Practical Elementary Korean

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Lesson 1 Hello! Hello A: Hello! Hello! B: Yes, hello! Hello there! A: Where are you going? Where are you heading? B: Let’s go to the market. Go to the market. A: See you again. Goodbye. B: Goodbye. See you later. Farewell. Hello. Yes. Where? Market. Go again. Meet up. What are you doing in Lesson 2? What are you up to? A: What are you doing? What’s going on? B: I’m reading the newspaper. I’m looking at the paper. A: What newspaper do you read? Which newspaper are you reading? B: I read Korean newspapers. I read Korean papers. A: Can you read them? Do you understand them? B: Yes, I can read it. Yes, I understand it. A: Isn’t it difficult? Is it hard? B: No, it’s easy. It’s not difficult; it’s simple. What? (Short form of ‘무엇을’. ) Newspaper: news. To read: to view or read. Korea: South Korea. Reading: to read or view. Difficult: hard. Easy: simple. Not: it’s not. Lesson 3: What are you listening to? What do you listen to? A: What are you listening to?　　　　　　　What are you listening to? 　　　　 B: I listen to the radio.　　　　　　　Listen to the radio.　　　 A: What program do you listen to?　　　What shows do you watch? B: I listen to the news.　　　　　　　Listen to the news. A: Can you understand it?　　　　　Can you grasp what’s being said? B: I can understand a little bit. I can grasp some of it. A: Is it interesting? Is it fun? B: Yes, it’s very interesting.　　　　　Yes, it’s quite engaging. 듣다 – to listen; 알아듣다 – to understand (알다 means to know + 듣다 means to listen). 라디오 – radio; 프로그램 – programs; 뉴스 – news. 조금 – a little bit. 재미 – fun, enjoyment. 아주 – very, extremely. 있다 – to have. 1. 들으세요, 들어요 – Both words are derived from 듣다. 2. 조금은 – A little bit; here, 은 is used for emphasis. Lesson 4: What are you watching? What’s that you’re looking at? A: What are you looking at? What’s that you’re looking at? B: I’m watching TV. I’m watching television. A: What kind of program is it? What show is it? B: It’s a serial drama. A TV series. A: Can you understand it? Can you read it? B: I can understand it to some extent. I get the general idea. A: Is it interesting? Do you find it interesting? B: I’m not very interested. It’s not that interesting. A: Why? Why? B: …… What? (abbreviation for ‘무엇을’). Television. What kind of dramas? Serials. To understand. To comprehend. Slightly. A little bit. Interest. Not very much. Especially, often used in negative sentences. Why? ‘예요’ (이에요) is an ending particle used to express judgment, meaning ‘it is…’. 「예요」is used after nouns and pronouns that end in a consonant sound, while 「이에요」is used after those that end in a vowel sound. Lesson 5: What is this? What does it mean? A: What is this? What is it? B: That’s a dictionary. This is a wordbook. A: What’s that? What is it? B: Is that a notebook? That’s a laptop. A: Which one is good? Which one is better? B: This is good. This one is fine. This, that. Dictionary, lexicon. That one (referring to something far away). Which one? Notebook. Good. How much?