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Diamond as konglish

Posted by on December 4, 2008 No comments

원스 어폰 어 타임 (K-movie):
난리를 치다 = have a war / revolt
행적 = one’s life-accomplishment / work
전설 = a legend
패자 = loser / someone who was defeated
다이아 = diamond (konglish)
거처하다 = to dwell
마당 = a garden / yard (There was a Korean restaurant named 마당골 I used to go to, now I know where the name came from!)
은행 = gingko
지팡이 = walking cane
지치다= to be exhausted
한없다 = to be limitless
전부 = former husband
쓰러지다 = fall down (I always forget this one, there are so many words for fall down!)
멍들다 = to be bruised
소원 = a wish
반도 = peninsula
조선놈, 조센진 = I believe the Japanese used these as derogatory terms for Koreans
차렷 = attention!
뒈졌어! = your dead! (kind of like 너 죽었어!)
상관 = superior (상 = upper, 관 = government/authority)

KoreanClass101.com:
회식 – business dinner (usually done regularly to build friendship and teamwork)
지갑 - wallet
양치하다 = brush teeth
청개구리 = someone who never listens to other’s advice

Vocabulary #1: Throw

Posted by on December 3, 2008 2 comments

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I will post vocabulary I have picked up recently as often as possible. I will also post where I learned it and any special method I use to remember it. I will also link each word to the dictionary definition.

Doing this has a few meanings for me. First, I have a personal record of what I’ve learned so I can go back and easily review. Second, anyone else can follow and see the methods I have used to learn Korean and pick up some vocab.

KoreanClass101.com:
면접 = an interview (I remember the first 한자 means ‘to face’ but I don’t know the second)
던지다 = to throw AND to pitch (I think of ‘don’t cheat’ when you throw the ball, the sound is kind of similar)
어울리다 = to suit (someone)

마왕 (K-Drama):
한심하다 = to be pitiful (ouch, the dad kept calling his son this!)

Family Guy (TV Show):
파리 목숨이다 = I’ll live a crappy life (I need to explain this one. For SOME reason beyond my knowledge, there were Korean subtitles randomly thrown into the show! Well, I didn’t know the phrase so I looked it up. The picture above is a screenshot of it.)

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