Konglish

Konglish


Hello everyone,

today is 11.11.2022.

I believe it's a beautiful date to start with a new lesson. This time we are going to focus on Konglish words within the Korean language - let's go! :)

What is Konglish?

It's a combination of Korean and English words, together as Konglish. Korean people use English words (with Korean pronunciation) within their language too, and you would be surprised how often / many of those words exist.

How to use Konglish?

Regards to using; I would follow up with the situation / depending on the context / what is happening around you. For example, if I go to the supermarket and I would say; Ice Cream - 아이스크림 (aiseukeulim), then it would be fine and understandable.

Here is the list of Korean / English = Konglish words, sorted by the alphabet:

  • A car with no roof - 오픈카 (oh-peun-ka)
  • Air conditioner - 에어컨 (eeokeon)
  • Apartment - 아파트 (apateu)
  • Appearance - 비주얼 (bijueol)
  • Bachelor apartment - 원룸 (wollum)
  • Bandage - 밴드 (baendeu)
  • Bottom's up - 원샷 (wonsyat)
  • Cell phone - 핸드폰 (haendeupon)
  • Centimeter - 센티 (senti)
  • Cola - 콜라 (kolla)
  • Collared dress shirt - 와이셔츠 (waisyeocheu)
  • Corn dog - 핫도그 (hatdogeu)
  • Cup - 컵 (keop)
  • Desk lamp - 스탠드 (seutaendeu)
  • Discount - 디씨 (dissi) / 세일 (seil)
  • Dress - 원피스 (wonpiseu)
  • Dutch pay - 더치페이 (deochipei)
  • Electrical outlet - 콘센트 (konsenteu)
  • Fighting (cheering up / good luck) - 화이팅 (hwaiting) / 파이팅 (paiting)
  • Fork - 포크 (pokeu)
  • Glue - 본드 (bond-deu)
  • Health club - 헬스 (helseu)
  • Hotdog - 핫도그 (hasdogeu)
  • Chocolate - 초콜릿 (chokollit)
  • Ice cream - 아이스크림 (aiseukeurim)
  • Juice - 주스 (juseu)
  • Laptop (notebook) - 노트북 (noteubug)
  • Meeting - 미팅 (mee-ting)
  • Mechanical pencil - 샤프 (syapeu)
  • Menu - 메뉴 (menu)
  • Morning cal - 모닝콜 (mo-ning-kol)
  • Night club - 나이트 (naiteu)
  • Notebook - 노트 (noteu)
  • On the house / service - 서비스 (seobiseu)
  • One piece / dress - 원피스 (won-pi-seu)
  • Orange - 오렌지 (orange)
  • Pick up at a bar / club girls - 헌팅 (heonting)
  • Pizza - 피자 (pija)
  • Remote control - 리모컨 (rimokeon)
  • Ribbon / bow - 리본 (libon)
  • Sale / promotion - 이벤트 (ibenteu)
  • Sandwich - 샌드위치 (saendeuwichi)
  • Scarf - 머플러 (meopeulleo)
  • Self service - 셀프 (selpeu)
  • Selfie - 셀카 (sel-ka)
  • Shopping - 아이쇼핑 (aisyoping)
  • Signature - 싸인 (ssain)
  • Single - 솔로 (sollo)
  • Splitting the bill - 더치 페이 (deo-chi-peh-ee)
  • Sprite / soft drink - 사이다 (saida)
  • Sun cream - 선크림 (seon-keu-rim)
  • Sweatshirts - 맨투맨 (maen-tu-maen)
  • Team building - 엠티 (emti)
  • TV - 테레비 (telebi)
  • Two piece skirt or pants and top - 투피스 (tupiseu)
  • Vitamin - 비타민 (bitamin)
  • Window shopping - 아이쇼핑 (aisyoping)
  • Wine - 와인 (wain)

This is the list of Konglish words that we may use. However, be aware of how you pronounce some of the words as it can be quite different from the original pronunciation. Also, this is just a general list, but there is even more. 

For example, if you are a DJ and you would like to talk about your Music "Mix" then you can go with 믹스 (migseu). Thank you, DJ Sura! :)) There is a similar case for words like "Final" / "Semi-Final" 세미 파이널 (semi-paineol), etc…

If we forget some of the Korean words, then we may try Konglish. Let's not forget about the context, surroundings and pronunciation. As long as we know the Korean word, then I would rather go with K-word instead.

This is it for today's lesson; Do you have a favorite Konglish word? Let us know in the comments!

Have a nice day and don't forget to train daily via Instagram or Duolingo app.

Thank you and see you next time! :)

KR, 
LR

Updated: 11/11/2022 (DD/MM/YYYY) 

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