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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 495
EAN num: 9780804835107
ISBN number: 0804835101
Label: Tuttle Publishing
Manufacturer: Tuttle Publishing
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 96
Printing Date: November 15, 2003
Publishing house: Tuttle Publishing
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The books in the Making out series are fun and accessible guides to languages as they're spoken on the street. These classic phrase books have been updated and expanded for use in informal situations such as bars, parties, or anywhere else one needs to know slang to survive! The books also now feature phrases written in their native script as well as in English, so the book can be shown to the person you are trying to communicate with.
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This product was in perfect condition and exactly what I expected. It arrived very quickly!
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I originally purchased this book because I was working with a Korean firm in a Korean neighborhood. Boy, the stuff I overheard when people didn't think I understood what they were saying!
With that said, this book is handy for people with a basic understanding of Korean and definitely not for someone with little to no knowledge. The Romanization in the book it really sketchy to me as well as my Korean friends. As we all went thorugh the book, that one complaint came up over and over. My advice is to learn how to read Hangeul, that will help your pronunciation a lot more than the sketchy Romanization would.
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My friend, who grew up speaking Korean, laughs when she reads this phrasebook. The phonetic pronunciations given are deplorable. Ignore them; learn hangul.
The phrases themselves are fun, but (I'm told) the language used is quite childish. It's sort of the equivalent of calling your lover "snugglewums". If you're using this phrasebook with someone you've just met, you're not likely to impress them. If you're already close, they're likely to think you're cute - after they stop laughing.
For fun-factor alone, the book is worth the price - but definitely don't make this the only Korean phrasebook you buy.
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I'm learning a bit of spoken Korean with a Korean friend. We've gone over some videos we found online, a formal book which gives the full grammar and written language and a few other things. This is her favorite book we've looked at so far, as it actually gives words and phrases as they are used by real, live Korean people. Other books are awfully formal. Formality is important in Korean culture, but understanding people, and making yourself understood is probably more important. One of the other reviewers is quite correct: there is a lot of bawdy stuff in here. If you're religious, you are likely to be offended. However, there are a lot of us who want to be able to say such things in Korean, and as such, this is a valuable resource. It is decidedly non-proper, and it warns you when it teaches phrases which are not obviously off colour (lots of "hey dude" kind of things involve calling the other fellow something fairly rude to most Koreans). This isn't a phrasebook for board meetings: it's a phrasebook for making new friends in Korean bars.
One point against it, which may be just a difficulty with Korean in general: the pronunciation guide is quite messed up. It makes very little sense, and sounds nothing like how Korean people pronounce the words. Probably no big deal if you are doing what I am doing, or if you understand the standard English transliteration of Hangul, but if you're just picking this up casually and hoping to make yourself understood, you'd be better off pointing to the helpful Hangul in the phrasebook than trying to sound the words out by yourself.
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This book contains so many informal, everyday speech phrases that it is hard to deny it's value. I learned how to say the worst things in Korean (sad but true) from this book. But here's the catch.
The English transliteration is so off it's not even funny. It's almost unrecognizable. You MUST be able to sound out (at least) or (preferably) read Korean in order to gain anything from this book. My reading skills are moderate so I got a lot, but if you cannot sound it out like it's natural, don't waste your money.
Having said that, if you read Korean - get this book - it's filthy!! +___+
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