Lonely Planet Korean Phrasebook (Paperback)

~ Minkyoung Kim (Author), J. D. Hilts (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...Lonely Planet phrase books have long taken a hip, streetwise approach." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 27, 2004

"Lonely Planet Phrasebooks. Portable, pocket-size, cheap, and available for almost any country you might want to visit..." -- National Geographic Traveler, September 2006

"...Lonely Planet phrase books have long taken a hip, streetwise approach." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 27, 2004

"Lonely Planet Phrasebooks. Portable, pocket-size, cheap, and available for almost any country you might want to visit..." -- National Geographic Traveler, September 2006

Product Description

Annyong haseyo! you say, and gently nod a greeting to your new, han-guk ch’in-gu, who comments on how well you speak Korean. You modestly reply chal mot’aeyo…

With this phrasebook, you can chat with your hosts in the minbak, let your hair down and sing along in a noraebang, or enjoy the stories of friendly farmers and mysterious monks as they guide you around. With a few words in the local language, you’ll be savouring Korea’s disarming hospitality at its best.

• all the words and phrases for a great stay in Korea
• a heaped serving of food terms ensures confident menu ordering
• buy knick-knacks at the market in the local language
• all there is to know about Korean etiquette and body language
• easy to use phonetic transliterations of the Hangul script throughout
• plenty of phrases to join in the friendly fun at soccer games

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; 3 edition (May 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1740591666
• ISBN-13: 978-1740591669
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 3.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #481,693 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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• This item is part of The Lonely Planet Phrasebooks Series.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars VERY AMAZING BOOK!, January 15, 2004

By	Celine (Seoul, Korea) - See all my reviews

I am a French teacher, teaching students French language in Seoul. As a language teacher and a resident of Seoul, this is THE best phrasebook I've ever encountered.
If you are done skimming through this book, you can get by perfectly in Korea. The romanization system in this book is different (which I like the most!) but it's more accurate than any other system, so when you read the words out from the book to Koreans, they perfectly understand you. (This was never the case with other books. They NEVER understood me.) It's thrilling that people understand me when I simply read the romanization from the book.
The grammar section and the dictionary section are what I really needed, too. It's so easy to understand and tells you the things that you really needed to know!
Lastly, the book is so solidly made that it never falls in pieces even when you abuse the book so much like I do. (I wish the book was a little thinner, though.)
I LOVE THIS BOOK! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars to the point, March 26, 2003

By	Wyote (Seoul) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Living in Korea, I've seen and used several phrasebooks. In most respects, one is as good as another. But this one has the best elementary explanation of Korean grammar I've ever seen in a phrasebook; if you plan to be in Korea long enough to learn a little Korean, this will be the most helpful phrasebook that I know of.

The problem is that they created their own system of romanization and a few phrases in the book are presented in it but not in Korean. That is really annoying; the phrases are completely worthless unless you want to study LP's unique romanization.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good pronounciation and grammar tips!, March 7, 2005

By	Blood Sonsaeng (Aliso Viejo, CA) - See all my reviews

While this title is not mainly a Korean /language/ title, or a book one expects to learn in depth language nicities, nonetheless, the book does an amazing job of condensing these minutiae very quickly, accurately, and somewhat completely (at a begginer level of course), in very clear language, without any weird linguist smarty pants fancy grammar jargon.

This is the intro. The rest of the book follows the content and layout of similar titles, and is fairly useful for the beginner.