greeting someone for the first time | Topic: greetings and etiquette | Politeness Level: Formal
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