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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38 Responses to “Beginner Lesson S2 #15 – While You’re in Korea, Be Prepared to Work Hard!”
Monday at 6:30 pm
여러분… 한국어 공부하면서 뭐 하세요?
(Everyone… What do you do while you study Korean?)
Monday at 7:13 pm
저는 한국어공부하면서 커피나 홍차를많이마셔요.
Monday at 9:05 pm
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=NP-jzW8m-Zs
See for yourself!
Monday at 11:21 pm
건배, maxiewawa …원샷! ㅋㅋㅋ
일하며 공부하기가 쉬운 일은 아니죠 …
Tuesday at 12:04 am
Maxiewawa ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋthat was funny
Bouks, 저도 한국어 공부하면서 커피를 마셔요.
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
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.
Tuesday at 7:05 am
Great video Max
hahahaha.
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
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”!!! 
Tuesday at 5:28 pm
현우선생님
아라요…저는 술 잘 안 마셔요 …나쁜 - 아프는 (? 
) 머리 싫어요 
Tuesday at 5:30 pm
Shan… German people tend to say 삼송 and 휸다이, too…
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
Tuesday at 7:17 pm
어잌후… 부끄럽게 해요
Wednesday at 10:35 am
Some Americans pronounce it “하이윤데이” ^^
Sunday at 2:24 am
I usually play soltaire(s) on my computer. How do I say that in Korean?
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
Sunday at 8:09 pm
감사합니다.
그럼 저는 보통 koreanclass101.com로 한국어 공부면서 카드 컴퓨터로 카드놀이 게임 해요.
Monday at 4:42 am
나는 언제 심심한 한국어 공부를 하면서 디비디 봐요.
Monday at 10:09 am
제임스
어떤 디비디 보세요?
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 [:
Tuesday at 12:10 pm
Andrea
That’s a good method! Keep up the good work
좋은 방법이에요! 계속 열심히 하세요 ~~
Sunday at 4:42 pm
koreanclass101 들으면서 공지 써요
^^
Monday at 10:35 am
Sarah
공지를 써요? 무슨 공지요?
Monday at 2:23 am
Koreanclass101으로 한국어 공부하면서 사이트에 컴멘트를 읽어요. 많은 컴멘트들이 있으면 읽으면서 한국 음악 티비 프로그램을 봐요
Monday at 9:16 am
Jeroen
컴멘트 –> 코멘트 or 댓글
사이트에 –> 사이트의
한국어 공부 정말 열심히 하시는 것 같아요. 앞으로도 계속 열심히 해 주세요 ^^
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?
Monday at 9:59 am
wangari
Correct
You can say ” 책을 읽으면서, 메모를 하면서, 텔레비전을 봐요.” 
Monday at 9:37 pm
Thanx
Wednesday at 1:28 pm
저는 한국어를 공부하면서 커피를 마셔요.^^
Thursday at 5:09 pm
윤선
:) 한국어 공부 항상 열심히 하는 것 같아요~~ 화이팅!
Thursday at 8:43 pm
한국어 공부하면서….공부해요.
그런데 그림을 그리면서 컴퓨터할 수 있어요
Friday at 10:44 am
루
그림을 그리면서 컴퓨터?
저는 그림 그리면서 컴퓨터 못 해요 ㅎㅎ
Tuesday at 2:04 am
저는한국어공부하면서녹차마셔요.
Tuesday at 11:26 am
Bouks
한국어를 공부하면서 녹차를 마셔요?
아니면, 녹차를 마시면서 한국어를 공부해요? 
Tuesday at 12:51 pm
현우:
월요일,수요일그리고금요일에한국어를공부하면서녹차를마셔요. 화요일, 목요일그리고토요일에녹차를마시면서한곡어를공부해요.
Wednesday at 12:07 pm
오!!! 아주 똑똑한 스케줄인 것 같아요 ㅎㅎㅎ
Friday at 12:23 pm
The “cultural insight” portion from this lesson’s notes needs some changing. I don’t think the average Korean works 2,390 hours per week. Sure Koreans work hard but…
And then the next sentence says that family members that bring home income only spend a few hours a week at work - this should probably read at home?
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