KOREAN

Easy Peasy

간
무한한 공머
저너 로!

korean
for beginners
 Introduction

Learning a foreign language requires a lot of patience and

determination. It takes a long time to be able to speak a new
language well. How great would it be if we could acquire a
different language with just a push of a button?

This book is based on an animated movie called ‘Toy Story 3’

by Pixar. In it, Buzz Lightyear accidently changes to Spanish
mode. For this book, I imagined that Buzz switched to Korean
mode to help Woody court a Korean Barbie. There are also fun
activities including colouring pages and a picture puzzle to
make the learning fun and exciting.
 Woody Buzz Lightyear Korean
Barbie

Hamm

Rex Bullseye

Mr.
Mrs. Potato
Potato Head
Head

Jessie
 한국에서 새로 온 바비를 봤어.
[HanGukESeo SaeRo On BarBiReur BwassEo]

너무 이뻐서 숨도 못쉬겠더라고!
[NeoMu IPPeoSeo SumDo MotSwiGetDeoRaGo]

I saw a new Barbie who is Korean.

She took my breath away because she is so gorgeous!

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너 그 애한테 관심 있구나?
[Neo Geu AeHanTe GwanSimItGuNa]

내가 지금 당장 갈께.
[NaeGa JiGeum DangJang GalKKe]

You are interested in her, aren’t you?

I’m coming now.

보다 [BoDa] See
한국인 [HangukIn] Korean
숨 [Sum] Breath
매력적 [MaeRyeokJeok] Gorgeous
관심 [GwanSim] Interest
지금 [JiGeum] Now

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 무한한 공간 저 너머로!
[MuHanHan GongGan Jeo NeuMeuRo]

To infinity... and beyond!

알았어.
[AlAssEo]

자 이제, 한국어 공부하자.

[Ja IJe HanGukEo GongBu HaJa]

Okay.
Let’s learn Korean.

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 빨리 와! 한시가 급하다고.
[PPalRiWa] [HanSiGa GeubHaDaGo]

한국어로 고백하고 싶단 말이야.

[HanGukEoRo GoBaekHaGo SipDan MarIYa]

Come quickly! Time is precious.

I want to ask her out in Korean.

무한한 [MuHanHan] Infinity

빨리 [PPalRi] Quickly
한국어 [HanGukEo] Korean
구하다 [GuHaDa] Ask

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 Hanguel

Korean alphabet is called Hangeul in Korean.

The alphabet: Consonants

The Korean alphabet has ten basic consonants and nine variations of these.
In English, certain pairs of consonants, like p/b, t/d, s/z, and k/g, have a pronunciation that
differ mostly in whether they are voiced or voiceless. Korean consonants do not have that
same distinction, but rather differ according to whether they are “plain (ㄱ, ㄴ, ㄷ, ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅂ,
ㅅ, ㅇ, ㅈ, and ㅎ)”, “aspirated (ㅋ, ㅌ, ㅍ, and ㅊ)”, or “tense (ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅆ, and ㅉ)”.
Here are the consonants with their pronunciation.

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 Hangeul is written: 한 (han) ㅎ(h) + ㅏ(a) + ㄴ(n) 글(geul)ㄱ(g) + ㅡ(eu) + ㄹ(l)

The alphabet: Vowels

There are 21 letters used to represent vowels: six basic vowels (ㅏ, ㅓ, ㅗ, ㅜ, ㅡ, ㅣ), nine
combinations of those six basic vowels (which originally were all pronounced as diphthongs),
and six vowels with an extra short dash representing the initial y [j] sound.
Here are then main vowels with their pronunciation.

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 Body Parts

머리
[MuLi]

귀
[Gwi]

눈
[Nun]

코
[Ko]

입
[Ip]

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 Head

Ear

Eye

Nose

Lips

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 Emotions

슬픈 Sad
[SeulPeun]

외로움 Lonely
[OeRoUn]

성난 Angry
[SeongNan]

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 즐거운 Happy
[JeulGeoUn]

사랑에 빠진 In Love
[SaRangE PPaJin]

겁먹은 Terrified
[GeopMeokEun]

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 Emotions

사이가 좋은 Friendly
[SaIGa JohEun]

배고픈 Hungry
[BaeGoPeun]

추운 Cold
[CHuUn]

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 적대적인 Unfriendly
[JeokDaeJeoKIn]

배가 부른 Full
[BaeGa BuReun]

더운 Hot
[DeoUn]

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 Picture Puzzle

모자 [MoJa] a piece of clothing that you wear on your head

화살표 [HwaSalPyo] used for showing people which direction to go in
책 [CHaek] that may contain a story
농구공 [NongGuGong] the ball used in the game of basketball
텔레비전 [TelLaeViJeon] a piece of electrical equipment with a screen
산 [San] a large pile or amount of something
사람 [SaRam] an individual human
구름 [GuReum] a mass of water vapour that floats in the sky
꽃 [KKoch] the coloured part of a plant
공룡 [GongRyong] a large reptile which lived in prehistoric times
자동차 [JaDongCHa] a road vehicle for one driver and a few passengers

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Hat, Arrow, Book, Basketball,
Television, Mountain, Person,
Cloud, Flower, Dinosaur, Car

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 아직 잘 모르겠어 어려워...
[AhJik Jal MoLeuGetEo EoLyoWo]

I don’t know much about it yet. So difficult...

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엇, 저기 누가 온다!
[Eot JeoGi NuGaOnDa]

Oh, Someone just coming!

알다 [AlDa] Know
아직 [AJik] Yet
온다 [OnDa] Coming

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 헉
[Heok]

Wow

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