I don’t speak Korean - 한국말 못 해요 (hangungmal mot haeyo).Īll right, that’s going to do it for today. You will have a few seconds before I give you the answer.

I will provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you are responsible for shouting it out loud. To close our today’s lesson, we’d like for you to practice what you’ve learned. So who knows! Maybe this can get you out of a jam. The ticket guy got frustrated and just let her pass. The only phrase she knew was 한국말 못 해요 (hangungmal mot haeyo). She was still fresh in Korea at that time and didn’t speak a lick of it. It wasn’t much but the man at the ticket booth had asked her to pay some money. From a set of songs commissioned by the Swiss Association of. For example, when I was in Korea, a friend of mine who was a foreigner had taken the subway somewhere but as it turns out, she bought the wrong ticket and needed to pay a little more. Excuse Me, I Dont Understand Pardon, jai pas bien compris by Ivo Antognini, Printed Music. This phrase 한국말 못 해요 (hangungmal mot haeyo) may get you out of a jam in Korea. So altogether we have 한국말 못 해요 (hangungmal mot haeyo) which literally means Korean not possible to do or I can’t speak Korean. And this is followed once again by 해요 (haeyo) which means to do. Next we have 못 (mot) which once again means can’t do or not possible. Let’s break this word down and hear it one more time. The first word 한국말 (hangungmal) means Korean language. And now let’s break it down by syllable, 한-국-말 못 해-요 (han-guk-mal mot hae-yo).

One time slowly, 한국말 못 해요 (hangungmal mot haeyo). Building on this, we can add the phrase, I don’t speak Korean which in Korean is 한국말 못 해요 (hangungmal mot haeyo). And now by syllable, 이-해 못 해-요 (i-hae mot hae-yo). One time slowly, 이해 못 해요 (ihae mot haeyo). We can of course shorten this into just I don’t understand which of course is 이해 못 해요 (ihae mot haeyo). Translated, it’s I am sorry, I don’t understand.

This literally means sorry understand not possible to do. Lastly we have 해요 (haeyo) which is to do. Next we have 못 (mot) which means not possible. Let’s break this phrase down and hear it one more time 죄-송-합-니-다 (joe-song-ham-ni-da). In this case, we’re not really asking for clarification, but expressing that we don’t understand how something came to be. i-hae mot hae-yo.) The first phrase is 죄송합니다 (joesonghamnida). I don’t understand: disbelief Finally, there are times when we say ‘I don’t understand’ as a means of expressing disbelief, shock, or confusion. ihae mot haeyo.) And now by syllable, 죄-송-합-니-다. In today’s lesson, we will learn a useful phrase for when the Korean is coming at you fast and furious and the content is a little too much.

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