Billy Gos Beginner Korean Course 100 Finding Your Way

Welcome back. In this lesson we're going to learn about several phrases that you can use when you're lost or confused. If you're traveling around Korea by yourself, it's likely you might get lost one or two times, so here are some useful phrases that you can use. First, here's how you can ask for directions. Use the location, followed by the particle 으로. And then, 어떻게 갈 수 있을까요? How could I go to location? For example, 한강으로 어떻게 갈 수 있을까요? How could I go to the Han River? Many direction words will end with 쪽, meaning direction or way, such as right, 오른쪽, and left, 왼쪽, as well as 동쪽 for east, 서쪽 for west, 남쪽 for south, and 북쪽 for north. You can use these direction words with the particle 으로 as 쪽으로. For example, 버스 정류장 쪽으로 가 주세요. Please go toward the direction of the bus stop. And when you're out and about by yourself speaking Korean, it's likely you'll run into a situation where you don't know what someone said, in which case you can ask them to clarify to tell them what they meant. Here's what you can say. 이건 무슨 뜻이에요? What does this mean? Here you can replace 이건 with any word that you can't understand. 무슨 is an adjective that means what, and 뜻 means meaning. So literally, what meaning is it? If you don't understand something that someone said, you can use this phrase. 뭐라고 했어요? What did you say? Since 하다 is optional, you can also ask 뭐라고요? Or even 뭐라고 in casual speech. Or when you simply don't understand anything that someone said, you can also use 이해 못 했어요. I couldn't understand. Or you could also say 이해하지 못했어요. So let's do an example conversation of getting lost and asking for directions. Here, 효린 is lost, and 보라 will help her. First, 효린 says, 저기요. Excuse me. 명동으로 어떻게 갈 수 있을까요? How could I get to 명동? Note that 명동 is the name of a popular tourist spot in Seoul for buying cosmetics, snacks, and shopping. 명동이요? 명동? 걸어가세요? Are you walking there? 네, 여기서 명동이 많이 먼가요? Yes, is 명동 from here very far? 아니요. No. 걸어갈 수 있어요. You can walk. 이쪽으로 가시면. If you go this way, 길 건너편에 백화점이 있어요. On the opposite side of the street, there is a department store. 그 백화점에서 오른쪽으로 꺾으세요. At that department store, turn to the right. 그리고 조금 더 가시면. And if you go a little bit more, 큰 은행이 있어요. There is a big bank. 그 은행을 지나가서 골목으로 들어가면 돼요. And then after you pass by that bank, just go into the alley. 들어가다 uses 가다 and means to go in or to enter. The opposite is 들어오다, which uses 오다 and means to come in or to enter. Here, 들어가면 돼요. This 으면 되다 form used here literally means, it is okay if. But this form translates more naturally as, just do something. So here, after you pass by that bank, just enter the alley, or just go in the alley. 감사합니다. Thank you. 네. Sure, or okay. 네. So in this lesson we learned how to ask for directions, as well as I gave you some tips for what you can say when you don't understand something. So practice everything in this lesson, and I'll see you again in the... Wait. No, this is the last lesson. Wow, those 100 episodes went a lot faster than I expected. But before we go, let's go back to our very first lesson and see what things we've accomplished together. So here's what I originally said you'd learn. I said that you'll learn to read and write using the Korean alphabet, 한글. You'll also learn how to introduce yourself, express your likes and dislikes, ask questions, make requests, describe people, places, and things, give explanations, talk about what you or someone is doing, learn how to use time, numbers, and dates, as well as some essential Korean customs and culture. For those of you who are familiar with the CEFR scale, this would bring you to somewhere between an A1 or possibly an A2 level if you practice a lot. So for having basic conversations, this will really depend on how much you've studied, and especially on how much you've practiced the material that we've learned. Now keep in mind this was only an introductory course. But with that said, I really think you've learned a large amount of material that you can use to have simple conversations in Korean. And with more time, practice, and studying, you're now well on your way toward reaching your goals for learning the language. So then what should you do next after this course? Well, I explained that this course is just an introductory course to Korean, and it's not designed to make someone fluent in the language. In order to get better, you'll need to continually practice and learn more grammar forms and studying using other materials. While I do offer several books for learning Korean, which go up to higher levels than this course, the purpose of this series is not to sell my books. So please explore the large variety of Korean learning materials out there, and choose several that you like to use for continuing your learning. So that's it! Thanks for watching, and I hope that I can see you- Hey, Billy. KiKat, what are you still doing here? You already took all of my money. Just wanted to say, good job on the series, and good job to everyone who's been following along. Oh, well, that's nice. Thanks. Also, here. This is for you. What's this? I'm giving you back 100% of the profits from your course. Huh. Well, thanks. I guess online courses don't pay as much as I expected. You can say that again. Take care. Hwaiting! Thanks, KiKat. I had a lot of fun making this course, and I hope that you've enjoyed it too. So thank you so much for watching, and I'll see you again in another lesson. Does this place even have a door? I don't even know how to get out of here.