16 December, 2012
We Want Interwebz!!!!
So, The Mouse recently promised she would update soon and is now without internet in her apartment -.- Please bear with her; she will have a proper update once that's fixed. In the meantime, she has been taking pictures and trying to keep Facebook relatively updated so she can remember what she wanted to talk about here.
03 December, 2012
Necessary Vocabulary
Things The Mouse has learned by necessity:
(Thanks to Sung, JK, and Jennifer for most of these.)
police station - 경찰서 gyeongchalseo
trash bag - 쓰레기 봉투 sseuregi bongtu
plastic bag - 비닐 봉투 binil (vinyl) bongtu
recycling bag 재활용 봉투 jaehwal-yong bongtu
give me... 주 세유 juseyo (as in, sseuregi bongtu juseyo - give me a trash bag. Also, no, this is not rude, regardless of its lack of "please.")
Buldang Middle School 불당중학교 buldang junhak-gyo
One - 하나 hana
Two - 둘 dul
Three - 셋 set
Four - 넷 net
Five - 다섯 daseot
Six - 여섯 yeoseot
Seven - 일곱 ilgop
Eight 여덟 yeodeol
Nine - 아홉 ahop
Ten - 열 yeol
The end consonant for 1-4 and 20 (seumul) drops when next to a consonant. For example, when you order in a restaurant, you might say "2 (things)" which becomes "du gae" or if you're ordering samgyeopsal for three people, for example, it's "se samgyeopsal." I've also heard "sa" used more for "four" than "net." "Sa" is the Sino-Korean "four," which is usually only used for ordinal numbers, rather than cardinals, though the distinction is not that clear-cut, since they're also used for some forms of measurement, among other things. I think it is often used in place of the Native Korean for 4 however, because number 4 is bad luck.)
Random things my students have taught me (or that I have learned BECAUSE of my students):
Autumn 가을 ga-eul
Winter 겨울 gyeo-ul
Spring 봄 bom
Fall 여름 yeoreum
I don't know 몰라요 mollayo
Opposite 반대 bandae
Barley 보리 bori
(Thanks to Sung, JK, and Jennifer for most of these.)
police station - 경찰서 gyeongchalseo
trash bag - 쓰레기 봉투 sseuregi bongtu
plastic bag - 비닐 봉투 binil (vinyl) bongtu
recycling bag 재활용 봉투 jaehwal-yong bongtu
give me... 주 세유 juseyo (as in, sseuregi bongtu juseyo - give me a trash bag. Also, no, this is not rude, regardless of its lack of "please.")
Buldang Middle School 불당중학교 buldang junhak-gyo
One - 하나 hana
Two - 둘 dul
Three - 셋 set
Four - 넷 net
Five - 다섯 daseot
Six - 여섯 yeoseot
Seven - 일곱 ilgop
Eight 여덟 yeodeol
Nine - 아홉 ahop
Ten - 열 yeol
The end consonant for 1-4 and 20 (seumul) drops when next to a consonant. For example, when you order in a restaurant, you might say "2 (things)" which becomes "du gae" or if you're ordering samgyeopsal for three people, for example, it's "se samgyeopsal." I've also heard "sa" used more for "four" than "net." "Sa" is the Sino-Korean "four," which is usually only used for ordinal numbers, rather than cardinals, though the distinction is not that clear-cut, since they're also used for some forms of measurement, among other things. I think it is often used in place of the Native Korean for 4 however, because number 4 is bad luck.)
Random things my students have taught me (or that I have learned BECAUSE of my students):
Autumn 가을 ga-eul
Winter 겨울 gyeo-ul
Spring 봄 bom
Fall 여름 yeoreum
I don't know 몰라요 mollayo
Opposite 반대 bandae
Barley 보리 bori
Getting Back on Schedule
The Mouse has been SUCH the bad blogger this month. As of yesterday, she has been in Cheonan for exactly one month, yet only updated in the first few days of being here. Fear not, if you're trying to follow everything! The Mouse HAS been keeping track of things she's wanted to talk about, but with settling in and the fact that she's now been sick twice while here, motivation has not been that strong. She doesn't even get online everyday, which is definitely NOT something she could have said back in Baltimore. Please be patient. The Mouse WILL update soon.
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