In the past two weeks, we learned a lot about tourism (관광) in Korea. First of all, we learned some basic conversations that might happen when we visit Korea. For example, we learned how to ask people to take pictures for us. For instance, “Excuse me. Do you mind taking picture of us?” can be translated into Korean as “실례합니다, 사진 좀 찍어 주시것어요?”.
And then, if that person responds, “네”. That means he/she would like to take picture of you.
What’s more, if you want to ask him/her to take more pictures when you are not really satisfied with the pictures that he/she takes, you can say, “한 장 더 찍어 주세요”, which means please take one more pictures. In this sentence, 주세요 means please and 한 장 means one picture. It is also really important to learn what Korean usually say when they are taking pictures. 찍숩니다 can be translated as “I am going to take the pictures. Are you ready?” And then, they will say “하나, 둘, 셋, 김치~” which is similar with “One, two, three, cheese~”. I found different countries said different words when they took pictures. However, those words sounded really similar. For example, cheese in English, Qiezi in Chinese and Kimchi in Korean.
We also learned how to find the place that we want to visit in Korean, such as where is the restroom in Korean is 화장실이 어디예 있어요. This kind of sentence can be used to ask various kinds of places. For instance, 박물관은 어디예 있어요 means where is the museum. Also, “이 근처에 공원 있어요?” Represents “is there a park nearby?”. This can also be used to ask the direction of a place. If you want to ask whether you can get there on foot, you can say, “걸어서 갈 수 있을까요.” There are also other sentences that will be very useful during our trip in Korea.
정보 책자를 부탁합니다 --> I would like an information booklet.
영어 가이드가 있습니까 --> Is there an English speaking guide.
여기서 사진 찍어도 될까요 --> Can I take picture here.
We also learned some related vocabulary.
미술관 Art Museum 동물원 zoo 지도 map
티켓 ticket 입장료 Adimission fee 무료 free
남산골 한옥 마을 namsangol hanok village 서울 타워 Seoul Tower
반포 대교 Banpo Bridge 이준신 A famous general in Korea
세종대왕 King Sejong 광화 멘 Gwanghwa men
경복궁 gyeongboggung 양화 대교 yanghwa Bridge
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