Word for the Travel Wise (01/27/07)

It looks as though I went delving into the Korea.net site a little too late for this Ice Festival event which ultimately is a celebration for the people of Hwacheon for the abundance of mountain trout in the waters. The last day of the event is tomorrow, which makes it close to impossible for any of us to make it there, but if you’re interested in reading about the cultural festival head on over to the site anyway.

Today’s word is a Korean word used in Korea:

pakke
– outside

For more vocab words found on the menu check out Korea infogate. Several more words in the Korean alphabet with excellent pronunciation guides can be found at Mr. Oh’s Learn Korean website. It’s a fun place to start to learn the basics. KBS World Radio has a three part, 30 chapter online learning guide all for free. I can’t get the Hangul text to show up, but they’ve got sound clips of all the sample conversations available. Learn Korean dot net has most of the aforementioned along with a forum to meet other speakers both fluent natives and beginners. For a list of Korean language programs in the country click here.

Past Korean words: shik-sah, sollongtang, yuh heng, mollah yo, hullyunghan, chuhwangsaege, shigan