Re: Korean (was: Arctic people)
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, August 16, 2002, 5:07 |
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On 15 Aug 02, at 18:14, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 09:28:01PM +0100, Jan van Steenbergen wrote:
> > "Komapsumnida" means "thank you", teacher I don't know.
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> Really?? I always thought it was [kamsahamida], usually contracted to
> [kamsamida].
AFAIK they're both ways to say "thank you". (I think "kamsa hamnida"
may be a bit more formal, but I don't really know Korean.)
I believe the plain form of "komapseumnida" is "komawa(yo)"; I don't
know whether people would say "kamsa hae(yo)".
Cheers,
Philip
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