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Here’s the next set of vids in the “How-to Korean series, going over some basic (and some not-so-basic) things you can say in different situations around Korea. Below each video, there’s a list of what expressions that particular video goes over. So check those out and watch the videos for basic explanations and pronunciation of each one.


I hope you find them useful, and if you have any questions you’d like answered, or any expressions you’d like to know how to say, just reply to this and let me know.


And one other thing, in the videos you’ll notice that I NEVER use English phonetics to write Korean. I personally think it’s a waste of time and creates more confusion than actually helps. So if you don’t know how to read and write, then I highly suggest that’s the first thing you do. And if you would like to, well you’re in luck! Check out this page. You can get the first four classes (just under 4 hours of videos of videos) of the online class here at LearnKoreanOnline.NET totally FREE. Classes 1 and 2 will show you everything you need to know to be able to read and write.

And if you can already read and write, but not a whole lot else, classes 3 & 4 get into the basic sentence and teach you a few VERY useful things that you’ll both hear and use all the time during your stay here. So yeah, that’s all. Enjoy the videos (down below) and I’ll talk to you soon.

Cheers,

Rob…

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“How-to Korean: what to say in a restaurant


VIDEO #1:

몇분 이세요?
How many people are there in group?

두명 이에요.
There are two.

뭘 드릴까요?
What can I get you?

주문 하시겠어요?
Are you ready to order?

네 / 이직요
Yes. / Not yet


VIDEO #2:

저기요
(to get someone’s attention)

물좀 더 주세요
Give me some more water, please.

상추좀 더 주세요
Give me some more lettuce, please.

이것좀 더 주세요
Give me some more of this, please. (while pointing at something)

이것도요
Some of this too, please.


VIDEO #3:

삼겹살 삼인분 주세요
We’ll have 3 orders of sam-gyup-sol, please.

소주 한병 주세요
We’ll have 2 bottles of soju, please.

콜라 두병 주세요
We’ll have 2 bottles of cola, please.

그리고 = ‘and’


VIDEO #4:

이거 맛있어요?
Is this good?

여기서 뭐가 맛있어요?
What do you recommend? (What’s good here?)

여기서 뭐가 제일 맛있어요?
What’s your specialty? (What’s the best here?)

저거 똑 같은걸로 주세요
I’ll have the same as that.

저는 ~에 알레르기가 있어요
I’m allergic to ________.

그래서 ~ 빼 주세요
So please take out/off the _______.

다 먹었어요
I’m finished eating.

아직 다 안먹었어요
I’m not finished eating yet.

저 양파 없이 만들어 주세요 (해 주세요)
Please make it without onions.

저 양파 빼고 해 주세요
Please make it without onions.

이건 매워요?
Is this spicy?

제가 매운거 못먹어요
I can’t easy spicy things.

이것좀 안맵게 해 주세요
Please make this non-spicy.


VIDEO #5:

저희는 방으로 주세요
We’d like to sit on the floor. (in a room)

저희는 테이블로 주세요
We’d like to sit at a table.

저희가 피자를 시켰는데요 아직 안나왔어요
We ordered pizza but it hasn’t come out yet.

이거 이제 먹어도 돼요?
Is this ready to eat?

이거 몇이분 이에요?
How many people does this serve?

저 어름 빼고 물만 주세요
Can I have some water without ice?

우리 ~를 먼저 주세요
Can we have the ____ first?


VIDEO #6:

이것좀 포장 해 주세요
Wrap this up (to go), please.

계산서 (좀) 주세요
Can we have the bill, please?

제가 (계산을) 할게요
I’ll pay (the bill).

계산서 한사람씩 따로 해 주세요
We’d like to pay seperately.

계산 못하게 하세요…제가 낼게요
Don’t let him pay, I’ll pay.

Hi,

Another question was asked, this one about consonant clusters (if you don’t know what those are, don’t worry, they’re explained in the video) and whether or not they are worth learning.

Check out the video to find out what I think!

Happy learning…




I hope that helps, but if you haven’t yet learned how to read or learn anything about the basic sentence and how it breaks down, then I highly suggest you head here to claim your free gift – the first four classes of the online class, just under 4 hours worth of videos along the printable handouts we use in class so you can follow along with everything we do in the videos. If you are new to Korean, then that is where you want to start. Study those videos, then you can come back to these “how-to” Korean videos.

Hey,

This’ how-to Korean’ video is actually an answer to a question by one of the students of LearnKoreanOnline.NET.  The question was about the statement ‘무수 말인지 몰라요’ which translates to “I don’t know what you’re saying”, and actually the question was more specifically, what does the ‘무슨 말인지’ part of that sentence mean?

So check out the video (down below), and if you have any more questions about it or anything else, fire away.

Cheers, and happy learning!

Rob…

p.s. If you’re new to Korean, this video will be a bit over your head so my suggestion would to head here and get the 4 hours of free videos teaching the basics. That’s where you want to start, and you can always come back to this later.

Hey,

In today’s class, we learned how to repeat statements and questions. At first, this might seem like kind of a strange thing to be learning, but the reason for it is that it is just a super common style of speech in Korean. And along with that, with this being the last class of level #2, it’s a great way to review everything we’ve learned up to this point.

So if you have any questions, just reply to this post down below and ask your question.

Also, this being the last class of level 2, if you’d like to just share your thoughts on level 2, and the entire class so far in general, that’d be great as well!

Cheers,

Rob…

Hi,

In class #23, we went over a couple of different things, both using the same structure. The first use will come in handy as it’s a question (or questions) that you’ll really hear a lot in Korean. The other use of the structure is one that I think you’ll find yourself using a lot, to make statements or ask questions.

So, same deal as always, if you have any questions you’d like answered, just reply to this.

Cheers!

Rob…

Hi,

Today’s class covered a way to ask and give permission, and also how to say “You can’t do that,” in terms of, you must not.

It’s a bit of a short class this time, but if you have any questions, please reply to this post.

Cheers!

Rob…

Hi,

Well, yet another class is down. In this class we took a look at another common way to speak about the future using a style of speech that seems to have been phased out of most styles of English these days, but is still very commonly used in the Korean language.

This class was a bit of a heavy one, and introduced a few new sentence patterns as well, so if you have any questions about the class, please feel free to reply to this post and ask.

Cheers!

P.S. If you’re reading this and are just new to learning Korean and would possibly like to try to learn korean online, if you look just up to the right of this post, you’ll see a big red FREE sign. By entering your name and email under there (although it says otherwise at the time I posted this), you’ll get access to the first 4 classes of my online course (around 20 videos totallying around 4 hours of material) which will cover exactly how to read and write Korean, and get into the breakdown of the basic sentence teaching you exactly how to ask and answer questions using arguably the most common verb there is. Finding decent resources to learn Korean from can be difficult, and those videos should help get you started in the right direction. Cheers!

Hi,

Today was a fairly light class in terms of content, and that was on purpose. The main objective was to just get a bit more practice conjugating different verb forms, as well as give you a bit wider use of the expression ‘주세요 (jusayo)’.

If you have any questions about today’s class, or would like to leave a comment, just reply to this post.

Cheers!

Rob…

P.S. If you’re reading this and are just new to Korean, the first thing I’d do is learn how to read. If you look up to the right of this post, you’ll see a big, red “FREE” sign. Below that will explain how to get over 70 minutes worth of videos explaining exactly how to read and write Korean. And if you’d care to learn more Korean online, although it doesn’t say it now, you’ll also get the next 3 classes of my online course totally free, which will go over the basic Korean sentence and how to manipulate it to ask and answer questions using arguable the most common verb. Cheers..

Hi,

If you’ve just started to learn Korean, then here’s a question that was asked about some basic things to say in Korean. Check out the video for the answer (my apologies for this vid, it’s my first time using youtube and it doesn’t seem to load and play as quickly as the way I normally embed these vids, so if it takes a bit to buffer, or even stops buffering, just slide the cursor back a bit, and it should start buffering from that point again and be fine. And if you’re not in a real rush to watch this vid, I should have it changed back to my usual way in a couple days. Cheers…)

Well, I hope that helps. Keep the questions coming!

Cheers,

Rob…

P.S. If you’re just starting to learn Korean and would like to learn Korean online, then just to the right of this, you should see a big red sign that says ‘FREE’. Put your name and email into there and you’ll get an email sent to you right away with over 70 minutes worth of videos taken from class#1 of my in-class course teaching exactly how to read, write, and pronounce the Korean alphabet.

You’ll also get the exact hand-out we use in class so that you can follow along with everything we’re doing. (And as a tip, if you are looking to learn Korean, I fully suggest that the first thing you do is learn how to read and write. It doesn’t take long and will honestly make it SO much easier in the long run!)

Hi,

The main focus of today’s class was ‘우 (ooh)-verbs’, but we actually ended up getting into so much more, so if there was anything you didn’t quite take in or understand, but would like to, go ahead and reply to this post.

We are also now half-way through the ‘nuts n’ bolts’ of Korean, so good work. Keep it up!

Cheers,

Rob…

P.S. If you are super new to Korean, interested in trying to learn Korean online, and can’t yet read, I fully recommend you learn how to read and write first as it will make the rest of your learning journey so much easier (Korean can already be frustrating enough at times, and if you try to learn it without knowing how to read first, it’ll just be that much harder). If you look up to the right of this post, you’ll see a big RED sign saying “free”. Put your name and email into the box just below there and you’ll get class #1 (over 70 mins of video – with hand-out – teaching exactly how to read, write, and pronounce the Korean alphabet) emailed to you right away, and that should get you started off on the right foot. Cheers!

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