여러분… 뭐를 못 하세요?
(Everyone… What can you not do?)

hyunwoo really?
I thought you could every excercise well

나도 농구를 못해!!! 내 depth perception이 별로 안좋거든..

저는 노래를 못 해요.

Austin, “네가 할 수 있는 건 뭐든 내가 더 잘 할 수 있어” 라고 하는 게 더 자연스럽겠어요.

Thanks Hyunwoo.

But can it also be 사귀다 ? i know that word means “to make friends” but can it also mean to date???

“Making friends” worded similarly to “becoming boy/girlfriend”…sounds like a recipe for BIG danger to me!

Bouks,
Haha. I agree… but it’s all in the context Haha.

Rigo
We definitely will! Thanks for the suggestion!

나도 수영을 못 해요.

저는 인삿말 밖에 일본어를 못 해요.

저는 야구 못 해요.
I just swing at anything!

Dan,

yeah… it’s a very interesting place - although not very recommendable for guys to go to every Friday night. Well, rather than ’saving up money in order to go to such places’, I think most people just go to a 부킹 나이트 클럽 whenever they have money that came in and… regret later, haha.

Have a request.

When you do you read backs of the dialog with English translation, can you pause between the longer parts of the speakers with the spoken translation inserted? Some ‘parts’ are just too long to try to hear it all, to think about it long and maybe repeat it. My brains ability to process Korean seriously goes down hill after about 5-7 syllables (a short sentence). Multi-syllabic Korean verbs eat through that limit in a hurry.

I usually use this time to A. listen to the translation and try t commit to memory, and B. to repeat after for pronunciation.

싫어요. 안 먹어요. (trans) 못 먹어요. (trans) 울고 싶어요.

싫어요. 안 자요. (trans) 못 자요. (한숨) 태현씨가 보고 싶어요.

It is fine if I am following along reading, but most often I am in the car or at the gym. Not real way to read there.

Thanks for the consideration

Maybe it’s just my hearing, but when i hear 노래방 spoken quickly, the “ㄴ” sounds more like a “ㄷ”, and sounds more like 도래방. Is this intentional or are my ears playing tricks on me?
Thanks!

Thanks 선현우! You explained it great. I didn’t know about the placing the tongue between the teeth when pronouncing ㄴ and ㄷ. I’ll be practicing that now
I’ve also noticed sometimes ㅁ sounds like ㅂ too. I’ll have to pay closer attention to the sounds when i hear them

Sarah

It’s NOT that you use “는” only when you’re talking directly to that person,

but here, 혜경 says “태현 씨가”, and this sentence has the ’subject’ hidden, right?

The original sentence is,
–> 저는 태현 씨가 보고 싶어요.

So “태현 씨가” is an answer to the question “누가 보고 싶어요? = Who do you miss?”

But if 혜경 says “태현 씨는 보고 싶어요”, it means
“I don’t miss some other people, but 태현, well, I miss HIM.”

:) I hope this answers your question!

S@r@h,

Glad to know that it helps And yeah, seriously the particles in Korean are really important in deciding the nuance of the sentences you make ^_^

Wow. This was a great lesson. After listening to it, I think I could really say “Wow, I can speak a little korean now”. You guys have done a great job!!

Also, I love the girl talk / side debates haha Keep ‘em coming~

Hmmm I wanna study these lessons as much as I can & get to some more recent stuff! hwai-ting !

Kobolinear

Thanks for listening! We’re glad you enjoyed the lesson. And yes! Please follow some of our newer material! They’re a lot of fun

And if you don’t mind, I’d like to offer a little correction.

지금 저는 뫁 자요. Should be…
지금 저는 못 자요.

ㅅ when it’s at the end of a syllabic block, sounds exactly the same as 뫁. It’s just the way the word is spelled