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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!



This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Newbie Season 1 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

294 Responses to “Newbie Lesson #1 - First Encounters”

KoreanClass101.com says:

:lol:

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

Great lesson! :D And 설 and Keith, you both sound very good with the Spanish pronunciation! :wink:

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Jimmy B says:

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).

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steved says:

Great newbie lesson! Looking forward to friday!

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maxiewawa says:

By saying ‘저기요’ are you saying ‘you over there’? That’s what I thought she meant when she originally said 자기.

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maxiewawa says:

Oops, 저기 not 자기.

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Sindy says:

KC101 crew/listeners! :wink:

Finally We are getting for what we paid, the first Newbie lesson! :mrgreen: :cool:

Hyunwoosun! :wink:

I agree with you, Keith sound really Spanish! :lol:
BTW thank you for wishing me luck, Do you have MSN :???:

Jimmy B! :wink:

Great, I can’t wait for that too! :mrgreen:

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! :wink: S_R_C

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David Cha says:

Keith -

Awesome lesson man.

Background sound effects are perfect. Say hello to everybody for me.

hope all is well! take it easy buddy.

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Jibril says:

I can hardly wait for the upper-level lessons!

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Osirius says:

I can’t see the lesson in iTunes for some reason. Only in the site. :cry:

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steved says:

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 :grin: .) Someone correct me if I am wrong…

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

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.
:wink:

Try to say 저(high)~~~~기요(low).

This is “(it’s) Over there.”
:eek:

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. :D But the waiter probably won’t come. ^_^

:grin:

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

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. ^_^

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steved says:

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.

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maxiewawa says:

I have the same problem as Osirus, I haven’t got this lesson in my iTunes yet.

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KoreanClass101.com says:

Sorry all!!! Left one button unclicked! :oops:

죄송합니다!! (joesonghamnida - sorry!!)

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JockZon (JZ) says:

저기요~
요어김입니다!

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

저기요~ 요아킴 씨!

안녕하세요. ㅋㅋ

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maxiewawa says:

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!).

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

Cool, Max! brilliant video - come on, people. This is your best chance to practice!! Join in !! ^^

( btw, ‘한국 사람’ is the correct writing. :D )

Which do you find easier, 중국어 and 한국어? :wink:

Maybe equally difficult? (equally easy? ㅋㅋ)

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Guizzy says:

Great lesson guys! I’m really looking forward to more newbie and beginner lessons! :grin:

Keep up the great work!

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G-won says:

Yo… i mean jogiyo!!

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Devon says:

Yay! Newbie lessons!!! :roll: :mrgreen:

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joey says:

:razz: 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!!

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제비꽃 says:

:razz: 하하하 저기요
이 강의 참 재밌네요.
hahaha That’s interesting!

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Pati says:

안녕하세요!! :lol:

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 :wink:

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!

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

Hi Pati, :grin:

Welcome to the site!! I’m glad that you find this website and the lessons useful and enjoyable :D Hope to talk to you often through the comments and in the forum!!

만나서 반가워요!!

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Ann Marie (Yoon-young) says:

:razz:

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.

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

:grin:

안녕하세요 윤영 씨! 반갑습니다!

Welcome to the site, and I hope we’ll see you coming back to the site often :D

화이팅~~ Have a great weekend!

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Taliana says:

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 :D 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

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선현우 says:

:grin: Taliana, welcome to the site! Where are you from ? 만나서 반갑습니다 ^^!!

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Taliana says:

만나서 반갑습니다 ^^ 저는 영국 사람입니다~

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선현우 says:

:-) 안녕하세요!! 영국 사람이시군요~ 한국어 공부는 언제부터 하셨어요? When did you start studying Korean? ;) Hope to see you often on the site!! :D

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Taliana says:

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

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선현우 says:

:grin: Enjoy studying!! 재미있게 공부하세요!!

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Jen says:

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!

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maxiewawa says:

ありがとう、Jen씨, hope you do well!

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Tracey says:

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…

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선현우 says:

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?

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Tracey says:

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!) :grin:

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선현우 says:

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. :grin: heh heh.

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Ed says:

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!

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

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!

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Ed says:

고맙슴니다!
It is working fine now, and I just finished listening to the full lesson.
-에드 (Is this the best representation of “Ed”?)

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

Ed(에드) Glad to hear that it’s working fine now! (잘 된다니 다행이네요!) 그리고(and) Yes, “에드” is the best representation of “Ed” :D

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Bouks says:

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!

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Keith says:

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.

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David J says:

Very impressed with what i’ve learned in just one week. Keep up the great work!

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Keith says:

Hi David :) Welcome to the site, and definitely feel free to ask any questions if you have any ;)

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Jacqueline (쟈클린) says:

I often hear 저기요 in dramas ^^.

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

I say it everyday ^^ ㅋㅋㅋ

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王龍碩 says:

Awesome lesson! 감사함니다! BTW, why is 습 in 처음 뵙겠습니다 pronounced as 슴?

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

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 :-)

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王龍碩 says:

啊啊啊…我已知道了.:) 唔該! Thanks! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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Grettel says:

:smile: 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 =]

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Liz says:

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

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elizabeth says:

how to pronouce 처음뵙겠습니다??
is it ‘cheom boepgesseubnida’ or ‘cheom boepgesseumnida’??

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

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 :)

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Miranda (팽시윤) says:

It was a great lesson! :grin: But I read this on the sample sentences: 지금 몇 시에요
How do we pronounce it?
Thanks for all! C ya!

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Mandy says:

This was pretty helpful for a first lesson :smile:
But cheoeum boepgesseumnida gets me tongue tied :sad:

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Keith says:

Thank you! Don’t forget to practice! ;)

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winromeo says:

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!

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Keith says:

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! :)

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lynda says:

:smile: 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

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michelle says:

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?

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라미 says:

안녕하세요
am rahma and am new in learning korean and i want to say hello to everyone

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KoreanClass101 says:

michelle, 라미,

Welcome to the site!! 안녕하세요. 반갑습니다.

And michelle, you can start with both, actually. But if you’d like to study with more grammatical guidance, please go on with Beginner, and if you’d like to learn some more basic but useful expressions regardless of grammar, please go with newbie lessons :)

감사합니다!

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카이 says:

안녕하세요, 세올씨. 안녕하세요, 키스씨. 처음뵙겠슴니다.

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KoreanClass101 says:

안녕하세요 카이 씨 :) 처음 뵙겠습니다! ^^

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Goosey says:

안녕하세요!

I just got a premium membership and tried this lesson. It was very good! I am pretty impressed by this site, it seems much better than I expected.. Far more structured than the Intro Lessons led me to believe. I was beginning to be afraid from the intro lessons that every lesson would be filled with advertising for the website, but this lesson has settled my fears! Excellent site! I am glad I am starting it so late that there is a large amount of content just waiting for me! :)

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aprilbaby says:

my name is Chloe Wong and i would really like to know the Korean pronunciation of it :)

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jleal says:

:D finally could get thepremium one :]

This is my fisrt time here so i have a question:

What do you guys recommend me to finish alll the newbiew lessons or start with the Hangul writing? casue im kinda lost:/ theres so many ways to start lol

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

Goosey :)
반갑습니다!!! Please keep up the good effort!! :)

aprilbaby :)

You’re name would be 클로에 웡 written in Korean. :) But in pronunciation it’s almost the same I guess. :)

jleal :)

Congratulations!
We recommend starting with the Hangul, but don’t wait until you *master* the hangul - I think the best way is to start listening to the lessons and learning some hangul each day :)

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jleal says:

:O hey a korean friend gave me a korean name hhaha but idk if it sounds alright

Lee= Leal
Hosaeng = jose

does that sounds like jose? haha and thx ill try to notget lost in here lol so many things to learn ^^

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선현우 says:

jleal :)

Nice ! Hehe. I think Lee Hosaeng is not bad, Hosaeng (호생) would be a very very rare name to find in Korea - so how about using the last name Lee (이 - it’s pronounced Yi and written in English as Lee) and using just Jose, your real name but written in Korean. 호새. :)

이호새. (yi - ho - sae) :) I think people will know your real name more easily that way, while 호새 would also be a rare name, but it sounds nicer than 호생 :)

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jleal says:

thanks ill use that one then :D

i saw your leaning spanish so if you ever need some help with spanish , im here to help :wink:

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선현우 says:

Muchas gracias !! :) Ayudame por favor! ^_^

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jleal says:

cuandoquieras :]

tienes msn? para asi me puedas preguntar con mas facilidad que andar hablando por puros post en este blog haha

oh agregame si quieres: leal_glz@hotmail.com

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선현우 says:

jleal :) Gracias! No utilizo msn todos los dias pero quando estoy en msn, voy a te agregar! Si puedes, agregame por favor!
[ hyunwoosun@hotmail.com ]

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jleal says:

which one do you guys in korea use the most? :]
and just added you ^ _^

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선현우 says:

A lot of people use MSN :) but I’m usually one Skype :) [hyunwoosun] Hope to talk to you soon on MSN!

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jleal says:

alright man i added you in both tho :]

hasta luego :grin:

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Melinda(메린다) says:

Wow, that was definitely better than the books you buy at stores. And more convenient than going to the one school in my area to learn(not to mention cheaper as well). This will really make things easier, I’m really excited now. Really like how it sounds natural, not like you’re in a studio reading a script(though there probably is a script involved lol)

And I think I got my name spelled right into Korean(I cheated and used unitype global writer).

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

멜린다 :) 안녕하세요!!

Your name would be more appropriately spelled “멜린다” rather than “메린다” :) in Korean. Thanks for dropping by and leaving a comment! Please keep it up!!

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Melinda(멜린다) says:

감사함니다 선현우씨!

I’ve been listening through the newbie lessons, so again I hope that is right.

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선현우 says:

멜린다 :)

Good job! :) But one thing ^_^ 감사함니다 –> 감사합니다 :)

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Jackers says:

Great lesson! I’m learning tons and I just joined! :grin:

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

Jackers :)

Welcome to the site!!!!

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KimYunHi says:

:smile: 저기요~~!! che irumun yunhi imnida!!!^^ bankabsumnida!!!!^^

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선현우 says:

KimYunHi :)

반갑습니다!!

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farah khodja says:

GREAT LESSON!!!!!!!
ireally like it!! thank you all koreanclass101 team you’re really a good teachers :wink:

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

farah khodja :)

Thank you very much for the nice comment^^

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Jul says:

Is this where I start? XD
Or do I have to learn the vowels/continents and reading first? :shock:

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

Jul ;)

It would be good to know the basic vowels and consonants, but you can start from learning the sound of basic phrases, too :)

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Jul says:

OH! alright! I got up to lesson 16 newbie?
saying number 8 has been the hardest haha :oops:
I will go look at the vowels
THANK YOU :wink:

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helomoto says:

:grin: just a question here.. if you’ve signed up for the 7 day free trial, what happens after that? cancelled or what?

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Austin (오민) says:

@helomoto

Welcome to KClass 101! After seven days, your trial subscription will revert to the free level. That means you can still listen to the audio files on the website, but you will no longer have access to the premium learning center, or the PDFs. Also, the iTunes feed will only contain the 10 most recent lessons.

You’ve found a great place to study Korean with a really vibrant community, and excellent teaching! I hope you stick around.

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장미 says:

I can’t get these lesson note PDF’s to open!!!!!! :mad: :mad: :neutral: anybody else having the same problem>>? is it a problem with my computer, or this site? i can get the podcasts fine
:grin:

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

장미 씨… :) I can access the PDFs fine.. could you please try again from another computer? ^^

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ne5566 says:

I’m new to using Itunes and ‘feeds’ and seem to have started more feeds than I need. How do I delete a feed. My iTunes is in Korean and I’m confused. Can anyone help?

감사합니다

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선현우 says:

ne5566 :)

안녕하세요. In order to delete a feed in iTunes, you just have to go to the ‘podcasts’ tab and click one on the title of a podcast, and then press the [delete] key on your keyboard :)

I hope this helps!

- 현우

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kaitey says:

:smile: yay! this is helping so much!

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

kaitey :)

Glad it helps!!! Thanks for the comment!

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pmyw says:

Very enjoyable lesson! I love it. :cool:

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pmyw says:

Where is the Schedule to Fluency document? Can anyone help please? Thanks.

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Zohreh says:

Hi every body
I’m very happy That i start learning korean.
it is my first lesson! and I have a question:
what is diferent between
처음 뵙겠습니다. and 만나서 반갑습니다.
do they have a same meaning? It is:
“How do you do? Nice to meet you.”
or not?
:???:

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lanaaaaa# says:

:wink:
oh, thnks alot fr teaching. most of that i already knew but
they “nice to meet you” i didn’t, till now.
kau mao waaaa~~`

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Miss Su (수진씨) says:

What is the ㅋㅋ or ㅠㅠ that i keep seeing people use?

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

Zohreh :)

처음 뵙겠습니다 means “How do you do?” or litearlly “It’s my first time meeting you.”

and 만나서 반갑습니다 is “It’s nice to meet you.” :)

lanaaaaa :)
Nice to meet you :) 고마워요!

Miss Su :)

ㅋㅋㅋ is the sound of laughing so it’s the same as “LOL”
and ㅠㅠ is the shape of two eyes shedding tears so it’s the same as “(sobbing)” :)

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Miss Su (수진씨) says:

감사합니다!!

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Rebecca says:

Great first lesson. Eager to learn more. I’m so fasinated by the Korean language. :smile:

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Tomoyo Takahashi (토모요) says:

안녕하세요!!

I’m so glad there’s a Koreanclass101 :mrgreen: !! Finally I can talk to my Korean family members and friends :grin: ! Hopefully this will help me, as the Japanesepod101 helped me remember my lost long Japanese ㅋㅋㅋ :wink: .

This first lesson was so helpful!! Finally I my fufill my dreams to learn three asian languages and to understand my favourite band Super Junior fully :grin:

고마워요!

토모요 (Tomoyo: 知世)

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

토모요 씨 안녕하세요 :) 반갑습니다!! ^^ 자주 오세요~~

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Lena says:

that was a good lesson :D
great job!
i’m so glad to be learning korean on this site ^^

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Rob says:

I thought if you use just the last name with “ssi” then it’s considered an insult? (i.e. Garcia Ssi) Aren’t you supposed to use the whole name or the first name with “ssi” and not the last name alone?

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Zohreh says:

선현우(Hyunwoo Sun)

“How do you do ” and “it’s nice to see you” have a same meaning in english.
then 처음 뵙겠습니다 and 만나서 반갑습니다 have one meaning?

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dondongee says:

please don’t make too many jokes and laugh…sure you both have cute voice, but I’m affraid by the end of lesson 25 I’ll be annoyed..a bit … :smile:

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Jon says:

thanks for the lesson ~~ :grin:

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Ming Ming says:

Great lesson!
Helped me lots!

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Hana says:

I dont know why but I cant read the pdf file :(
and my kerboard cant write korean, so what should i do?
help me please :( (

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grace says:

i can’t open and read the pdf file…. how can i open the pdf file????

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sphoeninx says:

I’ve been really trying to learn it as fast as i can but my problem is how i can maintain the bulk of information for a long time since i am from the philippines and i do not have anyone to talk with in that language. The lessons are very good though. Another concern is the how to pronounce some words correctly like the “choeum boepkessumnida”. I wanna take advantage of the 7 day trial period and observe for myself where it’s gonna take me off in terms of learning the Korean language.

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Nicole says:

Great lesson!! :smile:

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Mohammad says:

Hi everybody,
I think this website one of the best sites for learning Korean language. i was searching alot before finding this one. i think i am lucky to be here. :lol:
This lesson is very useful for me. :wink:

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love korean says:

loved the video but i wanna learn how to write all the words too so can u guys put how to write the words on the pic too??? nice video…i know im gonna inprove quick here :cool: :lol: :smile: :cool: :roll:

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Amir says:

woow its so nice website and i think i will be fluent in short time more than i thought …thx

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chriszel says:

:grin:

Great Lesson!^^

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Rozy says:

Hello, guys at Koreanclass101!

I am a beginner at studying Korean and even if i have just started, I am already very grateful for such very useful lessons. They just stick naturally to my mind! I hope to hear from you and cheers to continuous success!

By the way, I am a Filipino (from the Philippines) and I have certainly come to love practically anything Korean. I am planning to visit Korea soon as well.

I will keep in touch through my posts here on your website.

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cassandra says:

:grin: great lessons i really love it!! and keith your spanish prononciation is good! :lol:

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jeri says:

I love this!
And being a mexican myself your spanish pronounciation is very good.
Just going to be a little hard saying hello and nice to meet you with a korean accent and saying my name in a more american/spanish accent.
Thank you Keith!

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Memoria says:

Keith, I agree that your Spanish pronunciation is good. Just remember that “García” carries an accent over the “i”. Without it, the word is spelled and pronounced wrong/differently. Without the accent, it would be pronounced “GAR-syah” based on the spelling alone and with the accent, “gar-SEE-ah” based on the spelling. Hope this helps!

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ghada says:

:smile: Great lesson .. loved it ^^

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Lila says:

I really love this lesson! very helpful :)

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tim says:

:razz:

“Hello, Lila and ghada~~”
Thanks for your comment!
cheers,

Tim :cool:

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karen says:

it’s so great to learn korean through this website!! :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:

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tim says:

:razz:

“Hello Karen!”
Thanks for visiting and listening our lessons.
We will do our best to help you learn Korean.
cheers,

Tim :cool:

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toxic82871 says:

nice lesson ..i like it….

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KoreanClass101.com says:

:razz:

“Hello Toxic82871,”

Thanks for listening,

cheers,
Tim :cool:

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Belmar says:

This is really great! I started learning Korean since yesterday and this is realy really helpful! :grin:

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Tim says:

Hello Belmar~!
Do not give up!
cheers,
Tim :cool:

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Aaron says:

To the crew of Koreanclass101: Great job guys, this is so much better than learning from whatever books I can lay my hands on. I can read and write Korean, but speaking it has been a challenge! Glad I found this

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meylie says:

So the Newbie seasons come before the Absolute Beginner?
Few days ago the Newbies were AFTER the Absolute Beginner.
I’m going back and beginning by these.
And I love this first lesson! :)

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John ssi says:

im 16 and fallin in love with teh korean culture and i learned my 1st words teh other ones will be hard to memorize but the ” Hello ” and ” nice to meet u seem easier to keep in mind so i guess annyeonghaseyo ^^

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Tim says:

:razz: “annyeonghaseyo” John ssi,
Thanks for listening and leaving comment.
Great to hear that you are “fallin in love with teh korean culture” :grin: :wink:
cheers,

Tim :cool:

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win says:

annyeong haseyo…at last I found a Korean lesson with good audio quality and clear pronunciation.Looking forward to be a good Korean speaker someday! :eek: :razz: .. i enjoyed a lot! fighting!

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Felicia says:

안녕하세요! 저는 바리사이에요! 이름이 뭐예요?
저는 미국에서 학생이에요. 저는 대학교 일학년이에요. 당긴은요? 처음 뵙겠습니다!

Is that grammatically correct and not rude?

This is really helping me out with pronounciations!! THANK YOU AGAIN!

I posted a few days ago wondering if “당긴은요” is rude to say?

Thanks again!!

and is 바리사 the correct translation for my name, Felicia? Thank you!

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Tim says:

:razz: :razz: :razz:
Hello Felicia,

You wrote, “안녕하세요! 저는 바리사이에요! 이름이 뭐예요?
저는 미국에서 학생이에요. 저는 대학교 일학년이에요. 당긴은요? 처음 뵙겠습니다!”

Your Korean writing is SO GOOD~!!! :eek:
“Excellentttooo~~~”

Thanks for kindly introducing yourself.
It’s my turn, “안녕하세요, 저는 팀 이에요! 저는 한국사람 이에요. 저는 일본에서 일하고 있어요… 당신은요? 처음 뵙겠습니다. 만나서 너무 너무 반가워요~~”

You wrote, 당긴은요? “How about you?” in English right?
당신은요 is correct one. But who cares!?? :wink: :razz: :eek:
Your Korean writing is 98% perfect! (A+) Very Well Done, Felicia!

1. Saying 당신은요 is not rude since you added ‘요’ at the end.
2. About your name… “Felicia” is…
펠(pel) + 리(li) + 시(ci) + 아(a) = 펠리시아 “Felicia” (pel-li-ci-a)
Korean doesn’t have ‘f’ sound.
3. Thanks for leaving comment. KC101.com will our best to help you improve Korean.
cheers,

Tim :cool:

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ruby says:

wow the lessons are pretty nice! :mrgreen:

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Tim says:

:razz:
Thanks for listening and leaving comment as well.
cheers,

Tim :cool:

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Precious says:

안영! This is my first comment here in this site. :eek: i see everyone is really serious in learning and the moderator - koreanclass101 is active in reply to the queries. Good job and thank you! i hope to learn more this time. i tried studying few years back and i forget most of the things i learned. so back to square 1!

I’ll start with the lessons now! Though I’d like to know how to properly write my name “Precious” in Korean. Is it -

풀레쑤스 or 플레쑤스 ?? Or?

Hope you guys can help me. Thanks!

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Tim says:

Are you from “Lord of Rings”? :razz: :razz: :razz:
Is “Precious” your real name? “I hope not…”
anyway…thanks for listening,
cheers,
Tim :cool:

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Precious says:

sorry Tim but yes, Precious is my real name :roll:

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Maya says:

I JUST STARTED KOREAN~ANY TIPS PLEASE? :razz:

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Tim says:

Hello Precious,
“I am really sorry!!!” I made a big mistake…
So… what’s your nationality?

Hello Maya,
My first tips for any beginner is to learn 한글 “Hangeul” - Korean alphabets first. It’s just like English alphabets. Think like you are trying to learn English… without learning English alphabets, learning English seems “impossible”.
cheers,

Tim :cool:

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Precious says:

no problem. i get that all the time. I’m Filipino.

Can you help me in writing my name in Hangeul please?

제발 도와주세요.

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Tim says:

here…
“Precious” is 프(peu)+레(re)+셔(shyeo)+스(seu)
= 프레셔스 (peu-re-shyeo-seu).
cheers,
Tim

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프레셔스 says:

감사함니다 :mrgreen:

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Anew says:

I love it :D

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Jay says:

Good solid lesson. Nice one. :grin:

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Tim says:

Hello Anew and Jay,
Thanks for your praise on this lesson,
cheers, - Tim :cool:

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Anna says:

Annyeonghaseyo, i’m new here and i want to say that i liked your lesson and i understood it.
But my computer cant read hangul :cry: , is there anything that i have to install in order for it to read hangul?

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Tim says:

Hello Anna :razz: :razz: :razz: ,
This is Tim from KC101.com.
I see… you’ve decided to give a listen to Newbie series! That’s GREAT!
I am not sure if this helps you or not… but here is my suggestion for your problem.

Install the below -
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5B0BF34F-2D58-4334-A1A8-0B3B43D474A6&displaylang=EN
That’s XP Tool - Global IME (Korean).

After installing this software, you shall be able to read and write (type) Korean in your computer. I hope this helps,
cheers,
Tim :cool:

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shin_miho says:

안녕~!

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amy says:

cho um pe ge sum ni da was difficult to pronounce

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marjolein klomp says:

i cannot read the korean letters in the comments
they have change in cubes somebody knows hot to make them in real letters?

sry for bad english
just 12 :smile:

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Anna says:

Thanks Tim! I can see the hangul alphabet now but how can i write in hangul?

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marjolein klomp says:

tim that download for anna doesnt work by me :sad: know anything else? what do i do?

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Tim says:

Hello Anna & marjolein klomp,
“Anna, great to hear that it works for your computer”
“marjolein klomp, sorry to hear that it wouldn’t work your computer”
How about this…

You send email to our tech-team.
Let them know that you have having this ‘cannot read Hangeul’ problem and ask help from them. I think they would know the solution and they can deal with it. Ah, when you write email to them, tell them the basic elements of your computer such as ‘window system’, efc.

contactus@koreanclass101.com

I hope you can fix the problem,
cheers,
Tim :cool:

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marjoleinklomp says:

on my mothers computer i does work but now i only got to know how to write hangeul

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Anna says:

marjoleinklomp, how do u write in hangeul?it can read hangeul but i dont know how to write in hangeul.

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marjolein klomp says:

in dont know to :cry:
sorry

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marjolein klomp says:

how to write hangeul?

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Karen says:

I accidently stumbled across this site and it’s fantastic!
Not really important but just wondering… I’ve heard people say ‘cheoum begesseumnida’ instead of ‘cheoum boepgesseumnida’… am I just hearing incorrectly or can you actually omit the ‘ㅂ’ when you say it?

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uun says:

Annyonghaseyo…

i’m really newbie :D
Do i have left far, because i just starting now?

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marjoleinklomp says:

how to write hangeul on computer??

need to know !!

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marjoleinklomp says:

and i was on google to change my name in korean and it says my name is mayolana
without klomp after it is that right?

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rissy says:

it won’t let me download it…. it pulls open a new tab where i can only hear it…. : /

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KoreanClass101.com says:

Rissy,
You have to right-click the link and then click “Save as…” to download the MP3 to your computer :smile:

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Tim says:

Hello marjoleinklomp,
I think either mayolana or mayolana klomp is fine!
It’s TOTALLY up to you. After all, it’s your name!!!
cheers,
Tim :cool:

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Tim says:

Hello uun,
You are new here!??
Can I ask you about your nationality?
Ah, this is Tim from KC101.com.
Please feel free to leave us a comment.
cheers,
Tim :cool:

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uun says:

yes i’m new here :D
i’m indonesian
btw, thanks for link IMEKorean, i can read hangeul, but still can’t write hangeul with Office XP, seems another program haven’t installed on this computer. anyway, i can practice write hangeul using my Blackberry :D

aja.. aja… hwaiting!!!!

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Tim says:

Thanks uun,
I see~! you are an Indonesian!
Good to hear that my link has helped you read Hangeul!
아자 [aja] 아자 [aja] 화이팅~! “go, go~!!”
cheers,
Tim :cool:

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d says:

i can’t see the lesson , no one i mean , for some reason. can you tell me why?

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Tim says:

Hello d,
Can you send email to the below?

contactus@koreanclass101.com

Our tech team will help you out!
cheers,
Tim :cool:

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soueh says:

Anyeonhaseyo!
Cheoeum pepkesseumnida! :wink:
This was a very good lesson. I studied it before, but now I’m trying to repeat all I have studied about Korean and be fluent in it. Hope it helps and I’m sure you can help me :)
Kamsahamnida :)

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Amanda says:

Whoo whoo!!! great first lesson!!! I love the Korean language! :)

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d says:

a happy new year! la multi ani!

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d says:

:grin: many greetings from Romania!:)

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Tim says:

Hello soueh and Amanda,
감사합니다 “thank you” for listening.
Great to hear that you guys like the lesson.
Thank you!
cheers,
Tim :cool:

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Freedom says:

Anyeong ^.^

Dropped in on this to see what the flow of learning is like. I am building up my Korean again, and needed something that could move at my pace of learning.
Plus the sense of humor and personality of the voices in the leasons i heard were so nice!
Look forward to these classes, nice to listen to!

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Kreisler Fontamillas says:

i love this lesson

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timandyou says:

Hello Freedom and Kreisler,
Thanks for listening both of you,
cheers,
Tim :cool:

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vortex says:

the audio doesn’t work. There is an error :-(

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joyce104 says:

these lessons are so nice :mrgreen:

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Mell says:

Veru Nice Thanks…

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alissa says:

hope to finish the lessons in this site and be fluent in speaking korean.. kamsahanida… =)

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d says:

how about the topics, structure of phrase, particles… basic grammar. please!!!

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timandyou says:

Hello joyce104, Mell, alissa, and d
Thanks for listening to the lesson and giving us those comment.
cheers,
Tim :cool:

ps. to d, can you tell me your name? I am Tim from KC101.com.

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d says:

yes.i’m Doina from Romania. my name means arirang in korean language. nice to meet you ,Tim

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timandyou says:

Hello Doina,
만나서 반가워요 [man-na-seo ban-ga-wo-yo] “nice to meet you”
I see, your name means “Arirang”!? But how?? :roll:
Anyway… thanks for letting me know of your name. “I do appreciate that!”
I personally hope that you can have fun learning Korean with us,
cheers,
Tim :cool:

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Andrew says:

Annyeong Haseyo.

What would be the (romanized) Korean equivalent name for “Andrew”? And does it stand for anything? Thank you.

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timandyou says:

Hello Andrew!
“Thanks for listening and leaving the comment!”
“Andrew” is 앤[aen] + 드 [deu] + 류[ryu] = 앤드류 “Andrew”
앤드류 “Andrew” has no meaning in Korean itself.
thanks,
Tim :cool:

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스펜서 says:

안녕하세요 스펜서입니다! ㅋㅋ

저기요! ㅋㅋ
만아서 봐겠습니다~?
감사합니다!

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timandyou says:

Hello 스펜서,
안녕하세요, 팀 입니다! ㅋㅋ

저기요~~
만나서 반갑습니다 “nice to meet you!”
감사합니다!

Thanks for listening and leaving the comment,
cheers,
Tim :cool:

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aalaa says:

very good..thnx alot

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aalaa says:

:cool: in egypt it’s 3:20 am now..
so iwill listen to it cerefully tomorrow and comment
thnx alot

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Andrew says:

Tim-si Kamsahamnida-

I’m enjoying the lesson so much…

I saw an Iphone App “KC Beg 1 (1-10)”. I was wondering if there is an Iphone App that has the entire lesson for premium subscription. It would be great if there is one.

Kamsahamnida-

앤드류

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aalaa says:

it was great
specially the korean traditional part
thnx alot

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timandyou says:

Hello aalaa & Andrew,
Thanks for listening,
Hello aalaa, did you like the section on Cultural Fact?
Good to hear that!!!
Hello Andrew, I don’t know about the Iphone App.. I am not a technician as well… All I can do for you is to lead you to them.

Send an email to
contactus@koreanclass101.com

Leave the comment and suggest them what you want from us…
They usually hear you and buy your idea(s)…
hope for the best,
cheers,
Tim :cool:

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Kumi says:

Annyeonhaseyo!
I am new here.I have been studying Korean for
4 months and recently found this site. It was
a great lesson and really loved it!
I can’t wait to go through all the other
lessons! Thank you guys!

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timandyou says:

Hello Kumi,
Nice to meet you here in KC101.com.
Thanks for listening and leaving that comment above,
Thanks for saying that you “really loved it!”
Seol and Keith would very appreciate you!
cheers,
Tim

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Kumi says:

Can someone help me? How can I write my name
in Hangeul? And does it have any meaning?
My name is Japanese,and curious about may be
different meaning in Korean…Greatly appreciated!

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timandyou says:

Hello Kumi,
Nice to meet you, here~~^o^
about your name, Kumi…

쿠 [ku] “ku” + 미 [mi] “mi” => 쿠미 [kumi] “Kumi”
I think that’s all!
If you provide Kanzi of your name, I might help you with the meaning of your name.
But, I think 쿠미 is enough for now…
cheers,
Tim :cool:

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Kumi says:

Thank you so much, Tim!

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timandyou says:

No problem!
cheers,
Tim :cool:

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Nancy says:

Your Spanish is good for both. Garcia is actually a last name, but I guess it can be used as a first name too.
Can somebody help me, if there’s a possibility to write it, write my name: Nancy. Thank you in advance!!

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timandyou says:

Hello Nancy,
thanks for listening,
about your name,,,

낸 [naen] “Nan”
시 [si] “cy”
therefore, 낸시 [naen-si] “Nancy”
cheers,
Tim :cool:

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jai says:

I thought that sillyehamnida meant “excuse me”?

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edy says:

annyeonghaseyo! these lessons are extremely helpful! i was wondering though, how do you say beautiful or pretty in Korean? :wink:

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nida says:

hi…i’m an algerian .i like so much watching korean movies and i love koreans so, for this reason i decide to learn korean language…i hope that those lessons will help me cause im really a very total beginner…thank you for this site god bless you :grin:

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timandyou says:

Hello Jai,
This is Tim from KC101.com.
Thanks for leaving the comment.
Yes, [sil-lye-hamnida] means “excuse me”.

Hello Edy,
안녕하세요~~ thanks for your comment, “these lessons are extremely helpful”
About your question, “how to say “beautiful & pretty”"?
I will tell you the standard only…
“beautiful” = 아름답다 [a-reum-dap-tta]
“pretty” = 이쁘다 [i-ppeu-da]
Thanks,

Hello Nida,
Thanks for your comment, Nida….
Do you like to watch Korean movies and shows? What’s your favorite Korean show? K-movie? K-drama?
Can you tell us about those?
Thanks,
cheers,
Tim :cool:

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che says:

is this ‘FREE’ thing available only for 7days?? -__-

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che says:

i downloaded 2 lesson set in my iPad.. but i can’t afford to buy ones for now..so im looking for FREEbies.. :razz: :razz: can i scan this page everytime i want?? or just for 7days? :neutral: :neutral:

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KoreanClass101.com says:

Hi che!
The 7-day free trial means that you have free access to *everything* (free and basic and premium content) for 7 days. After that, you will only have access to the free content and will lose access to the basic/premium content.
I hope that helps!

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che says:

ohh..i see thank you.. :smile:
i just wish i can read along in free one as well..cause i cant visit this often so 7days in not enough.. :sad: :sad:
i wanna know the romanization too.. :roll:

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'che says:

hello~ im back again.. i just wanna ask..because this thing confused me a lot..
i dunno the difference [esp when it comes in romanization] between the R and B, D and T, G and K..:???: :neutral:

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kheya says:

these lessons are fun…
gotta love em….
and thanks a lot for these tutorials…

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khristin says:

hi everyone~.~))..i’m new here in korea just recently and i want to learn more about speaking korean..actually i’m studying at the center here in seoul but still i can’t speak whenever i want to..i find it difficult to learn speaking korean..but gladly i found this site..hopefully slowly soon i’ll be a good speaker..i sometimes confused so many u’ll hav to learn..this..that.,ahh(deep sigh^.^)
anyways..thanks for this site..it will be a big help for me and also to those new here who wanna learn korean speaking..take care guys.. c u:) Godbless!! :smile: :wink:

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Moonie_jm says:

Wow, I really learnt a lot!! Kamsahamnida!!:D
but I’m sad it’s only for 7days.. :

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Saffie says:

Great lesson. thank you for this.
and i just wanna say. Keith has a really good laugh. lol

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Joanne says:

Great lesson! :grin: I’m just stuck on saying ‘Nice to meet you’ It’s really hard to pronounce!:???:

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Queena says:

It’s better to start off with simple things… :D D I just can’t get it, the Hangul.. ^^

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Tae To'k-ki says:

진짜 재미 있어요! > 좀 부드럽고 높은 말이고 > 반말 이지요?

> 저기여기 여기저기 많이 쓸 수가 있는 표현 인것 같요.

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Tae To'k-ki says:

My comment was supposed to read:

진짜 재미 있어요! “저기요” 좀 부드럽고 높은 말이고 “저기야” 반말 이지요?

“저기요” 저기여기 여기저기 많이 쓸 수가 있는 표현 인것 같요.

Looks like the > are being interpretted as markup.

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Jay says:

:mrgreen: writing korean is easier than learning korean

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laila says:

Annyeonghaseyo.. :smile:
very nice…however,only 7days?? :shock:
i can write in hangul but not the speaking.. :cry:
btw,kamsahamnida…
aja aja hwaiting

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Ganesh Gurung says:

Hi
I really like your work….thanks for it.

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KoreanClass101.com says:

:razz: Jay,
It is great that you like to write Korean characters. It will be helpful when you start learning Korean conversations : )

:razz: Laila,

안녕하세요. 말하는 것은 처음에는 조금 어렵지만 나중에는 많이 재미있어질거에요^^ 감사합니다.
Hello. To speak will be difficult at the beginning but it will be a lot of interesting. Thanks : )

:razz: Ganesh Gurung,
Thanks for the comment. 글 남겨주셔서 감사해요^^

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kissja5302 says:

i’m in the middle of the 3rd season but i guess it’s time to write here, too.

i very often hear 처음 뵙겠습니다 like “처음 뵙겠미다 “.

i’m not sure but i think 습 is a very-very short syllable and my ears are still not used to korean speech.

or sometimes they really don’t say 습?

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kissja5302 says:

anyway, so far the first season was the best :grin:

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KoreanClass101.com says:

:razz: Hi, Kissja5302
Thank you for the comment : )

Koreans also say ‘습(seup)’ when they say ‘뵙겠습니다.(boepgetseupnida.)’, however, they don’t say it strongly.

When you hear’뵙겠습니다.(boepgetseupnida.)’ again, you can catch that they say ‘뵙겠(boepget)’ with a strong accent but ‘습(seup)’ very weak. It’s because it is not easy to say ‘습(seup)’sounds right after saying ‘겠(get)’. So usually, is just sounds like ‘읍(eup)’.
But for sure, you should read the syllable if you want to say ‘뵙겠습니다.(boepgetseupnida.)’. That’s the correct way.

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kissja5302 says:

thanks for the answer :)

i guess i will cut off a few 처음 뵙겠습니다 and i will listen to them in an audio editor with half speed :-)

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Misael says:

My first lesson…
I think that I must check something else before.
Let’s see how I feel by the end of this.

BTW They did good with spanish, I know a lot of people named García and yes, thats how it must sound… well maybe in Spain is different.

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KoreanClass101.com says:

:razz: Hi, Misael.
It’s glad to hear that you’ve just started listening to Koreanclass101.com If you have anythings that we need to know for improvement, please let us know. Also, if you have any questions while learning Korean, feel free to ask us.

Thanks!

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KoreanClass101.com says:

:razz: Hi, Kissja5302

Thank you again. If you want to make the speed slower, you can also use the Windows Media Player. You can control the speed of audio files easily.

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Ha Neul Lanie says:

my first lesson! i’ll try my best! :grin:

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KoreanClass101.com says:

:razz: Hi, Ha Neul Lanie (하늘네리)

It’s great that you have started learning Korean! If you have any question as studying Korean, feel free to ask us.

화이팅! (which means ‘Good luck!’ in Korean)

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Malene says:

안녕하세요! 말렌에입니다. 처음 뵙겠습니다. :)

I am not sure how to write “Malene” in hangul, so I just guessed. ^^

Anyway, it’s a very nice first lesson and it was easy to understand! :D 감사합니다!
Can’t wait to learn more!

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KoreanClass101.com says:

:razz: Hi, Malene. 만나서 반가워요~
You can write down ‘Malene’ in hangul as 마레네, or 말렌에. You can choose one of them : )

If you have any question while learning Korean, feel free to ask us : )

Thank you! 화이팅(Good Luck!)

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Eman says:

:smile: annyeonghaseyo!
Just got started, and I’m all excited.
I shall do my best from now on.
I loved it, even though I had hard time catching “Nice to meet you” in the right way; :mrgreen: took me a while.
So, thank you~

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KoreanClass101.com says:

:razz: Hi, Eman!

I am Jaehwi (or Jay) from Koreanclass101.com

It is great to hear that you are excited as you started learning. That is important point, I think; good motivation and excitement. If you have them, I believe that you will catch up Korean sooner than others : ) (And, we are here to help you, so I hope we can also speed up your learning)

Whenever you have any question about Korean, please let us know. I hope to see you at lessons from this level to all the way to advanced level.

Then, have a nice day, Eman!

감사합니다.

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Todd says:

Hello.

Great lesson. One question though, when looking at phrase books and such, I never see 저기요 for excuse me. I’ve been seeing 실례합니다 specifically in referance to starting a conversation.

Interestingly, if I put in “Excuse me” in Google translate, it comes back with 실례합니다 although if I put in 저기요 it does in fact say “excuse me” as the translation.

Are there some pointers to when to use which? Thanks for the help!

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KoreanClass101.com says:

:razz: Hi, Todd.

안녕하세요.

I’m Jaehwi from Koreanclass101.com

저기요 and 실례합니다 both mean ‘excuse me’. However, situations are a little bit different.

Both are polite, but 실례합니다 is more polite.
The noun 실례 in the phrase means ‘rudeness’, so it literally means ‘I’m sorry for being rude (or interrupting)’.

So, if you think that someone will take their own time for you, you can use the phrase 실례합니다.

If it is just to ask something, you can say 저기요.

When you ask someone direction on the street, you can say 실례합니다 because someone has to stop and do something for you.

But if you ask something to a clerk at a shopping mall, you can just say 저기요, because it is their job to help you. You don’t have to say that ‘I’m sorry’ to them.

I hope this will help you understand the differences between 저기요 and 실례합니다.

If you have any questions, please let us know : )

Thank you.

- Jaehwi / Koreanclass101.com

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Rob says:

안녕하세요!
처음 뵙겠습니다!

A great first lesson, thank you :smile: although typing Hangul is taking ages! :roll: Hopefully this will get easier too :cool:

Rob

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KoreanClass101.com says:

:razz: Hi, Rob.

안녕하세요.

Thank you for the practicing. It’s perfect!

I understand that it should be taking minutes to type one sentence in Korean for the first time. But I believe that it would be getting faster soon, because you only need to memorize layouts : ) Also all consonants are on the left, while vowels are on the right side. Easy to remembrer :)

Hope to see your Korean typing more.

Thank you!

- Jaehwi / Koreanclass101.com

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Rob says:

안녕하세요 Jaehwi!

Thanks for the tip! I need to print out a keyboard layout and practice! :cool:

There is a handy app on the iPhone by D2Tech Software to learn to type. Its a little monotonous, but not too bad :smile:

Thanks,

Rob

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veth says:

Annyong haseo :neutral:
I didnt clearly understand the translation for “nice to meet you / how do you do?”

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KoreanClass101.com says:

:razz: Hi, Veth.

안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo)

To say ‘Nice to meet you’, you can say

처음 뵙겠습니다.
(Cheoum boipgetseumnida)

You’ll see 습니다(seumnida) a lot when you read more Korean. This particle makes sentence more polite and formal.

처음 (Cheoum) means ‘first, first time’ and 뵙겠습니다(boipgetseumnida) means ‘to see (honorific)’. so literally it means ‘I meet you for the first time’

If you have any other questions, or if there are any parts that you don’t understand please let us know. We are here to help you learn Korean easier and faster : )

Thank you.

- Jaehwi / Koreanclass101.com

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KoreanClass101.com says:

:razz: Hi, Rob.

I’m glad to hear the post helped and you found out the iPhone application for typing Korean well.

Thank you for the comment : ) Have a nice day!

- Jaehwi / Koreanclass101.com

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John says:

Nice!! Lesson!! :D i think ill stay here for a while… learning korean

by the way my computer is kinda weird when im trying to write in korean like this

Google: 안녕하세요 its hello..

My Computer: 무ㅜㅛㅐㅜ홈ㄴ됴ㅐ …. (Wth?… got it just trying to write hello.. omg..)

thanks for the lesson does someone know about a program for korean writting?

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John says:

i think i got it but weird… :O didnt know its have to combine letters y letters but diff keys like dy = 요 :O

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KoreanClass101.com says:

:razz: Hi, John

I’m Jaehwi from Koreanclass101.com

Thank you! I’m glad to hear that you like the lesson! Hope to see you and your comments often here too.

And about your problem on computer,

There are two different ways to type in Korean. We call it 두벌식(type number 2) and 세벌식(type number 3) The number 2 is more popular and most Korean keyboard layouts are based on the number 2.

I think the keyboard setting on your computer is set up as the number 3. So, I’d like to recommend you check the keyboard setting under your control panel and change it to type 2. (You can see the number 2 on the icon)

If you cannot find out the way to solve the problem, please let us know. I can search more for you : )

Thank you!

- Jaehwi / Koreanclass101.com

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Gloria says:

Hiii fist in the class!
im from latin america (honduras) and i love korean culture, i hope i learn to talk some korean soon!!
and their pronunciation with the spanish is good!! :razz:

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KoreanClass101.com says:

Hi, Gloria.

This is Jaehwi from Koreanclass101.com : )

Welcome! 환영합니다.

We’re glad to hear that you like the Korean culture, and finally you decided Learning Korean with us. I hope you can improve your Korean one by one with us.

We’ll be here for you. If you have any questions while learning Korean, please let us know.

I hope we can see you often.

Thank you : )

- Jaehwi / Koreanclass101.com

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abbas says:

:grin:

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richell says:

I LOVE THIS SITE!! I’m currently learning swedish too right now because of family matters. My mom was divorced to my reall father, then 1 year ago my mom was married to a swedish man and now we’re living in Sweden.But I really wan’t to learn Korean because I wan’t to live there someday..I’m still 14 though..and I started to learn korean because of other reason too,I like a one group from Korea name BOYFRIEND(they’re new k-pop boy band).I think I just have to half my schedule.I will learn swedish more though coz that’s what I have to learn right now.Thanks to this site.It’s really great and just free.I recommend this to my cousin who also like Korea :smile:

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richell says:

Where can I find the Premium Learning Center? I want to know more about the pronounciations of these .. plss reply to this email richell_pretty@yahoo.com tnx ^^

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KoreanClass101.com says:

:razz: Hello, Richell.

Thanks for the comment.

I’m Jaehwi from Koreanclass101.com

I’m glad to hear that you start learning Korean language. I hope our lessons will help you improve Korean step by step so that you can understand the group Boyfriend’s music well : )

Referring to the Premium Learning Center, you can find it on the top of each lesson page. If you go all the way up, then you can see the section named ‘Premium members only’. That’s the premium learning center, which all premium members can get additional audio files and checklist. If you sign up here, then you can get 7 day free access to this premium learning center. After that, you can sign up this website as Premium member to keep using the premium learning center.

I hope this helps : )

If you have any questions about Koreanclass101.com or Korean, please let us know.

Thank you!

- Jaehwi / Koreanclass101.com

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Robert says:

Scam! All it will do is re-drect me to a page to upgrade membership for money.

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Koreanclass101.com says:

:razz: Hello, Robert.

It seems like your 7 day free trial period has been expired. In this case, the link will direct you to the page where you can upgrade your membership by paying for monthly subscription.

If you have any questions about upgrading your membership, please send us email at contactus@koreanclass101.com

Thank you

- Jaehwi / Koreanclass101.com

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richell says:

I was really happy when I found this website because I thought I could finally learn my favorite language korean. But I can’t continue anymore. I’m still 14 so I don’t really have a card and I can’t pay for this :sad: . Though, thank you! gamsahapnida because I learned many thing just for two weeks ^^ . Thank you again ^^

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Koreanclass101.com says:

:razz: Hello Richell,

This is Jaehwi from Koreanclass101.com

Welcome here and thank for the comment.

I’m glad that you have learned Korean easily with us. Since you are underage, why don’t you talk about this with your parents. I believe they will be happy to help you get the access since you’re interested in learning new languages.

I’d like to also let you know that you can still listen to the latest lessons for free with your account. Please keep learning Korean and don’t stop. As learning Korean, you’ll be able to learn more Asian languages easily in the future when you need.

Thanks for the comment again, and Have a nice day!

- Jaehwi / Koreanclass101.com

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richell says:

Yah I will try to learn in free hehehe ^^ .My parent’s don’t know that I’m secretly learning korean :sad: . I know that they won’t let me do that because I’m still learning swedish language.We just moved here in Sweden year ago.I can only learn korean just in holidays. Thanks for the reply Jaehwi ^^

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Koreanclass101.com says:

:razz: Hi Richell.

Thanks for the comment, again : )

I’m glad to hear that you will keep learning Korean, even it would be only holidays. Please check our website whenever you have time so that you can improve Korean speaking as well as Swedish.

Just for your information, we have our sister site for learning Swedish at http://swedishpod101.com If you like our lessons at Koreanclass101.com, I believe that you’ll love it as well.

Thank you, and Have a nice weekend!

- Jaehwi / Koreanclass101.com

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ija says:

annyeonhaseyo !!!!
i’m a newbie here….
i really interested with korean language…

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mishii says:

de k aprend coreano aprendo me encanta este curso on line

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Koreanclass101.com says:

Gracias, Mishil. 안녕하세요.
Espero que podamos ayudarle a aprender coreano más fácil y rápido.
Si usted tiene alguna pregunta en coreano, por favor consúltenos.

- Jaehwi / Koreanclass101.com

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l'italiana says:

안녕하세요!
When saying 저기요….the “저” always sounds like 더 when i hear it in Korean TV shows :shock: uhmmm….it’s like 더기요??! I’m really confused :roll:

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Koreanclass101.com says:

:razz: Hi,

This is Jaehwi from Koreanclass101.com

Sometimes, some people read 저 without accent, so it sounds like deo 더. But that’s not correct pronunciation, although Korean people can understand what it means.

Please keep saying it as 저기요(jeogiyo), but also understand 더기요 as 저기요 if some people say this phrase quickly.

Thank you.

- Jaehwi / Koreanclass101.com

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Rainee :Dae says:

:wink: You should teach Google Translate a lesson :P haha

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Victor says:

They can teach Spanish ^^ :smile:

안녕하세요 ! from France ^^

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Lola says:

I cant belive how useful this website is. Like wow and the podcast people are enthusiastic it is fun to listen to

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Koreanclass101.com says:

Hello Lola,

Thank you for the comment. We’re glad to hear that you found our website useful and fun to listen to.

I hope other lessons can also help you learn Korean with the fun and effective way.

If you have any questions about Korean, please let us know.

Thank you.

- Jaehwi / Koreanclass101.com

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Sahar, Muhammad Sana Ullah says:

이 사이트는 많은 도움이 될 것입니다.

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harpi says:

his pronunciation i didnt hear anything different but it was funny when he was saying and he started laughing cuz she was like oooookkkkkkk

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Olivia says:

Hi !
I’m french and I’m glad I’ve finally found a really nice place to learn korean.
You did a great work ! It’s fun to listen to your lesson and it’s easy to understand.
Thank you very much.

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Alex says:

Hi guys, you guys are awesome.., i’ve been in korea a lot of times because of my sport Taekwondo and now im teaching and been assigned here in america.., i found your site helpful to those who wants to learn it.., but i think you guys should try to give some longer time in between so that the listener will have time to repeat and get used to it but other than that this is great.. i’d tried pimsleur approach program in learning, i can say that im like in advance level but i decided to go over your whole lesson from scratch because i didn’t learn some useful words, like the common words that goes in korean society, thats what i want and i got it from your site.. thank you so much! i will definitely grab the premium program!

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Koreanclass101.com says:

Hello Alex,

Thank you for the comment. We’re glad to hear that you like Korean cultures and love to learn Korean language. We’re happy to hear that our lessons would be able to help you improve Korean by introducing some useful words. You can also find some cultural insights on PDF notes, which will help you learn more about Korean culture.

If you have any questions on Korean culture and language, please let us know.

Thank you.

- Jaehwi / Koreanclass101.com

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Jeremy says:

Hi, I tried looking for the whole absolute beginners season on iTunes but I couldn’t find it. Id really like this on my iPhone!

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Hope says:

Oh My gosh. though this is kinda hard. I really want to learn korean and been looking for one! this is the easiest one for me! I’m so happy!(: I’m a newbie and it starting out good!!!! love it!

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Koreanclass101.com says:

Hello Hope,

Thank you for the comment. If you feel this is also difficult to understand, I’d like to recommend you check our Hangul video lessons under the video lessons. It will help you learn Korean characters first. Then, please check lessons under the introduction. You can check the category under the audio lessons, or at http://www.koreanclass101.com/index.php?cat=Introduction

If you have any questions, please let me know.
Thank you.

- Jaehwi / Koreanclass101.com

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