Well I just had my dinner at the chow hall here at Osan AB, it was pretty good. Now I feel incumbent upon me to pass along a little Korean. Don't worry it's nothing fancy just a few words that would help the average person do a little shopping and get around town. I will attempt to type it out phonetically so that everyone can pronounce it correctly. These are just a few things I learned the last time I was here and I hope to learn more. I will put the English translation in parenthesis. Here goes:
An ya hey say yo (Hello)
Come some knee da (Thank you)
Chun man ay yo (You're Welcome)
An ya (Good Bye) May not be totally proper on this one but it was what was taught to me
Odd ah she (Sir or Man)
Aj ji ma (Older Lady or Older Ma'am) either way it is what is said to an older woman if you don't know her name.
Ag a she (Younger Woman)
O ma (How much?)
O ma eem ni ga (How much is this?) A little more proper
Jo goom ka ka joo (Give me your best price)
That is about the extent of what I know. Like I said....I would like to learn more. And I will. I will pick it up the more I get out and about. I try very hard on the correct pronunciation of everything because I don't want to offend anyone by butchering their language, and it's the least I can do being a visitor in their country. Well, that concludes today's lesson and blog. I hope you enjoyed. Stay tuned more to come.
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