Porn in Swedish

A friend of mine told me that he is writing a book. He's Swedish, and whenever i have some alcohol, my foreign languages come out. That's why I tried to say "Good luck! (in Swedish of course).

He gave me a blank look. "Excuse me?"

I tried again. ("Lyck a teel!")

Oh! He repeated what I tried to say, with (what sounded to me) a microscopically different accent on the last vowel sound.

He smiled as I repeated it (or tried to repeat it) in Swedish.

"What you said sounded like (Swedish Word)... it kinda means "small novel"... It was actually the name of a soft porn magazine in the 60's..."

Quite a funny mistake! I can't tell you why "small-novel/pornographic-magazine" and "good luck" sound so similar in Swedish, or any other funny stories about the titillating confusion it causes all over the Swedish speaking world, but I've only recently started my Swedish learning properly, so I will let you know when I find out. I actually signed up for Swedish lessons at lingq.com recently... I haven't even had a look yet though!

Stumbling through Swedish reminds me of how I was (how we all are!) when we start a new language. Whenever someone says something, we listen up, getting things wrong, and generally annoying people who speak fluently.

I've had some interesting experiences with Korean recently. I have come to realise that I've passed the stage that i describe above (people don't stare at me blankly when I say stuff any more). I met a Korean guy on Christmas actually, and we were chatting away. And my Korean speaking girlfriend left her phone at home yesterday, and I had to explain to a Korean speaking friend that she'd forgotten it. Usually we have to umm and ahh a lot to get our message across, but I got there!

Here's a secret: whenever I have a phone conversation with someone in Korean, after I hang up, I go to the "calls" section of my phone and look up how long the conversation was. My longest entirely Korean phone call has been 3:12!

I realise this post has been a little rambling (if one were one of those modern kids, one might call it "random!") so sorry, I just feel I've been neglecting TalkWithTheWorld for a while.

[Translation] Girls' Generation - Gee [V]

Hah...I'm putting this here because no one is posting (...or because I hit the wrong new post button on my dashboard. You decide) If ya'll don't want it on here though, I'll take it off >_>




[몰라]
Uh huh, listen boy.
My first love story
My angel and my girls
My sunshine
Oh, oh let's go!

[서현]
너무 너무 멋져 눈이 눈이 부셔
숨을 못쉬겠어 떨리는걸
Gee gee gee gee baby baby baby
Gee gee gee gee baby baby baby

[티파니]
Oh, 너무 부끄러워 쳐다볼수 없어
사랑에 빠져서 수줍은 Girl
Gee gee gee gee baby baby baby
Gee gee gee gee baby baby baby


[윤아] (어떡하죠) [수영]어떡하죠
[윤아] (떨리는 나는) [수영] 떨리는 나는요
(두근 x 4) 두근 두근 거려 밤에 잠도 못이루죠
[제시카] 나는 나는 바본가봐요 그대 그대밖에 모르는 바보 그래요 그대 보는 날

[모두]
너무 반짝반짝 눈이 부셔 no no no no
너무 깜짝깜짝 놀라 나는 Oh oh oh oh oh
너무 자릿자릿 몸이 떨려 Gee Gee Gee Gee Gee
젖은 눈빛 (Oh yeah) 좋은 향기 (Oh yeah yeah yeah)

[유리]
오 너무 너무 예뻐 맘이 너무 예뻐
두 눈에 반해서 꼭 집은걸
Gee gee gee gee baby baby baby
Gee gee gee gee baby baby baby

[써니]
너무나 뜨거워 만질 수가 없어
사랑이 되버려 후끈한걸 (붙드는걸?)
Gee gee gee gee baby baby baby
Gee gee gee gee baby baby baby

(어쩌면 좋아) [효연] 어쩌면 좋아요
(수줍은 나는) [효연] 수줍은 나는요
(몰라 x 4) [효연] 몰라 몰라 하며 매일 그대만 그리죠
[태연] 근데 친구들은 말하죠 정말 너는 정말 못말려
바보 하지만 그댈 보는 나

너무 반짝반짝 눈이 부셔 no no no no
너무 깜짝깜짝 놀라 나는 Oh oh oh oh oh
너무 자릿자릿 몸이 떨려 Gee Gee Gee Gee Gee
젖은 눈빛 (Oh yeah) 고운 향기 (Oh yeah yeah yeah)

[서현] 말도 못했는 걸 너무 부끄러워 하는 나
[태연] 용기가 없는 걸까 어떡해야 좋은 걸까
[제시카] 두근두근 맘 졸이며 바라보고 있는 나

[모두]
너무 반짝반짝 눈이 부셔 no no no no
너무 깜짝깜짝 놀라 나는 Oh oh oh oh oh
너무 자릿자릿 몸이 떨려 Gee Gee Gee Gee Gee
젖은 눈빛 (Oh yeah) 고운 향기 (Oh yeah yeah yeah) (눈이 부셔)

[모두]
너무 반짝반짝 눈이 부셔 no no no no
너무 깜짝깜짝 놀라 나는 Oh oh oh oh oh
너무 자릿자릿 몸이 떨려 Gee Gee Gee Gee Gee
젖은 눈빛 (Oh yeah) 고운 향기 (Oh yeah yeah yeah)


-Translation-


Uh huh, listen boy.
My first love story
My angel and my girls
My sunshine
Oh, oh let's go!

He's so nice it makes my eyes dazzle
I can't breathe because he makes me tremble
Gee gee gee gee baby baby baby
Gee gee gee gee baby baby baby

Oh, I'm so shy I can't glance up at him
A shy girl falling in love.
Gee gee gee gee baby baby baby
Gee gee gee gee baby baby baby

(What should I do?) What should I do?
(My trembling body) My trembling body
(Ba-bump x 4) I can't even sleep because of my beating heart
I look like a fool watching him from afar.

He twinkles brightly, my eyes are dazzled
I'm suddenly shocked!
My trembling body starts tingling
Our eyes meet and I get sucked in by his sweet fragrance

Oh, He's really pretty, his heart is really pretty
I'm entranced by his eyes
Gee gee gee gee baby baby baby
Gee gee gee gee baby baby baby

He's so hot, I can't touch him
My face is hot and this love is finished (Was I caught?)
Gee gee gee gee baby baby baby
Gee gee gee gee baby baby baby

(Anyway, I like it) Anyway, I like it
(My shy self) My shy self
(I'm not sure) Even though I'm not sure I still yearn for him every day
Even though all my friend's said "Can't you just stop?"
I'm still looking at him foolishly

He twinkles brightly, my eyes are dazzled
I'm suddenly shocked!
My trembling body starts tingling
Our eyes meet and I get sucked in by his sweet fragrance

I couldn't speak because I was shy
Should I be less timid? What would be good?
Even though my heart beats strong and I'm fidgeting, I focus on him

He twinkles brightly, my eyes are dazzled
I'm suddenly shocked!
My trembling body starts tingling
Our eyes meet and I get sucked in by his sweet fragrance (My eyes dazzle)

He twinkles brightly, my eyes are dazzled
I'm suddenly shocked!
My trembling body starts tingling
Our eyes meet and I get sucked in by his sweet fragrance

What's been on my mind lately

Today I was talking with one of my new friends from facebook and she said that it was surprising to see someone so serious about Korea since usually people don't know anything about her country. So, I decided to explain myself.

보통 외국인들이 아지아 좋아하면 일본 아니면 중국 대해서 배우기 정하죠?
그런데 저는 어느날에 친구한테 갑자기 한국 음악 받았고 그날부터 한국 대해서 더 알고 싶었어요.
그래서 조금씩 여기 저기 배웠는데
대학교 시작했을때 한국어 열심히 공부하기 시작했는데
그때부터 한국 천천히 사랑 빠졌거든요?
그래서 지금 한국 너무 너무 너무 좋아해요.
그리고 my point earlier was 외국인들 한국 대해서 많이 모르니까, 한국 인기 많이 없죠?
그런데, 저는 어느날에서 세상에게 한국 보여주고 싶습니다.
재 꿈이에요, 전 한국 사람 아니지만.
어떻게 생각해요? 이상해요?
근데 그건 반드시 저 입니다.

Usually when foreigners like Asia, they pick Japan or China to learn about, right?
But one day my friend suddenly sent me a Korean song and since that day, I wanted to learn more about Korea.
So little by little, I learned things here and there.
When I started college I began studying Korean harder and slowly, I actually fell in love with Korea.
So now I really really like Korea.
And my point earlier was that since foreigners don't really know a lot about Korea, it doesn't have a lot of popularity, right?
But, some day, I want to show Korea to the world.
That is my dream, even though I am not Korean.
How do you feel about that? Is it weird?
But that is without a doubt, me.

Tips and Resources for Learning Korean

Sorry for looking a bit grungy in this video. I've been sick for the past couple of days. This video was inspired by TkyoSam.

www.youtube.com/user/TkyoSam
^ Check him out




- Part 1: Learning Hangul -

www.aheeyah.com <--- for lyrics

The easiest way I have found to learn hangul (and the way I did it) is romanizing lyrics. What I mean by this is going to a lyrics site and finding lyrics to a song, then copying it to some word processor and using a picture of the hangul alphabet to "Decode" it.

For example if you have...

하루만 니 방에 침대가 되고 싶어
Haruman ni bangeh chimdaega dwego shipeo


www.lifeinkorea.com/language/Graphics/hangul.gif


- Part 2: Entertainment -

Music: MC Mong, Crown J, Clazziquai, So Nyuh Shi Dae, Wondergirls, Epik High, Nell, Younha, 2AM, 2PM, Dong Bang Shin Ki, BoA, Alex, S.E.S., Rain

Dramas: Coffee Prince, Full House, Goong, Beethoven Virus, Stairway to Heaven, My Lovely Samsoon.

Movies: Chingu, 100 Days with Mr. Arrogant, Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, The Host, Sex is Zero, My Mighty Princess, Please Teach Me English, My Sassy Girl, My Girl and I, Marrying the Mafia

TV: Global Beauties Talk Show, Inkigayo, Star King, Music Bank, X-man, Love Letter, Family Outing


- Part 3: Free Learning Websites -

http://korean.sogang.ac.kr/

http://engdic.daum.net (Korean -> English)

http://alldic.daum.net (English -> Korean)

www.koreanclass101.com

practicalkorean.com

New Year = New Blog?

여러분, 안녕하세요!
새해 복 많이 받아셨어요? ㅎㅎㅎ

저는 이년에 한국어를 더 열심히 공부하고 싶어서 새 한국어 연습 블로그 만들었어요.
매일 업데이트 하려고 해요.

http://kr.blog.yahoo.com/rizuk

NOTE: 사실은 저는 방금 네이버 아이디 받아서 여기서 가세요~~

http://blog.naver.com/rizuk
감사합니다!

읽으세요!

네~ 잘 지내세요 여러분

Happy New Year to everyone!

I'd like to wish everybody on this blog a very happy new year!!! ^^

새해 복 많이 받으세요!!!

New Chinese Podcast

Has everyone heard of http://www.popupchinese.com?

No? Well it was started by one of the guys from ChinesePod who has apparently moved to Beijing. It follows a similar format, but with northern accents.

Also, where is everyone? Part of the reason I"m posting this is that no one has posted in a while, and a new visitor recently commented on how little new material there was.

생각

난 지금 디즈니월드에 있다. 플로리다에 있다.
재밌는데 집으로 가고 싶다. 여기서 3-4 날 지내면 좋겠는데 난 8날까지 여기 있을거야. 쫌 심심하다.
그리고 택사스 다시 도착할때 2주반 후에 새 대학교에 갈거야.
정말 신난다. 난 새로운것 시작 하고 싶거든.
새 친구 만나고 새 것으로 탐구하면 좋겠다.
그래서...신난다 ^^

아...그런데 내가 대학교 끝날때는 것 정 했다.
대학교에서 일본어를 공부하려고 하니까 끝날때, 한국으로 이사하려고 하고 일본인한테 여행가이드 되고 싶다.
그건 안하면 일본에 한국인한테 여행가이드 되는것도 좋겠다.
ㅎㅎㅎ 드디어 내 미래 알거 같아.
좋아

I wrote this completely in 반말 (I think...) so as always, please correct any mistakes I have. Guys, we're slacking on blog posts ^^ Let's get back to posting regularly?

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to everyone!
Maligayang Pasko sa inyong lahat！
メリークリスマス！
聖誕快楽！

What happened to the Christmas Carol idea?!

Japanese Grammar Practice Part 1

Note: Haha, I forgot to post this on here.

I'm practicing Japanese...so I figured I'd post it for all to see. Haha, please correct if its wrong.



If you can't see the video, click the link to read it in the actual window! ^_^



1.) は is the topic particle.

　　ー　タケシさんは日本人です。Takeshi-san is Japanese.
　　ー　これはコーヒーです。 This is coffee.
　　ー　私は２０歳です。　 I am 20 years old.

2.) の is a modifying particle

　　ー　日本語のがくせい Japanese student
　　ー　私のかばん My bag
　　ー　あなたのむすめ Your daughter

3.) も means "Also" or "too"

ー　私も２０歳です。 I am also 20 years old.
　　ー　ハルカさんも日本人です Haruka-san is also Japanese
　　ー　ケーキもおいしいです！　Cake is also delicious!

4.) を　marks the object of the sentence.

　　ー　ボールをください Please give me the ball.
　　ー　私は日本語を勉強します。 I study Japanese.
　　ー　ラーメンをたべています。 I am eating ramen.

5.) で marks the location of an action.

　　ー　としょかんで勉強します。 I study in the library.
　　ー　うちでたべます。 I eat at home.
　　ー　ともだちのうちでゲームをします I play games at my friend's house.

6.) に/へ marks the destination.

　　ー　うちにかえります。 I'm going home.
　　ー　としょかんにいきます。 I'm going to the library.
　　ー　コーヒーやにいきます。 I'm going to the coffee shop.

7.) が　marks the subject of existence.

　　ー　ぼくのうちにともだちがいます。 I have a friend at my house.
　　ー　しゅくだいがあります。 I have homework.
　　ー　ブログがあります。 I have a blog.

8.) に　can also mean specific time.

　　ー　９時にクラスがあります。 I have class at 9 o'clock.
　　ー　７時３０分におきます。 I wake up at 7:30.
　　ー　ごご８時にパーディーにいきます I'm going to the part at 8:00 P.M.

9.) ...and it can also mean the location of existence.

　　ー　あそこにあります。 It's over there.
　　ー　かれは私のうちにいます。 He is at my house.
　　ー　ケーキはれいぞこにあります。 The cake is in the refrigerator.

10.) よ is used when giving new information/when assuring something. (I'm assuming you use ! with よ 99% of the time...I could be wrong though)

　　ー　日本のドラマはおもしろいですよ！ Japanese dramas are fun!
　　ー　あめはおいしいですよ！ The candy is delicious!
　　ー　元気だよ！ I'm good!