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w INTRODUCTION
Seol: 안녕하세요. 윤설입니다. (Annyeonghaseyo. Yunseorimnida.)
Keith: Keith here. It’s Not Hard to Admit That You Are Embarrassed in Korean. All right. So, in this lesson, what are we talking about?
Seol: You will learn how to say that you are embarrassed.
Keith: Yeah the conversation takes place on the street where Mingyeong falls down when there is a lot of people watching and she is really embarrassed.
Seol: Yeah she must be. And this conversation is between friends.
Keith: Therefore the speakers will be speaking in informal Korean.
Seol: 반말 (banmal).
Keith: All right. Well, let's listen to the conversation.
DIALOGUE
민영 (minyeong): 아.. 창피해. (a... changpihae.)
상길 (sanggil): 어? 창피해? 왜? (eo? changpihae? wae?)
민영 (minyeong): 윽... 넘어졌어. 창피해. (euk... neomeojyeosseo. changpihae.)
상길 (sanggil): 괜찮아? 다쳤어? (gwaenchana? dachyeosseo?)
민영 (minyeong): 괜찮아. 안 다쳤어. (gwaenchana. an dachyeosseo.)
상길 (sanggil): 그래? 그럼 잘 가. (geurae? geureom jal ga.)
민영 (minyeong): 야! 잠깐만! (ya! jamkkanman!)
Seol: 한번 더 천천히 (hanbeon deo cheoncheonhi).
Keith: One more time, slowly.
민영 (minyeong): 아.. 창피해. (a... changpihae.)
상길 (sanggil): 어? 창피해? 왜? (eo? changpihae? wae?)
민영 (minyeong): 윽... 넘어졌어. 창피해. (euk... neomeojyeosseo. changpihae.)
상길 (sanggil): 괜찮아? 다쳤어? (gwaenchana? dachyeosseo?)
민영 (minyeong): 괜찮아. 안 다쳤어. (gwaenchana. an dachyeosseo.)
상길 (sanggil): 그래? 그럼 잘 가. (geurae? geureom jal ga.)
민영 (minyeong): 야! 잠깐만! (ya! jamkkanman!)
Seol: 영어로 한 번 더 (yeongeoro han beon deo).
Keith: One more time, with the English.
민영 (minyeong): 아.. 창피해. (a... changpihae.)
Keith: Ah...I'm embarrassed.
상길 (sanggil): 어? 창피해? 왜? (eo? changpihae? wae?)
Keith: Huh? You're embarrassed? Why?
민영 (minyeong): 윽... 넘어졌어. 창피해. (euk... neomeojyeosseo. changpihae.)
Keith: Argh...I fell down. I'm embarrassed.
상길 (sanggil): 괜찮아? 다쳤어? (gwaenchana? dachyeosseo?)
Keith: Are you all right? Were you hurt?
민영 (minyeong): 괜찮아. 안 다쳤어. (gwaenchana. an dachyeosseo.)
Keith: I'm all right. I wasn't hurt.
상길 (sanggil): 그래? 그럼 잘 가. (geurae? geureom jal ga.)
Keith: Oh really? Then be like that!
민영 (minyeong): 야! 잠깐만! (ya! jamkkanman!)
Keith: Hey! Wait a second!
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Keith: You know, in Korea, I feel like more girls fall than in America.
Seol: Why?
Keith: I don’t know. In my experience, I just see a lot of Korean girls fall as compared to women in America.
Seol: Well you mean like Korean girls wear high heels and the road is more icy?
Keith: Yeah I think it’s a combination of both of those. In the winter, it gets pretty icy on the roads hah!
Seol: Right and to be attractive like we have to wear high heels.
Keith: Well, I don’t know if you have to but a lot of Korean women do wear high heels and therefore
Seol: They fall more.
Keith: It’s a theory I have.
Seol: Okay.
Keith: All right, well how about we take a look at the vocabulary.
VOCAB LIST
Keith: All right, the first word we have is
Seol: 넘어졌어 (neomeojyeosseo) [natural native speed]
Keith: I fell. (past, intimate)
Seol: 넘어졌어 (neomeojyeosseo) [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Seol: 넘어졌어 (neomeojyeosseo) [natural native speed]
: Next:
Seol: 그럼 (geureom) [natural native speed]
Keith: then, if that is the case (contraction of 그러면)
Seol: 그럼 (geureom) [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Seol: 그럼 (geureom) [natural native speed]
: Next:
Seol: 잘 가 (jal ga) [natural native speed]
Keith: good-bye
Seol: 잘 가 (jal ga) [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Seol: 잘 가 (jal ga) [natural native speed]
: Next:
Seol: 잠깐만 (jamkkanman) [natural native speed]
Keith: just a moment
Seol: 잠깐만 (jamkkanman) [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Seol: 잠깐만 (jamkkanman) [natural native speed]
: Next:
Seol: 다쳤어 (dachyeosseo) [natural native speed]
Keith: I got hurt. (intimate)
Seol: 다쳤어 (dachyeosseo) [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Seol: 다쳤어 (dachyeosseo) [natural native speed]
: Next:
Seol: 괜찮아 (gwaenchana) [natural native speed]
Keith: It's okay.
Seol: 괜찮아 (gwaenchana) [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Seol: 괜찮아 (gwaenchana) [natural native speed]
VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE
Keith: Let’s have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first phrase we have is
Seol: 넘어졌어 (neomeojyeosseo)
Keith: I fell. (past, intimate), ok and how do we say it more politely?
Seol: 넘어졌어요. (neomeojyeosseoyo)
Keith: Just add that 요 (yo) at the end. And what do people say when you say 넘어졌어 (neomeojyeosseo)?
Minkyong: 괜찮아? (gwaenchana?)
Keith: “Are you ok?” And with the falling intonation, I am ok.
Minkyong: It’s 괜찮아 (gwaenchana).
Keith: And how do you say it more politely?
Minkyong: 괜찮아요? (gwaenchanayo?)
Keith: “Are you ok?”
Minkyong: 괜찮아요. (gwaenchanayo.)
Keith: “I am ok.” All right, any sample sentences?
Seol: when my friend is sick I asks this question, 몸 괜찮아? (mom gwaenchana?)
Keith: literally, is your body ok? but it means are you ok, physically? like when you catch a cold, people ask you this question a lot. 몸 괜찮아? (mom gwaenchana?) ok so how did it come out in this dialog?
Seol: Minyeoong fell and Sanggil asks 괜찮아? 다쳤어? (gwaenchana? dachyeosseo?)
Keith: “Are you alright? Were you hurt?” Ok, what's the last word there?
Minkyong: 다쳤어? (dachyeosseo?)
Keith: Were you hurt in the intimate politeness level and with the falling intonation, it becomes I am hurt.
Seol: 다쳤어. (dachyeosseo.)
Keith: Okay. So how do you make it more polite?
Seol: 다쳤어요 (dachyeosseoyo).
Keith: I am hurt and with the rising intonation?
Seol: 다쳤어? 다쳤어요?
Keith: “Were you hurt?” and that’s in polite Korean. Okay so can we have a sample sentence?
Seol: 어디 다쳤어? (eodi dachyeosseo?)
Keith: And that’s literally “where hurt” but we translate that as, “you got hurt somewhere?”
Seol: 다리 다쳤어. (dari dachyeosseo)
Keith: “I hurt my leg.” All right, well how about we take a look at our grammar point?

Lesson focus

Keith: So Seol, what are we focusing on in this lesson?
Seol: 창피해 (changpihae)
Keith: "It's Embarrassing." 창피해 (changpihae) is an expression that means "I'm embarrassed" "It's embarrassing" or "What a shame!" You know, I noticed you said 창피해 (changpihae), not 챙피해 (chaengpihae).
Seol: I say 창피해 (changpihae) but people say 챙피해 (chaengpihae) more often.
Keith: So which one is it? Which one is the correct standard pronunciation?
Seol: I think 창피해 (changpihae) is the standard Korean.
Keith: Right but a lot of people in colloquial situations, what do they say?
Seol: 챙피해 (chaengpihae). Yeah I feel it sounds more cute.
Keith: But it just kind of depends on the person.
Seol: Yeah.
Keith: All right. So how do we say that more politely?
Seol: 창피해요. (changpihaeyo)
Keith: Or if you wanted to pronounce it differently
Seol: 챙피해요. (chaengpihaeyo)
Keith: Okay. So can you give us some examples?
Seol: 너 때문에 창피해. (neo ttaemune changpihae!)
Keith: I am ashamed because of you.
Seol: Yeah Keith.
Keith: Yeah! Well I mean that’s something you can say to your close friends, right?
Seol: Sure.
Keith: And can we have some more sample sentences?
Seol: And I sometimes say this to my friends, 안 창피해? (an changpihae?)
Keith: Aren’t you embarrassed?
Seol: 난 창피해. (nan changpihae)
Keith: I am embarrassed. Okay, good. We had some good sample sentences. So how did it come out in this dialogue?
Seol: Sanggil asks Minyeong 창피해? 왜? (minyeong changpihae? wae?)
Keith: You are embarrassed, why?
Seol: And Minyeong says 넘어졌어. 창피해. (neomeojyeosseo. changpihae)
Keith: I fell down, I am embarrassed. And before we wrap up really quickly, I just want to say, I rarely, rarely use this word.
Seol: Why?
Keith: Because I am a man.
Seol: Yeah I understand you.
Keith: So in your experience, do you hear a lot of men say 창피해 (changpihae)?
Seol: No, no, no, no, no. Usually women use this word, right, like 어우, 창피해! (eou, changpihae!)
Keith: Oh I am embarrassed.
Seol: Yeah it sounds girly.
Keith: Yeah so if you are a male out there listening in, you can use it.
Seol: You can but you don’t.
Keith: Yeah it’s – I would say it’s used 99% by women.
Seol: Okay. I will count the numbers.

Outro

Keith: Well, that just about does it for today. See you everyone next time.
Seol: 다음에 봐요. (daeume bwayo.)

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