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The most common way to say happy birthday is 생일 축하합니다. This is used in the happy birthday song and is used on birthday cards.
Happy Birthday = 생일 축하합니다 (“saeng-eel chooka-ham-nee-da”)
If it’s your close friends birthday or someone that is much younger than you, you can say 생일 축하해.
Happy Birthday = 생일 축하해 (“saeng-eel chooka-hae”)
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When you’re talking to or about someone you need to show respect towards, such as an elderly relative, you should use the honorific of the word “birthday.”
Birthday = 생신 (“saeng-shin”)
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No matter where you are, or even who you’re talking to, when you wish to spark up a conversation you’ll always need to start with a greeting. In English this could be anything from “hello,” to “hi,” or even “good morning” or “good afternoon.” The great news is there is only one word that you need to learn in Korean that translates as all of these greetings!
안녕하세요 is the standard way to say “hello” in Korean and can be used to greet someone no matter what time of the day. The phrase is made up of two words that literally translate as “are you at peace?” or “are you well?”
Our blog post here teaches you how to pronounce “안녕하세요” like a native.
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Over the 10 years we’ve been teaching, we have seen hundreds of students come to us after failing to learn Korean on their own. The reason being that they were relying on inaccurate romanization to be able to sound out Korean words. This resulted in them pronouncing everything wrong and unable to communicate with Koreans – the very reason they are learning in the first place!
Many Korean learners avoid Hangeul altogether with the idea that learning a whole new alphabet is virtually impossible. However, this is completely untrue. Hangeul is actually one of the easiest and fastest alphabets to learn, and the basics of the Korean alphabet can be learned in as little as a matter of hours. With a total of 40 letters, plus the added simplicity of similarly shaped letters having similar sounds and being pronounced from the same area of the mouth, this alphabet is easy to memorize!
In fact, by the time Korean children have reached school age, they have already mastered the Korean alphabet, which goes to prove that Hangeul really is quite simple to learn compared to any other alphabet in the world.
Now you know how easy learning Hangeul is, here are 5 good reasons for you to take the plunge: http://bit.ly/1T8avhm
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We’re super excited to announce that our popular Hangeul Bootcamp book is now available as a download!
Learn how to read, write and pronounce the Korean alphabet in less than a week with the help of native speakers.
Get your copy here: http://bit.ly/1Srt2TG
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안녕하세요!
It’s been a while since we’ve posted anything - but there is a very good reason. We’ve been working extra hard on some new Korean learning features that we’re very excited to share with you!
Here’s what to expect:
1. As you may have noticed, the Teach Me Korean website has had a brand new make over. Each day we will be adding more and more content and interactive features that you can get involved with.
2. We’re launching an exciting community blog where you’ll be able to contribute and earn points and prizes for getting involved! There’ll also be a feature where you can learn Korean through your favourite K-Pop songs!
3. We have a new book coming out soon! The third book by Teach Me Korean will teach you all about Korean speech levels, how to conjugate verbs and the most common Korean grammar patterns.
4. We’ve created some brand new study tools that you can use to help you become fluent in the language. These will all be launched very soon on our website!
5. More and more interactive courses will be added to our website.
Take a look at just some of the changes here: www.teachmekorean.co.uk
Let us know what new features you’re most looking forward to and if you have any suggestions of what you’d like to see from us in the future.
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Treat yourself to Korean goodies with Inspire Me Korea!
We’ve seen amazing results from our students recently and we are so proud of how hard you’re all working. In fact, we feel you all deserve a treat – and we’ve got the perfect thing!
If you’re interested in Korean culture and want a taste of the Korean experience, this is the treat for you. Inspire Me Korean is a monthly subscription box service for Korean lovers yearning for K-goodies and to discover more about the country. Each month, you can receive a surprise box with Korean snacks, beauty, K-pop and culture goodies, a language and entertainment magazine and more! What’s great is that they now ship internationally!
Sounds great, right? What’s even greater is that all Teach Me Korean students will be able to enjoy free delivering on their fist box! Subscribe now for the August TRENDY box at www.inspiremekorea.com and use discount code ‘TEACHMEKOREAN‘ to enjoy the free delivery offer!
The August Trendy box will have super cool surprise snack and beauty items that you’re going to want to show off to your friends! To find out what those items might be stay tuned on social media and subscribe to get the Inspire Me Korea Box!
To find out more, visit our blog post here.
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