tried just one phrase in korean

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there's a hottie korean-american where i get my produce.. MAN, IS SHE SWEET..!!<br /><br />she speaks flueant english.. even a dixie accent.. since she's been here since a child.. raised in atlanta..<br /><br />i tease & kidd with her.. i told her oneday i'm gonna surprise her with some korean.. <br /><br />she always speaks korean to the other employee's<br /><br />she said " it'll never happen.. wayyyy to difficult." <br /><br />so the other week,, in a bookstore,, i picked up a korean book.. an learned "YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL "..<br /><br />it was translated phoniticly in english.. well i didn't buy the book,, but i wrote it down.. i went over an over it to make sure i wrote it right.. an studied it for days..<br /><br />it was a fairly simple phrase but braindead me,, i musta recited it 9000 times.. so many times,, i even could say it fast an flowing..<br /><br />it was :::: <br /><br />tahn-sheen-unn-ah-rume-----naph-gunn-yoe.<br /><br /><br />well , this weekend i sprung it on her..<br /><br /><br />SHE LOOKED AT ME LIKE I HAD 8 HEADS..<br /><br />she said i don't know what that means..say it again.. i did.. nothing..<br /><br />by time she said say it a 3rd time ,, i was about to crawl out the place..<br /><br />but i said look,,, i got it in a language book.. i studied it 9000 times.. i know i got it right.. when you learn korean as good as me ,, we'll talk.. <br /><br />she laughed.. <br /><br />o'well ,, back to the drawing board..<br /><br />it's like a korean learns 'you're crab bait' an they say 'shuebacla toowy"..<br /><br />who writes this book.. ??
 
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Re: tried just one phrase in korean

SHE LOOKED AT ME LIKE I HAD 8 HEADS..<br />
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LMAO... :D i've seen that look before... :D <br /><br />A feller would think she'd at least give ya credit for trying.... Coffie, or somethin...
 
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Hey I married a Thai and I cant speak the lingo.<br /><br />Here is a tip, they spell it wrong in the book.<br /><br />In thai to english, the word for foreigner is spelled "farang"<br /><br />BUT....<br /><br />It is pronounced "fall"(as in falling down) - "long" (as in long distance).<br /><br />Its the old r / l asian swicheroo.<br /><br />There are some websites that give an audio for the word.<br /><br />Good luck.<br /><br />Ken
 
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I married a filipina and I too havent figured out their language. I know very few bits and pieces but I know their pernunciations are much alike speaking spanish. Their p's and f's do the switcheroo from time to time.
 
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I married a cambodean. They never pronounce the "s" anytime it's at the end of a word.<br /> But my wife fully apreciates the battle to keep guns legal in America. She saw some things when she was 12 that no 12 year old should ever have to see.
 
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LMAO But she should give ya points for trying.<br /><br />Ona-sae/say-oh! How are you<br />Chum-mun-nae/nay-oh! Good thank you<br />Come-saw-me-dah/da Thank you<br /><br />But better look at the book! Its been 20+ years since Ive been there.<br /><br />Oh Korean word converted to english by them for Drunk! Stinko! <br /> :D :D
 
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yeah it very hard for an Asian person to understand someone without an Asian accent trying to say something in an Asian language. It the way you curl the tounge or something that make the same letter sound different.
 
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I spent time in Japan as a kid. When I went back as a sailor, one of my buddies needed to make a head call(bathroom). None of us could remember the correct word. Being just 'slightly' inebriated, I used the slang word and got some really shocked looks from the locals.
 
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Crab Bait - I think you were victim of the Korean translators' plot to keep all foreigners away from their girls. What you said probably meant "you are butt ugly" or something... :D
 
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i know..!! tell me about it..!!<br /><br />i think i said " i give you bad infection "<br /><br /><br />so far i looked in other korean books an all 3 books are different in the phrase 'you're beautiful' ..<br /><br />i give up..
 
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Better luck next time Crab :D A better bet might be to find a Korean person who will tell you how to pronounce it. I think it's all in the pronounciation. She'll be impressed when you get it right - and besides, she won't forget you now (not with 8 heads!) :D
 
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Crabby,<br /><br />The Asians enunciate really weird. Like in Thai and Chinese there MANY words/phrases that sound exactly the same to us, but very subtle changes in pitch and enunciation change the whole dang meaning. It has been my experience that Asians will teach you to say what ever you want in their native tongue. Our local university has students that earn extra money teaching their language, so try getting the phrase from a person that speaks Korean. And for God's sake find out what you really said to her in case an apology is in order. BTW, I love Kim Chi(sp?).
 
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Keep tryin Crabby, you're bound to get it right, or close at least once.<br /><br />Ask another Korean from the same area she's from. Then practice it with them for the right inflection.<br /><br />I think its really sweet of you to do this and so should she. ;) :) <br /><br />Good luck!
 
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well,, i asked a young korean waitress today how to say it.. she even wrote it down phonicticly.. an before i left ,, i said it back to her somewhat perfectly.. <br /><br />now all i gotta do to is say this 9000 times an i'm good..<br /><br />here it is.....<br /><br />daung-sheen-unn >>>>> auhdrum ( tongue roll bettween auh & drum )-da-sum-nida..<br /><br />hope it works..
 
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