Geureom (그럼)

I have been watching Korean drama lately.  I just finished watching 별에서 온 그대 (byeoleseo on kudae).  Although the English translated title of this drama is very popular, i still love breaking down the words of the title.  별 (byeol) means star with the place marker 에서  and 온 (on) is from the verb 오다 (oda) which means to come but since it’s in modifier form 온 actually denotes past event, this two words means came from star. 그대 means you which is typically used on songs and poems.  I am not sure if this is still being used in normal Korean conversation though.  So 별에서 온 그대 would mean You (who) came from stars :-)

Anyway, after watching this 21-episode drama in marathon, i came to realise that there is this word I often hear at the end of the conversation.  This word I am referring to is  그럼 (geureom).  I actually had double thoughts if I heard the word right.  From what I know 그럼 means ‘so’ or ‘by the way’ as such I don’t expect it to be said right at the end of a statement.  It was weird that in most cases where I hear this word from the drama, the scene is the person who just said 그럼 would leave the person he/she is talking to.

To end my curiosity, I asked two of my Korean friends if I am hearing this word right.  This is what I learned from my them,  other than the meaning I know this word is apparently used frequently at the end of Korean conversation.  It means to end discussion and would suggest that the speaker is about to leave or bid goodbye.

Such a little thing but to someone who is eager to learn Korean, this is worthy to know especially that I someday still dream of being conversant in this language.
이거 지금 친구에서 알았어요…그럼 ^^

Korean Comics! Fun way to practice hangul

Oppa: My younger sister is drinking soju!!

Spadoid: Bottoms up!

CULTURAL NOTE: In Korea, the national alcohol is Soju (소주)! Soju is a rice-based alcohol with a taste similar to vodka. The alcohol content varies from 15% to 20%, and one bottle is typically cheaper than a bottle of beer! People typically say "one shot" (원샷) when drinking, meaning "bottoms up" or "chug"!

fun way to learn hangul (korean language). hangul comics. with english translation. Read the rest of the comics HERE.....
 

Oh La La...소.녀.시.대 : )

HAHAHA.. well what can I say about the title there?


난 정말 소녀시대 팬이에요!!
난 = I
정말 = really
소녀시대 팬이에요 = am SNSD fan.

I have been really busy with work for the past few months and still am really busy but since currently I am on holiday (Eid day Holidays.. yippie for me) so I have a few days free from work.. So I decide to write something. I really feel bad for visitors & followers who has been checking & visiting this blog. Sorry for not updating for quite a loooooooooooooong while..I really have been busy with work and because of work also my hangul studying has been huhu not going smoothly as before. I have no time to study. the only time I have is when I get back home from work and that is when all you want to do is take a shower & go to bed : ). So to keep up with hangul studying, I have been listening to korean songs. Well, I have been listening to korean songs for like forever but yeah, now Im really listening to the lyric since I do have a better vocab since I started studying hangul.

Am I the only SNSD fan here? hope not : ). I love their songs. I know some of their music, songs & lyric sound a bit childish (esp. from the Oh album to all the previous ones) but I cant help it. I love happy cheerful songs like that.

Have you guys heard of 'Oh La La'? The song is from their album 'baby Baby'... Its a very cheerful song about a girl's dream to meet her fairy tale prince. The lyric consist of words that are not hard to understand, if you have learn and study hangul for quite awhile im sure you can catch a few of the words if not most.

Let us listen to the song first (well if you havent listen to it before & not yet a soshi fan then you should try n listen : ))




now try sing along with the lyric.. and pls dont read the romanizations lyric. we need to be able to read hangul fluently now..

옛날 옛적 언니들과 계모에게 몹시 구박 받던
그녀 이름 마음도 몸도 착한 신데렐라
어느 날 밤에 무도회 이쪽저쪽 다니다가
왕자님 만나 첫눈에 반해서 사랑에 빠져 버렸죠

주위를 둘러봐 멋진 왕자님
나는 공주님 모두들 우리를 축하해요

Chorus
Ooh La-La 나는 아직은 어리지만 그대의 존재를 믿어요 단 한명의 나만의 왕자님을 Ooh La-La 그대만의 공주 될래요 그대에게 잘 어울릴 난 공주가 될래, 그래 Ooh La-La
Ooh la-la, ooh what a feeling

기억하니 항상 one two, three two,
four two 줄을 맞춰
걸어가는 착한 난쟁이들과 행복한 백설공주
독 사과를 먹고 죽음과 같은 깊은 잠이 들 때
백마 탄 왕자 달콤한 키스로
잠자는 공주를 깨워 주었죠

주위를 둘러봐 멋진 왕자님
나는 공주님 모두들 우리를 축하해요

Ooh La-La 나는 아직은 어리지만 그대의 존재를 믿어요 단 한명의 나만의 왕자님을 Ooh La-La 그대만의 공주 될래요 그대에게 잘 어울릴 난 공주가 될래, 그래 Ooh La-La

그리하여 공주님은 왕자님의 성으로
마차를 타고서 갔구요
둘은 행복하게 살았다죠
내 인생에 아직은 백마 탄 왕자님은 없지만
어딘가 그대 있겠죠
언젠가는 만나게 될 그댈 기다리며
나는 꿈을 잃지 않아

Ooh La-La 나는 아직은 어리지만 그대의 존재를 믿어요 단 한명의 나만의 왕자님을 Ooh La-La 그대만의 공주 될래요 그대에게 잘 어울릴 난 공주가 될래, 그래 Ooh La-La

Ooh La-La 나는 아직은 어리지만
그대의 존재를 믿어요
단 한명의 나만의 왕자님을
Ooh La-La 그대 역시 나를 찾겠죠
우리 만날 그날 올 때까지 나 여기에 있어,
봤어 Ooh La-La

when you listen to the song or read the lyric Im sure you will be able to catch a few words there. This is one of the many ways I do to train my vocab and also have a better understanding on the sentence structure. I always try to understand the sentence my self first, try and translate how i think it meant and then I compare them to the translated lyric. Then I will be able to see whether what I understand is correct or not and then I learn how it should be. Do you know what I mean..? or are you confuse with what I typed just now? lol

Oh well, let me try translate the chorus part. (see thats why I bold on the chorus part hehe).

Ooh La-La 나는 아직은 어리지만
[Ooh La la even thought Im still young]
나는 = I + 는 (topic particle)
아직은 = still + 은 (topic particle)
어리지만 = young.
그대의 존재를 믿어요
[I believe in your existence]
그대의 = You + 의 (possession particle). thus it means 'yours'
존재를 = presence + 를 (subject particle).
믿어요 = believe.
단 한명의 나만의 왕자님을
[My one and only Prince]
단 한명의= The one person + 의 (possession particle). 한 = one from the word 하나 = one. 명 = person.
나만의 = my only + 의 (possession particle). 나 = my or I. 만 = only.
왕자님을 = prince + 을 (topic particle).
Ooh La-La 그대만의 공주 될래요
[Ooh La La I want to be your only Princess]
그대만의 = your only
공주 = Princess
될래요 = I want to be
그대에게 잘 어울릴 난 공주가 될래,
[I want to become a princess that is right for you]
그대에게 = thee/your
잘 = well/right
어울릴 = become
난 = I
공주가 = princess + 가 (subject particle)
될래 = I want to be 그래 Ooh La-La
[Yes Ooh La La]



Full Translation..

Once a upon time, there lived a girl who was abused by her stepsisters and stepmother.
She had a nice heart and her name was Cinderella
One day she was walking around at the ball
She met the prince and fell in love at first sight.

Look around, there's the handsome prince
And I'm the princess and Everyone is congratulating us

*Ooh La-La although I am still young
I believe in your existence, my one and only prince.
Ooh La-La I want to become your princess
I want to become a princess that is right for you
Yes Ooh La-La

Ooh la-la, ooh what a feeling

Do you remember always one two, three two, four two matching the line
The nice dwarfs and happy Snow White walking along
Then she eats a poisoned apple and is near death
A prince on a white horse gives her a sweet kiss and wakes up the sleeping princess

Look around, there's the handsome prince
And I am the princess, and everyone is congratulating us

*Ooh La-La although I am still young
I believe in your existence, my one and only prince
Ooh La-La I want to become your princess
I want to become a princess that is right for you
Yes Ooh La-La

Then the princess went to the prince's castle
In a carriage and lived happily ever after.
I don't have a prince on a white horse in my life yet
but I'm sure he is somewhere
While I wait until the day I meet you
I won't lose my dream

*Ooh La-La although I am still young
I believe in your existence, my one and only prince
Ooh La-La I want to become your princess
I want to become a princess that is right for you
Yes Ooh La-La

Ooh La-La although I am still young
I believe in your existence, my one and only prince
Ooh La-La You will find me too
I will be here until the day we meet
I saw Ooh La-La

** Credit to soshified.

I didnt translate the whole song here but you get the idea, the important thing is when you listen to the song you do get to catch the words in the song and probably also able to understand the whole sentence aswell. Its okay if what you did understand isnt exactly correct when you check back the real translation. From this, you will be able to understand and know how the korean language structure is and also improve your understanding. Plus you get to improve your vocab. and also enjoy the song : ))

Hangul - in Emergency Situation...

Wow!.. it has been awhile since I last wrote an entry here. I've been very busy [바빠서] {babaseo} lately. 죄송합니다 . 난 열심히 하세요.[nan yeolshimhi haseyo] {I will work hard}.

If you are used to my writing in this blog,you would know the first picture would have something to do with what Im about to write.hoho. owh well, Since I already mention it in the title so you must have already know it LOL.

Have you watch Happy Together SNSD??.. If you are SNSD fan then you should have already watch it.. when it comes to SNSD and variety shows, its a MUST WATCH lol..why? cause you will LOL thru out the entire show.. ^^.. cant help it, Im bias..
I really enjoy the show. The members are soooooo funny, if you arent SNSD fan then you really should give a chance and watch the show..

If you have watch it then you must know 1 part where Seohyun & SooYoung imitate their manager-nim.. "Sunbae, sunbae...Pisang Satae!! Pisangg Satae".. [senior, senior.. emergency situation!! emergency situation]비상사태...비상사태... [pisang satae2x]
noo..noo..not this type of "pisang satay"..LOL..

If you dont get the joke dont worry.. its for Malaysian readers.. you see, we call 'Pisang' = Banana and Satae = is the picture next to the banana..well anyway thats not what I want to write about.

you see, 비상사태 means Emergency... Here are a few important phrase or sentences that would be very useful if you were to visit korea...its for emergency situations...

1. 앰뵬런스/구급차 {aembyolleonseu/guguebcha} =ambulance
2. 부상{busang} = injury/wound
3. 상처{sangcheo} = cut/bruise
4. 중상 {jungsang} = severe wound
5. 도와주세요! {duwajuseyo} = help!
6. 심장마비 {shimjangmabi} = heart attack
7. 비상구 {bisanggu} = emergency exit

1. "I'VE BEEN HURT!"
제가 다쳤어요! {Je-ga da chyeo sseoyo}
제가 = me, 'ga' is the subject particle.
다쳤어요 = hurt. You can use this word by it self to express 'You're hurt?'.

2.Please call an ambulance!
구급차 좀 불러주세요! {gugeubcha jom bulleo juseyo}
구급차 = ambulance
불러주세요 {bulleo juseyo} = call please.
주세요 {juseyo}= please

You can also express it this way..
3. 빨리 구급차를 불러 주세요!
빨리 {ppalli} = hurry
구급차를 = ambulance with '를'[-reul] as topic particle.

4. I am disabled.
전 장애인 인데요. { jeon jangaein indeyo}
전 = I
장애인 = disabled

4. Fire!
불이야! {Puriya!}

5.Watch out!
조심해요! {jusimhaeyo!}

6. Would you please help me?
좀 도와 주시겠습니까? {jom eowa jusikessuemnikka?}
좀 = I
도와 = help
주시겠습니까? = would you?

7. May I use your phone?
전화 좀 써도 될까요?
전화 {jeonhwa} = phone
써도 {sseodo}= use
될까요? {doelkkayo} = can?

Here's a scene from Happy Together.. Seohyun!! she's too upright she only took 1 present out of the bunch she won..she didnt know she was suppose to take all..everybody was LOLing.. She's definitely the 1st to do that LOL
우리 막내.. 너무 웃기다 { uri maknae.. neomu utkida} [our maknae.. so funny]

Body parts

안녕 여러분. 오랜만이야!! {Hi Everyone. It has been awhile!!}

In this entry we will learn some more new vocabulary on body [몸매] parts
and a few more adjective words..

To make this learning experience more exciting and more memorable I simplify
a few things by drawing a picture of a 남자 using Paint.

이 그림 남자입니다 {this is a picture of a man}

1. 머리 [moeri] {hair}
2. 눈 [nun] {eye}
3. 코 [kko] {nose}
4. 입 [ib] {mouth}
5. 귀 [gwi] {ear}
6. 팔 [pal] {hand}
7. 배 [bae] {stomach}
8. 손 가락 [son garak] {fingers}
9. 가방 [gabang] {bag}
10. 다리 [dari] {leg}
11. 신발 [shinbal] {shoe}

adjectives that we can use with these words...
1. 아름다운/예쁘[areumdaun] {beautiful}
2. 멋생긴 [moetsaenggin] {ugly}
3. 뚱뚱한 [ttungttunghan] {fat}
4. 마른 [mareun] {thin}
5. 긴 [gin] {long}
6. 짧은[jjalbeun] {short}

이 소녀 식신이에요. 그래도 뚱뚱한 아니여요. 너무 예쁘!!
{These girls love to eat (shikshin) even so they are still not fat. Very beautiful!}
This sentence is a literal translation.
이 {this/these}
소녀 {girl/girls}
그래도 {Even so/Never the less}
아니여요 {not}