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Sunday, January 10, 2010

Romanization Guide

I understand that there are different types of romanizing Korean letters (한굴 'han.gul'), but I'm going to romanize it according to the way I use it, which is the Revised Romanization of Korean authorized by the Korean Government.

Some basic rules I follow when romanizing Korean letters 한굴 'han.gul':
1. Words are romanized according to sound rather than to Korean spelling
2. When necessary, a dot (.) is used to mark the syllable boundary to clear up the pronounciation

Let's start with the consonants...
Simple Consonants:
ㄱ g, k
ㄴ n
ㄷ d, t
ㄹ r, l
ㅁ m
ㅂ b, p
ㅅ s
ㅇ ng
ㅈ j
ㅊ ch
ㅋ k
ㅌ t
ㅍ p
ㅎ h

Double consonants:
ㄲ kk
ㄸ tt
ㅃ pp
ㅆ ss
ㅉ jj

Now for the Vowels...
Simple Vowels:
ㅏ a
ㅓ eo
ㅗ o
ㅜ u
ㅡ eu
ㅣ i
ㅐ ae
ㅔ e
ㅚ oe
ㅟ wi

Compound Vowels:
ㅑ ya
ㅕ yeo
ㅛ yo
ㅠ yu
ㅒ yae
ㅖ ye
ㅘ wa
ㅙ wae
ㅝ wo
ㅞ we
ㅢ ui

Reading Romanized Korean:
Now, if you're Indonesian, this would be extremely easy for you, because Indonesian's pronunciations are exactly the same as how the romanizations are supposed to sound. But since I consider that most of you aren't, these are the guides:

Vowels:
eo, eu, ae and oe are single vowels in romanized Korean as shown below. Therefore, please pay special attention to the romanization to not read them as two different vowels. I also find that people are confused with u and read it as 'you'. It's not! Some common vowels that might confuse you are...
a ah, father (but shorter)
eo bird, serve
o ball, pore (but shorter)
u shoe, school (but shorter)
eu broken, golden
i bee, sheep (but shorter)
ae apple, bad
e bed, egg
oe wet, welcome

Consonants:
I don't think that people will have much trouble with this one. But just to clear things up, I'll post it up anyway...
kk ski, sky (k after s)
tt steak, sting (t after s)
pp speak, spy (p after s)
ss sea, sir (s before a vowel)
jj bridge, midget (similar to a tutting sound in an exhaling way)

Anyways, since you're learning from songs, you might as well listen to the song while reading the guide. That's what guides are for, right? ;)
My recommendation is for you to memorize reading the Korean letters (한굴 'han.gul'). You're going to be learning the language, so shouldn't you be learning how to read it, too?

Oh, and for some of you who are enemies of romanization, meaning you don't want to see guides with romanizations because it's too confusing or you want to practice reading 한굴 'han.gul' "Korean letters", I'll create two versions of the guides from now on =)

Well, I hope this romanization guide helps you.
Happy learning! ^^

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Chu~♡



Do it, do it Chu~♡
(It's) true, true, true, true it's you
Do it, do it Chu~♡
(It's) true, true, true, true it's you

[Krystal:]
알고 싶은 게 매일 너무나 넘쳐
The things I want to know overwhelm me everyday
[All:]
아이쿠 아이쿠 쿠 쿠 쿠
Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh, gosh, gosh, gosh
[Luna]
느껴봐야 할 것 또한 넘쳐
Also the things I want to touch are overwhelming
[All]
Yeah baby, yeah baby, yeah babe!!

알고 - Know
싶은 - Want
매일 - Everyday
너무나 - So, Too (Excessive)
넘쳐 - Overwhelming, overflowing

아이쿠 - Oh my gosh

느껴봐야 - Feelings
- Thing(s) (Koreans don't really emphasize on plurals)
또한 - Also

[Sulli]
매일 수백 번 상상하며
While I imagine a hundred times a day
[Victoria]
기다려 왔던 그에게
I've been waiting for him to come
Do it Chu~♡

수백 - A hundred
- Times
상상하며 - Imagine (Verb)

기다려 - Wait
왔던 - Come
그에게 - Him

[All]
입맞추는 순간 잠에서 깬 그녀처럼
Just like the girl who woke up from her sleep due to a kiss
(Do it, do it Chu~♡
It's true, true, true, true it's you)
전혀 다른 시공에 눈을 뜬다 해도
Even if I open my eyes in an entirely different space and tiime
(Do it, do it Chu~♡
It's true, true, true, true it's you)
난 이렇게 떨리는 가슴을 믿어
I trust my trembling heart
아직 모르는 세상을 내게 열어줘요
To, Open this world that I still do not know about
(Do it, do it Chu~♡
It's true, true, true, true it's you)
(Do it, do it Chu~♡)

입맞추는 - (I) Figure
순간 - Moment
잠에서 - From sleep
- Wake up
그녀 - Her
처럼 - Like

전혀 - Purely
다른 - Different
시공에 - Dimension
눈을 - (The) eye(s)
뜬다 - Wake up, Open (my) eyes
해도 - To do

- I
이렇게 - Like this
떨리는 - Trembling
가슴을 - (The) heart
믿어 - Trust

아직 - Still
모르는 - Don't know
세상을 - (The) world
내게 - To me
열어줘요 - Open

[Luna]
아직 몰라도 될 게 너무나 넘쳐
There are still so many things I don't want to know about yet
[All]
아이쿠 아이쿠 쿠 쿠 쿠
Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, gosh, gosh, gosh
[Amber]
감추려고 할수록 호기심 넘쳐
As I try to hide it, my curiosity is overflowing
[All]
Yeah baby, yeah baby, yeah babe!!

몰라도 - Don't know
- Be

감추려고 - Hide
할수록 - More
호기심 - Curiosity

[Krystal]
파랑새가 사는 새장에서 꿈을 꾸어도
Even if I dream in the blue bird's cage
채울 수가 없어 날아가겠어
You cannot lock me in, I might just fly away

파랑 - Blue
- Bird
사는 - 4th dimesion
새장에서 - Bird's cage
꿈을 - (The) dream
꾸어도 - To lend (???, I'm gonna check this out later)

채울 - Lock (me in)
수가 없어 - Cannot
날아가겠어 - Fly

[All]
입맞추는 순간 잠에서 깬 그녀처럼
Just like the girl who woke up from her sleep due to a kiss
(Do it, do it Chu~♡
It's true, true, true, true it's you)
전혀 다른 시공에 눈을 뜬다 해도
Even if I open my eyes in an entirely different space and tiime
(Do it, do it Chu~♡
It's true, true, true, true it's you)
난 이렇게 떨리는 가슴을 믿어
I trust my trembling heart
아직 모르는 세상을 내게 열어줘요
Open this world that I still do not know about to me
Grow up, grow up
Grow up, grow up

[Krystal]
아직 모르는 세상을 내게 Amber!
To me, that still doesn't know much about this world, Amber!

[Amber]
I got a little plan so pick up the slack
You wastin' time with the CHITCHAT
You've been caught so give it all you got
It's time to make it, make it, take, take, take it
설레여 두근가리는 맘
My heart that is fluttering and beating
왠지 마치 동화 멋진 예감
For some reason it feels like a beautiful fairy tale
다다다가와 No-NOW!
C-c-come closer to me No-NOW!

설레여 - Pounding, Fluttering
두근 - Thumping, Beating
가리는 - Covering (???)
- Heart

왠지 - For some reason
마치 - As if
동화 - Fairy tale
멋진 - Cool, Handsome, Beautiful
예감 - Instinct, (I) have a feeling that

다가와 - Come closer

[Krystal]
Do it Chu~♡

[Sulli]
매일 수백 번 상상하며
While I imagine a hundred times a day
기다려 왔던 세상에 Do it Chu~♡
I've been waiting for this world, Do it Chu~♡

[All]
입맞추는 순간 잠에서 깬 그녀처럼
Just like the girl who woke up from her sleep due to a kiss
(Do it, do it Chu~♡
It's true, true, true, true it's you)
전혀 다른 시공에 눈을 뜬다 해도
Even if I open my eyes in an entirely different space and tiime
(Do it, do it Chu~♡
It's true, true, true, true it's you)
난 이렇게 떨리는 가슴을 믿어
I trust my trembling heart
아직 모르는 세상을 내게 열어줘요
Open this world that I still do not know about to me
Grow up, grow up
Grow up, grow up

Credits:
Hangul: smentertainment-song-guide.blogspot.com, spiceshoe @ aff(x)tion.com/forums
Romanization: smentertainment-song-guide.blogspot.com, spiceshoe @ aff(x)tion.com/forums
Translation: kellykim10 @ aff(x)tion.com/forums

Please comment and credit smentertainment-song-guide.blogspot.com if you take these out!
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