Friday, September 28, 2007 Garcia: Welcome to Davao, Korean friends! By Imee Garcia
"AN" "YOUNG" "haseyo!" I may have spelled it wrong, but if you say it aloud, it means "hello" in Korean. It's always nice to see new faces in town. Not that I'm tired of looking at the same local faces everyday, puro mga guapo and guapa naman tayong mga Davaenos, di ba. (Smile!) But, it's nice to see and meet people of different cultures every now and then. Many Koreans are taking notice of our city. It's time we welcome them.
We have so many Koreans playing in our golf courses. Most of them do not speak English well. If we would like to communicate with them, we might as well learn a few Korean words. Here are some of the important words we must learn: (forget the spelling, just memorize how to say them aloud!)
Hello - an young haseyo
Thank you - gam saham nida
You're welcome - chon maneyo
Yes - ye
No - aniyo
I love you - sarang ham ni da
Friend - chin gu
Handsome - mot it soyo
Cute - geyupta
Beautiful - arum dapta
Pretty - Yeputa (be careful saying this, hehe)
Sexy - sexihata
Ugly - motseng gyota
Delicious - mat ita
Not delicious - mat up soyo
Good - ju wa yo
Bad - na pa yo
Fat - tung tung hata
Thin - malata
Cold - chupta
Hot - tupta
For Golf--
Nice Shot/good game/good hit - Jal chi se you
Toilet - hwa jang sil
Expensive - bis sa yo
Cheap - sa yo
Bet - ne gi
Money - ton
I have no money - ton up so yo
Rain - bee
What time - myut shi eyo
When - unje yo
Where - di yo
Tomorrow - nail
Yesterday - oje
Eat - deseyo/ moko (if close friend)
Drink - deseyo/ masho (if close friend)
Water - mul
Restaurant - shik tang
Dinner - jo nyok
Lunch - chom sim
Beer - mekju
Sick - apuda
I'm sorry - mi an he yo
I've mentioned so many words. It's a good start. If you want to know more, I guess you’ll have to take lessons, or, be close to a Korean and you will learn from each other. I'd like to thank my good friend Kim Young Ran. She helped me translate these English words to Korean. As I've said before, I may have misspelled them in English, but they more or less sound like that. E & G International Language Center is a very good school for learning English. If you know of Koreans who would like to learn English and play golf at the same time, they can get in touch with Mr. Park Kang Wook. The school is located at Maryknoll Rd. BO Vicente Hizon, Davao City.
Congratulations to the winners of the Apo Golf Monthly Medal:
Class A - Over all net champion - Jeff Ramirez
Class A - Over all gross champion - Peter Pineda
Class B - Over all net champion - Edwin Cayamanda
Class B - Over all gross champion - Mike Larrabaster
Class C - Over all net champion - Tani Galinato
Class C - Over all gross champion - Rey Yumang
Seniors - Over all net champion - Joe Saavedra
Seniors - Over all gross champion - Mosato Sugino
Guest - Over all net champion - Al Cobol
Guest - Over all gross champion - Eloy Olmoguez
And now my golfing friends, this is how you say goodbye in Korean--An young he gaseyo!
