Samuel E. Martin - Practical Korean: Speak Korean Quickly and Effortlessly

About This Revised Edition Samuel E. Martins guide to learning Korean has firmly stood the test of time, as thousands of beginning learners continue to attest; his book has remained continuously in print since its original release in 1954. Its an extremely useful, compact guide thats especially aimed at tourists and visitors to Korea, and with more people now visiting Korea than ever before, we hope this new revised edition will be greeted with enthusiasm. This revised edition reflects several improvements, and some of the examples and phrases have been updated to reflect current usage. Korean text ( Hangeul ) is included throughout, and the romanization system follows the Korean governments most recent method. Two sets of native-speaker recordings for all Korean words and sentences are included in the disc (each word/sentence is read twice)these enable the reader to have an idea of how different people pronounce the same words.

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LESSON 1 Vowels The vowels and combinations of y or w with a vowel are pronounced somewhat as follows:

i	as in mar i ne (m ee t, ch ea t)
wi	as in we (q uee n, bet wee n, s wee t)
e	This is pronounced identically to ae in modern Korean.
There isnt an exact English equivalent.
ye	Halfway between yay and the ye in ye s (or y eah )
weh	More like the English word way , but about halfway to weh .
ae	The closest English equivalent is like the English ehsort of between ay and e. (2) At the end of a word it is pronounced like i . (3) As a separate particle meaning of , it is pronounced like e .
In this book, you will find the first pronunciation indicated as ui(i) and the second as eu i .
In this book, you will find the first pronunciation indicated as ui(i) and the second as eu i . But you will have to remember that the particle ui is pronounced like e .

You will note that letters in Korean are not written independently as in English but rather are connected in syllables. Each syllable is read left-right and up-down, and some are only left-right while some are only up-down and some are both. Here are some examples: Left-right: (place marker) + ( a ) = ( a ) ( n ) + ( eo ) = neo Up-down: ( g ) + ( o ) = ( go ) (place marker) + ( u ) + ( l ) = ul Both: ( n ) + ( ae ) + ( m ) = naem ( j ) + ( i ) + ( k ) = jik Here are some common words to practice the vowels on:

i	tooth
jip	house
gwi	ear
jwi	rat
dwi	behind
ne	yes
ye	yes
gyohoe	church
hoeui	meeting
Choe	Choe (name)
soe	iron
sae	bird
sonyeo	girl
agi	baby
hae	sun, year
maeil	every day
iyagi	story, talk
wae	why
mal	horse
bam	night
joreugi	badger; tighten
wanbyeok	perfect, perfection
gwanggo	advertisement
eumsik	food
eunhaeng	bank
geurim	picture
nun	eye; snow
mu	turnip
yuri	glass
dubu	bean-curd, tofu
gyuyul	regulations
meonjeo	first of all
eonje	when
neomu mani	too much
gyeongjehak	economics
geokjjeong	worry
won	won (currency)
ssaum	fight
don	money
sori	sound
gong	ball
pyo	ticket
hakgyo	school
uija	chair
uisa	doctor
uimi	meaning
jipjung	attention
uinon	discussion

LESSON 10 Some Handy Nouns Korean nouns occur in three different types of construction: (1) Followed by a PARTICLE (Lessons ) which shows the grammatical relationship of the noun to the rest of the sentence whether it is the subject or object or place of the action. Hakgyo-ga keoyo. .

The school is big. Hakgyo-reul bwayo. . I see the school. Hakgyo-eseo gongbu haeyo. .

I study at school. (2) Followed by the verb ieyo equals : is (Lesson ) as the B part of the formula (A) = B. Geu geonmul hakgyo-ieyo. That (building) is a school. . (3) Before another noun or a noun phrase which it modifies (describes).

Hakgyo seonsaeng. . A school teacher. A Korean noun like chaek = book means all of these: a book , some books , any books , the books . You usually have to tell from the context whether the noun is plural, definite, or whatnot. There is a plural indicator deul = group often added at the end of a noun or noun phrase, but you cant count.

The plural deul ( ) is almost always used when referring to a group of people (e.g. , geu saramdeul it would be weird to just say geu saram , to mean more than one person). However, it is only sometimes used for other nouns, usually only when the speaker wants to clarify/emphasize that there are several of an object. Chaek deul means books but then so does chaek all by itself. Here are some handy common nouns:

yeonpil	pencil
jongi	paper
sinmun	newspaper
dambae	cigarette
gabang	briefcase, suitcase, handbag
gongchaek	notebook
jip	house
maejeom	stand, small shop
sangjeom	store
jang, sijang	market	,
ucheguk	post office
eumsikjeom	restaurant
gongjang	factory
samusil	office
sang	table
chaeksang	desk
uija	chair
hwajangsil	toilet
jumeoni	pocket