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Sunday, January 10, 2010
Romanization Guide
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 아 ah, father (but shorter)
eo 어 bird, serve
o 오 ball, pore (but shorter)
u 우 shoe, school (but shorter)
eu 으 broken, golden
i 이 bee, sheep (but shorter)
ae 애 apple, bad
e 에 bed, egg
oe 외 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 ㄲ ski, sky (k after s)
tt ㄸ steak, sting (t after s)
pp ㅃ speak, spy (p after s)
ss ㅆ sea, sir (s before a vowel)
jj ㅉ 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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Sunday, October 4, 2009
f(x) Song List
SHINee Song List
SNSD Song List
Into the New World
01 다시 만난 세계 (Into the New World)
02 Beginning
03 Perfect for You (소원)
ALBUMS
Girls' Generation
01 소녀시대 (Girls' Generation)
02 Ooh La-La!
03 Baby Baby
04 Complete
05 Kissing You
06 Merry-Go Round
07 그대를 부르면 (Tears)
08 Tinkerbell
09 7989 (Taeyeon Feat. Kangta)
10 Honey (소원)
11 다시 만난 세계 (Into the New World)
MINI-ALBUMS
Gee
01 Gee
02 힘내! (Way to Go)
03 Dear. Mom
04 Destiny
05 힘들어하는 연인들을 위해(Let's talk about LOVE)
Genie
01 소원을 말해봐 (Genie)
02 Etude
03 여자친구 (Girlfriend)
04 남자친구 (Boyfriend)
05 동화 (My Child)
06 1년 後(One Year Later)
SM TOWN COLLABORATIONS
Only Love
Love Melody
OTHER SINGLES
Chocolate Love - LG Cyon Chocolate CF
냉면 (Cold Noodles) - Infinity Challenge (Jessica & Park Myeong Soo)
S.E.O.U.L - Seoul Infinity Tourism (SNSD & Super Junior)
소녀, 사랑을 만나다 (Young Girl, Meets Love) - Dropping The Tears Mini Album (K. Will Feat. Tiffany) (The model for the MV is Yuri)
HaHaHa Song - Samsung CF
You Bring Me Joy - The One
너만을 느끼며 (Feeling Only You) - The Blue, The First Memories
랄랄라 (Lalala) - Yoon Sang - Song Book 'Play with him'
짜라자짜 (Jjarajajja)
I Can't Bear it Anymore!
Mabinogi (It's Fantastic) (Jessica, Tiffany, Seohyun)
Haptic Motion - Haptic CF Theme Song
Oppa Nappa (Jessica, Tiffany, Seohyun)
나 혼자서 (By Myself) - Ja Myung Go OST (Tiffany)
꼭 (Kkok) - Working Mum OST (Yuri, Sooyoung)
사랑을 몰라요 (You don't know love) - Working Mom OST
If - Hong Gil Dong OST (Taeyeon)
작은 배 (Little Boat) - Hong Gil Dong OST
사랑인걸요 (This Must Be Love) - Heading To The Ground OST (Taeyeon, Sunny)
Motion - Heading to the Ground OST
사랑은 선율을 타고 (Day by Day) - Beethoven Virus OST (Jessica, Taeyeon, Sunny) 들리나요... (Can you hear me...) - Beethoven Virus OST (Taeyeon)
Touch the Sky - 30,000 Miles in Search of My Son OST
이제서야 (Finally Now) - Story of Wine OST
Super Junior Song List
SM Town Song List
Introduction
그래요 난 널 사랑해
That's right, I love you
언제나 믿어
You can always believe in me
꿈도 열정도
Ggumdo yeoljeongdo
Dreams, passions
난 그대 소원을 이뤄주고 싶은 (싶은)
nan geudae sowoneul irwojugo shipeun (shipeun)
I'm wanting to answer your wishes
행운의 여신
Then, I'll list the vocabulary and the meanings
그래/그래요 - Geurae/Geuraeyo - That's right, yeah
사랑해 - Saranghae - I love, to love
꿈 - Ggum - Dream
다 - Da - All
싶어 - Shipeo - I want to, want
소원 - Sowon - Wish
싶은 - Shipeun - Want
행운 - Haengun - Good luck, Good fortune
TVXQ Song List
OTHERS
Singles (Not Included in Albums)
Fighting Spirit of the East
Hi Ya Ya Summer Day
Whisper Of...
I Wish..
Show Me Your Love (With Super Junior)
I Wanna Hold You
Holding Back the Tears
Beautiful Thing
Yeo Haeng Gi (Travel Book)
Purple Line (Korean)
SM Town Collaborations
SM Town - Hot Mail
Drive
Through the Forest
SM Town - Red Sun
Oasis
SM Town - Snow Dream
When We'll Be Together
SM Town - 여행을 떠나요 (Let's Go On A Vacation)
SM Town - 조개껍질 묶어 (A Shell Necklace)
한여름의 크리스마스 (Midsummers Christmas)
SM Town - 사랑 하나죠 (Only Love)
Evergreen
SM Town - Seaside 휴게소 (Boom Boom)
12시 34분 (Nothing Better)
Other Songs
Timeless (Jang Ri-In Feat. Xiah Junsu)
Just For One Day (The Grace Feat. Youngwoong Jaejoong)
[Anyband] Talk, Play, Love
[Anyband] Promise U
[Anyband] Daydream
Rising Sun 1st Live Concert CD: Foxrain
Air City OST: 하루달 (Harudal)
Air City OST: All in Vain
A Millionaire's First Love OST: Insa
The Legend OST: 천년연가 (Love Song of a Thousand Years)
Heartquake (Super Junior Feat. U-Know Yunho & Micky Yoochun)
[Ravex Trax] Just the Two Of Us
Chae Nhum (Xiah Junsu)
Footsteps (Youngwoong Jaejoong)
I Love You (Choikang Changmin)
My Page (Xiah Junsu)
Spokesman (U-Know Yunho Feat. Donghae)
One Last Cry (Micky Yoochun)
Crying (Youngwoong Jaejoong)
When I First Kissed You (Choikang Changmin)