Thursday, June 18, 2009

Learning...



...to speak and write Korean :)

There hasn't really been any motivation for this one. Just want to break the rut I am in. So today was the first class. We learnt the unintentionally funny vowels and consonants of the language. I turned up late for my first class and all (lost my way through the city :p)

The instructor was cool and patient though. We did a recitation exercise..
It is funny how a vowel which looks like the letter 'T' can change orientations and result in a totally different vowel. So the clever instructor got placards that she kept turning right, left, up and down with another consonant and voila.! a whole new Korean sound! Fun!

So now I can say..

an-nyeng-[h]a-se-yo? Manju im-ni-da. man-na-sow pang-gap-sim-ni-da

[Hello. I am Manju. Nice to meet you]

And I can actually write that in Korean by putting together the vowels and consonants :) Funner!

an-nyeng-[h]i ge-se-yo

[Goodbye]

5 comments:

Summiboy said...

Chachhaamu..! :)
[We are dead]

Manju said...

ya..like u guessed na talent choopistha when am back :) demos, exhibitions undaali ga..hahah

Surya said...

Looks like you are back on the US soil again. Hope you had a gr8 trip. Wheres the parcel of biriyani u promised? Anyang haase yo. Lol.

Ramana KV said...

Wow... Of all the languages, you chose korean!! And you are enjoying it.. Cool..

I hope that good bye isn't to the classes... :)

Manju said...

I tried my best to make an excuse to bunk today...but I made it :p