Want to know if someone’s calling you stupid in Korean? You may know it, but may not be aware of it. Also, we’ll be going over vocabulary if you have a headache. It’s a great way to get out of work if you need an excuse, and a very easy to say. Just make sure you don’t say “I’m stupid” in Korean! Learn that as you learn Korean with KoreanClass101.com! And after listening, please remember to stop by KoreanClass101.com and leave us a post!
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21 Responses to “Newbie S2 #13 - I’m Not Stupid!”
KoreanClass101.com says:
June 3rd, 2008 at 6:30 pm
여러분… 머리 아파요? 머리 나빠요? 
(Everyone… does you head hurt? or is it bad? )
maxiewawa says:
June 3rd, 2008 at 8:26 pm
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Jibril says:
June 4th, 2008 at 3:13 am
전 정말 머리 나쁜 사람이다.
What other ways are there to call somebody stupid? I know of 바보 등신, and 돌팅 (from 미안하다, 사랑한다). It seems that 바보 can used playfully, but 등신 is just insulting, right?
존 says:
June 4th, 2008 at 5:47 am
I think I am stupid, I have been studying Korean for years, and I still can’t put the grammar together, I was considering just quitting. But K-Class is so entertaining.
I have met quite a few Koreans here but none of them want to help me. I suppose none of them have time to help because all the Koreans that live here are Engineers or Doctors, they just don’t have time.
Keith says:
June 4th, 2008 at 10:46 am
머리가 딱딱해요? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 재밌다~
여러분… 제 머리가 나빠요 ^^ 진짜 큰 문제예요… 
And to call someone stupid there are a number of things:
바보 a pretty general way to call someone stupid
머리 나쁜 사람 a euphemism (kind of)
멍청이 a word that a lot of kids use
Just adding these in for reference 
Manyakumi says:
June 4th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
띨띨이
어벙이
돌머리
and a phrase “머리는 장식이냐?” (Is your head just a decoration?)
Shan says:
June 9th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
I’m a week late for this lesson. Was distracted watching 태왕사신기 whole of last week 
존: Don’t give up! Post your questions here, I’m sure there’ll be people who are willing to help! I’m sure someday everything will go ‘click’ in your brain, and everything will suddenly make sense
Seol mentioned a proverb about bitter medicine making you well. Actually there’s a chinese proverb that goes like this:
良药苦口利于病, 忠言逆耳利于行.
Translated, it roughly means: good medicine is bitter but it makes your sickness better; good advice sounds bad but it makes your conduct better.
loiiloii says:
June 9th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
teehee!
i found this very funny!
they sound so much alike, its easy to see how someone could mistake the two sentences =]]
June 18th, 2008 at 12:20 am
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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:
June 18th, 2008 at 2:18 am
Check out the video that Theresa and I made using the dialog of this lesson ! hehe.
http://blogs.koreanclass101.com/blog/2008/06/18/skype-conversation-with-theresa/
Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:
June 18th, 2008 at 2:20 am
Shan, yes, that’s one of the must-memorize sayings that I learned in middle school. Translated into Korean , it is like this:
“좋은 약은 입에 쓰고, 충신의 말은 귀에 거슬린다.”
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Category: Newbie Season 2 |
Function: calling your friend stupid, getting some aspirin | Topic: aspirin, headaches | Politeness Level: intimate
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