Day 113 of 135

Day 113: Hangul Day Debate on Slang

On a Hangul Day radio panel, the host (A) asks linguist Choi Eunjeong (B), veteran comedian Park Sangcheol (C) and young streamer Han Soyul (D) whether new slang is damaging Korean.

How to study this lesson 4 steps
  1. Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
  2. Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense. Still learning Hangul? Tick Romanization to see how each line sounds, but read the Korean first.
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  4. Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Korean, for example from the Resources page. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.

Dialogue

Audio recordings are on the way. For now, each lesson is the dialogue with its English translation.

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  1. A ν•œκΈ€λ‚  νŠΉμ§‘ ν† λ‘ , 였늘의 μ£Όμ œλŠ” 'μ‹ μ‘°μ–΄κ°€ μš°λ¦¬λ§μ„ λ§μΉ˜λŠ”κ°€?'μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ¨Όμ € μ½”λ―Έλ””μ–Έ 박상철 씨, μ–΄λ–»κ²Œ λ³΄μ‹­λ‹ˆκΉŒ?

    Hangeullal teukjip toron, oneurui jujeneun 'sinjoeoga urimareul mangchineunga?'imnida. Meonjeo komidieon Park Sangcheol ssi, eotteoke bosimnikka?

    For our Hangul Day special debate, today's question is 'Is new slang ruining Korean?' First, comedian Park Sangcheol, what's your view?

  2. C 망치고 μžˆλ‹€κ³  λ΄…λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ œκ°€ 이십 λ…„ 전에 λ°©μ†‘μ—μ„œ 'λ°”λ₯Έλ§ 고운 말' μ½”λ„ˆλ₯Ό λ§‘μ•˜μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. κ·Έλ ‡κ²Œ μΊ νŽ˜μΈμ„ ν–ˆκ±΄λ§Œ, μš”μ¦˜μ€ λ‰΄μŠ€ μžλ§‰μ—λ„ μ€„μž„λ§μ΄ λ‚˜μ˜΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

    Mangchigo itdago bomnida. Jega isip nyeon jeone bangsongeseo 'bareunmal goun mal' koneoreul matatseumnida. Geureoke kaempeineul haetgeonman, yojeumeun nyuseu jamagedo jurimmari naomnida.

    I think it is. Twenty years ago, I hosted a TV segment called 'Proper Words, Kind Words.' For all that campaigning, these days you see abbreviations even in news captions.

  3. A κ΅­μ–΄ν•™μžμ΄μ‹  μ΅œμ€μ • κ΅μˆ˜λ‹˜, ν•™μžλ‘œμ„œ 걱정이 더 ν¬μ‹œκ² μ§€μš”?

    Gugeohakjaisin choeeunjeong gyosunim, hakjaroseo geokjeongi deo keusigetjiyo?

    Professor Choi Eunjeong, as a linguist, you must be even more worried?

  4. B λœ»λ°–μ΄λΌκ³  ν•˜μ‹€μ§€ λͺ¨λ₯΄κ² μ§€λ§Œ, μ €λŠ” κ±±μ •ν•˜μ§€ μ•ŠμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ‹ μ‘°μ–΄λŠ” μ–Έμ–΄κ°€ μ‚΄μ•„ μžˆλ‹€λŠ” μ¦κ±°μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 였히렀 λ„ˆλ¬΄ 빨리 μ†Œλ©Έν•΄μ„œ μ—°κ΅¬ν•˜κΈ°κ°€ νž˜λ“€ μ •λ„μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.

    Tteutbakkirago hasilji moreugetjiman, jeoneun geokjeonghaji anseumnida. Sinjoeoneun eoneoga sara itdaneun jeunggeoimnida. Ohiryeo neomu ppalli somyeolhaeseo yeonguhagiga himdeul jeongdoimnida.

    You may find this surprising, but I'm not worried. New slang is evidence that a language is alive. If anything, it dies out so fast that it's hard to study.

  5. C κ΅μˆ˜λ‹˜μ΄ 그런 말씀을 ν•˜μ‹œλ©΄ μ•ˆ λ˜μ§€μš”. ν•™μžλΆ„λ“€μ΄ 우리말의 μˆœμˆ˜μ„±μ„ λ¨Όμ € ν¬κΈ°ν•˜μ‹œλ©΄ μ–΄λ–‘ν•©λ‹ˆκΉŒ?

    Gyosunimi geureon malsseumeul hasimyeon an doejiyo. Hakjabundeuri urimarui sunsuseongeul meonjeo pogihasimyeon eotteokamnikka?

    A professor shouldn't say that. If scholars are the first to give up on the purity of Korean, what are the rest of us to do?

  6. B 포기가 μ•„λ‹ˆλΌ κ΄€μ°°μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 저희가 μ‹ μ‘°μ–΄λ₯Ό 사전에 올릴라치면 벌써 아무도 μ•ˆ μ”λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ‹­ λ…„ λ„˜κ²Œ ν†΅μš©λ˜λŠ” μ‹ μ‘°μ–΄λŠ” λ°± 개 쀑에 ν•˜λ‚˜λ„ μ•ˆ λ©λ‹ˆλ‹€.

    Pogiga anira gwancharimnida. Jeohuiga sinjoeoreul sajeone ollillachimyeon beolsseo amudo an sseumnida. Sip nyeon neomge tongyongdoeneun sinjoeoneun baek gae junge hanado an doemnida.

    It's not giving up, it's observation. Whenever we try to put a new word in the dictionary, nobody's using it any more. Fewer than one in a hundred new words stays in use for more than ten years.

  7. A λ°± 개 쀑에 ν•˜λ‚˜λΌλ‹ˆ λ†€λžκ΅°μš”. 그럼 μ Šμ€ μ„ΈλŒ€ λŒ€ν‘œλ‘œ 슀트리머 ν•œμ†Œμœ¨ 씨 μ˜κ²¬μ„ λ“€μ–΄ λ³΄κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ°©μ†‘μ—μ„œ μ‹ μ‘°μ–΄λ₯Ό 제일 많이 μ“°μ‹€ 것 κ°™μ€λ°μš”.

    Baek gae junge hanarani nollapgunyo. Geureom jeolmeun sedae daepyoro seuteurimeo Han Soyul ssi uigyeoneul deureo bogetseumnida. Bangsongeseo sinjoeoreul jeil mani sseusil geot gateundeyo.

    Fewer than one in a hundred, that's remarkable. Now let's hear from streamer Han Soyul, representing the younger generation. I imagine you use more slang on your streams than anyone.

  8. D 사싀 μ €λŠ” λ°©μ†‘μ—μ„œ μ‹ μ‘°μ–΄λ₯Ό 거의 μ•ˆ μ”λ‹ˆλ‹€. 제 μ‹œμ²­μž 절반이 μ΄ˆλ“±ν•™μƒμ΄λΌμ„œ, μ œκ°€ μ“°λŠ” 말이 κ·ΈλŒ€λ‘œ κ΅μ‹€λ‘œ κ°‘λ‹ˆλ‹€.

    Sasil jeoneun bangsongeseo sinjoeoreul geoui an sseumnida. Je sicheongja jeolbani chodeunghaksaengiraseo, jega sseuneun mari geudaero gyosillo gamnida.

    Actually, I hardly use slang on my streams. Half my viewers are primary school children, so whatever words I use go straight into the classroom.

  9. C λ„€? μŠ€νŠΈλ¦¬λ¨Έκ°€ μ‹ μ‘°μ–΄λ₯Ό μ•ˆ μ“΄λ‹€κ³ μš”? μ œκ°€ 였늘 μ€€λΉ„ν•΄ 온 반둠이 λ‹€ μ“Έλͺ¨μ—†μ–΄μ‘ŒμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

    Ne? Seuteurimeoga sinjoeoreul an sseundagoyo? Jega oneul junbihae on balloni da sseulmoeopseojyeotseumnida.

    Pardon? A streamer who doesn't use slang? All the counterarguments I prepared for today have just become useless.

  10. D 제 지식이라고 ν•΄ 봐야 λ°©μ†‘ν•˜λ©΄μ„œ μ£Όμ›Œλ“€μ€ κ²ƒλΏμ΄μ§€λ§Œ, 아이듀은 λœ»λ„ λͺ¨λ₯΄κ³  따라 ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. λΉ„μ†μ–΄μ—μ„œ λ‚˜μ˜¨ 말인 쀄도 λͺ¨λ₯΄κ³ μš”. κ·Έλž˜μ„œ λ§žμΆ€λ²• ν€΄μ¦ˆ 방솑을 λ”°λ‘œ ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.

    Je jisigirago hae bwaya bangsonghamyeonseo juwodeureun geotppunijiman, aideureun tteutdo moreugo ttara hamnida. Bisogeoeseo naon marin juldo moreugoyo. Geuraeseo matchumbeop kwijeu bangsongeul ttaro hamnida.

    What little I know, I've just picked up from streaming, but children copy words without knowing what they mean. Without knowing some of them come from swear words. That's why I run separate spelling quiz streams.

  11. B κ·Έ 뢀뢄은 저도 κ±±μ •ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. λΉ„ν•˜λ‚˜ ν˜μ˜€κ°€ λ‹΄κΈ΄ 말은 λΆ„λͺ…νžˆ λ¬Έμ œμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. ν•˜μ§€λ§Œ '갓생'처럼 μƒˆλ‘œμš΄ μƒν™œ 방식을 ν‘œν˜„ν•˜λŠ” λ§κΉŒμ§€ 막을 ν•„μš”λŠ” μ—†λ‹€κ³  λ΄…λ‹ˆλ‹€.

    Geu bubuneun jeodo geokjeonghamnida. Bihana hyeomoga damgin mareun bunmyeonghi munjeimnida. Hajiman 'gatsaeng'cheoreom saeroun saenghwal bangsigeul pyohyeonhaneun malkkaji mageul piryoneun eopdago bomnida.

    I share that concern. Words that carry contempt or hate are clearly a problem. But I don't think we need to block words like 'godsaeng,' which express a new way of living.

  12. A κ°“μƒμ΄μš”? μ²­μ·¨μžλΆ„λ“€μ„ μœ„ν•΄ μ„€λͺ… μ’€ λΆ€νƒλ“œλ¦½λ‹ˆλ‹€.

    Gatsaengiyo? Cheongchwijabundeureul wihae seolmyeong jom butakdeurimnida.

    'Godsaeng'? Could you explain that for our listeners?

  13. D λΆ€μ§€λŸ°ν•˜κ³  κ³„νšμ μœΌλ‘œ μ‚¬λŠ” 삢을 λ§ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. 그런데 κ΅μˆ˜λ‹˜, κ·Έλƒ₯ 'λΆ€μ§€λŸ°ν•œ μ‚Ά'이라고 ν•˜λ©΄ μ•ˆ λ©λ‹ˆκΉŒ? ꡳ이 μ˜μ–΄λ₯Ό μ„žμ„ ν•„μš”κ°€ μžˆμ„κΉŒμš”?

    Bujireonhago gyehoekjeogeuro saneun salmeul malhamnida. Geureonde gyosunim, geunyang 'bujireonhan sam'irago hamyeon an doemnikka? Guji Yeongeoreul seokkeul piryoga isseulkkayo?

    It means living a diligent, well-planned life. But Professor, can't we just say 'a diligent life'? Do we really need to mix in English?

  14. B 'λΆ€μ§€λŸ°ν•œ μ‚Ά'κ³Ό '갓생'은 λŠλ‚Œμ΄ λ‹€λ¦…λ‹ˆλ‹€. κ°“μƒμ—λŠ” μž‘μ€ λͺ©ν‘œλ₯Ό 이루며 슀슀둜λ₯Ό μΉ­μ°¬ν•˜λŠ” μž¬λ―Έκ°€ λ“€μ–΄ μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μƒˆ 말은 μƒˆ λŠλ‚Œμ΄ ν•„μš”ν•  λ•Œ μƒκΉλ‹ˆλ‹€.

    'Bujireonhan sam'gwa 'gatsaeng'eun neukkimi dareumnida. Gatsaengeneun jageun mokpyoreul irumyeo seuseuroreul chingchanhaneun jaemiga deureo itseumnida. Sae mareun sae neukkimi piryohal ttae saenggimnida.

    'A diligent life' and 'godsaeng' feel different. 'Godsaeng' has the fun of praising yourself as you reach small goals. New words appear when a new feeling needs a name.

  15. C 였늘 토둠이 μ΄μƒν•˜κ²Œ ν˜λŸ¬κ°‘λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ œκ°€ 제일 보수적인 μ‚¬λžŒμΌ 쀄 μ•Œμ•˜λŠ”λ°, μ†Œμœ¨ 씨가 저보닀 더 μ—„κ²©ν•˜μ‹œλ„€μš”.

    Oneul toroni isanghage heulleogamnida. Jega jeil bosujeogin saramil jul aranneunde, Soyul ssiga jeoboda deo eomgyeokasineyo.

    This debate is taking a strange turn. I thought I'd be the most conservative person here, but Soyul is stricter than me.

  16. D 저도 μ²˜μŒλΆ€ν„° μ΄λŸ¬μ§€λŠ” μ•Šμ•˜μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ΄ˆλ“±ν•™μƒ μ‹œμ²­μžκ°€ ν• λ¨Έλ‹ˆκ»˜ 제 μœ ν–‰μ–΄λ₯Ό 썼닀가 ν˜Όλ‚¬λ‹€λŠ” λŒ“κΈ€μ„ 보고 생각이 λ°”λ€Œμ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

    Jeodo cheoeumbuteo ireojineun anatseumnida. Chodeunghaksaeng sicheongjaga halmeonikke je yuhaengeoreul sseotdaga honnatdaneun daetgeureul bogo saenggagi bakkwieotseumnida.

    I wasn't like this from the start. I changed my mind after reading a comment from a young viewer who got scolded for using my catchphrase on their grandmother.

  17. A 그런데 박상철 씨, μ„ μƒλ‹˜κ»˜μ„œλ„ ν•œλ•Œ μœ ν–‰μ–΄λ‘œ 유λͺ…ν•˜μ…¨μž–μŠ΅λ‹ˆκΉŒ?

    Geureonde Park Sangcheol ssi, seonsaengnimkkeseodo hanttae yuhaengeoro yumyeonghasyeotjanseumnikka?

    But Mr. Park, you yourself were once famous for a catchphrase, weren't you?

  18. C μ•„, κ·Έ μ–˜κΈ°κ°€ λ‚˜μ˜¬ 쀄 μ•Œμ•˜μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 제 μœ ν–‰μ–΄λ„ λ‹Ήμ‹œμ—λŠ” κ΅­μ–΄ 파괴라고 신문에 λ‚¬μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 온 ꡭ민이 따라 ν–ˆκ±΄λ§Œ, μ§€κΈˆμ€ 아무도 기얡을 λͺ» ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.

    A, geu yaegiga naol jul aratseumnida. Je yuhaengeodo dangsieneun gugeo pagoerago sinmune natseumnida. On gungmini ttara haetgeonman, jigeumeun amudo gieogeul mot hamnida.

    Ah, I knew that would come up. Back then, the papers said my catchphrase was destroying the Korean language. The whole country copied it, and yet now nobody remembers it.

  19. B λ°”λ‘œ κ·Έκ²λ‹ˆλ‹€. 그게 제 μ£Όμž₯의 μ¦κ±°μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ‹ μ‘°μ–΄λŠ” μš°ν›„μ£½μˆœμ²˜λŸΌ 생겼닀가 μ‚¬λΌμ§‘λ‹ˆλ‹€. μš°λ¦¬λ§μ€ 그보닀 훨씬 νŠΌνŠΌν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.

    Baro geugeomnida. Geuge je jujangui jeunggeoimnida. Sinjoeoneun uhujuksuncheoreom saenggyeotdaga sarajimnida. Urimareun geuboda hwolssin teunteunhamnida.

    That's exactly it. That's the evidence for my argument. New words spring up like mushrooms after rain and then vanish. Korean itself is far sturdier than that.

  20. D κ΅μˆ˜λ‹˜ λ§μ”€μ²˜λŸΌ 말은 사라져도, κ·Έ 말을 듀은 μ•„μ΄μ˜ 기얡은 λ‚¨μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ €λŠ” κ·Έ 기얡에 μ±…μž„μ„ μ§€κ³  μ‹ΆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

    Gyosunim malsseumcheoreom mareun sarajyeodo, geu mareul deureun aiui gieogeun namseumnida. Jeoneun geu gieoge chaegimeul jigo sipseumnida.

    As you say, Professor, the words may disappear, but the memory of the child who heard them remains. I want to take responsibility for that memory.

  21. A λ§ˆλ¬΄λ¦¬ν•  μ‹œκ°„μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. ν•œ λΆ„μ”© ν•œ λ¬Έμž₯으둜 정리해 μ£Όμ‹œμ§€μš”. κ΅μˆ˜λ‹˜λΆ€ν„° λΆ€νƒλ“œλ¦½λ‹ˆλ‹€.

    Mamurihal siganimnida. Han bunssik han munjangeuro jeongnihae jusijiyo. Gyosunimbuteo butakdeurimnida.

    It's time to wrap up. Please each sum up in one sentence. Professor, you first.

  22. B 말은 λ§‰λŠ”λ‹€κ³  λ§‰μ•„μ§€λŠ” 게 μ•„λ‹ˆλ‹ˆ, μ €λŠ” κ±±μ •λ³΄λ‹€λŠ” 기둝을 ν•˜κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

    Mareun mangneundago magajineun ge anini, jeoneun geokjeongbodaneun girogeul hagetseumnida.

    Language can't be stopped just by trying to stop it, so rather than worry, I'll keep a record.

  23. C μ €λŠ” 였늘 반쯀 μ„€λ“λ‹Ήν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ‹€λ§Œ 제 μœ ν–‰μ–΄λŠ” μ’€ κΈ°μ–΅ν•΄ μ£Όμ…¨μœΌλ©΄ ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.

    Jeoneun oneul banjjeum seoldeukdanghaetseumnida. Daman je yuhaengeoneun jom gieokae jusyeosseumyeon hamnida.

    I've been half persuaded today. I would, however, like people to remember my catchphrase a little.

  24. D μƒˆ 말을 μ“°λ“  μ•ˆ μ“°λ“ , 아이듀은 λ“£κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

    Sae mareul sseudeun an sseudeun, aideureun deutgo itseumnida.

    Whether we use new words or not, children are listening.

  25. A λ„€, 그런데 박상철 씨, κ·Έ μœ ν–‰μ–΄κ°€ λ­μ˜€λŠ”μ§€ 저도 기얡이 μ•ˆ λ‚©λ‹ˆλ‹€. 청취자 μ—¬λŸ¬λΆ„, μ•„μ‹œλŠ” 뢄은 문자 보내 μ£Όμ‹­μ‹œμ˜€.

    Ne, geureonde Park Sangcheol ssi, geu yuhaengeoga mwoyeonneunji jeodo gieogi an namnida. Cheongchwija yeoreobun, asineun buneun munja bonae jusipsio.

    Thank you. But Mr. Park, I can't remember what that catchphrase was either. Listeners, if you know, please text in.

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