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과일 (fruit)

Taliana
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과일 (fruit)

Postby Taliana » December 10th, 2008 7:57 pm

Could someone please let me know if I've got any of these fruit names wrong? 감사합니다~

Apple 사과
Banana 바나나
Orange 오렌지
Strawberry 딸기
Pear 배
Mango 망고
Lemon 레몬
Kiwi fruit 키위
Cherry 버찌
Grape 포도
Grapefruit 그레이프프루트
Pineapple 파인애플
Tomato 토마토
Blueberry 블루베리
Watermelon 수박
Peach 복숭아
Nectarine 승도 복숭아
Pomegranate 석류
Melon 멜론
Apricot 살구
Plum 자도

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Postby hyunwoo » December 10th, 2008 9:15 pm

Tali :)

Good job!

There's just three words that I would like to suggest different words for :)

Cherry 버찌 --> 체리
Grapefruit 그레이프프루트 --> 자몽
Plum 자도 --> 자두

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Postby Taliana » December 10th, 2008 9:49 pm

오빠, 고마워요 ^O^/

I was really surprised at how many of them are just Korean versions of the English words. Do you think it's because some of them don't grow naturally in Korea, so they were imported as foreign foods thus never got Korean names?

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Postby hyunwoo » December 11th, 2008 12:28 am

Exactly :) Many of them are not natively grown in Korea. And there are also some fruits that are natively grown in Korean that are not very clear what they are when translated into English.

An example is 참외 :) and so is 귤. ;)

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