Elementary Korean

by King, Ross

• ISBN13: 9780804836142
• ISBN10: 0804836140
• Edition: CD
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-07-15
• Publisher: Tuttle Pub

Summary

Includes 74-minute audio CD. This textbook offers a complete first year course for learning Korean. Loosely based onBeginning Koreanby Martin and Lee, it includes updated dialogues, grammar notes, and transcription in the Han'gul character system. The main objective of this book is competence in spoken Korean through a streamlined introduction to the fundamental patterns of the language. Based on the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines, this book will provide students with an Intermediate-Low to Intermediate-Mid proficiency level. Reading passages enhance the lessons.

Author Biography

Ross King is Associate Professor of Korean at the University of British Columbia.

Jae-Hoon Yeon is Lecturer in Korean at the Centre of Korean Studies, University of London.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xii
About this Book	p. xv
Cast of Characters in the Book	p. xxii
Basic Expressions	p. 1
Basic Expressions: Korean Script	p. 1
Basic Expressions: Transcription	p. 3
Guide to the Phonetic Transcription System in Lessons One to Four	p. 6
Lesson Notes	p. 7
Styles of Speech	p. 7
Word Classes	p. 8
Exercises	p. 10
More Basic Expressions	p. 12
Basic Expressions (II): Korean Script	p. 12
Basic Expressions (II): Transcription	p. 14
Lesson Notes	p. 16
Korean Sentence Patterns	p. 16
Korean Names	p. 17
Exercises	p. 21
Korean Writing and Basic Pronunciation	p. 24
[characters not reproducible] The Korean Writing System	p. 24
The Vowels	p. 25
The Consonants	p. 27
More on the Three-way Consonants	p. 30
The Alphabet in a Dictionary	p. 31
Republic of Korea (South Korea)	p. 32
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)	p. 33
How to Write Korean	p. 34
Stroke Orders	p. 34
Structure of Written Syllables	p. 36
Structure of Pronounced Syllables	p. 37
Exercises	p. 39
Further Pronunciation Guidelines	p. 44
Automatic Voicing of Plain [characters not reproducible]	p. 44
Non-release of Final Consonants	p. 45
The Gang of Seven: [characters not reproducible]	p. 45
Other Gang of Seven Situations	p. 46
When the Gang of Seven Gets Up Your Nose	p. 47
Peculiarities of the Korean [characters not reproducible]	p. 48
Automatic Doubling	p. 49
Leapfrogging [characters not reproducible]	p. 50
Pronunciation of [characters not reproducible] before i	p. 50
Long and Short Vowels	p. 50
The Names of the Korean Letters	p. 51
Exercises: Pronunciation	p. 52
This is my wife	p. 54
Korean Dialogues	p. 54
Vocabulary	p. 57
Lesson Notes	p. 59
Pronouns in Korean	p. 59
Sentence Subjects and Topics	p. 60
The Copula and Equational Sentences	p. 64
The Particle [characters not reproducible]: too, also, even	p. 65
Expressing Possession with the Particle [characters not reproducible]	p. 66
Nouns	p. 68
Exercises	p. 70
Excuse me, but where is the Plaza Hotel?	p. 73
Korean Dialogues	p. 73
Vocabulary	p. 75
Lesson Notes	p. 78
Existence and Location with [characters not reproducible] and [characters not reproducible]	p. 78
Possession with [characters not reproducible] and [characters not reproducible]	p. 80
Location Particle [characters not reproducible] in, at	p. 81
The Particle [characters not reproducible] and, with	p. 82
Place Nouns	p. 82
More about the Topic Particle [characters not reproducible]	p. 85
Answering Negative Questions	p. 85
The Plural Marker [characters not reproducible]	p. 86
Exercises	p. 88
Where do they sell tickets to Taejon?	p. 92
Korean Dialogues	p. 92
Vocabulary	p. 94
Lesson Notes	p. 97
Verbs: The Polite Style and the Infinitive	p. 97
Korean Verbs with Consonant Bases	p. 99
The Dictionary Form of Korean Verbs	p. 100
Three Types of Special Consonant Base	p. 100
Korean Verbs with Vowel Bases	p. 101
The Direct Object Particle [characters not reproducible]	p. 104
Particles of Direction: to, from	p. 106
Static and Dynamic Location	p. 107
Using Location To Express Possession	p. 109
Different Kinds of Verbs	p. 109
More on the Particle [characters not reproducible]	p. 111
Placement of Manner Adverbs	p. 112
Exercises	p. 112
Aren't you taking any other subjects?	p. 119
Korean Dialogues	p. 119
Vocabulary	p. 121
Lesson Notes	p. 125
Verbs: Short Negatives with [characters not reproducible] and [characters not reproducible]	p. 125
Pronunciation of [characters not reproducible]	p. 126
Verbs: Honorifics	p. 128
The Honorific Marker [characters not reproducible]	p. 128
The Honorific Polite Style: [characters not reproducible]	p. 129
Verbal Nouns: Processive and Descriptive	p. 133
Separable Verbal Nouns (Processive)	p. 133
Using [characters not reproducible] and [characters not reproducible] with Separable Verbal Nouns (Processive)	p. 134
Nonseparable Verbal Nouns (Descriptive)	p. 135
More on Adverbs	p. 135
More New Particles: Instrumental [characters not reproducible]	p. 137
More New Particles: [characters not reproducible] and	p. 138
Particle Sequences	p. 139
Exercises	p. 140
Did you have a good weekend?	p. 145
Korean Dialogues	p. 144
Vocabulary	p. 147
Lesson Notes	p. 151
Verbs: Past Tense	p. 151
Past Tense, Polite Style	p. 151
Past and Past-Past	p. 153
Past Tense, Honorific Polite Style	p. 153
The Particle [characters not reproducible] and	p. 155
Ways To Say (together) with	p. 156
Ways To Say like	p. 156
The Particle [characters not reproducible]	p. 156
The Verb [characters not reproducible]	p. 157
The Purposive Form [characters not reproducible]	p. 157
Expressing Wishes with [characters not reproducible]	p. 158
Exercises	p. 161
Review 1	p. 166
Vocabulary Review	p. 166
Particle Review	p. 169
Verb Review	p. 171
Sentence Review	p. 174
Korean Conversations	p. 179
I'm 21. I was born in 1976	p. 181
Korean Dialogues	p. 181
Vocabulary	p. 183
Lesson Notes	p. 186
Numbers and Counting	p. 186
Numerals in Time Expressions	p. 196
Telling the Time	p. 196
Dates	p. 197
Telephone Numbers	p. 198
Four New Particles: [characters not reproducible]	p. 199
[characters not reproducible] each, every	p. 199
[characters not reproducible] only, just	p. 199
[characters not reproducible] per, apiece	p. 200
[characters not reproducible] about, approximately, by	p. 201
The Particles [characters not reproducible] from and [characters not reproducible] to	p. 202
Formal Style	p. 203
Exercises	p. 207
I like plays, but I don't like concerts much	p. 212
Korean Dialogues	p. 212
Vocabulary	p. 214
Lesson Notes	p. 219
Verbs: Suspective Form [characters not reproducible]	p. 219
Uses of the Suspective [characters not reproducible]	p. 220
Any Base plus [characters not reproducible] but	p. 220
Long Negatives in [characters not reproducible]	p. 221
Negative Commands and Suggestions in [characters not reproducible]	p. 224
Negative Honorifics	p. 226
The Particle [characters not reproducible]: Noun Agreement	p. 226
Suggestions and Tentative Questions with [characters not reproducible]	p. 227
Thinking of Doing ... with [characters not reproducible]	p. 230
The Adverb [characters not reproducible], Particle [characters not reproducible], and Pseudo-particle [characters not reproducible]	p. 231
Adverb [characters not reproducible] versus Particle [characters not reproducible]	p. 231
The Particle [characters not reproducible]	p. 231
More Ways To Say or	p. 235
The Wanna Form in [characters not reproducible]	p. 236
Meanings for [characters not reproducible] and Related Words	p. 237
Exercises	p. 238
I just called a moment ago, but nobody answers	p. 243
Korean Dialogues	p. 243
Vocabulary	p. 245
Lesson Notes	p. 249
Verbs: the Sequential Form [characters not reproducible]	p. 249
[characters not reproducible] As, Since, Because	p. 249
[characters not reproducible] When ..., (I realized or discovered ...)	p. 250
Honorifics: Nouns and Particles	p. 251
Nouns	p. 251
Particles	p. 251
Kinship Terms	p. 252
Probable Futures with [characters not reproducible]	p. 254
Probable Futures in [characters not reproducible] on Plain Bases	p. 254
Probable Futures in [characters not reproducible] on Past Bases	p. 256
Rhetorical Retorts in [characters not reproducible]	p. 257
Is doing with [characters not reproducible]	p. 258
As soon as with [characters not reproducible]	p. 261
Exercises	p. 261
Tongdaemun Market is probably the best, right?	p. 268
Korean Dialogues	p. 268
Vocabulary	p. 271
Lesson Notes	p. 274
Ways to Say only: [characters not reproducible] plus Affirmative, [characters not reproducible] plus Negative	p. 274
Another Use of [characters not reproducible] as many as	p. 275
Expressions for Going and Coming	p. 276
Verbs: Future-Presumptives in [characters not reproducible]	p. 277
How to Attach [characters not reproducible]	p. 277
Meaning and Usage of [characters not reproducible]	p. 278
Verbs: Past-Future and Past-Past	p. 281
Immediate Futures in [characters not reproducible]	p. 283
Synopsis: Types of Base and Types of Future	p. 284
Types of Base	p. 284
Types of Future	p. 284
A Reminder about First-, Second- and Third-Person with [characters not reproducible]	p. 287
Suppositives in [characters not reproducible]	p. 288
Synopsis: Compatibility of [characters not reproducible] with Endings Previously Learned	p. 290
Exercises	p. 290
Review 2	p. 295
Review of Lesson Notes	p. 295
Verb Forms: Summary	p. 295
Verb Bases	p. 295
Verb Endings	p. 301
Review Exercises	p. 307
Vocabulary Review	p. 307
Particle Review	p. 309
Honorifics	p. 311
Autobiographical Sketch	p. 311
The Formal Style	p. 312
Review of Numbers	p. 313
Korean to English Translation	p. 314
English to Korean Translation	p. 315
Reference Section
Korean to English Vocabulary	p. 317
English to Korean Vocabulary	p. 332
Korean to English Pattern Glossary	p. 349
English to Korean Pattern Glossary	p. 355
English Equivalents to the Korean Dialogues	p. 363
Answer Key to Written Exercises	p. 370
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