Hey Mark, Yeah I'm sure I can give you a few phrases. Something like "Hello" and "The weather is nice today" or anything more specific? Those are "안녕하세요" (ahn-young-ha-seh-yo) and "오늘은 날씨가 좋습니다" (oh-neul-eun nal-she-gah joe-seum-nee-dah) respectively, the "eu" vowels are basically like that sound that Lucy makes in "I Love Lucy" when she gets in trouble. LOL All other sounds are basically as written.
Pronunciation is really hard to get right the first time with Korean, and is essential given that their words are usually very short. The thing that makes it difficult is mainly because they have a few very different vowels. I suggest listening to words several times to see if you can match them. Good references: Talk to me in Korean <https://talktomeinkorean.com/>, The Seoul National University Korean Textbook <https://www.amazon.com/Seoul-University-Korean-1A-Students/dp/8953934281/ref=pd_lpo_14_t_0/131-8053828-6819349?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=8953934281&pd_rd_r=7b97691b-23ad-4136-8673-d31ea6328d7c&pd_rd_w=STFnp&pd_rd_wg=Dum6l&pf_rd_p=7b36d496-f366-4631-94d3-61b87b52511b&pf_rd_r=53MYEPZVGAQKAY3GDSEM&psc=1&refRID=53MYEPZVGAQKAY3GDSEM>(I used in college). To be honest this is NOT a language to pick up quickly, so if you're looking for quick and dirty, phrase books are good (particularly if they have a CD). Maybe we can try it out over HAM? Yes Korean grammar is VERY different. Their word order is different, they have these things called "particles" which connote subject or object, extremely complex verb conjugations which can indicate not only tense, but formality (there are at least 3 common ones), imperative, as a statement vs a questions, can be modified to indicate the verb as a noun or adjective, etc. So because of that, google is risky for anything but the simplest of sentences. I got into Korean because of... a girl in college... But I still listen to Kpop. If you don't know what that is don't look it up. If you do look it up, look up "보아 - 나무". 73! *S. Kori Rahman* KI5MKU Cell: (770) 298 8516 kori...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 9:53 PM Mark Brantana via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > Kori, > > Hi welcome to the airways. I wish I had taken the initiative to introduce > myself as you have. Great to read your story. > > One thing, I have some older Korean neighbors next door who do not speak a > word of English. I think they had just arrived state-sides when their > family moved them in. They are wonderful dear people, and we communicate by > badly done hand signals. I would love to be equipped with a couple of key > phrases and was wondering if you might have a few key phrases. They are not > hams of course. Do you have some reference suggestions you could point me > toward? I am aware that Korean is likely very different linguistically from > English. > > Hope we might be able to meet up us on the Stir Crazy Net at 146.940 noon > weekdays or the Monday Night net at 8 pm same frequency. > > Mark > N5PRD > > On Dec 10, 2020, at 3:49 PM, Kori Rahman via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> > wrote: > > Hello all, > > I'm Sheikh "Kori" Rahman (KI5MKU), I just joined the BVARC last Saturday > when I took my exams and I wanted to go ahead and introduce myself to > everyone. I am an Aerospace Engineer by education (Masters in AE from GA > Tech 2011), with some experience in the Oil and Gas industry. Currently > living in Sugar Land, TX. I have been aware of the amateur radio hobby for > a long time but never took the steps to apply until last month. Having been > unemployed for a good while now, I have taken up a lot of self-study in > this time. While studying tensor analysis I realized just how similar the > equations of fluid dynamics were to Maxwell's equations, and so I started > learning more about electromagnetic waves. One thing led to another and > "The Algorithm" suggested HAM radio, so I went ahead and took the leap. I > contacted Mark (K5MGJ) about testing, studied on YouTube and HamStudy.org > for a month and passed my Tech and General. I will be studying Gordon > West's (WB6NOA) book for the Extra class exam and plan to take it next > month. > > Looks like there are a lot of very smart folks in this club and I hope to > learn a lot from and hopefully contribute to the club as well. Right now my > main interests are exploring digital modes, and RACES/ARES emergency > communications. I have been programming and building circuits projects > since I was about 12 and I like making random programs for fun. The more I > learn about HAM the more I realize I should have done this a long time ago! > So I really want to learn about the digital modes and maybe at some point > contribute to the software that exists or create more. I'm no stranger to > RaspberryPi, Arduino and other microcontrollers, which in my preliminary > overview of HAM appear to be used a lot. For now I've just got my cheap > little BaoFeng UV-5R which I have programmed using CHIRP. Hope to upgrade > to maybe a mobile UHF/VHF unit soon. I would like to try HF at some point > down the road as well, because the idea of off-grid long range > communication sounds really cool to me. > > I have a long list of hobbies so I'll spare you unless anyone is > interested. However, if there are any Korean speakers please contact me. > Anyway, that's my spiel, feel free to contact me by responding to this > email or directly. I will be attending the ZOOM meeting tonight as well. > Thanks! 73s everyone! > > *S. Kori Rahman (KI5MKU)* > Cell: (770) 298 8516 > kori...@gmail.com > > <kori...@gmail.com> > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >
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