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It is mainly written in Korean, but is actively being translated into several other languages, including English, Chinese, and Spanish. [2] It has a number of sub-encyclopedias that focus on specific subjects. [1] It is available for free online, and has a mobile app that can be used to search and read articles. [1] [3]
The compilation of Standard Korean Language Dictionary was commenced on 1 January 1992, by The National Academy of the Korean Language, the predecessor of the National Institute of Korean Language. [1] The dictionary's first edition was published in three volumes on 9 October 1999, followed by the compact disc released on 9 October 2001. [2]
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It was the second ever English-Korean dictionary (after Horace Grant Underwood's 한영ᄌᆞ뎐), and the largest at the time of its publication. The dictionary played a major role in the learning of English in Korea, and reportedly remained significant even until 1968, when a new major dictionary was published. [ 1 ]
"Aegukka" is a Romanized transliteration of "The Patriotic Song"; the song is also known by its incipit Ach'imŭn pinnara or "Let Morning Shine" [1] [3] or in its Korean name 아침은 빛나라 or alternatively as the "Song of a Devotion to a Country".
Each Korean speech level can be combined with honorific or non-honorific noun and verb forms. Taken together, there are 14 combinations. Some of these speech levels are disappearing from the majority of Korean speech. Hasoseo-che is now used mainly in movies or dramas set in the Joseon era and in religious speech. [1]
The age of each other, including the slight age difference, affects whether or not to use honorifics. Korean language speakers in South Korea and North Korea, except in very intimate situations, use different honorifics depending on whether the other person's year of birth is one year or more older, or the same year, or one year or more younger.
A Korean proverb (Korean: 속담, Sok-dam) is a concise idiom in the Korean language which describes a fact in a metaphorical way for instruction or satire. [1] The term 속담 (Sok-dam, Korean proverb) was first used in Korea during the Joseon Dynasty , but proverbs were in use much earlier.