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Going Places

Communicative Exchanges
"odi kaseyo?" Where are you going?
" 'Seoul-re ' kamnida " I'm going to 'Seoul' (Again replace the word Seoul with the name of the place you're going.)
" 'Seoul-re ' odi issumnika?" Where is 'Seoul'?
" 'Seoul-re' ottok'e kamnikka?" How do I get to 'Seoul' ?
"yogi odimnika?" literally: Where is here?/ where are we?


The order of the words in a sentence in Korean is arranged quite differently from that in english.
For example:

How do I get to Seoul?    =    Seoul-re ottokk'e kamnikka?
Soul're  =  to Seoul Ottok-k'e  =  how kamnikka  =  get to (go)

So, in Korean, the sequence would be:
Seoul how get to.



Some Useful Words and Phrases
Korea "han-guk" Seoul "so-ul"
America "mi-guk" American "mi-guk saram"
Britain "yong-guk" British "yong-guk saram"
Japan "il-bon" Japanese "il-bon saram"
Embassy "tesa-gwan" Airport "kong-hang"
Post Office "O-che-guk" Hotel "ho-tel"
Department Store "pek-hwa-jom" Toilet "hwa-jang-sil"
Bank "un-haeng" House "ch'ip"
Here "yo-gi" There "cho-gi"
Tomorrow "ne-il" Today "u-nul"
Right Now "chi-gum" Friend "chin-gu"
Excuse me. "sil-lye-hamnida" I'm sorry. "mi-anhamnida"
It's all right "kwen-chansumnida" Sit down, please "an-juseyo"
Thank You. "ko-mapsumnida" I see/understand. "al-gessumnida"
Do you speak English? "yong-o haseyo?" Do you have a vacant room? "bin bang is-sumnika?"
Where is _______? "_______ odim-nikka?" How do I get to ______? "_______ otto-ke kamnika?"



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