Hangŭl: 배워주다
Romanization: Pae-woe-ju-da
English: To teach
South Korean version: 가르치다 (ke- rŭ-ch’i-da)
Hangŭl: 세기바루
Romanization: Se-gi-pa-roo
English: Accent
South Korean version: 강약 (엑선트) (kang-yak (ek-sŏn-t’ŭ))
Hangŭl: 가두녀성
Romanization: Ka-du-nyŏ-sŏng
English: Housewife
South Korean version: 가정주부 (ka-jŏng-ju-bu)
Source: Comparison of South and North Korean vocabulary (Galbijim)
In a previous post on Pyongyang Soju being imported to the U.S., I used pics from a bottle I have, which was purchased in South Korea. Jason Perlow of Off the Broiler sampled some Pyongyang Soju at a Korean restaurant in New Jersey and has photos of the updated labels (looks like it was $5.99 a bottle).
- #OFK has a telling post (w/video) on Joe Biden's North Korea policy. It's hard to do much of a related post on Obama since he hasn't even completed one term in the senate and so has a thin record. See all Election 2008 posts.
- #15 August is the 63rd anniversary of Victory over Japan (V-J) Day, or Liberation Day in North and South Korea. It’s hard to imagine how the North Koreans could explain the significance of the day without mentioning the U.S. doing the heavy lifting, but they still manage to do so.
- #North Korean Economy Watch has released version 11 of his layer/bookmarks for North Korea in Google Earth - easily the most authoritative map of North Korea on the web.
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March 7th, 2007 at 3:12 am
This kadunyôsông is interesting, seeing it now for the first time. As its literary meaning is “street woman”, it really sounds strange at first, but this explanation in NK Chosun tells that it comes from them being members not of work place organizations but of inminban (”people’s units”) of their residential places. Thus “streets,” I’d guess.
In general, I admire North Korea’s policy of using so-called pure Korean vocabulary; makes the language much more clearer.
March 8th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
Yes, I find the differences in language usage very interesting. While the North did cleanse itself of many Chinese based words, I think they did pick up a few Russian based ones. Pure Korean is fine, but sometimes knowing the Chinese base can help.
March 9th, 2007 at 12:12 am
No such thing as “pure” language… or people for that matter.
And people who claim such or attempt to enforce such are, usually, very dangerous.
March 9th, 2007 at 5:43 am
Atti used “so-called” before “pure,” and although I didn’t, of course there is noting sinister behind that, and I highly doubt any Korean learners would see the usage in the context of language as such.
March 10th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
I abhor language police, whether French, Quebecois or North Korean.