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== | Hi [https://polyglotclub.com/language/korean Korean] learners! ๐<br>In this lesson, we will learn about animals in Korean. Animals have always been an important part of Korean culture, appearing in many traditional folk tales, songs, and artwork. Knowing the names of animals in Korean can also help you to communicate better with native speakers who may want to discuss pets or wildlife. | ||
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==Basic Vocabulary== | |||
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Let's start with some basic animal names in Korean. Pronunciation notes for each word will be indicated with the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) in square brackets, followed by a transliteration in parentheses, and finally the English translation. ย | |||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
!Korean !! Pronunciation !! English | |||
|- | |- | ||
|๊ฐ (gae) || [ษกษ]ย || dog | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |๊ณ ์์ด (goyang-i) || [ko.jaล.i] || cat | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |์ (sae) || [sษ] || bird | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ์ ||so || cow | |์ (so) || [so] || cow | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |๋๋ฌด๋๋ณด (namu-neul-bo) || [namu.nษฏl.bo] || sloth | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |์ฝ๋ผ๋ฆฌ (kokkiri) || [ko.kอi.ษพi] || elephant | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |์ฌ์ด (saseum) || [sa.sษฏm] || deer | ||
|- | |||
|๊ณ ๋ฆด๋ผ (gorilla) || [ko.ษพi.ษพa] || gorilla | |||
|- | |||
|์์ญ์ด (won-sung-i) || [wสn.sสล.i] || monkey | |||
|} | |||
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In Korea, pets are becoming increasingly popular. To talk about your own pet, use the word ์ ์๋๋ฌผ (aewan-dongmul), which means "pet." | |||
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ธ๋์ด (norangi) - yellow cat | |||
**Person 1: ๋
ธ๋์ด๊ฐ ๊ท์ฝ๋ค. (Norangi-ga gwi-yeopne.) (The yellow cat is cute.) | |||
**Person 2: ๋ง์์? (Maja-yo?) (Really?) | |||
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*Korean people also have a deep respect for nature and animals. For example, the white tiger is considered a sacred animal in Korean mythology. Tigers in general are believed to have the power to ward off evil spirits. | |||
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==Useful Vocabulary== | |||
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Here are some additional animal-related vocabulary in Korean that you may find useful: | |||
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{| class="wikitable" | |||
!Korean !! Pronunciation !! English | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |ํญ๊ท (peng-gwin) || [pสฐษล.ษกษพin] || penguin | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |์ง๋๊ธฐ (jin-deugi) || [tอสin.dษฏ.ษกi] || tick | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |๋น๋๊ธฐ (bidulgi) || [pi.dul.ษกi] || pigeon | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |ํ์ด์๋ (hai-ena) || [hai.eษดa] || hyena | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |์ต๋ฌด์ (aeng-musa-e) || [ษล.mu.sษ] || parrot | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |๋ผ์ง (dwaeji) || [dwษ.สฅi] || pig | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |ํ ๋ผ (tokki) || [to.kอi] || rabbit | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |์ฅ (jwi) || [tอษษฅi] || mouse | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |๋ฐ๋ค์ฌ์ (bada-saja) || [pada.sadสa] || sea lion | ||
|} | |} | ||
When talking about an animal in plural, simply add the suffix -๋ค (-deul) to the noun. For example, ๊ฐ๋ค (gaedeul) means "dogs" in Korean. | |||
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*Person 1:ย ๋ช ๋ง๋ฆฌ ๋ผ์ง๊ฐ ์์ด์? (Myeot mari dwaejiga isseoyo?) (How many pigs do you have?) | |||
**Person 2: ๋ค, ์ธ ๋ง๋ฆฌ ์์ด์. (Ne, se mari isseoyo.) (I have three.) | |||
* | *In Korean, you can also use onomatopoeic words to describe animal sounds. Here are a few examples: | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
!Korean !! Pronunciation !! English | |||
|- | |||
|๋ฉ๋ฉ (meong-meong) || [mสล.mสล] || woof (dog) | |||
|- | |||
|๋ฌผ๋ ๋ฌผ๋ (mul-leong-mul-leong) || [mul.lสล.mul.lสล] || slosh (fish) | |||
|- | |||
|๋ฏธ์ ๋ฏธ์ (mi-yu-mi-yu) || [mi.ju.mi.ju] || meow (cat) | |||
|- | |||
|๊พน๊พน (kkuk-kkuk) || [kอukฬ.kอukฬ] || ribbit (frog) | |||
|- | |||
|์ชผ๋ผ๋ฆฌ (jjo-kkiri) || [tอษo.kอi.ษพi] || chirp (bird) | |||
|} | |||
*Person 1: ๊ทธ ์๊ฐ ์ด๋ป๊ฒ ์ธ๊ณ ์์ด์? (Geu saega eoddeohge ulgo isseoyo?) (What sound is that bird making?) | |||
**Person 2: ์ชผ๋ผ๋ฆฌ ์ชผ๋ผ๋ฆฌ ์ธ๊ณ ์์ด์. (Jjo-kkiri jjo-kkiri ulgo isseoyo.) (It's making a chirping sound.) | |||
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== | ==Fun Fact== | ||
In Korea, dogs have an interesting cultural significance. The Korean Jindo breed of dog, which originated on the island of Jindo, is known for its loyalty and bravery. They are often used as hunting and guard dogs, and are considered a national treasure. There is even a Korean folk tale about a Jindo dog who saved his village from a tiger! | |||
To summarize, learning the names of animals in Korean can help you to communicate better with native speakers and understand more about Korean culture. If you want to practice your Korean skills, consider using the [https://polyglotclub.com/find-friends.php?search=send&d=0&f=36&offre1=70 Polyglot Club] to find native speakers and ask them any [https://polyglotclub.com/language/korean/question questions]. You can also visit the [[:Category:Language/Korean|Korean vocabulary]] page to learn more words and phrases! | |||
<hr>โก If you have any questions, please ask them in the comments section below.<br>โก Feel free to edit this wiki page if you think it can be improved. ๐ | |||
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Korean Vocabulary - Animals
Hi Korean learners! ๐
In this lesson, we will learn about animals in Korean. Animals have always been an important part of Korean culture, appearing in many traditional folk tales, songs, and artwork. Knowing the names of animals in Korean can also help you to communicate better with native speakers who may want to discuss pets or wildlife.
Basic Vocabulary
Let's start with some basic animal names in Korean. Pronunciation notes for each word will be indicated with the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) in square brackets, followed by a transliteration in parentheses, and finally the English translation.
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ๊ฐ (gae) | [ษกษ] | dog |
| ๊ณ ์์ด (goyang-i) | [ko.jaล.i] | cat |
| ์ (sae) | [sษ] | bird |
| ์ (so) | [so] | cow |
| ๋๋ฌด๋๋ณด (namu-neul-bo) | [namu.nษฏl.bo] | sloth |
| ์ฝ๋ผ๋ฆฌ (kokkiri) | [ko.kอi.ษพi] | elephant |
| ์ฌ์ด (saseum) | [sa.sษฏm] | deer |
| ๊ณ ๋ฆด๋ผ (gorilla) | [ko.ษพi.ษพa] | gorilla |
| ์์ญ์ด (won-sung-i) | [wสn.sสล.i] | monkey |
In Korea, pets are becoming increasingly popular. To talk about your own pet, use the word ์ ์๋๋ฌผ (aewan-dongmul), which means "pet."
- ๋
ธ๋์ด (norangi) - yellow cat
- Person 1: ๋ ธ๋์ด๊ฐ ๊ท์ฝ๋ค. (Norangi-ga gwi-yeopne.) (The yellow cat is cute.)
- Person 2: ๋ง์์? (Maja-yo?) (Really?)
- Korean people also have a deep respect for nature and animals. For example, the white tiger is considered a sacred animal in Korean mythology. Tigers in general are believed to have the power to ward off evil spirits.
Useful Vocabulary
Here are some additional animal-related vocabulary in Korean that you may find useful:
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ํญ๊ท (peng-gwin) | [pสฐษล.ษกษพin] | penguin |
| ์ง๋๊ธฐ (jin-deugi) | [tอสin.dษฏ.ษกi] | tick |
| ๋น๋๊ธฐ (bidulgi) | [pi.dul.ษกi] | pigeon |
| ํ์ด์๋ (hai-ena) | [hai.eษดa] | hyena |
| ์ต๋ฌด์ (aeng-musa-e) | [ษล.mu.sษ] | parrot |
| ๋ผ์ง (dwaeji) | [dwษ.สฅi] | pig |
| ํ ๋ผ (tokki) | [to.kอi] | rabbit |
| ์ฅ (jwi) | [tอษษฅi] | mouse |
| ๋ฐ๋ค์ฌ์ (bada-saja) | [pada.sadสa] | sea lion |
When talking about an animal in plural, simply add the suffix -๋ค (-deul) to the noun. For example, ๊ฐ๋ค (gaedeul) means "dogs" in Korean.
- Person 1: ๋ช ๋ง๋ฆฌ ๋ผ์ง๊ฐ ์์ด์? (Myeot mari dwaejiga isseoyo?) (How many pigs do you have?)
- Person 2: ๋ค, ์ธ ๋ง๋ฆฌ ์์ด์. (Ne, se mari isseoyo.) (I have three.)
- In Korean, you can also use onomatopoeic words to describe animal sounds. Here are a few examples:
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ๋ฉ๋ฉ (meong-meong) | [mสล.mสล] | woof (dog) |
| ๋ฌผ๋ ๋ฌผ๋ (mul-leong-mul-leong) | [mul.lสล.mul.lสล] | slosh (fish) |
| ๋ฏธ์ ๋ฏธ์ (mi-yu-mi-yu) | [mi.ju.mi.ju] | meow (cat) |
| ๊พน๊พน (kkuk-kkuk) | [kอukฬ.kอukฬ] | ribbit (frog) |
| ์ชผ๋ผ๋ฆฌ (jjo-kkiri) | [tอษo.kอi.ษพi] | chirp (bird) |
- Person 1: ๊ทธ ์๊ฐ ์ด๋ป๊ฒ ์ธ๊ณ ์์ด์? (Geu saega eoddeohge ulgo isseoyo?) (What sound is that bird making?)
- Person 2: ์ชผ๋ผ๋ฆฌ ์ชผ๋ผ๋ฆฌ ์ธ๊ณ ์์ด์. (Jjo-kkiri jjo-kkiri ulgo isseoyo.) (It's making a chirping sound.)
Fun Fact
In Korea, dogs have an interesting cultural significance. The Korean Jindo breed of dog, which originated on the island of Jindo, is known for its loyalty and bravery. They are often used as hunting and guard dogs, and are considered a national treasure. There is even a Korean folk tale about a Jindo dog who saved his village from a tiger!
To summarize, learning the names of animals in Korean can help you to communicate better with native speakers and understand more about Korean culture. If you want to practice your Korean skills, consider using the Polyglot Club to find native speakers and ask them any questions. You can also visit the Korean vocabulary page to learn more words and phrases!
โก If you have any questions, please ask them in the comments section below.
โก Feel free to edit this wiki page if you think it can be improved. ๐