The Mouse is, right now, picking up Korean word by word and phrase by phrase. She knows that the basic word order in Korean is SOV (Linguist's Note: Subject, Object, Verb; as opposed to the English SVO. SOV is the most common word order among the world's languages, and the object follows the subject in approximately 75% of known living languages). Aside from that, and the fact that she knows the alphabet and how to actually combine it to make words, it's slow going for the moment.
Some random Korean words and phrases that The Mouse has picked up:
Demilitarized Zone - 한반도 비무장 지대 hanbando bimujang jidae
Hello (formal) - 안녕 하세요 annyeong haseyo
Hello (informal) - 안녕 annyeong
Please (formal) - 주시기 바랍니다 jusigi balabnida
Please (informal) - 부디budi
Thank you (formal) - 감사합니다 gamsahabnida
Thank you (informal) - 감사 gamsa
Goodbye (formal) - 작별 인사 jagbyeol insa
Goodbye (General, formal) - 안녕히 가세요 annyeonghi gaseyo
Goodbye (informal) - 안녕 annyeong
Friend - 친구 chingu
Yes - 예 ye
No - 아니 ani
I don't know - 나도 몰라 nado molla
Where is the bathroom? - 화장실이 어디 있죠? hwajangsil-i eodi issjyo?
I apologize - 내가 사과 naega sagwa
Teacher - 선생 seonsaeng
I am a teacher - 저는 선생님입니다 jeoneun seonsaengnim-ibnida
Mouse (Computer) - 마우스 mauseu
Mouse (Animal) - 생쥐 saengjwi
Cat - 고양이 goyang-i
Dog - 개 gae
Pencil - 연필 yeonpil
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