What is your level of fluency in the Korean Language?

Hi all! I just want to get an idea about some of the korean speaking members of jdorama. nothing scientific, just a simple poll. (hows that sound lillis? ;) )

O__o;; I almost picked the bottom one, but I know what hangul is :hehe: I can't speak Korean, nor can I read it. But I can recognize the language when it's spoken because I know what it sounds like. I know maybe...10 words? :beaten: It seems like a language that's too hard for me, but I don't think I have enough space in my brain or enough motivation to try and learn :nut:

I'd love to learn Korean.

It "sounds" hard I think. I'm referring to pronunciation, seems really difficult to speak it... Then again, I won;t learn another language at my age now :(

NO Idea whatsoever. :crazy:

No interest either. :beaten: :sweat:

One time my korean friends told me how to say "hi" in korean but it ended up being "I'm stupid" :beaten:

eltinator wrote:One time my korean friends told me how to say "hi" in korean but it ended up being "I'm stupid" :beaten:

:lol:
Not far from the truth, huh?! :P :P :P


J/K! *LOL* :hehe: :hehe:

ahochaude wrote:

:lol:
Not far from the truth, huh?! :P :P :P


J/K! *LOL* :hehe: :hehe:

LOL, the sad thing is I still remember it. I think it goes something like, "nan babo ya" :hehe:

But my friend was hawt so I took her word for it:P

It's actually easier to learn than Japanese. :hehe:

eltinator wrote:

LOL, the sad thing is I still remember it. I think it goes something like, "nan babo ya" :hehe:

But my friend was hawt so I took her word for it:P

Your friend pulled a joke on you, I guess. :sweat:
"nan babo ya" means, " I'm stupid " .. :sweat:

See how easy it is to learn? :hehe:

lilis wrote:It's actually easier to learn than Japanese. :hehe:

LOL, I feel the opposite way although my Japanese sucks anyway, I still absorb it better than Korean. Well, not like I tried much to learn any Korean, but still :hehe:

When looking at hangul charts, I'm still overwhelmed. They just won't stick in my head although it's all phonetic. Plus, there're some that are pronounced differently depending on whether it comes in front of the word or at the end, like I was told "g" is "guh" in the first position while it's "kuh" in the final position. I'm no good at remembering that kinda stuff :beaten: The pronunciation seems so difficult :sweat:

Also, I think a lot of the other things they share with Japanese are a bit more difficult to remember in Korean. For example, the particles :google: We have the topic and subject marker like Japanese does, but Korean has two for each, depending on whether the previous word ends with a consonant or not, right? :crazy: Then for other particles, I don't even know :nut:

I don't plan on taking Korean lessons or anything, I'd rather progress in Japanese more. But, I'm interested in simple things like sentence structure, verbs and conjugations, simple phrases, variance of speech styles (informal, formal, "guy"), and etc...

eltinator wrote:

LOL, the sad thing is I still remember it. I think it goes something like, "nan babo ya" :hehe:

But my friend was hawt so I took her word for it:P

:rofl: that'll teach ya..hahaha.. jk.. lol

surprisingly my korean is better than my japanese (i still can't read it only understand it when spoken..) .... i think it is a bit easier to learn

i mean japanese sounds 'riggid' ‚ -‚è-‚ª-‚Æ‚¤ chinese is a kind of 'flowing' very subttle ‰äˆ¤… ... and finaly korean is kind of a mix between these two 자매 좋은- 아-침

eltinator wrote:One time my korean friends told me how to say "hi" in korean but it ended up being "I'm stupid" :beaten:

annyong haseyo = I`m stupid? :P

:crazy: I know nuts about korean... What's hangul btw? :sweat:

The only korean word I know is 'sarang'... because I used to listen to 93.3's Happening (although not now anymore... it kinda suck) and the korean songs they played are filled with this word. And the DJ confirmed my suspicion when she explained the meaning of that word...

lilis wrote:


Your friend pulled a joke on you, I guess. :sweat:
"nan babo ya" means, " I'm stupid " .. :sweat:

See how easy it is to learn? :hehe:

hahaha yea I figured that one out myself :P

lovelessemotion wrote: :rofl: that'll teach ya..hahaha.. jk.. lol

surprisingly my korean is better than my japanese (i still can't read it only understand it when spoken..) .... i think it is a bit easier to learn

Had no idea you were good in Korean........

.. i had no idea u were male.... so i guess that kinda makes us even no? >.<

lovelessemotion wrote:.. i had no idea u were male.... so i guess that kinda makes us even no? >.<

If you're looking to get into it with me again, I welcome you to. :D

ahochaude wrote:


If you're looking to get into it with me again, I welcome you to. :D

oh my... :sweat:

eltinator wrote:oh my... :sweat:

It was uncalled for.
What I said wasn't even a diss. I just didn't know that he knew Korean.