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Elementary Korean SECOND EDITION 2 Elementary Korean SECOND EDITION by Ross King, Ph.D. and Jaehoon Yeon, Ph.D. TUTTLE Publishing Tokyo | Rutland, Vermont | Singapore 3 Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd. www.tuttlepublishing.com Copyright © 2009 by Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data King, Ross, 1961- Elementary Korean / by Ross King and Jaehoon Yeon. -- 2nd ed. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN: 978-1-4629-1454-8 (ebook) 1. Korean language--Textbooks for foreign speakers--English. 2. Korean language--Study and teaching--English speakers. I. Yeon, Jaehoon. II. Title. PL913.K575 2009 495.7’82421--dc22 2008043169 Distributed by 4 North America, Latin America & Europe Tuttle Publishing 364 Innovation Drive North Clarendon, VT 05759-9436 U.S.A. Tel: 1 (802) 773-8930 Fax: 1 (802) 773-6993 [email protected] www.tuttlepublishing.com Asia Pacific Berkeley Books Pte. Ltd. 61 Tai Seng Avenue #02-12 Singapore 534167 Tel: (65) 6280-1330 Fax: (65) 6280-6290 [email protected] www.periplus.com Second edition 15 14 13 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 3 1210CP Printed in Singapore ® TUTTLE PUBLISHING is a registered trademark of Tuttle Publishing, a division of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd. 5 6 Contents 1. Preface to the First Edition 2. Preface to the Second Edition 3. About this Book 4. Cast of Characters in the Book 5. Lesson 1: Basic Expressions 6. Basic Expressions (I): Korean Script 7. Basic Expressions (I): Transcription 8. Guide to the Phonetic Transcription System in Lessons One to Four 9. Lesson Notes 10. 1.1. Styles of Speech 11. 1.2. Word Classes 12. Exercises 13. Lesson 2: More Basic Expressions 14. Basic Expressions (II): Korean Script 15. Basic Expressions (II): Transcription 16. Lesson Notes 17. 2.1. Korean Sentence Patterns 18. 2.2. Korean Names 19. Exercises 20. Lesson 3: Korean Writing and Basic Pronunciation 21. ?? The Korean Writing System 22. The Vowels 23. The Consonants 24. More on the Three-way Consonants 25. The Alphabet in Korean Dictionaries 26. 1. Republic of Korea (South Korea) 7 27. 2. Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) 28. How to Write Korean 29. Stroke Orders 30. Structure of Written Syllables 31. Structure of Pronounced Syllables 32. Exercises 33. Lesson 4: Further Pronunciation Guidelines 34. 4.1. Automatic Voicing of Plain ? ? ? ? 35. 4.2. Non-release of Final Consonants 36. 4.3. The Gang of Seven: ? ? ? ?? ? ? 37. 4.4. Other Gang of Seven Situations 38. 4.5. When the Gang of Seven Gets Up Your Nose 39. 4.6. Peculiarities of the Korean ? 40. 4.7. Automatic Doubling 41. 4.8. Leapfrogging ? h 42. 4.9. Pronunciation of ? before i 43. 4.10. Long and Short Vowels 44. 4.11. The Names of the Korean Letters 45. Exercises: Pronunciation 46. Lesson 5: This is my wife 47. Korean Dialogues 48. Vocabulary 49. Lesson Notes 50. 5.1. Pronouns in Korean 51. 5.2. Sentence Subjects in ?~? and Topics in ?~? 52. 5.3. The Copula and Equational Sentences 53. 5.4. The Particle ? too, also, even 54. 5.5. Expressing Possession with the Particle ? 55. 5.6. Nouns 56. Exercises 57. Lesson 6: Excuse me, but where is the Plaza Hotel? 58. Korean Dialogues 8 59. Vocabulary 60. Lesson Notes 61. 6.1. Existence and Location with ??? and ??? 62. 6.2. Possession with ??? and ??? 63. 6.3. Location Particle ? in, at 64. 6.4. The Particle ?? and, with 65. 6.5. Place Nouns 66. 6.6. More about the Topic Particle ?~? 67. 6.7. Answering Negative Questions 68. 6.8. The Plural Marker ? 69. Exercises 70. Lesson 7: Where do they sell tickets to Taejon? 71. Korean Dialogues 72. Vocabulary 73. Lesson Notes 74. 7.1. Verbs: The Polite Style and the Infinitive 75. 7.2. Korean Verbs with Consonant Bases 76. 7.3. The Dictionary Form of Korean Verbs 77. 7.4. Three Types of Special Consonant Base 78. 7.5. Korean Verbs with Vowel Bases 79. 7.6. The Direct Object Particle ?~? 80. 7.7. Particles of Direction: to, from. 81. 7.8. Static and Dynamic Location 82. 7.9. Using Location to Express Possession 83. 7.10. Different Kinds of Verbs 84. 7.11. More on the Particle ? 85. 7.12. Placement of Manner Adverbs 86. Exercises 87. Lesson 8: Aren’t you taking any other subjects? 88. Korean Dialogues 89. Vocabulary 90. Lesson Notes 91. 8.1. Verbs: Short Negatives with ? and ? 9 92. Pronunciation of ? 93. 8.2. Verbs: Honorifics 94. 8.2.1. The Honorific Marker -(?)?- 95. 8.2.2. The Honorific Polite Style: ??? 96. 8.3. Verbal Nouns: Processive and Descriptive 97. 8.3.1. Separable Verbal Nouns (Processive) 98. 8.3.1.1. Using ? and ? with Separable Verbal Nouns (Processive) 99. 8.3.2. Nonseparable Verbal Nouns (Descriptive) 100. 8.4. More on Adverbs 101. 8.5. More New Particles: Instrumental (?)? 102. 8.6. More New Particles: (?)? and 103. 8.7. Particle Sequences 104. Exercises 105. Lesson 9: Did you have a good weekend? 106. Korean Dialogues 107. Vocabulary 108. Lesson Notes 109. 9.1. Verbs: Past Tense 110. 9.1.1. Past Tense, Polite Style 111. 9.1.2. Past and Past-Past 112. 9.1.3. Past Tense, Honorific Polite Style 113. 9.2. The Particle ?~? and 114. 9.3. Ways To Say (together) with 115. 9.4. Ways To Say like 116. 9.4.1. The Particle ?? 117. 9.4.2. The Verb ??? 118. 9.5. The Purposive Form -(?)? 119. 9.6. Expressing Wishes with -? ??? 120. Exercises 121. Lesson 10: Review 1 122. 10.1. Vocabulary Review 123. 10.2. Particle Review 10