Learn how to post comments about celebrating a promotion
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Becky: Must-Know Korean Social Media Phrases Season 1. Lesson 21 - It's Time to Celebrate! |
| Becky: Hi everyone, I'm Becky. |
| Jaehwi: And I'm Jaehwi. |
| Becky: In this lesson, you'll learn how to post and leave comments in Korean about celebrating a promotion. 재우 (Jae-Wu) gets promoted to be a manager, posts an image about it, and leaves this comment: |
| Jaehwi: 대리로 승진했어! (daeriro seungjinhasseo!) |
| Becky: Meaning - "Promoted to junior manager!" Listen to a reading of the post and the comments that follow. |
Lesson conversation |
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| (clicking sound) |
| 재우: 대리로 승진했어! (daeriro seungjinhasseo!) |
| (clicking sound) |
| 소라: 고생 많았어. 축하축하! (gosaeng manasseo. chukachuka!) |
| 공유: 내 자리가 위험한데? (nae jariga wiheomhande?) |
| 하나: 축하 턱은 언제? (chuka tteogeun eonje?) |
| 삼식: 월급은 많이 올랐어? (wolgeubeun mani ollasseo?) |
| Becky: Listen again with the English translation. |
| (clicking sound) |
| 재우: 대리로 승진했어! (daeriro seungjinhasseo!) |
| Becky: "Promoted to junior manager!" |
| (clicking sound) |
| 소라: 고생 많았어. 축하축하! (gosaeng manasseo. chukachuka!) |
| Becky: "Good job! Congratulations!" |
| 공유: 내 자리가 위험한데? (nae jariga wiheomhande?) |
| Becky: "Is my position not safe anymore?" |
| 하나: 축하 턱은 언제? (chuka tteogeun eonje?) |
| Becky: "When are you buying a round of drinks to celebrate your promotion?" (or lit. when are you buying for the celebration?)” |
| 삼식: 월급은 많이 올랐어? (wolgeubeun mani ollasseo?) |
| Becky: "Did you get a good raise?" |
| POST |
| Becky: Listen again to 재우 (Jae-Wu)'s post. |
| Jaehwi: 대리로 승진했어! (daeriro seungjinhasseo!) |
| Becky: "Promoted to junior manager!" |
| Jaehwi: (SLOW) 대리로 승진했어! (daeriro seungjinhasseo!) (Regular) 대리로 승진했어! (daeriro seungjinhasseo!) |
| Becky: Let's break this down. First is an expression meaning "to a junior manager." |
| Jaehwi: 대리로 (daeriro) |
| Becky: When someone works at a Korean company for around two years, he or she will be promoted to.. |
| Jaehwi: 대리 (daeri) |
| Becky: which is the commonly used job title for "junior manager." Listen again- "to a junior manager" is... |
| Jaehwi: (SLOW) 대리로 (daeriro) (REGULAR) 대리로 (daeriro) |
| Becky: Then comes the phrase - "I've been promoted." |
| Jaehwi: 승진했어 (seungjinhasseo) |
| Becky: The noun in this phrase means "promotion" so this literally means "I did promotion." Listen again- "I'm promoted" is... |
| Jaehwi: (SLOW) 승진했어 (seungjinhasseo) (REGULAR) 승진했어 (seungjinhasseo) |
| Becky: All together, it’s "Promoted to junior manager!" |
| Jaehwi: 대리로 승진했어! (daeriro seungjinhasseo!) |
| COMMENTS |
| Becky: In response, 재우 (Jae-Wu)'s friends leave some comments. |
| Becky: His wife, 소라 (Sora), uses an expression meaning - "Good job! Congratulations!" |
| Jaehwi: (SLOW) 고생 많았어. 축하축하! (gosaeng manasseo. chukachuka!) (REGULAR) 고생 많았어. 축하축하! (gosaeng manasseo. chukachuka!) |
| [Pause] |
| Jaehwi: 고생 많았어. 축하축하! (gosaeng manasseo. chukachuka!) |
| Becky: Use this to express praise for the person. |
| Becky: His supervisor, 공유 (Gong-yu), uses an expression meaning - "Is my position not safe anymore..?" |
| Jaehwi: (SLOW) 내 자리가 위험한데? (nae jariga wiheomhande?) (REGULAR) 내 자리가 위험한데? (nae jariga wiheomhande?) |
| [Pause] |
| Jaehwi: 내 자리가 위험한데? (nae jariga wiheomhande?) |
| Becky: Use this expression to be funny coming from a higher position. |
| Becky: His high school friend, 하나 (Hana), uses an expression meaning - "When are you buying a round of drinks to celebrate your promotion?" It literally means, “when are you buying for the celebration?” |
| Jaehwi: (SLOW) 축하 턱은 언제? (chuka tteogeun eonje?) (REGULAR) 축하 턱은 언제? (chuka tteogeun eonje?) |
| [Pause] |
| Jaehwi: 축하 턱은 언제? (chuka tteogeun eonje?) |
| Becky: Use this expression to show you are a close friend and want to be funny. |
| Becky: His college friend, 삼식 (Samsik), uses an expression meaning - "Did you get a good raise?" |
| Jaehwi: (SLOW) 월급은 많이 올랐어? (wolgeubeun mani ollasseo?) (REGULAR) 월급은 많이 올랐어? (wolgeubeun mani ollasseo?) |
| [Pause] |
| Jaehwi: 월급은 많이 올랐어? (wolgeubeun mani ollasseo?) |
| Becky: You can post this to be funny when you are a good friend of the poster. |
Outro |
| Becky: Okay, that's all for this lesson. If a friend posted something about celebrating a promotion, which phrase would you use? Leave us a comment letting us know. And we'll see you next time! |
| Jaehwi: 다음 시간에 만나요. (daeum shigane mannayo.) |
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