환영합니다!

Hmm. You’d say “hwaiting” usually. Because “good luck” is translated literally would be, “행운을 빌어 (hanguneul bileo)” which doesn’t really work in that context.

You COULD also say, “공부열심히해! 화이팅! (gongbu yeolsimhihae! hwaiting!)” which is “do well on your studies! fighting!” 

When my friends go back to school, I tell them things like that, along with “밥도 잘 챙겨먹고, 잘해! 할수있어! (bapdo jal chaengyeo meokgo, jalhae! halsooitlseo!)” which is literally “Eat well! Do well! You can do it!”

So I’d mix the “study well” and the “eat well” phrase, because that’s what I usually do????

By the way, all these phrases are informal so you'd use them with people that are your age, younger, or are close friends with you.

Admin Judy here! 

I've decided to run the blog again!

Life has been handing us both such huge responsibilities lately that it makes it difficult to answer all the questions, make new posts, etc.

Not only this, but we've run into this problem before: being used. We are happy to see so many of you are enthusiastic about learning Korean, but most of the messages we receive are "how do you say ____ so I can tweet to oppa" or something of the sort. We know 99% of our followers are Kpop fans, so it's expected that we would receive these kinds of messages, but it almost seems like people aren't interested in the language itself. Just enough to talk to their bias or understand a Kpop song.

On a lighter note, we are going to keep this blog activated so you can continue to learn from our past posts. If you need to ask a question, don't bother going to our ask box, because we obviously won't be here to answer any messages. If you have a question that you really, desperately need answered, you can personally contact one of the admins. You can inbox admin Christy here on her personal blog, or you can tweet Christy's or Judy's twitter (Twitter is probably the most efficient way to get ahold of us).

Also, just to get this out of the way, we won't be accepting any admin applications to take over for us. It's nothing personal, but we just prefer to keep the blog between friends.

We thank you all for being so supportive of us & our hard work, through our many short hiatuses. We might come back if our schedules lighten up. Happy learning, everyone! c:

- Admins Christy & Judy -

Thank you so much :) I'm glad you like the blog!

Let's say you're visiting in Korea and you need to get someplace, but you don't want to walk. You look on the street and see this coming towards you:

빈차 (bin-cha) means "empty car". This means that this taxi does not have anyone in it. If the light is off or it says 예약 (ye-yag), this means "reserved", so there is someone already inside. Most taxis will have a GPS system, so if you simply give them the address in Korean that you are looking for, they can punch it in and take you there. (I recommend you use Naver Maps).

I'm so glad! ^^ ;;

I'm so glad that we're of big help to you! :) Good luck learning Korean~~ /bows/

Thank you so much! ^^

Hahaha yes, I am a huge fan of NewS! Been part of the fandom since 2006 :)

It's right below the description, the >> sign.

어디 있니 지금 (eodi itni jikeum) = Informal