Listening practice
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Listen to the audio as many times as necessary until you understand.
Answer the following questions. Give the full answers. For example, if you're asked, "What day is today?", you should answer, "Today is Monday" and not just "Monday.".
안녕하세요? 제 이름은 포입니다. 저는 판다입니다. 저는 중국에서 왔습니다. 저는 스무 살입니다. 농담입니다. 저도 제 나이를 잘 모릅니다. 제 아버지는 미스터 핑입니다. 그는 거위입니다. 제 아버지는 요리를 아주 잘 합니다. 제 아버지는 식당의 주인입니다. 저는 쿵푸를 좋아합니다. 제 쿵푸 선생님의 이름은 마스터 쉬푸입니다. 저는 슬플 때 밥을 많이 먹습니다.
Hello! My name is Po. I am a panda. I came from China. I am 20 years old. It's a joke. I don't know my age either. My father is Mister Ping. He's a goose. My father makes food very well. My father is the owner of a restaurant. I like kung fu. My kung fu teacher's name is Master Shifu. I eat a lot of food when I'm sad.
QUESTIONS:
포는 누구입니까? - Who is Po?
포는 어디에서 왔습니까? - Where did Po come from?
포의 아버지는 무슨 일을 합니까? - What job does Po's father do?
포는 무엇을 좋아합니까? - What does Po like?
ANSWERS:
포는 판다입니다.
포는 중국에서 왔습니다.
포의 아버지는 식당의 주인입니다.
포는 쿵푸를 좋아합니다.
Quick reference (click to open)
Vowels: a, e, i, o, u
Consonants: b, c, d, f, g, h, j
Syllable: Bra-zil (2 syllables), Ar-gen-ti-na (4), In-di-a (3), Viet-nam (2), thin-king (2), beau-ti-ful (3), good (1)
Batchim: is a final consonant in a syllable. → Bra-zil (batchim: 'l'), Ar-gen-ti-na (batchims: 'r' and 'n'), In-di-a ('n'), Viet-nam ('t', 'm')
Romanization: is a conversion of text (not pronunciation ! ) from different writing system (Korean, Arabic, Russian, etc.) to the Roman (Latin) alphabet.
IPA: is an alphabetic system of phonetic (pronunciation) notation.
Noun: road, user, sister, table, sky
Pronoun: I, my, we, you, they, her
Verb: to go, to study, to think, to feel
Adjective: cold, kind, hungry, curious, expensive
Adverb: quickly, nicely, never, exactly, urgently
Preposition: from, to, on, in, with, till
Conjuction: and, because, if, but, while
Declarative sentence: I learn Korean.
Interrogative sentence: Do you learn Korean?
Imperative sentence: You must learn Korean!
Exclamative sentence: Wow, you learn Korean!
Verb / Adj. stem in Korean: part of a verb or adj. which is left after removing the last syllable -다 ( e.g. 가다 → 가, 예쁘다 → 예쁘, 듣다 → 듣 ).