Saturday, July 29, 2017

Listening exercise with transcript #13: the Korean Pig Latin

Here are some Korean girls speaking 외계어 that I talked about a few days ago. The older members in the show clearly don't know anything about it, and they are shocked that all these young girls know how to communicate with each other using this strange language!

There are many popular Korean girl groups in this video, including GFriend, APink, and IOI, but I won't refer to them by name since not every reader is familiar with everyone.


Panel member 1: 할줄아시는분 계세요?
(Can anyone speak it?)

Panel member 2: 도깨비 언어가뭐야?
(What's the 도깨비 언어? -- language of the hobgoblins)

Girl 1: 어떤거요? ㄹ이요?
 (Which consonant do you use? ㄹ? -- remember that you need to pick a consonant to speak the Korean Pig Latin, and that choice is up to you!)

Girl 2: 아.. 저는 ㅂ으로...
 (Oh, I use ㅂ...)

Girl 3: 저는 ㅅ이요.
(I use ㅅ.)

Panel member 3: 도깨비 언어가 뭐야?
(What is the 도깨비 언어?)

Panel member 4: 일단 시범을 한번보여줘요.
(Can you do a demonstration first before talking about it?)

Girl 1: 펴성소소에세 보소미시서선배새니심 패샌이시에세요소.

Girl 2: 아사 저서도소 너서무수 패샌이신데세.
(The above conversation between the two girls is repeated twice)

Girl 3: 너서무수 귀시여서워서요소.

Girl 4: 가삼사사하삽니시다사. ㅅ은 잘 못하겠어요.

Girl 5: 저러도로 하랄수루이맀스릅니리다라.

So there's the transcript. Can you figure out what they are saying? Here is the translation of the Korean Pig Latin:

Girl 1: 평소에 보미선배님 팬이에요. (I've been a fan of Bomi sunbae -- sunbae is a word referring to someone who has been in your profession for longer than you. For example, a student in a higher year is your 선배, as well as someone who has worked at your workplace for longer than you.)

Girl 2: 아 저도 너무 팬인데. (Oh, I'm a fan of yours too.)

Girl 3: 너무 귀여워요 (You're so cute!)

Girl 4: 감사합니다. ㅅ은 잘 못하겠어요 (Thank you. I can't really speak it well using ㅅ -- here, she messes up slightly in speaking the Korean Pig Latin, and she says that she is used to using a different consonant from ㅅ.)

Girl 5: 저도 할 수 있습니다 (She pipes up from nowhere, telling people that she can also speak it too. But instead of using ㅅ like all the other girls before her, she chooses to use ㄹ, which is presumably the consonant that she is familiar with.)

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