[MANNAM] Would you like to be 귀요미(gui-yo-me)?

[MANNAM] Would you like to be 귀요미(gui-yo-me)?

Being a cutie become a sensation in Korea.

The word 귀요미(gui-yo-me) is from 귀엽다(gui-yeop-da) which means cute in Korean.

So, 귀요미(gui-yo-me) represents a person who does cute things or looks like cute.

Have you ever heard 귀요미(gui-yo-me) song?

It goes like this. 1+1= 귀요미(gui-yo-me), 2+2= 귀요미(gui-yo-me), and so on till 5.

The lyrics doesn't mean anything but it has its own cutie action in each number.

It might looks like very childish, but is in famous in all ages.

One of Korean culture, Koreans like to be seen younger than they are.

To be younger, they try to eat healthy, exercise, and also they dress younger.

Because of this trend, there are lots of cute words to be cutie.

When you are asking for a favor to someone, how about saying 뿌잉뿌잉(bbu-ing bbu-ing)?

It's a charming action of earnest request. When you say this word, there is an action that you should do with.

First, clench your two fist and then, put it on your cheek. this is not it. There is one more step.

At the same time you say the word 뿌잉뿌잉(bbu-ing bbu-ing), bob up and down your two fist.

Also the main point in here is your shining, twinkling eyes that looks like diamonds in it.

If you do that when you do something, there will be no one to refuse your request.

Second word that we will learn is 부끄부끄(bu-ggeu-bu-ggeu).

This word is from the word 부끄럽다(bu-ggeu-rup-da) which means shy.

When people are shy, they don't know what to do but being ruddy cheeks.

In this situation, you can say 부끄부끄(bu-ggeu-bu-ggeu).

There is also an action, but it is just same as 뿌잉뿌잉(bbu-ing bbu-ing).

This will make you look cute and also to escape from that situation.

Lastly, if see this situation that someone is doing this and if it's too cringe, you can say 오글오글(o-geul o-geul).

The word 오글오글(o-geul o-geul) is kind of mimetic word that describe your body shrinking because of cringe situation. It is mostly used when people are going way over than how they are.

For this word, spread your two hand and fold it one by one like your body is shrinking.

Isn't this words cute?

It is also good to use within friends, coworker, families, but! how about using this with kids?

What kids? Many branches in MANNAM International Volunteer association goes to kids center or orphanage to volunteer.

When we go there to volunteer, we share our culture and love, but sometimes, it's hard to communicate with kids.

However, how about using these cute words with them?

I'm sure they will smile and open their heart.

It's not just because you are saying famous Korean words, but it's because they will know that you are trying to get close to them.

This might be a very little thing, but there is nothing bigger than to open someone's mind.

So, will you join us to share your light, your culture and love to kids?

Write some reply if this has worked:)

# Korean Vocabulary

- 귀엽다(gui-yeop-da) : Cute

- 귀요미(gui-yo-mi) : Cutie

- 뿌잉뿌잉(bbu-ing bbu-ing) : charming action

- 부끄럽다(bu-ggeu-rup-da) : Shy

- 부끄부끄(bu-ggeu-bu-ggeu) : Shy, bashful

- 오글오글(o-geul o-geul) : Sappy, cheesy, cringe

[MANNAM KOREAN CLASS] Korean four character idiom '인산인해(in-san-in-hae)'

[MANNAM KOREAN CLASS] Korean four character idiom '인산인해(in-san-in-hae)'

Today's four character idiom is '인산인해(in-san-in-hae)'.

It indicates immeasurable people have gathered.

In this four character idiom, 인(in) means Person/ People, 산(san) means mountain and 해(hae) means Ocean / Sea.

So, altogether, it means mountain of people and sea of people.

As you can't count mountain and also sea, it shows situation which lots of people have gathered.

You can this situation of 인산인해(in-san-in-hae) on festivals or holidays.

However, not only for those kinds of fun things, what if lots of people gather to do volunteer work?

If MANNAM is 인산인해(in-san-in-hae) with lots of volunteers, then, won't it be impossible to achieve peace?

If lots of people gather and work for world peace, what can't be impossible?

If we gather and share lights in us, that will be the one what we can make peace with.

By sharing lights, cultures, we can understand each other, then, there will be no reason to fight each other.

So, let's make MANNAM 인산인해(in-san-in-hae) and achieve WORLD PEACE:)

# Korean Four character idiom

- 인산인해(in-san-in-hae) : Immeasurable people has gathered

- 인(in) : Person/ People

- 산(san) : Mountain

- 해(hae) : Ocean / Sea

* In the sentence, is used with 이루다(i-ru-da) which means to make and form.

- 인산인해를 이루다 (in-san-in-hae-reul i-ru-da)

MANNAM is a mountain 만남은 산과 같다(MANNAM-eun san-gwa got-da)

MANNAM is a mountain 만남은 산과 같다(MANNAM-eun san-gwa got-da)

On 6th of April, we went to the mountain for volunteer work.

As I mentioned on last article, because 5th of April was a tree planting day, we went there to plant and also to clean the mountain.

On that day, way to go up there, the view was awesome.

Although flowers weren't blossomed yet, lots of trees and some waterfalls were beautiful.

While I was on the mountain, I felt that MANNAM is like an mountain!

It's not just a whimsy thinking. Here are the reasons why I felt this way.

There are lots of different kinds of trees on the mountain.

As a one itself, it is just a tree. However, together, they make one big mountain.

Even though they are different, they stay together, and become strong that no one could remove them.

Whenever tsunami comes, they keep their position and withstand it.

When you see under the ground, you can see their roots are grabbing each other.

This is how trees stay together and survive the danger.

How about us? MANNAM International members?

We are all from different countries. We speak different languages, nationalities and religions.

However, in MANNAM, we stay together and make strong possibilities of world peace.

Others might think we are just a group of people, but inside, we work together and by sharing each light, cultures we can have the material for the world peace.

This is how we overcome the difference between us and achieve peace in the world.

So now, does MANNAM International looks like one big mountain?

I can see a MANNAM mountain with various colors shinning with the light.

However, we need more trees, the light to save the Earth from the war.

We need you to twinkle with us so that we can achieve the world peace with stronger light.

One light can be dark, but if we stand together, it will be bright enough to light up the world.

# Korean Vocabulary

- 와/과 같다(-wa/gwa got-da) : same to/with, equal to

- 만남은 여러 종류의 나무가 모인 산과 같다

- MANNAM-eun yeo-reo jong-ryu-ui na-mu-ga mo-in san-gwa got-da

- MANNAM is equal to a mountain which many kinds of trees has gathered.

[MANNAM] It's a spring now!!!

[MANNAM] It's a spring now!!!

 

봄 봄 봄 봄 봄이 왔어요~(Bom bom bom bom bom-yiwat-eo-yo) Spring has come!

What comes into your mind when you think about spring?

It reminds me of a new start, warm aura, and growing up and etc.

in spring, because of lots of flowers, the image of spring is very bright.

However, a few days ago, I heard in the radio that, because most of the atmosphere is bright, on the other side, there are more people who are depressed deeply.

When the room is dark, we can flatter that every side of the room is bright.

However, as the room is bright, the dark side is darker than it used to be.

Same as this, we might feel spring is the season that everyone can start new thing and grow up but there are excluded people we forgot about.

They could be people who are harmed from the war and disaster or natural environment.

Living in the same planet means we care each other, right?

Let's share our warm and hopeful energy with those people.

So that not only a one side but all the side of the earth can be bright.

The material for this is your LIGHT!

Like the slogan of MANNAM, When Light meets Light there is Victory.

Share your light, your culture. By sharing, we can make world brighter than ever.

MANNAM International Volunteers share their own lights through volunteering hoping for world peace.

Don't you want this spring to be the happiest for EVERYONE?

If you do, join us:)

 

# Learning Korean Vocabulary

-계절(gye-jeol) : Season

-봄(bom) : Spring

-여름(yeo-reum) : Summer

-가을(ga-eul) : Fall

-겨울(gyeo-ul) : Winter

What culture classes does MANNAM have?

What culture classes does MANNAM have?

Mostly, I was talking about MANNAM Korean class in this blog.

However, MANNAM runs not only Korean class but also other culture classes too. There are sports clubs like Judo, Tae-gwon-do, Soccer, basketball and running, language classes like Korean class and DoranDoran, culture classes like cooking, K-pop and Druzei.

As you know, MANNAM’s slogan is ‘When light meets light there is victory’. In this slogan, the light means culture. We know that through sharing culture, we can make victory. Because MANNAM International has various country members, there is no better chance to share culture than here. To share these various cultures, we runs many different classes and share cultures through clubs. Through clubs, we are not only enjoining just that club, we share and learn cultures through those times.

Don’t you want to join MANNAM culture classes?

It’s a chance to experience world wide:)

On the left side of this blog, you can see the link to each MANNAM culture class blogs. Visit and see which culture class you are interested in.

# Korean Vocabulary

- 유도(u-do) : Judo

- 축구(chuk-gu) : Soccer

- 농구(nong-gu) : Basketball

- 달리기(dal-ri-gi) : Running

- 태권도(Tea-gwon-do) : Tea-gwon-do

- K-POP : K-POP

- 요리(yo-ri) : Cooking

- 드루제이(deu-ru-zae-i) : Druzei

- 한국어 교실(han-guk-eo gyeo-sil) : Korean class

- 도란도란(dorandoran) : DoranDoran

동고동락하는 MANNAM International friends

동고동락하는 MANNAM International friends

Do you have friends?

How many friends do you have?

Some might have lots of friends and some might have only a few.

What kind of friend is he/her?

It’s very hard to define what kind of friend is he/she.

There are many different kinds of friends.

Someone who you have met can be a friend.

Someone who have same interest can be a friend.

Someone who have spent time with can be a friend.

Someone who you can frankly talk with can be friend.

Someone who you can ask for your favor can be a friend.

However, among all these friends, today, I will talk about friend who you can share your joy and also sorrow with you.

It is called 동고동락(Dong-go-dong-rak) in four character idiom.

동 means one, 고 means sorrow, suffering, 락 means to enjoy.

Altogether, 동고동락 means to share one’s joy and sorrow together.

How many these kinds of friends do you have?

Even if there are many friends, having these kinds of friends are not easy.

동고동락 friends are like family who can really think of each other.

Sharing joy and also sorrow is not an easy things.

It’s because you have to feel like how they are.

To share feelings, you have to understand them.

If not, even there is a happy thing, you could feel jealousy, and envy them.

Moreover, sharing sorrow? You might not feel sympathy and bring cheer to them.

Saying with just a word can be easy but feeling with true mind is different.

Who can you think of? Not many?

Then, before you think of your friends, why don’t you think of you first?

Were you a 동고동락 friend to others?

If you can say for sure, that is where the problem comes from.

The first step of being 동고동락 friend is you being a 동고동락 friend.

If you start to give others the feeling of 동고동락 friends, they will treat you the same way.

One direction can’t make perfect 동고동락 friends.

By sharing, 동고동락 friends can be achieved.

How about MANNAM International friends?

Are we 동고동락 friend? YES!

If you have joined MANNAM activities least once, you might have felt this.

Then why? It’s because we share our lights, culture, love, dream, sorrow and everything.

As we volunteer, we share each others’ light and that is where 동고동락 friends starts from.

Sharing lights makes us to understand each other and that understanding makes us to think each other with warm true heart.

This is why MANNAM International friends are 동고동락 friends.

Whenever there is a joy, we share and makes bigger.

Also, whenever there is a sorrow, we share and tries to help each other.

I think, having these 동고동락 friends are presents that is precious than any other.

How about you? If you want to feel and learn this 동고동락 friendship, join us and be one of our 동고동락 friend:)

# Korean four character idioms

- 동고동락(Dong-go-dong-rak) : To share one’s joy and sorrow

- 동(Dong) : One

- 고(Go) : Sorrow, trouble, suffering

- 락(rak) : To enjoy

-만남 친구들은 서로 동고동락하는 사이예요

-MANNAM chin-gu-deul-eun seo-ro dong-go-dong-rak-ha-neun sa-i-yae-yo.

-MANNAM friends have 동고동락 friendship.

MANNAM International has various color cultures

MANNAM International has various color cultures

What comes up in your mind when you think of color??

It depends on each color, right?

People have given meaning to each color.

However, today, I want to talk about MANNAM color.

빨간색, red represents passion in their hearts.

MANNAM International volunteers work with passion.

We have passion of sharing love and peace to the world.

주황색, orange represents warm temperature of MANNAM International.

We have warm heart in each of us and we share our warm heart to the world.

It makes MANNAM and also the world warmer.

노란색, yellow represent light. Each of us has their own light, culture.

We share various cultures in MANNAM International and we light up the dark world.

Also, these lights meet together and make victory in the world.

초록색, green represents life force in MANNAM. As we volunteer in every part of the world, we make the world alive. Through Earth day events, we saved trees, mountains.

Not only this, we have saved, we do and we will save environment and make strong life force.

파란색, blue represents hope. By volunteering works and other MANNAM International activities, we make peace in the world. By achieving world peace, we make people’s hope, dream come true in the real life.

보라색, purple represents luxury. MANNAM may not look luxurious on the outside. However, MANNAM International member who has a heart to share with others and a heart understanding others are luxury. Luxury is not something that looks rich on the outside, the real luxurious person is  one who has a rich heart to share love with others.

하얀색, white represents pure mind of MANNAM. MANNAM works with pure mind. We don’t get have any sponsorship from outside, we do all the volunteer works and activities by ourselves. Also, we are volunteering not for the payments, but for the WORLD PEACE.

This is MANNAM’s various color cultures. How about this?

What color is your favorite color? Like the rainbow, you can’t choose one.

All of these colors make harmony and have to be together in MANNAM:)

# Korean Vocabulary

- 색(saek) : Color

- 빨간색(bbal-gan-saek) : Red

- 주황색(ju-hwang-saek) : Orange

- 노란색(no-ran-saek) : Yellow

- 초록색(cho-rok-saek) : Green

- 파란색(pa-san-saek) : Blue

- 보라색(bo-ra-saek) : Purple

- 분홍색(bun-hong-saek) : Pink

- 흰색/하얀색(hin-sa다/ha-yan-saek) : White

- 검은색(geom-eun-saek) : Black

MANNAM! Let’s be like the light, rain and air. 빛과 비와 공기같이!

MANNAM! Let’s be like the light, rain and air. 빛과 비와 공기같이!

As time goes by, everything changes.

People are born, live and die. Animals and plants too.

Not only living creatures, things also changes.

However, when you look up the sky, there is a sun always shinning on us.

Even on cloudy day, its light is just covered that we can’t see but it’s still shinning on us.

The sun doesn’t discriminate. It shines on all over the Earth.

It doesn’t care whether one is a good or bad person.

It dosen’t care which country they are from.

It doesn’t care which color you have.

It doesn’t care about gender.

It doesn’t care what religion they have.

It just provides light to all of us.

No one paid them for those offer.

Rather, we forget about those presents that they give us.

Not only the sun, rain, air but all the natural resources.

We cannot survive without those things.

Think that they are giving you your life every day.

Don’t we have to repay them something?

There isn’t really a way to pay them back.

However, how about this?

As they provide us their love, how about we repay our love to others?

Like the sun, moon and stars, why don’t we help others who need our love and help?

This could be repaying them what we got.

Beyond nationality, gender, religion, color let’s share our lights with others.

MANNAM is a volunteer association which put these into practice.

We gathered from all over the world and we share our love to the whole world.

We go to places where our volunteer work is needed

We try to be like the sun shinning on us.

We cannot be like the sun that gives real life, however, I know that we could light up the world with our own light!

Sky is one that everyone looks up and wish for their own hope.

How about being the sky of others?

Like the stars up in the sky, we brighten the darkness and like the moon up in the sky we being others dream-maker?

Isn’t it valuable to live a life being someone’s sky?

Join us if you do! :)

The sun, moon, stars, clouds and wind are found in the heavens. Light, rain, and air are constantly provided from the sky to all the creatures on the earth. The sad fact is that, although the inhabitants earth cannot survive without these things, they live without thought or gratitude for what they receive

This quote is from MANNAM’s honored chairman MAN HEE LEE.

I really like these words:)

# Korean Vocabulary & Grammar

*같이 : Has similar character with front word.

*처럼 : Shape is similar or same

-빛(bit) : Light

-비(be) : Rain

-공기(gong-gi) : Air

-해(hae) : Sun

-달(dal) : Moon

-별(byeol) : Star

-구름(gu-reum) : Cloud

-하늘(ah-neul) : Sky

# For example

-우리는 하늘의 별처럼 빛나는 만남입니다.

-u-ri-neun ha-neul-ei byeol-cheo-rum bit-na-neun MANNAM-ip-ni-da

-We are MANNAM who shines like the star up in the sky

-우리는 빛과 비와 공기같이 사랑을 전하는 만남입니다.

-u-ri-neun bit-gwa bi-wa gong-gi-got-i sa-rang-eul jeon-ha-neun MANNAM-ip-ni-da

-We are MANNAM who share love like the light, rain and air.