"Dirty Korean" by Haewon Geebi Baek is a new language book in the "Dirty" series.
Other languages in this series include Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish.
All of them claim to teach everyday slang from "What's Up" to language that would receive an "R" rating if a movie, or only be allowed on HBO and other pay channels without bleeps to block out the word.
As a language book, you won't be learning the Korean language with this single volume.
As a supplementary guide to have in your Korean language resources, it is not a bad phrase book.
The book does include the hangul (Korean native alphabet) under the Romanization of the Korean words, which is a big plus.
I do like that they included the hangul.
The book starts out by saying you deserve to know how to say the dirty words in the language if you want to, and then provides a quick blurb on pronouncing Korean.
Again, you are not going to learn the language from this text, but you will pick up some words not found in most Korean language guides.
Before you think the book is only full of vulgarities, it is not.
It has much slang that is not offensive at all.
You'll learn the shorter slang version of "good morning" as well as the shorter slang for "evenin'" and "sorry.
" There are also a lot of short paragraphs on Korean culture and etiquette.
These are not only educational, but also entertaining at times.
The book is a pretty fun read if you are interested in Korea and the spoken language of that country.
The book is divided into chapters titled Howdy, Friendly, Party, Body, Horny, Angry, Poppy, Sporty, and Hungry.
Many words are pretty common, but there is enough slang, insults, explicit terms, and swear words to make the person looking for those get their money's worth from this inexpensive little book.
I actually learned a lot of the swear words when living in Korea the first time with the military, and they came in handy when living and teaching English there as a civilian.
I knew what the kids were saying, and when they found out I understood, the use of that language stopped in the classroom when I was there.
So there is a legitimate reason to learn the slang.
Besides, it can also be fun, so add this book to your Korean language references if you want a fun, easy to read slang oriented language book.
You'll be speaking Dirty Korean in no time.
Other languages in this series include Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish.
All of them claim to teach everyday slang from "What's Up" to language that would receive an "R" rating if a movie, or only be allowed on HBO and other pay channels without bleeps to block out the word.
As a language book, you won't be learning the Korean language with this single volume.
As a supplementary guide to have in your Korean language resources, it is not a bad phrase book.
The book does include the hangul (Korean native alphabet) under the Romanization of the Korean words, which is a big plus.
I do like that they included the hangul.
The book starts out by saying you deserve to know how to say the dirty words in the language if you want to, and then provides a quick blurb on pronouncing Korean.
Again, you are not going to learn the language from this text, but you will pick up some words not found in most Korean language guides.
Before you think the book is only full of vulgarities, it is not.
It has much slang that is not offensive at all.
You'll learn the shorter slang version of "good morning" as well as the shorter slang for "evenin'" and "sorry.
" There are also a lot of short paragraphs on Korean culture and etiquette.
These are not only educational, but also entertaining at times.
The book is a pretty fun read if you are interested in Korea and the spoken language of that country.
The book is divided into chapters titled Howdy, Friendly, Party, Body, Horny, Angry, Poppy, Sporty, and Hungry.
Many words are pretty common, but there is enough slang, insults, explicit terms, and swear words to make the person looking for those get their money's worth from this inexpensive little book.
I actually learned a lot of the swear words when living in Korea the first time with the military, and they came in handy when living and teaching English there as a civilian.
I knew what the kids were saying, and when they found out I understood, the use of that language stopped in the classroom when I was there.
So there is a legitimate reason to learn the slang.
Besides, it can also be fun, so add this book to your Korean language references if you want a fun, easy to read slang oriented language book.
You'll be speaking Dirty Korean in no time.