Tomorrow is your first day of work in Korea. Today, your new boss wants to show you around the Korean office and introduce you to some of your new Korean colleagues. As you walk through the office, your colleagues give you advice to help you in your new job. The first person you meet tells you in Korean, “while I work, I listen to quiet music at my desk.” The second person you meet tells you in Korean, “while I am working, I snack on candies.” The third person you meet tells you in Korean, “while you work here, stay away from gossip.” Yet another person you meet tells you in Korean, “while I am here, I try to listen to ALL the gossip!” Finally, after meeting everyone and getting the official company tour, your boss tells you in Korean, “the most important thing to remember is that while you’re here, be prepared to work hard!”
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37 Responses to “Beginner Lesson S2 #15 – While You’re in Korea, Be Prepared to Work Hard!”
KoreanClass101.com says:
Monday at 6:30 pm
여러분… 한국어 공부하면서 뭐 하세요?
(Everyone… What do you do while you study Korean?)
Jacqueline (쟈클린) says:
Tuesday at 12:04 am
Maxiewawa ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋthat was funny 
Bouks, 저도 한국어 공부하면서 커피를 마셔요. 
Jacqueline (쟈클린) says:
Tuesday at 12:19 am
To answer the other question above: Do Koreans workers really work that hard?
Korea is #1 on the 2008 Forbes magazine list of The World’s Hardest-Working Countries.
Here’s the 2008 Forbes magazine article “The World’s Hardest-Working Countries”:
http://www.forbes.com/2008/05/21/labor-market-workforce-lead-citizen-cx_po_0521countries.html
Shan says:
Tuesday at 1:26 am
Nothing. I’m concentrating hard
While I’m listening to the audio, I read the PDF and the comments, and go through the forum posts and blog entries. 
선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:
Tuesday at 7:08 am
아니카
맞아요. 일하며 공부하기는 쉬운 일은 아니죠. 그런데 술 마시며 공부하는 것도 쉽지만은 않을 것 같아요 ㅎㅎㅎ
Jacqueline 
Hahaha !
Yeah - I personally hope that Korea won’t make it into the list again but… hehe. I guess it’s not gonna change any time too soon.
Shan
집중하는 모습! 아주 바람직해요 ^^! ㅎ
Shan says:
Tuesday at 5:12 pm
Hyunwoo - I had to look up the dictionary to understand your sentence! Did you say that I only appeared to be concentrating, and that it was very desirable? I hope my dictionary is reliable!
I also learned something very important in this lesson - the correct proununciations of Samsung and Hyundai!! Yes, would you believe it, I (and most Singaporeans I believe) have been prounouncing it wrongly our whole lives We usually say them as “삼송” and “휸다이”!!!
선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:
Tuesday at 7:09 pm
Shan
번역을 아주 잘 하셨어요 ^^
You did a very good job with the translation!!
Haha, yeah it’s interesting how wrong romanized Korean words can be pronounced ^^!! ㅋㅋ I’ve met plently of people pronouncing Samsung correctly, but no one who pronounces Hyundai correctly.
아니카
아라요 –> 알아요
아프는 –> 아픈아픈 머리 싫어요 –> 머리 아픈 거 싫어요 ^^
Chriss says:
Sunday at 2:24 am
I usually play soltaire(s) on my computer. How do I say that in Korean?
선현우 says:
Sunday at 2:30 am
Chriss
In the Korean Windows, it’s just called “카드놀이”, so you can say “보통 컴퓨터로 카드놀이 게임 해요.”
보통 = usually
Andrea (: says:
Tuesday at 9:21 am
I always write down like a massive load of notes in my korean notebook since i always write down everything on the Lesson Notes tab before the lesson begins so i can go along with the conversation and vocab (:
Great Lesson btw [:
선현우 says:
Tuesday at 12:10 pm
Andrea
That’s a good method! Keep up the good work
좋은 방법이에요! 계속 열심히 하세요 ~~
Jeroen says:
Monday at 2:23 am
Koreanclass101으로 한국어 공부하면서 사이트에 컴멘트를 읽어요. 많은 컴멘트들이 있으면 읽으면서 한국 음악 티비 프로그램을 봐요
선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:
Monday at 9:16 am
Jeroen
컴멘트 –> 코멘트 or 댓글
사이트에 –> 사이트의
한국어 공부 정말 열심히 하시는 것 같아요. 앞으로도 계속 열심히 해 주세요 ^^
wangari says:
Saturday at 7:58 am
Hi
Can you still use it if i want to say something like, I’m reading, taking notes and watching tv. Basically can I use if i want to say that I am doing more than two things at a time, and where would you put it?
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Category: Beginner Season 2 |
Grammar: 면서 | Function: doing two things at once, performing two actions simultaneously | Topic: beer, DVD, snacks, companies | Politeness Level: standard
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