North Korean vs South Korean Dialects

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
  • In 1953 the Korean War between South Korea and North Korea was put on hold, and the countries were separated. Since then the two Koreas have grown apart and have many differences in their languages. While both countries speak Korean, South Korean dialects and North Korean dialects have many unique traits. In this video we’ll cover what North Korean dialect sounds like. I’ll also show several of the major differences between North Korean and South Korean dialects.
    Want to start learning Korean? Check out my book, "Korean Made Simple" on Amazon: amzn.to/2bDBi6h (affiliate)
    Special thanks to Korean Billy! Make sure to check out his channel: / @koreanbilly
    Please consider supporting me on Patreon: / gobillykorean
    "GO! Billy Korean" merch is out now! teespring.com/...
    Learn Korean with GoBillyKorean! Subscribe for weekly videos!
    Music by Kevin MacLeod: "Beachfront Celebration," "Airport Lounge," “MJS Strings,” and “Brightly Fancy.” (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 (creativecommons...)

Комментарии • 926

  • @nyu9819
    @nyu9819 4 года назад +595

    As a Korean American fluent in Korean, this is insanely impressive... beyond many many linguistic levels. My mom was just speechless with her mouth wide open, just simply shaking her head in awe of your accurate North Korean impression

  • @cookiek1548
    @cookiek1548 6 лет назад +1976

    What? I'm S.Korean and I'm learning N.Korean from you? Billy the American?? Haha!! Thanks!!

    • @yongrimrhee3240
      @yongrimrhee3240 5 лет назад +130

      Im Korean-born American learning North Korean dialect from an American guy who know way more Korean than any Korean that I know. Mind blown

    • @jhunj05
      @jhunj05 5 лет назад +11

      Marco Rhee story of my life

    • @serenaspellman2708
      @serenaspellman2708 4 года назад +49

      I'm a Mexican watching a video in a Japanese cellphone , a video of the Korean language , we really live in the age of globalisation

    • @serenaspellman2708
      @serenaspellman2708 4 года назад

      @Matty Bruno Lucas Zenere Salas what are you talking about?

    • @serenaspellman2708
      @serenaspellman2708 4 года назад

      @Matty Bruno Lucas Zenere Salas what does that have to ve with my comment? I'm just confused .

  • @jisammoon
    @jisammoon 6 лет назад +1890

    What the hell, he knows Korean than I do even though I am Korean.

    • @thegreatestshenfan6484
      @thegreatestshenfan6484 5 лет назад +58

      Congrats for your korean-ness. I wish I was Asian.

    • @nootics
      @nootics 5 лет назад +29

      @@helpme2401 I think most people refer to Asian as anyone in the far east and central asia with the typical squinty eyes but mostly chinese Japanese or korean

    • @Cacopr
      @Cacopr 5 лет назад +40

      Don't worry, I get mad when a gringo has a better Spanish than i do, you're not alone

    • @thegreatestshenfan6484
      @thegreatestshenfan6484 5 лет назад +1

      @@Cacopr I'd rather be that than North Ko- yea...

    • @Cacopr
      @Cacopr 5 лет назад +73

      @@thegreatestshenfan6484 dude just have pride in your own nationality, don't be a koreaboo that thinks that being Korean is like the superior nationality

  • @changwanyu4231
    @changwanyu4231 6 лет назад +3286

    Pyeongyang and Seoul doesn't have a very different dialect.
    Not in Busan, where I live though. Busan is like the Texas of Korea.

    • @erdyantodwinugrohozheng
      @erdyantodwinugrohozheng 6 лет назад +264

      Actually before 70s, Seoul dialect is mutually intelligible with North Korean dialect and this term of dialect is "Conservative Dialect". But, after 70s the Seoul dialect is dramatically changed and influenced by Jeolla and Gyeongsang dialect because of industrialization and huge migrants from South Korean provinces to Seoul. This type of dialect is really popular by younger generation and also the entertainment programs like music shows in South Korea are using this dialect.

    • @clover_j
      @clover_j 6 лет назад +4

      Erdyanto Dwi Nugroho perfect description.

    • @laviedevantsoi2322
      @laviedevantsoi2322 5 лет назад +3

      ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ마!

    • @fermiona0513
      @fermiona0513 5 лет назад +18

      가가가가가가가?

    • @jackjack3320
      @jackjack3320 5 лет назад +56

      I have absolutely no problem understanding North Korean news on youtube. We know that's Pyeongyang North Korean - it's very much like normal Seoulite South Korean. I have far bigger problems trying to understand remote southern dialects of South Korean. The Jeju Island dialect (which is becoming extinct) sounds like a foreign language.

  • @FlagArmadaProductions
    @FlagArmadaProductions 4 года назад +353

    4:00 I once called a South Korean family friend "Dongji" (another word for Comrade) and I instantly wiped the smile off their face.

    • @sudonim7552
      @sudonim7552 4 года назад +72

      My family is from China, and for years I thought "tóngzhì" (basically the same word as "dongji", just different pronunciation) was just a friendly term for talking to people you're familiar with. Now I feel like a Taiwanese person would probably look at me weird if I called them "tóngzhì" mid-conversation.

    • @SWUnreal
      @SWUnreal 4 года назад +32

      @@sudonim7552 at least you regard them as Taiwanese... And not as a part of China kudos to you

    • @thegtafanboy
      @thegtafanboy 4 года назад +16

      @@SWUnreal lol Taiwan is China.

    • @daniyil4843
      @daniyil4843 4 года назад +29

      @@thegtafanboy lol you're a fool

    • @zihozeon410
      @zihozeon410 4 года назад +7

      Privyet, Comrade.

  • @charlesyun7803
    @charlesyun7803 6 лет назад +635

    Is it embarrassing that a Korean American who barely speaks Korean is learning from this video. I’m asking on behalf of a friend.

    • @years8809
      @years8809 5 лет назад +6

      I could relate my friend

    • @femureatur
      @femureatur 4 года назад +4

      mood

    • @notsansastark2541
      @notsansastark2541 4 года назад +1

      It is

    • @bamikbia
      @bamikbia 4 месяца назад +1

      Im 5 years late but the fact that you’re even trying is more than the embarrassment you feel ❤️

  • @blueninja7594
    @blueninja7594 6 лет назад +337

    This is seriously the best language themed channel on RUclips. Both hilarious and educating at the same time and I learned a lot of stuff from this channel. Keep up the good work!

  • @riskest
    @riskest 4 года назад +87

    Dear, native English speakers, this is exactly how we feel when it comes English learning. I would appreciate your empathy. Thank you.

    • @BingBong67489
      @BingBong67489 Год назад +5

      Learning Korean has definitely given me a better perspective on that.

  • @yogurt7558
    @yogurt7558 6 лет назад +601

    when billy korean and korean billy are in the same video

  • @VivoHungry
    @VivoHungry Год назад +15

    I was raised in Los Angeles by my grandmother who was born in Pyongyang. With Korean as my second language, I was always as polite as possible to my friend’s parents but they would always be horrified or confused by the way I talk. I paused your video when you explained the “일 없어” thing cause my gma used to say that all the time and that’s the one that would confuse my friend’s parents the most. I told my dad that a mom asked me why I talk like a old grandma and he just said, ”일 없다우”. Also not only is your accent just as good as those North Korean soldiers on tv who were originally European but your understanding of the culture is beyond impressive. Thank you for creating something that I can revisit whenever I miss her.

  • @user-xc3rk8zt1j
    @user-xc3rk8zt1j 5 лет назад +261

    I miss when Korea was together. I use Northern dialect sometimes haha, I hope we can become reunified again ♥️ 사랑해 🤟🏼

    • @TheHispanicJukeBox
      @TheHispanicJukeBox 4 года назад +49

      I hope the north and south become unified once again someday, because at the end of the day it doesn't matter if they're north or south everyone is still just Korean, it still saddens me at times that both sides are still at war if you think about it, hopefully one day that won't be the case anymore. 😊👍

    • @kurade1096
      @kurade1096 3 года назад +18

      what? how old are you, even?

    • @zhabo3963
      @zhabo3963 3 года назад +4

      How old are you?

    • @angelikabatwoman
      @angelikabatwoman 3 года назад

      I hope so for you too!!

    • @지나가던팬Please
      @지나가던팬Please 3 года назад +1

      안녕하세요
      아임 싸웃쓰 코리아 :)

  • @thebasketballhistorian3291
    @thebasketballhistorian3291 4 года назад +537

    4:29
    South Koreans: Our country is called "Korea Nation" and the other side is called "North Korea".
    North Koreans: Our country is called "Joseon" and the other side is called "South Joseon".
    Lol

    • @johnpark7972
      @johnpark7972 4 года назад +54

      It was called Joseon before Korean War, so yeah North Korean is 1950s Korean

    • @Bobbylim323
      @Bobbylim323 4 года назад +31

      Han gug/South Korea just means han nation or nation of the hans which pays tribute to the people who lived there. Choson/North Korea is the name of the last dynasty of Korea and the one that unified the peninsula and introduced the whole Korean alphabet before Japan annexed it

    • @helpme2401
      @helpme2401 4 года назад +6

      @@Bobbylim323 It's from the Han river, not the ethnic Han

    • @AaronSanabriaLee
      @AaronSanabriaLee 4 года назад +16

      @@helpme2401 Nope, actually is from the Samhan confederacies (Byeonhan, Jinhan, Mahan) and the later three kingdoms of Korea. Han is an ancient word which means great, grand or "in the midst of".

    • @AaronSanabriaLee
      @AaronSanabriaLee 4 года назад +4

      @@helpme2401 And this "Han" has nothing to do with the Han River or the Han ethnic group.

  • @user-qy3jq9kr1d
    @user-qy3jq9kr1d 4 года назад +54

    It's amazing how a language can change in 50 years when two different groups speak it.

    • @user-ck1re9gx7n
      @user-ck1re9gx7n 2 года назад +16

      From the perspective of South Koreans, North Korea has a strong Gangwon-do dialect. Gangwon-do is located just below North Korea, so it uses a similar accent. However, the reason why conversation between the two countries is difficult is because of words. And North Korea's words have become fixed. This is similar to how we don't understand the dialect of the elderly. South Korea speaks many foreign languages and North Korea expresses everything in Korean. It's hard for us to guess each other.

    • @whitegluestick6039
      @whitegluestick6039 24 дня назад

      ​@user-ck1re9gx7n so is it south Korea that changed adding foreign words or north Korea reverting back to old dialects?

  • @bibianamajorska6520
    @bibianamajorska6520 6 лет назад +117

    Interesting video! You’ve stated that communication between the two countries was still possible, but I’ve heard some claims that North Korean defectors in high school couldn’t understand 50% of textbooks. I guess it depends on terminology. Nevertheless, great job as always!

    • @GoBillyKorean
      @GoBillyKorean  6 лет назад +105

      Correct. That has to do with not knowing English/foreign loan words, scientific terms, and complex words like that. It'd be like trying to enter someone else's conversation about a topic you're not very familiar with, even though they're speaking the same language as you.

    • @agnieszkatwardosz5106
      @agnieszkatwardosz5106 6 лет назад +24

      A few days ago I saw an article in my native language talking about crypto currencies, with a lot of English words and weird lingo plus some grammatical mistakes (due to how much English they had forced into the article, even though some words could have been translated). I felt like reading Martian!

    • @bibianamajorska6520
      @bibianamajorska6520 6 лет назад +6

      Agnieszka Twardosz Wait, are you Polish? I’m Slovak, so I guess if we spoke our respective mother tongues, we’d understand each other! I also loathe when I read something in my first language and there are far too many foreign words when it’s simply unnecessary, haha.

    • @agnieszkatwardosz5106
      @agnieszkatwardosz5106 6 лет назад +7

      Bibiana Majorská Yep I am, it'd be funny but we'd probably understand! Many European languages get butchered by English loanwords right, which is also a fate shared by Korean with all the Konglish I guess.

    • @bibianamajorska6520
      @bibianamajorska6520 6 лет назад +9

      Agnieszka Twardosz Agreed! I mean, though I understand when a term like notebook or internet naturally becomes a part of a language, I can’t the exaggerated use of words such as budget or public relations in Slovak. Not only does it sound laughable to native speakers, it’s just so unnecessary! The same can be said of Korean... like why use 핑크 when there’s 분홍색?

  • @dydwnf6502
    @dydwnf6502 5 лет назад +48

    I’ve seen your video so far though, you’re the best korean speaker as an american I’ve ever seen xD. Even though I’m S.Korean, I’m learing North Korean diarect from you! Not only you are good at Korean, but also you are good at korean history. Thank you for uploading billy !!!

    • @DarkAngel2512
      @DarkAngel2512 3 года назад +1

      You're so cute. You even spelt "dialect" like a Korean would say it.

  • @Von_D
    @Von_D 6 лет назад +761

    North Korea has been more of a fascination to me than K-pop or K-drama ever were. This video was great!

    • @fenty2331
      @fenty2331 6 лет назад +76

      Congratulations?

    • @herpsenderpsen
      @herpsenderpsen 6 лет назад +55

      I agree so much honestly. It's just a really unique country.

    • @allenad2155
      @allenad2155 6 лет назад +94

      Yeah eating grass and punished in concentration camps for listening to pop music and worshipping a cult leader with a bad haircut. Such a unique culture.

    • @zlz95
      @zlz95 6 лет назад +10

      Everyone has their preference. Why judge?

    • @herpsenderpsen
      @herpsenderpsen 6 лет назад +153

      Fun fact: fascinating does not mean you admire something.

  • @abowlofrice3487
    @abowlofrice3487 4 года назад +1388

    "Japan did alot of bad things" that is an understatement

    • @vigneshk198
      @vigneshk198 4 года назад +50

      s.korea did alot of bad things in vietnam war- that is an understatement

    • @hamzakorkmaz8533
      @hamzakorkmaz8533 4 года назад +13

      @@charly2735 kidnapping and rape crimes.

    • @hamzakorkmaz8533
      @hamzakorkmaz8533 4 года назад +29

      @@vigneshk198 but North Korea sent air force to help Vietnam. All Koreans are not same.

    • @elio_fay
      @elio_fay 4 года назад +43

      Hamza Korkmaz All Japanese aren’t the same either...

    • @adorabasilwinterpock6035
      @adorabasilwinterpock6035 4 года назад +125

      I am Swedish and in school we did not learn ANYTHING about Japans crimes! It’s crazy, I only found out recently just how EVIL Japan was and how they haven’t apologized. Makes me angry

  • @iGoBart
    @iGoBart 5 лет назад +20

    Amazing! I am going to North Korea after Christmas and this helped me to understand the language better. Hopefully it gives me an advantage to get some small talk with Pyongyang citizens. Thanks for the informative video 고마와요!

  • @ferdikinns2436
    @ferdikinns2436 6 лет назад +41

    Wooo! Was wondering when this video was going to be up! Awesome! :D
    And how fitting that you uploaded it just after the positive news from the Inter-Korean Summit!

  • @elistrawberri5934
    @elistrawberri5934 6 лет назад +147

    That was really interesting! Thanks for sharing :)

  • @Martina-Kosicanka
    @Martina-Kosicanka 4 года назад +24

    For me as European it feels like you would be a wizard, having the skill of recognizing a difference between two Korean languages.

  • @giorgioc3402
    @giorgioc3402 6 лет назад +452

    THAT WAS SO TRAUMATIZING. I’m so glad that I’m learning South Korean lol

    • @ChikyuuKun
      @ChikyuuKun 6 лет назад +6

      ド라면Doramyun I think what's known worldwide is the south korean, so standard korean is the south

    • @allenad2155
      @allenad2155 6 лет назад +23

      ド라면Doramyun The seoul dialect has always been the standard korean dialect and was the capital of korea for over a thousand years. North korean dialect is not an official korean language.

    • @jacohan4028
      @jacohan4028 6 лет назад +28

      Seoul of Joseon was not capital of Korea for thousand years, it was capital for last 500 years or so, from 1394 and onwards. Before that, it was Kaesong of Goryeo. Korea had different capitals for thousands of years.

  • @mrbutterfluff1881
    @mrbutterfluff1881 4 года назад +18

    what the heck, why can't more people like you exist to teach other languages? your videos are very informative and entertaining, I'm here and I'm not even learning Korean lol

  • @agnieszkatwardosz5106
    @agnieszkatwardosz5106 6 лет назад +20

    Thanks, I actually mostly started learning Korean due to my interest in North Korea, but of course I study the SK variety in class. So any resources that compare the two are very useful to me.

  • @KoreaWithKids
    @KoreaWithKids 6 лет назад +87

    So I've read about Korea getting split up by two guys looking at a National Geographic map in 1945, when it was decided that the Soviet Union would oversee the north and the U.S. the south, but I guess they weren't actually considered separate countries at that time? (I'm looking at Wikipedia and it looks that that happened in 1948, when the official names of the two countries were declared.) The whole thing seems so arbitrary and heartless.

    • @jacohan4028
      @jacohan4028 6 лет назад +3

      Korea With Kids two Americans*

    • @KoreaWithKids
      @KoreaWithKids 6 лет назад +1

      Yes.

    • @jacohan4028
      @jacohan4028 6 лет назад +15

      Charly Lee innocent Korea shouldn't be divided. Japan should of been divided into two countries. Of course, US, Japan, China wants divided Korea for their interests. US wanted an anti-communist buffer like South Korea to protect Japan!

    • @allenad2155
      @allenad2155 6 лет назад +3

      Korea With Kids Isn’t it interesting that Russia (aka soviet union) has a smaller economy than south korea today? Communism: sounds good, does not work.

  • @krisx74
    @krisx74 4 года назад +7

    Truly fantastic knowing the dialects....it's amazing how languages evolve over a prolonged time....hats off to you buddy! 🇰🇷🤜🏼🤛🏻🇰🇵

  • @petite_sami
    @petite_sami 6 лет назад +35

    Super interesting! Especially the differences in the rises and falls of their sentences! Thanks for making this! 😊

  • @Loui3626
    @Loui3626 6 лет назад +80

    This must be a coincidence because just hours ago my dad asked me what’s the difference between NK and SK language and I told him the EXACT same example you used on how they say “ice cream” differently. 😱😂

  • @huntrrams
    @huntrrams 3 года назад +4

    Thanks for this video!! I’m watching the kdrama show Crash Landing on You and this was helpful when comparing the North and South Korean characters dialects. I can see why the main female character was suspicious to the many North Koreans when she was speaking in a South Korean dialect and the man who saved her had to make up a story!

  • @zayjaykob
    @zayjaykob 4 года назад +12

    Actually, in North Korea they don’t use “eoreumboseongi” or “eoreumgwaja”, they say “eseukimo” or “kkakkao”

  • @qwerty12345756
    @qwerty12345756 6 лет назад +297

    Perfect timing with the official end of the war

    • @drafeirha
      @drafeirha 6 лет назад +55

      Qwerty Games the war has not ended yet. they only made an agreement that theyre going to end war

    • @dxelson
      @dxelson 6 лет назад +11

      Reading fake news and misleading new is bad...

    • @dimi3446
      @dimi3446 6 лет назад +5

      Steve Peffer details~ they have signed international peace treaty agreements~ so what you’re saying is that they’re playing some game to win time? I don’t think so~ they will give up all nuclear weapons~ rest assured~ and all of this is because of president Trump~ without him this was not possible~ lol

    • @dimi3446
      @dimi3446 4 года назад +1

      MorganLeeR Well the agreement they signed allows them to conduct short range ballistic missiles, just like any country in the world is allowed to. What they’re not allowed to do is conduct long range ones. So nothing new here~

    • @Ang-fs4xl
      @Ang-fs4xl 4 года назад +1

      So, two years later maaaaybe you should see the new news xD

  • @DJPaoloDelaCruz
    @DJPaoloDelaCruz Год назад +5

    Been watching stories from defectors, and the way words are called in 문화어 are different from textbook terms. The North now calls ice cream the same way as the South does, but the most favorite term for younger N. Koreans in ice cream is "에스키모" which literally means the Eskimo brand sold overseas.

  • @MobbinMic
    @MobbinMic 6 лет назад +45

    Hmm, I remember looking up the Korean words for dragon and dinosaur and seeing 룡 and 공룡. As someone who knows a good amount of Chinese, it seems North Korean words tend to be even more similar to Chinese than South Korean words. The characters you showed, in Chinese are pronounced 龍 (long) and 女子 (nyu zi). Also dinosaur is 恐龍 (kong long), and for the North Korean word for smartphone I guess would use the characters 手電話 (shou dianhua), but Chinese just call it "hand machine" - 手機 (shou ji). It's pretty interesting to hear the similarities.

    • @ChikyuuKun
      @ChikyuuKun 6 лет назад +8

      Meanwhile South Korean tends to be more close to Japanese

    • @namyocs6522
      @namyocs6522 6 лет назад +15

      As a Chinese native speaker who know Japanese and Korean, I totally agree what you said.There are so many similarities in Japanese,Chinese,Korean because the Japanese and Korean was influenced by Chinese more than 1600 years and beside this,the Japanese loan words imported massively into modern Chinese and Korean is another reason why Japanese,Korean and Chinese are so similar to each other.Many terms about modern things can is shared by JKC and can be write in Chinese characters and people of JKC can now them even tough they don't know each other's language.(Examples:資本主義(Capitalism),共產黨(Communist),自由(freedom),電話(telephone),宇宙(universe),科學(science),政治(politics),社會(society/social),歷史(history),空軍(air force)...etc.)Some of those Sinic terms in JKC are from Chinese and some of the Sinic terms in JKC are from Japan.The Sinic terms from Chinese:茶(tea),車(car,and 馬車 is the car pull by horse in Chinese),米(rice),飯(another term of rice/meal),王(king),皇(emporor),世界(world),城(city),國(nation/country),民(civil/countrymen),市/市場(market),州(state),道(road/province),府(house/city/province),路(road),園(park/garden),午(noon),晚(night),天(heaven/sky),上(up),下(down),東(east),西(west),南(south),北(north)...etc..Sinic terms from Japan:飛機/飛行機(aeroplane),電話(telephone),科學(Science),社會(society/social),經濟(economy),共產黨(communist),民主(democracy),資本主義(capitalism),社會主義(socialism),市(city),自由(freedom),名詞(noun),空港(airport,but in Chinese usually use 機場 now),部長(minister),議員(senator),國會(parliament)...etc..

    • @MobbinMic
      @MobbinMic 6 лет назад +7

      Chew Chuancheng Yeah, I currently study Chinese and Japanese, but only know a little bit of Korean. But even then I've heard similarities between all three like the words for 圖書館,葡萄,運動,etc. When I studied in Taiwan, me, my Japanese classmate and the teacher spent a whole class arguing if one's useful to learn the other. They disagreed with me, a lot of native speakers seem to not realize the advantages they have. Usually by knowing 漢字 in one language, the other may have at least a similar pronunciation or meaning, or BOTH. At the very least you'll recognize most 漢字

    • @namyocs6522
      @namyocs6522 6 лет назад +5

      MobbinMic Yes.From the ancient time to near modern era.The educated people in Sinophere communicate by writing in Classical Chinese with Chinese characters.The Vietnamese revolutionist can even write a letter to Chinese revolutionist even tough they don't know each other's language.Until the Vietnam War,a Japanese reporter still can communicate with a Vietnamese eldery by using the way writing Classical Chinese on papers.The position of Classical Chinese in East Asia history is same with the position of Latin in Europe history.Even in present days,I heard a news long time ago about a Korean tourist who poor in English in China got food poisoning/stomachache,the Korean tourist went to a pharmacy and ask for the correct medicine by writing the word "腹痛" on a paper and gave it to pharmacist.*I'm studying in Taiwan now.Happy to know you studied in Taiwan too.Your school located in which part of Taiwan?Bonus:the correct Hanyupinyin for 女子 is nu: zi or nv zi

    • @namyocs6522
      @namyocs6522 6 лет назад +7

      MobbinMic That's funny for how North Korea call themself 朝鮮(Choseon/조선) and SK as 南朝鮮(South Choseon/남조선),South Korea call themself as 韓國(Han Country/Korea/한국) and NK as 北韓(North Han/North Korea/북한).In the history of cold war,Communist China use the terms 朝鮮 and 南朝鮮,while the Nationalist China use the terms 韓國 and 北韓.Beside this ,it is interesting that both of the term for teacher that use by North Korea (教員/교원) and South Korea for teacher (先生/선상) are use in Chinese too.The term 教員 usually use in formal situation that use Official(Formal )Chinese(官话)that based on Northern Chinese dialect and the term 先生 usually use in various Southern Chinese dialects.

  • @Aritul
    @Aritul 4 года назад +3

    The depth of your knowledge of this language is impressive. Thank you for sharing it with us.

  • @gojamie7617
    @gojamie7617 4 года назад +2

    As a Korean, your clips are tremendously interesting and also very surprised by 99% perfect Korean ability. Thanks for making it. HOOAH~

  • @NOopulence
    @NOopulence 6 лет назад +2

    Man you're the funniest haha I originally started learning korean in 2009 and sorta did it for a year or 2 and then threw it away. coming back into it now its amazing how much video content and resources are out there now. keep doing what you're doing :)

  • @nate7594
    @nate7594 6 лет назад +5

    You really help me keep going on my korean learning journey, no matter what video it is.

  • @Nothingbutdust_
    @Nothingbutdust_ 6 лет назад +3

    Thank you for this information! I've always wondered whether the Korean language of South Korea and North Korean have any differences, but now I know. Thank you!

  • @lipingzhou9801
    @lipingzhou9801 Год назад +3

    시청자입장에서 영상만드는게 정말 쉽지않은데 고생많으셨습니다!

  • @CobaltLancer
    @CobaltLancer 2 года назад +3

    1:25 *_Correction:_* The US didn’t divide Korea in 1953. It was already divided by the US and the USSR in 1948 after they liberated it from Japanese control.

  • @Geo-st4jv
    @Geo-st4jv 6 лет назад +18

    Wonderful video comrade!

  • @Anatoli8888
    @Anatoli8888 6 лет назад +83

    North Korean 일이 없다 matches in meaning to the Chinese 没事儿 - “(to be) no problem, OK”.

    • @Amiaaaaaaaaa
      @Amiaaaaaaaaa 5 лет назад +9

      兒 is optional.

    • @voqsonofnone789
      @voqsonofnone789 5 лет назад +3

      트와이스의 노래 진짜 사랑해요 exactly, depending on personal accents

  • @KyleneAdorkable
    @KyleneAdorkable 2 года назад +1

    Watching Extraordinary Attorney Woo made me check the difference on the dialects because I couldn't pick it up. So you saying similar sentences in the different dialects makes me notice the dialects. Thank you!

    • @224dot0dot0dot10
      @224dot0dot0dot10 Месяц назад

      What is "Extraordinary Attorney Woo" ? The only North Korean TV and movies I know of are "Squirrel and Hedgehog" (Taramjiwa Gosumdochi) and "Pulgasari" (North Korean Godzilla Movie).

  • @Esth.1
    @Esth.1 6 лет назад +2

    There aren't any sources to learn north-korean I expect (not really planning to do so myself but still), so thanks a lot for showing some differences between the two countries 😁

  • @litumbagra5742
    @litumbagra5742 4 года назад +53

    "Don't tell no porky." "Don't kid Yourself"? Hope y'all got it?😊😊

  • @sarah_vestal_77
    @sarah_vestal_77 6 лет назад +10

    I love your videos Billy you are the best so interesting and I love korean dialects ❤❤👍👍🙌🙌

  • @chumblesthecheese8580
    @chumblesthecheese8580 Месяц назад +2

    How will the two Koreas ever unite, when a phrase as innocuous as "I'm okay," is enough to start a fight?

  • @zackaryentwistle978
    @zackaryentwistle978 6 лет назад +5

    I was watching your South Korean dialects video literally yesterday where you said you were planning to maybe make a video on the North Korean dialect and was wondering when you were gonna upload it :P

  • @user-po8uy7wz8r
    @user-po8uy7wz8r 6 лет назад +6

    I'm South Korean and I think You're very good at Korean after I watched this video!

  • @mysunshine2191
    @mysunshine2191 6 лет назад +4

    Absolutely interesting! Thank you so much !! 😃🌹🌹

  • @sooamin4534
    @sooamin4534 2 года назад

    MY RESPECT FOR YOU HAS DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS : ME BEFORE AND AFTER WATCHING THIS
    LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE TO THIS LEVEL THAT YOU CAN EXPLAIN DIFFERENT TYPES OF IT NEEDS HELLA WORK AND EFFORT
    BRAVO REALLY!!!!

  • @VCNash
    @VCNash 6 лет назад +2

    I just stumbled across your videos! You are my new favorite supplemental Korean teacher.

  • @ChrisandSohee
    @ChrisandSohee 6 лет назад +4

    Impressive Video, Keep up the good work!

  • @divaaa1955
    @divaaa1955 3 года назад +6

    Same goes like Malay and Indonesian languages. We can still understand each other but some words or phrase I did not know the meaning.

  • @ReptilianTeaDrinker
    @ReptilianTeaDrinker 6 лет назад +2

    Ooh, this is interesting! Love the video. Thanks for making this!

  • @thylatrash7668
    @thylatrash7668 4 года назад +1

    this intentional making-up of new korean words to avoid having to use foreign words is exactly what east germany did back when germany was still divided!
    coming from germany myself, i find it so interesting how similar and yet also extremely different the separation between nk and sk is compared to the divison of germany

  • @alyanamaecruz6914
    @alyanamaecruz6914 4 года назад +9

    Crash landing on you look where you brought me aigo🤦🏻‍♀️

  • @johnr9763
    @johnr9763 5 лет назад +1

    I just watched a very recent British documentary in which this old guy went on a trip to North Korea. I was surprised to see him go by train fro Beijing-I thought it would have been by air. When he got there, I was really encouraged that I could read the messages on a couple of the posters he saw. They visited Pyongyang, Gaesong, Paekdusan and other places.

  • @ComradeAri1989
    @ComradeAri1989 Месяц назад

    I was confused on this topic for awhile! Thanks for this video
    Also, I wanted to say that at first, when I watched Squirrel and Hedgehog (a north korean cartoon) and Catch Teenieping (a south korean cartoon) I didn’t notice the differences at all until later when I would watch more North Korean stuff. I was confused about it until I watched this video.

  • @Justice4NounTTP
    @Justice4NounTTP 5 лет назад +8

    I have studied Korean for years. Originally the writing system attracted me because it looked like Egyptian writing in a different form. However Korean is an agglutinative language. Which is my mother tongue Hungarian. It means that the consonants carry the meaning of the word. The vowels are there just to ease the pronunciation. In Hungary you can actually talk with a completely different sets of vowels and can be understood. As long as it conforms to vowel harmony.

  • @koreanworld6955
    @koreanworld6955 6 лет назад +3

    Korean Peninsula has very strong unique provincial dialect that takes pride of themselves and province. ( 경상도, 절라도, 함경도).

  • @laXrockera691
    @laXrockera691 6 лет назад +5

    I can't help but wonder what your wife thinks when you do these skits. 😆 I love watching them when you do it!

    • @GoBillyKorean
      @GoBillyKorean  6 лет назад +6

      Mostly just rolling her eyes.

    • @22ergie
      @22ergie 6 лет назад

      who says hes married and if so to a woman presumptuous peter

    • @laXrockera691
      @laXrockera691 6 лет назад +1

      SmutnaJules007 rychwalska He did. In a different video. And has an adorable toddler! 😄

  • @waleska9916
    @waleska9916 6 лет назад +2

    와!!, 이것은 정말 재미있어요!
    감사합니다 빌리 씨

  • @NicklasZandeVGCP2001
    @NicklasZandeVGCP2001 4 года назад +31

    So, basically like Northern and Southern USA. Y'all or you guys.

    • @salmae2557
      @salmae2557 4 года назад +3

      I lived in the south (Texas) and currently in the north (New Jersey) and people pretty much speak the same except the occasionally accent here and there. While Korea has more of a difference between the north and the south since they don't associate with one another.

    • @bariforever3611
      @bariforever3611 3 года назад +2

      Maybe British and American?

  • @silviusuelbus3108
    @silviusuelbus3108 4 года назад +4

    In the examples you brought, I think they sound distinctly different. Like Italian/Spanish

    • @PuzzleMessage
      @PuzzleMessage 4 года назад

      Italian and Spanish are two different languages. I think it's more like German and Swiss German

    • @silviusuelbus3108
      @silviusuelbus3108 4 года назад

      PuzzleMessage I know, I was saying that they sound so different almost like two “similar” languages like Italian/Spanish or Danish/Swedish.

  • @user-xf6fs6kx8g
    @user-xf6fs6kx8g 4 года назад +7

    안녕하세요 한국인이 댓글 남깁니다.
    이번 강의는 정말 최고였어요!
    하지만 왜 북한 드라마에서 미국인이 나오나요?
    Hello I'm korean.
    Todays lesson is perfect!
    By by

  • @oneminmusic
    @oneminmusic Год назад +1

    The word 교원 used for 'teacher' is a sino word (敎員) which is also used in China and Vietnam in the same sense. While in South Korea they use the sino word 선생 (先生) to refer to professionals but then add the honorific particle -님 to mean 'teacher' (선생님/先生님). Interestingly combining native and sino words was a common method of creating new words in the North while the South tends to use pure Hanja words. But this is an exception.

  • @sudonim7552
    @sudonim7552 4 года назад +3

    The "it's okay" thing for North and South Korean reminds me of "you alright?" for British and American English, where Brits use it as a casual greeting, while Americans use it to express genuine concern.

    • @GoBillyKorean
      @GoBillyKorean  4 года назад +1

      Haha, that's a good way to think of it.

  • @thecassanovak
    @thecassanovak 6 лет назад +6

    This was so interesting!

  • @Nails_bruh
    @Nails_bruh Год назад

    Thank you, you gave us a lot of good info and great examples!

  • @larrybear2382
    @larrybear2382 2 года назад

    Great teacher. Short and straight to the point and funny. So interesting. Since he is a native English speaker, he can get his point across to me better than a native Korean speaker. He is really good.

  • @AllyMcLesbian
    @AllyMcLesbian 4 года назад +3

    It would also be a good idea to cover dialects within North Korea as well. My Korean family is originally from North Korea, specifically South Hamgyong Province on the east coast; even though I speak the standard Seoul dialect for a living, I may still have a few Hamgyong intonations here and there. I'll gladly respond to someone speaking in that dialect, whereas I'll puke if someone speaks to me in standard Pyongyang dialect.

    • @GoBillyKorean
      @GoBillyKorean  4 года назад +2

      North Korean dialects (plural) would be such a difficult video to research for. Maybe if someday in the future I meet friends who escaped from North Korea then I can create that video.

  • @CrabTastingMan
    @CrabTastingMan 6 лет назад +26

    1:21 "US did not want Russian politics to take over Korea... so they helped South Korea push North Korea back up."
    For clarity, you could've said, "in 1950, after 30+ times begging Stalin, North Korea finally got monetary/material support from the Soviets and invaded the South." Soviets, not Russia.
    And it's the UN Forces helping South Korea, not "US forces." Yes, the US forces were heavily involved than other nations, but this difference is what lead to China staying out of UN security council for 20 year until Nixon allowed them to take Taiwan's seat.
    And after that you could add, "with no declaration of war, China partcipated and pushed back the UN Forces to a stalemate, resulting in the peninsula still divided almost like it was before the war."

    • @robertneil715
      @robertneil715 4 года назад +8

      The language part was very interesting, but the history part was pretty dodgy.

    • @mattiamele3015
      @mattiamele3015 3 года назад

      Thanks for this. He is so inaccurate and superficial. One can say few things while still being accurate, but this guy clearly doesn't have the capability or the right knowledge to do so.

    • @nadie-qm8rq
      @nadie-qm8rq 2 года назад +1

      @@mattiamele3015 don't exaggerate, I didn't watch this video to learn history, I watched to learn Korean language, since he is a Korean language professor, not a history professor. If I wanted accurate information about the history of Korean war I would've gone to a history channel an

  • @finnam841
    @finnam841 3 года назад +1

    2 years later and i still wanna season 2 of 'this' drama

  • @railstoruin
    @railstoruin 6 лет назад +1

    You nailed this, dude. Thanks! :D

  • @kimemma7709
    @kimemma7709 3 года назад +19

    I am Korean. Although we have different language dialect we are one country. I hope South Korea and North Korea will be unified.

    • @oiawoo9168
      @oiawoo9168 3 года назад

      But suprise surprise, the Koreas got unified under North's rule

    • @khaikai1027
      @khaikai1027 2 года назад

      Yes you should be one korea. But under north korea rule.. i believe one day. No county name south korea. It will be people republic of korea under north korea rule.. becauce south korea not strong enough to defeat north korea. Only few north korea nuclear south korea will be gone forever

  • @emilykaneshiro2894
    @emilykaneshiro2894 6 лет назад +10

    Thats actually really interesting ive always assumed they would have the same language but just dialects

  • @Cyanide_no_aji
    @Cyanide_no_aji 5 лет назад +2

    4:34 yea I remember hearing North Korea calls them self "Korea" and think of South as a knock off Korea. Hence 남조선

  • @PokemonParadise2010
    @PokemonParadise2010 5 лет назад

    I totally just subscribed! Very well explained! Thank you for this! :)

  • @shy4231
    @shy4231 6 лет назад +7

    wow.. i'm learning a lot here and i'm korean lol (south)

  • @kimmytv5900
    @kimmytv5900 6 лет назад +3

    ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ awesome roleplaying!

  • @1224thetami
    @1224thetami 6 лет назад +1

    Why did I just find your channel?? Greetings from Chile!

  • @jwkoreatv
    @jwkoreatv 4 года назад +2

    Haha I'm Korean and I don't know dialects of North Korea.You're really awesome Billy

  • @Aliska48
    @Aliska48 6 лет назад +5

    👍 very interesting. 😊 thank you for sharing. I could hear the differences in the accents and the words used....I didn't know that even the grammar could be different.

  • @user-bn5gj2fu5h
    @user-bn5gj2fu5h 6 лет назад +4

    영상 잘봤어요~ :)

  • @Rocco111087
    @Rocco111087 6 лет назад

    i loved this video, really interesting, thanks Billy

  • @MultiSciGeek
    @MultiSciGeek 6 лет назад

    That was really interesting. Subscribed!

  • @drafeirha
    @drafeirha 6 лет назад +27

    i wonder how you know what north korean is like

    • @user-cc9wx1vg1m
      @user-cc9wx1vg1m 6 лет назад +27

      Steve Peffer there are like 31000 defectors in south korea and videos of north korean politicians giving addresses, etc.

    • @jacohan4028
      @jacohan4028 6 лет назад +11

      North Korean media, newspaper, etc.

    • @dami2furious
      @dami2furious 6 лет назад +6

      Defectors exist

    • @user-sy1yl4pu7v
      @user-sy1yl4pu7v 5 лет назад +1

      what do you mean dumb

  • @Patrick-oc1vq
    @Patrick-oc1vq 6 лет назад +16

    Personally, I think -(으)로 되고 싶다 makes more sense. It's the same usage as 〜になりたい in Japanese.

    • @ChikyuuKun
      @ChikyuuKun 6 лет назад +1

      Japanese and Korean have if not the same then very similar grammatical structure

    • @developedindex4765
      @developedindex4765 6 лет назад +2

      South Korea doesn't use ~로 되고싶다 but ~(이)가 되고싶다

    • @user-eb6mh5dh4l
      @user-eb6mh5dh4l 6 лет назад

      ええ!確かに、「-(으)로」と「〜に」は非常に似てね!一方、「~(이)가」と「が」も似ていると思いますww

    • @Jacubp
      @Jacubp 3 года назад

      @@user-eb6mh5dh4l yeah native korean feel like it too, it’s bc us and japan have ‘조사’

  • @TheDea8
    @TheDea8 6 лет назад +1

    At 2:41, is that why the last name Lee in South Korea is spelled like 이 because lee is originally a chinese last name?

  • @ThorLokitty
    @ThorLokitty 6 лет назад +2

    This video is so cool! I’ve been waiting for this ❤️

  • @Edward_Is_Weird
    @Edward_Is_Weird 6 лет назад +6

    I speak both North Korean and South Korean - to me they are not that different.

    • @mybloodyvalentine2316
      @mybloodyvalentine2316 6 лет назад

      It's like the difference between british english and american english

  • @Anatoli8888
    @Anatoli8888 5 лет назад +23

    North Korean 일이 없어요 seems to be an equivalent of Mandarin 没事儿 with the same meaning.

  • @rezmeplxs
    @rezmeplxs 6 лет назад +1

    I am south korean and I have learnt so many things here lul. Thank you for quality contents

  • @eb.3764
    @eb.3764 3 года назад +1

    make a part 2 with the other differences in grammar

  • @justinpark939
    @justinpark939 4 года назад +42

    "Japan did alot of bad things"
    You get a like.

  • @zzzpmi
    @zzzpmi 6 лет назад +57

    I think the North Korean retained the "true" Korean dialect before the war, one that really defines the true identity of a unified nation free from a lot of borrowed western words

    • @Poemi10304
      @Poemi10304 6 лет назад +10

      pogi migmig True identity or isolated, oppressed, communist regime-based language/culture?? I would argue that South Korea is the “true”identity, due to the ability to adapt to modern times, which North Korea forces its people to ignore.

    • @Rayden440
      @Rayden440 6 лет назад +45

      "True" language does not exist because all languages, as time goes on, will constantly change. Twenty years ago, if you say to your friend, "I'm going to 'google' it." He's going to think you've gone mad, but nowadays it is an acceptable thing to say. If you go back in time (like >500 years) and travel to London, I'm willing to bet that you will not be able to communicate with anyone using the English you know.

    • @serenaspellman2708
      @serenaspellman2708 4 года назад +7

      What's a true dialect? For example , Spanish has words from arabic and nahuátl( a indigenous language of Mexico) , so isn't that pure right , or even your so pure language called English , avocado comes from nahuátl also and has words that have roots on Germanic languages

    • @hexyko4850
      @hexyko4850 4 года назад +9

      @@serenaspellman2708 Do all Spanish dialects use Nahuatl words? You're probably thinking of Mexican Spanish right?
      I'm Brazilian, we use a lot of indigenous words too, it's pretty cool.

    • @Ciniu
      @Ciniu 4 года назад +4

      @@josdanisgonzalez5880 Your statement may hurt the Koreans (although I don't know how they see it), but yes, the US has had a big impact on them and Japan over the last few decades.

  • @bcoveplmene9791
    @bcoveplmene9791 6 лет назад

    Useful video. Thank you mister .

  • @deegold3791
    @deegold3791 6 лет назад +2

    You are just too funny....and good acting job 😂😂 Good analysis. You know more about Korea than most of natives...amazing...thank you for that language lesson...very insightful.

  • @SupertCZ
    @SupertCZ 4 года назад +7

    Yeah, I think I'll stay with Japanese, thanks RUclips.

    • @marioplayer1410
      @marioplayer1410 3 года назад +1

      It's not that complicated dude.

    • @SupertCZ
      @SupertCZ 3 года назад

      @@marioplayer1410 I guess maybe if I put my mind to it but I have nothing to gain from learning Korean