Making out in Korean - Softcover

Constantine, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0804835101 ISBN 13: 9780804835107

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing, 2003

Synopsis

The books in the Making out series are fun and accessible guides to languages as they're spoken on the street. These classic phrase books have been updated and expanded for use in informal situations such as bars, parties, or anywhere else one needs to know slang to survive! The books also now feature phrases written in their native script as well as in English, so the book can be shown to the person you are trying to communicate with.

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Review

"Making Out in Korean is a fun, easy-to-use and comprehensive Korean phrasebook, covering catchy Korean expressions commonly used among native Koreans. With this book, speaking Korean in Korea is no longer a daunting task!" --POP CLUB "Making Out in Korean -- Funny book title there huh? What you can learn from here? A bunch of funny phrases, curses and uhm yeah." --Lyrynne.wordpress.com "A funny phrase book. The difference of this one from the other phrase books out there is that it focuses on slangs - specifically relationships/romance slangs." --Mykoreancorner.wordpress.com "Fun if sometimes inappropriate phrases (but a large reason why it's fun) for studying Korean." -Goodreads

Book Description

Making Out in Korean is a fun, accessible and thorough Korean phrasebook and guide to the Korean language as it's really spoken.

Nan neoga joa michigesseo! uri tto mannalkka?—(i'm crazy about you! Shall we meet again?) Answer this correctly in Korean and you may be going on a hot date. incorrectly, and you could be hurting someone's feelings or getting a slap! Korean classes and textbooks tend to spend a lot of time rehearsing for the same fictitious scenarios but chances are while in Korea you will spend a lot more time trying to make new friends or start new romances—something you may not be prepared for.

if you are a student, businessman or tourist traveling to South Korea or North Korea and would like to have an authentic and meaningful experience, the key is being able to speak like a local. This friendly and easy-to-use Korean phrase book makes this possible. Making out in Korean has been carefully designed to act as a guide to modern colloquial Korean for use in everyday informal interactions—giving access to the sort of catchy Korean expressions that aren't covered in traditional language materials. As well as the Romanized forms (romanji), each expression is given in authentic Korean script (hangul), so that in the case of difficulties the book can be shown to the person the user is trying to communicate with. in addition, easy-to-use phonetic spellings of all Korean words and phrases are given. For example "How are you?"—annyeonghaseyo? is also written as anh-nyawng-hah-seyo?

This Korean phrasebook includes:

• A guide to pronouncing Korean words correctly.
• Explanations of basic Korean grammar, such as, word order, questions, and formal vs. informal tenses.
• Complete Korean translations including Korean Script (hangul).
• useful and interesting notes on Korean language and culture.
• Lots of colorful, fun and useful expressions not covered in other phrasebooks.

Titles in this unique series of bestselling phrase books include: Making Out in Chinese, Making Out in indonesian, Making Out in Thai, Making Out in Korean, Making Out in Hindi, Making Out in Japanese, Making Out in Vietnamese, Making out in burmese, Making Out in Tagalog, Making Out in Hindi, Making Out in Arabic, Making Out in English, More Making Out in Korean, and More Making Out in Japanese.

Edition details

• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0804835101
• ISBN 13: 9780804835107
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 96