Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - Korean version

I bet you know this children song "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". Yes, it's a very popular children song and I think many people know how to sing this song in English. It's also a very cheerful song. This song has also been translated into many languages. As far as I have seen, there are English, Chinese, Japanese and even Korean.

Since it's one of the best children songs, and it's also in Korean, I do think that it's nice to post it here and share with you all. Hope you like this Korean version children song.



Here's the lyric for this Korean version.

Korean:

반짝반짝 작은별 아름답게 빛이네
동쪽 하늘에서도 서쪽 하늘에서도
반짝반짝 작은별 아름답게 빛이네

Romanized:

ban-jjak-ban-jjak jag-eun-byeol a-reum-dab-ge bit-i-ne
dong-jjok ha-neul-e-seo-do seo-jjok ha-neul-e-seo-do
ban-jjak-ban-jjak jag-eun-byeol a-reum-dab-ge bit-i-ne

Pronounced:

bahn-chahk-bahn-chahk jah-geun-byuhl ah-reum-dahb-geh bi-chi-neh
dong-chok ha-neul-eh-suh-doh suh-chok ha-neul-eh-suh-doh
bahn-chahk-bahn-chahk jah-geun-byuhl ah-reum-dahb-geh bi-chi-neh

Jim Carrey speaks Korean

It's sometimes good when you learn a language from a movie or drama. You don't really have to learn a language completely formally just to be able to speak that language. Learning Korean from movies or dramas can also be very fun when you try to understand and at the same time you enjoy the story. It's especially enjoyable when you are watching a comedy.

I really find it useful if I post some movies whether comedies or types of movies for learning Korean. It does helps us in learning Korean, especially when the movies come with English subtitles which make you understand the language better.

Well, let's start with Jim Carrey's comedy movie entitled "YES MAN" (2008). It's not a Korean movie, still in English, but you can see that Jim Carrey speaks a lot of Korean in the movie. This movie will have scene where Jim Carrey goes to learn Korean language.

Below are two scene videos of "YES MAN" by Jim Carrey. One is the interview for him about learning Korean. And another is the scene where Jim Carrey speaks Korean in this comedy.

How to say "Happy New Year" in Korean?

It's the beginning of 2012, and we will certainly say "Happy New Year" when we meet our friends. Do you have any Korean friends? If you do, you may also want to say it in Korean. You're going to learn how to say "Happy New Year" in Korean from Sunny Park of Mahalodotcom. Well, let's watch how to say it in Korean.

How to say Merry Christmas in Korean?

It's Christmas and many people will say "Merry Christmas" and you probably wonder how to say "Merry Christmas" to your best friends in Korean. Well, here's a video telling you how to say it in Korean. It's a video I found on Youtube which is from mahalodotcom by Sunny Park.

Download "Dirty Korean", an e-book to Learn Korean slangs

Korean is also like other languages which have their own slangs. When I was searching for Korean language materials, I found an e-book about Korean slangs. All the phrases in this e-book are very clearly explained and they seem quite common in use. From everyday slangs until those vulgar Korean language. The title of the e-book is "Dirty Korean". This Korean slang e-book is divided in 9 categories of expressions, from Howdy Korean to Hungry Korean. I have already embedded the e-book on this post. You can also click here to directly go to the site to download this Korean slang e-book.

Dirty.Korean

Let's learn to sing "Happy birthday" in Korean language

You probably want to sing a birthday song for your Korean friend. Or perhaps you may want to sing it for someone who loves Korean and want to make him/her feel so touched. Well, it's not difficult to sing "Happy birthday" in Korean. Just follow this song and you'll be able to sing it. "Saengil Chukha Hamnida" is the Korean phrase for "Happy birthday to you".

DIPHTHONGS (complex + compound vowels) with MINI DRAMA!

Here's another video tutorial on Korean about Diphthongs. As we know that a Diphthongs is a sound created by the combination of vowels. Like in many other languages, there are also diphthongs in Korean. Diphthongs are also called as complex vowels or compound vowels. You may download the worksheet from Professor Oh again here about diphthongs. Then try to write them as you have done in previous Korean worksheet on my previous posts.

The diphthongs are explained one by one, sometimes a short Korean dialog will come up after the diphthongs explanations. At the end of this lesson, you will also see a short conversation and also a short commercial film. Listen carefully to the sentences that contain Korean diphthongs.

DOUBLE CONSONANTS (and some words)

On this video, Professor Oh is going to teach Double Consonants and some Korean words. Actually, you are going to hear some basic conversation related to the words made by the consonants. Pay attention to the conversation. The funny thing is that Professor Oh plays the roles of two people at the same time in the conversation. You'll learn new Korean words like: "busy", "cheap", "salty" and "stingy".

Learn to write Korean alphabet (basic consonants + vowels)

Learning Korean is a fun thing to me. After watching the previous video on pronouncing the alphabet, let's learn how to write the Basic Consonants and Vowels. In writing Korean alphabet, we usually write lines and circle. The vowel in consonant does not stand alone, but usually start with a circle.

We also write rectangle in the consonants. I feel that writing an alphabet in Korean is rather different from writing a Chinese character. When writing the same line, we probably go for different direction. That's what I feel, though. Korean alphabet also makes me feel like writing ASCII characters with lines of different shapes. There are also diagonal lines in the writing consonant. Although, it may seem difficult to learn at first, but I do think that it's made easy with the tutorial from Professor Oh.

She also prepares a worksheet for us to learn how to write the alphabet. You may click here to download the Korean alphabet worksheet.

Pronounce the Korean Alphabets

Korean Alphabet is different from English language. Although, they have similar way in pronunciation, they do differ in writing. If you have ever learnt Japanese, you may find that Korean is also a language with lines, curves and circles. But it's just really different from Japanese or even Chinese. I think learning to write Chinese is harder.

Korean language has 3 categories when talking about the alphabets. The Korean alphabet has:
14 consonants
10 main vowels
11 complex vowels

Don't think too far about the alphabet. The easiest way to learn a new language is to listen and repeat after the tutorial. This tutorial will give you a brief introduction to the consonant followed by the "a" vowel. Listen carefully as "Professor Oh" pronounce in Korean.

Why I created this "Korean Free Lessons" blog?

Hello everybody, this is a new blog on learning Korean online for free. This blog is intended for those English literate people who love Korean language and want learn Korean in a fun and easy way. Telling you the truth, I am not an expert in Korean language. But I have an interest in learning new language. Most of the learning materials here are videos, because I believe learning a new language through videos is easier and more fun than reading text alone.

You can also say that this blog is just a collection of Korean tutorial videos for people who understand English. Whenever I found an interesting video about learning Korean, I will post on this blog. Hopefully, all of us will be able to speak Korean very soon. Of course, if possible all of us who are interested in Korean will be able to write in Korean. I believe that by watching the videos and learning daily, all of us will master Korean very soon.

I'm also very sorry if I can't put the lessons in a sequential order. This is because I will post everything I found useful and easy to learn for everyone especially those who are beginners to Korean language. Day by day, after I have mastered basic Korean language, I will certainly post more intermediate lessons.

I would be very grateful if you (as my blog visitors) always visit this blog. Your visit is my encouragement. Thank you very much for your kind attention to this blog, "Korean Free Lessons".

thank you = 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)