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Post by evelynk on May 16, 2006 14:34:36 GMT -5
Haein constantly calls Kiwoong "Sambay". What does that mean? Thank you in advance  |
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Post by BAE on May 16, 2006 14:37:01 GMT -5
"Suhn-bai" means "senior," basically someone whose older to you and whom you either went to school with or whom you work with. In Winter Love Song, Choi Jiwoo called her coworker "Suhn-bai" instead of her real name.
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Post by evelynk on May 16, 2006 17:53:18 GMT -5
Thanks Bae Wang,
I've been studying Korean forever, but there's still much more to learn:)
Now I know 1 more! Yay!
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Post by ginnycat5 on May 16, 2006 19:56:30 GMT -5
Evelynk, there's another definition you'd like: oppa means brother AND is used to refer to a boyfriend! So Mr. Choi telling Jong-nam to call him orabang was sneaky. I guess he wants to be her boyfriend, because orabang means oppa, not Mister.
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Post by evelynk on May 17, 2006 10:26:02 GMT -5
Thanks Ginny, That helps me out a lot. |
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Post by BAE on May 17, 2006 14:18:07 GMT -5
Thanks Bae Wang, I've been studying Korean forever, but there's still much more to learn:) Now I know 1 more! Yay! No problem.... My knowledge of the Korean language is continuously expanding as well. |
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Post by moniquele on May 27, 2006 15:31:03 GMT -5
Bae do u know how to speak alot korean?
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Post by BAE on May 29, 2006 9:55:46 GMT -5
well, one summer, i sat down with all the korean language books at the library and explored the language. i would say, i know enough to communicate well with.
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L.H
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han sang goong mamanim!
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Post by L.H on May 30, 2006 11:14:10 GMT -5
umm, it can be spelled as 'sombae' too right? and you call a girl senior sombae too? :]
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Post by Lucy on May 30, 2006 13:17:39 GMT -5
I don't think that the Korean "n" (the letter is called niun, I think) sound can be rendered as "m" (mium). It probably just sounds that way to you. But as for the "bae" part, you are right. It can and usually is spelled bae. |
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Post by evelynk on May 30, 2006 17:05:29 GMT -5
Yup, the Korean n is "niun". |
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L.H
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han sang goong mamanim!
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Post by L.H on May 31, 2006 12:57:33 GMT -5
thanks for the explanation lucy!
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Post by cyuser on May 31, 2006 13:45:35 GMT -5
Everyone seem to hear the word differently.
The correct pronounciation is Suhnbae
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Post by BAE on May 31, 2006 14:17:11 GMT -5
Thanks for telling us the correcting [edit: pronunciation, thanks for the correction lucy, i meant to write pronunciation though. dunno what happened in the process], cy. I often find that the korean language is very complicated. Like the korean word for winter has been romanized to "gyeol" or "kyeol." The letters k and g in korean have the same character, so it can be confusing. As for suhn-bae. I noticed that the actors don't really pronounce the "h" sound. Hae-in pronounces it as if the spelling were "sun-bai." She puts more emphasis on the "e" making it sound like an "i."
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Post by Lucyunlogged on May 31, 2006 14:35:10 GMT -5
Bae, cyuser was giving the pronunciation, not the transliteration. So you're right that Haein doesn't pronounce an H. I think by "uh" cy meant to suggest that it's not an "oo" sound (which is how you would pronounce the U if you were mostly familiar with English and Romance languages) but an "uh," like in "uh-huh."
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