Basic Korean : Part 2 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Eon-je wass-eo-yo?

The question words used in this question are: Eon-je = when, nu-ga = who, o-di = where. The word 'chi-gum' means now, so 'eon-je wass-eo-yo?' is the correct answer.

Answer: o-raen-man ip-nikka?

The correct answer is 'o-raen-man ip-nikka?' and it is like the English expression 'long time no see' originally from Chinese 'hao jiu bu jian.' Be careful of the 'ip' in 'ip-nikka' it is pronounced 'im'.

Answer: Your children are healthy, aren't they?

This question demonstrates another major difference between Korean and English. The English tag question which requires agreement with the preceding verb isn't so difficult in Korean. In Korean the tag is alway 'ji-yo?'. Careful on your pronunciation 'a-i-dul-uen' is pronounced 'a-i-du-ruen'.

Answer: Han-guk-eo jal ha-se-yo.

This question demonstrates another major difference between the 2 languages. While Korean does have personal pronouns they are often omitted, and not necessary to convey meaning. Be careful of 'jal ha-se-yo' it is pronounced 'jal-ra-se-yo'.

Answer: ip/pip

Korean verbs conjugate by adding different infixes, and endings. This often leads to the creation of very long words that for phonetic reasons need to be at the end of the sentence. However these verbs are much more powerfull than English verbs and can convey complex grammatical meanings.

Answer: 5,000 years

Koreans are extremely proud of their ancient history and many accomplishments, including an early printing press, which is still preserved and can be seen at Hae-in-sa a Buddhist temple on Ga-Ya San.

Answer: I chaek-ul ju-se-yo.

Korean uses 3 demonstratives to talk about location. 'I-geos' means this thing, 'Ku-geos' means that thing, and 'Cho-geos' means that thing over there. Careful the '-eo-' in '-geos' is pronounced 'uh'.

Answer: Ku yoeng-hwa ga jaemi-iss-eoss-eo-yo

Korean has past, a present and a future tense. The past tense is made by adding and infix to the verb and depending on the verb stem is either -ass/-eoss/-aess. So "iss-eoss-eo-yo" pronounced "i-sseoss-eo-yo" is the equivalent to 'was' in English.

Answer: Na-neun samushil-e gal-geo-imnida.

English has several ways to talk about future action. Will is commonly used in the form 'will + verb'. The equivalent is done in Korean by attaching '-L (-ul) goes-imnida' to the verb stem. So 'Na-nun samushil-e gal-goes-imnida' the verb stem is 'ga' of the verb 'gamnida' to go.

Answer: Bulgogi-reul moek-go-ship-sumnida.

If you want something in Korean you attach the '-go-ship-' infix to the verb stem and complete the statement with the appropriate ending.
'Bulgogi' is the preferred way of preparing meat in Korea. 'Bulgogi' is literally translated as 'Fire meat'. Although not necessarily hot it is spicy and delicious.