GAMSAHAMNIDA (감사합니다)

LEARN WORD NO. 3: GAMSAHAMNIDA (감사합니다)

Second to "annyeong haseyo", I believe, "gamsahamnida" is the next most famous korean word.

How do we use gamsahamnida?

How do we write it?

How do we pronounce it?

Check this lecture video out!

Going back to our lesson on korean vowels and consonants, we know that this word can also be romanized as "kamsahamnida" since the character "ㄱ" giyeok can be interchangeably translated as "g" or "k". 

It is also notice-able that the "ㅂ" character on the third syllable (which is 합) is not pronounced as "hab/hap" but is pronounced as "ham". The reason behind this is that, in korean, when the "ㅂ" character is followed by a nieun or "ㄴ" character, it (bieup/ㅂ) becomes a mieum/ㅁ sound. This is one important quality of korean language that we should remember.

A remake for the lecture video is also available, you may check on this one too.

See you on the next blog! 감사합니다!