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LK 7: Understanding and Talking Korean

You got to think in Korean to speak in Korean.

Well there are these 3 most useful tips to understand or talk Korean.

1. In English, we have this pattern on making sentences. It is the Subject-Verb-Object or S-V-O, right? But in Korean (Same in Japanese), they use Subject-Object-Verb or S-O-V.

So for example, in English we say "I ran there" but in Korean, they say it as "I there ran"

2. In speaking Korean, they do not say "I am hungry" (You are talking to yourself when you say "I am hungry" right? But no. In Korean, it's different) You do not say "I am thirsty" or stuffs. (It's about their temporary condition. Being hungry, it can subside. Therefore it's a temporary condition) They put the part which is being talked about so in Korean, they say "Stomach hungry" (In Korean, baegopa)

Another, in English, we say "I am heartbroken" but as said in the second tip, we put the part being talked about so in Korean, we say "Heart is hurt" like that. Did you get it?

3. They make their sentences simple and short. (Just like 'baby talk' When I say baby talk, it's not about how they sound berry berry cute. It's about how they form their sentences) They do not use very often the subject. So when you say "I want to go home" in English, you just uhm say it in a baby talk, so, it's delivered as "Go home" or "Home" like that. Another example, in English, you say, "Please get my jacket" in Korean, they say, "Get jacket please" (They say please to show respect, of course)

I hope this helps!

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