Lessons from Dave-seonsaengnim (World of Dave)
Korean L1: Basic Korean + Basic Vocab
I have no fans so I have no one to apologize to for the inconsistency in topics I write (and plan to write) about. I am going to be documenting Dave’s Korean lessons! You can internet-stalk Dave on your own time. Lets get right into the lesson.
Starter Pack
안녕하세요/annyeonghaseyo・Hello (formal)
안녕/annyeong・Hello (informal, not to be used with acquaintances or elders)
감사합니다/gamsahabnida ・Thank you (formal)
고맙습니다/gomapseumnida・Thank you (formal)
고마워요/gomawoyo・Thank you (semi-formal)
감사해요/gamsaheyo・ Thank you (semi-formal)
고마워/gomawo・Thank you (informal)
Miscellaneous Phrases
잠시만요/jamshimanyo・One moment please, “hold up”
괜찮아요/gwaenchanayo・Are you okay?, I’m okay
전화해요/jeonhwaheyo・Call me
전화/jeonhwa ・phone
해요/heyo・to do
배고파요/baegopayo・Hungry?, I’m Hungry
재미있어요/jaemi isseoyo・I’m having fun, It’s fun, Is it fun?
아파요/apayo・It hurts, I’m sick, You sick?
졸려요/jollyeoyo・I’m sleepy, You sleep?
졸려/jollyo・I’m sleepy (formal)
잘자요/jaljayo・Sleep well, Have a nice sleep (only applies if person is about to go to sleep)
알아요/arayo・I know, I know that
Random tangent, but when hyperpolyglot, Luis Miguel Rojas-Berscia, is learning a new language he starts with just the essentials.
The essentials included “predicate formation, how to quantify, negation, pronouns, numbers, qualification — ‘good,’ ‘bad,’ and such. Some clausal operators — ‘but,’ ‘because,’ ‘therefore.’ Copular verbs like ‘to be’ and ‘to seem.’ Basic survival verbs like ‘need,’ ‘eat,’ ‘see,’ ‘drink,’ ‘want,’ ‘walk,’ ‘buy,’ and ‘get sick.’ Plus a nice little shopping basket of nouns. — The New Yorker
Looks like Dave-seonsaengnim covered a couple of these!
Writers notes: For some phrases (ex. baegopayo) whether the word is a statement or question is a matter of tone. Dave briefly explains this in the video, but basically if the tone goes up (ex. baegopayo↑) at the end — issa question (like how you read a question mark in English). If the tone goes down (ex. baegopayo↘︎) its a statement.
Also, if a word ends in “yo” for example, annyeonghaseyo, more often than not it is the formal (and safest) form of the word.
