INTRO
Morning! 😃 ☕️
Every phrase so far has been useful.
This one is the one you will need urgently, in a building you do not know, from a stranger.
In today's email…
- 📱 Day 1: the full phrase, nothing hidden yet
- 🌟 Where the bathroom actually is in Korea
- 🏃 Two vowels English treats as one
🤗 STILL WITH YOU
___ ___ 예요?
Say it out loud before you scroll. Answers at the bottom.
🧠 MEMORIZE
화장실 어디예요?
hwajangsil eodiyeyo?
"Where is the bathroom?"
Answer key at the bottom.
🌶️ HEAR IT
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Today's trap: the 어 at the front of 어디.
Korean has two vowels English rolls into one. ㅗ is round: lips pushed forward, like the o in "go" without the glide. ㅓ is flat: lips relaxed, jaw a little open, closer to the u in "cup".
어디 starts with the flat one. Not "oh-di". Closer to uh-di.
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