Learn to tweet in Korean

Learn to tweet in Korean #5 - "Wow" or "Awesome"

2011-03-08T08:18:00.000-08:00

Welcome back, everyone!

Sometimes when you read others' tweets, you find some messages that you don't have a whole lot to say about but still just want to give a shoutout to. Maybe you could "retweet" those messages with simple messages like "wow" or "awesome!" attached before them.

And this is what a lot of Korean people do when they use Twitter.

So, "Wow" in Korean is 우와 [u-wa].

So next time you want to show some exclamation about someone's tweet, try adding the word "우와!" when you retweet the message!

The same goes for "Awesome!" - you can use the same word, 우와 [u-wa].

If you want to say "Awesome, that sounds good! That's a good idea!", you can say 좋아요! [jo-a-yo], meaning that you agree to it.

If you want to say "Awesome, that's really cool! Amazing!", you can say 멋져요! [meot-jyeo-yo], meaning that you think that the other person or something that the other person is doing is really cool.

But for now, I'd just recommend using "우와" : )

Have fun tweeting in Korean!

Thanks for reading. Feel free to tweet me in Korean at @ever4one!

Learn to tweet in Korean #4 - "Check this out."

2011-03-05T08:01:00.000-08:00

Welcome back! Today, let me introduce how to tell someone on Twitter to check something out or read something.

In the simplest and most literal way, you would be saying "look at this".

이거 보세요.

[i-geo bo-se-yo.]

이거 = this
보다 = to look at

Of course there can be many different ways of saying this, but don't worry, I will introduce them one by one.

See you tomorrow!

Thanks for reading. Feel free to tweet me in Korean at @ever4one!

Learn to tweet in Korean #3 - "I think so."

2011-03-04T07:05:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone, how are you doing? Hope you are having fun learning the Korean language!

In this post, I'd like to introduce how to say "I think so." in Korean.

The word for "to think" is 생각하다 [saeng-gak-ha-da] but when you want to say "I think so," it's more natural to use this expression:

그런 것 같아요.
[geu-reon geot ga-ta-yo.]

그렇다 = to be so
~것 같다 = to seem like, to be like

So, 그런 것 같아요 literally means "It seems to be so." but this is actually an indirect way for Koreans to say "I think so."

So next time you want to say to someone "I think so",
you can say "그런 것 같아요."

Thanks for reading. Feel free to tweet me in Korean at @ever4one!

Learn to tweet in Korean #2 - "Thanks for the follow back"

2011-03-02T18:57:00.000-08:00

As introduced in the previous post, in Korean, "to follow" is 팔로우 하다 [pal-lo-u ha-da]. When you want to say "to follow back", however, you need to use a completely different word.

This is in fact a combination and abbreviation of two words: 맞 + 팔로우.

맞 [mat] here means "facing", "directly opposite", or "each other", and people use the term "맞팔" for "follow back" and 맞팔 하다 in the verb form.

맞팔 [mat-pal] = follow back, following each other
맞팔 하다 [mat-pal ha-da] = to follow back, to follow each other

So when you follow someone and the other person follows you back, and you want to say "Thanks for the follow back!" you can say:

맞팔 해 주셔서 감사합니다.

[mat-pal hae ju-syeo-seo gam-sa-ham-ni-da]

or

맞팔 감사합니다.

[mat-pal gam-sa-ham-ni-da]

Thanks for reading. Feel free to tweet me in Korean at @ever4one!

Learn to tweet in Korean #1 - "Thanks for the follow"

2011-03-02T07:00:00.000-08:00

In Korean, "to follow" doesn't have a native equivalent, therefore the English word "follow" is just pronounced and written in the Korean way, "팔로우".

"to follow" (on Twitter only) = 팔로우 하다 [pal-lo-u ha-da]

"Thanks for the follow."

= 팔로우 해 주셔서 감사합니다.

[pal-lo-u hae ju-syeo-seo gam-sa-ham-ni-da]

= 팔로우 감사합니다.
[pal-lo-u gam-sa-ham-ni-da]

Thanks for reading. Feel free to tweet me in Korean at @ever4one!