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Making Out in Korean: Revised Edition (Making Out Books) [Paperback]

Peter Constantine (Author), Gene Baik (Author)
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0804835101 978-0804835107 November 15, 2003 Revised
The books in the Making Out series are fun and accessible guides to languages as they're spoken on the street. These classic phrase books have been updated and expanded for use in informal situations such as bars, parties, or anywhere else one needs to know slang to survive! The books also now feature phrases written in their native script as well as in English, so the book can be shown to the person you are trying to communicate with. With transcriptions revised for easier pronunciation, these helpful books will have you making out in no time!

Making Out in Korean is a fun, accessible and thorough guide to colloquial Korean as it's really spoken. This classic phrase book has been thoroughly updated and expanded to be even more helpful as a guide to modern Korean for use in everyday informal interactions-giving access to the sort of catchy expressions that aren't covered in traditional language materials. A new feature of this book is that each phrase is written in Korean script as well as in English, so that in the case of difficulties the book can be shown to the person you are trying to communicate with. The transcriptions have also been revised to make it easier to pronounce the phrases intelligibly.

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About the Author

Original edition by Peter Constantine a translator and writer who was born in London and raised in Austria and Greece. Other Tuttle books include JapanÆs Sex Trade, Japanese Slang Uncensored and Making Out in Indonesia. He resides in New York City.

Revised by Gene Baik, who teaches Korean at the University of New South Wales, Australia.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 96 pages
  • Publisher: Tuttle Publishing; Revised edition (November 15, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0804835101
  • ISBN-13: 978-0804835107
  • Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 4.1 x 0.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #390,180 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars useful phrases; poor romanization, November 11, 1998
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Overall this book includes a wide variety of up-to-date expressions and slang. I had heard many of the phrases in Korea, but until reading this book I didn't know what they meant, proof that this book is just as useful for advanced students as well as for pure beginners. My main gripe is with romanization. For example, Korean has an "uh" sound and an "oh" sound; in this book they are all written the same way. Also, the author has no knowledge of Korean grammar (e.g. he says "mashida" literally means "liquid"), which gives me less confidence to use phrases I have never heard before.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Revised edition is better, June 18, 2004
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This review is from: Making Out in Korean: Revised Edition (Making Out Books) (Paperback)
To address comments below, the revised 2004 edition includes more idioms with the same categories, but MOST importantly includes the phrases in Hangeul, which was a major shortcoming of the first edition. The romanization is different - 2000 official Revised Romanization of Korean is used along with a rough pronunciation. Even if you have the first edition, you should get a copy of the revised edition!
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun book, February 28, 2006
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If you only want to buy one Korean phrasebook, then this isn't the one for you. If you're a beginning student of Korean and want something to flip through, then this book can be useful. It all boils down to Chapter 13 - "Lover's Language". My Korean girlfriend had a lot of fun reading through that chapter, and I was doubled over in laughter due to the suprise of what she was saying--and she knew what she was saying because everything is written in English and Korean (using hangul and two romanization forms). Speaking of hangul, just go ahead and learn it--it's easier than the alphabet, and you may actually be understood when you use the book.
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