Textbooks won't teach you THIS important phrase! 😆

AMA LAST PARTTTTT 💖

2024. 6. 3.

Hello Everyone~! ❤️

Hope you're all doing great and having an great day so far!!! (wherever you are in the world) Here in Korea, the weather is getting SO good and while I'm excited for summer I really hope it doesn't get too hot this year! 😣

This week we will be completing our three part AMA series! I love answering your questions so if you have any more let me know in the form at the end of the newsletter! ENJOY BESTIES

From, Sherly❤️

01. I'm not sure if this topic has been shared but what are some phrases I could use If I went to Korea for the first time?

GREAT QUESTION! I know so many of you are traveling here this summer or maybe you have future plans so let's learn some helpful phrases that you all might need when you're here as a tourist! ❤️ (aside from the obvious thankyou and hello ofc)

What to say when someone is in your way/you're trying to get through

지나갈게요 (ji-na-gal-gae-yo)
잠시만요 (jam-si-man-yo)

You might recognize both of these phrases from other instances but let's learn about the first one first! 지나갈게요 means "i'll pass by" literally BUT the way it's used is the same as the english phrase "coming through!"

The other phrase you might use in this situation (or others) is 잠시만요

which means "one moment please!" or "just a second." You could, of course, use this in other instances such as when you're about to pay and you need time to get cash out of your wallet etc. But in this case, you could use it when you're trying to get by someone (esp if you're in a store or public transport!) It is polite and all-inclusive because it just means "one moment please!"

Hope that helps y'all!! Let me know if you want more of these! ❤️😃

02. I don’t understand what is the difference between “no” and “hi” cuz I had heard same thing 안녕?

I had to read this question a couple of times before I understood what you meant!!!! Thank you for asking this and for our beginner learners I feel like this would be great to hear!

So bottom line, a lot of things in Korean sound similar and people in dramas/real life tend to speak very fast! What you probably heard when you heard 안녕 when someone was saying "no" was 아니요! When said really quickly I see how the two would sound similar but I hope this helps answer your question!

Let's go over a couple more things that sound similar that you all might get confused with!

차 vs. 자 (tea/car vs. to sleep)
굴 vs. 꿀 (oyster vs. honey)
배달 vs. 배탈 (delivery vs. stomach ache)

Hope that helped~ ❤️

03. I was wondering if you could give a recipe for kimchi fried rice. A rice themed newsletter would be fun!

I love talking about food (as a certified foodie) So let me know if you want a longer newsletter about other foods but let me share my FAV rice dishes and their recipes :)

Let me know if you guys try any of these recipes and please share pictures to my email!!! sherly@teuida.net!! I'd love to share them with the team :)

04. Song of the Week

Word of the Week ❤️

I'm going to give you a word every week and you guys have to try to make a sentence with that word!!! 🔥

Word of the week: 밥 (rice)

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