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Kpop Konnection
Location
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Genre
Korean Pop and Rock Music
Favorite Artists
American: Pink, The Cure, Disturbed, Godsmack, Depeche Mode, Korn, Lenny Kravitz, Red Hot Chili Peppers Korean Music: 2PM, SHINee, Beast, MBLAQ, TVXQ, Super Junior, Miss A, Kara, Girl Generation, Wonder Girls, f(x), Piggy Dolls. (more to come) **all are subject to change :-)**
About Me
Hello Everyone, Welcome to Kpop Konnection!
My name is Louisa Gerrits aka “CK”. I live in Chicago. I’m ½ Korean and the other mix of Indonesian, Dutch, Chinese and Arabic. I’m not sure about the Chinese and Arabic but they say it’s my 4th Great Grandmother on my father side.
What type of program will I have? It’s a mixture of music and talk based on the Kpop/Krock where you can listen to music, learn little bit about the artist and learn something about Korea, the language, the culture and the food.
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- Saturday 10p - 12a EST
Korean Language History and Form
Posted on 09 Nov 2011
The Korean alphabet (called "Hangul" in Korean) was developed by a team of scholars under King Se-jong (1397-1450) of the Yi Dynasty and is the most recently invented and most scientifically designed alphabet in the world. "Hangul" has only 21 vowel/vowel combinations and 19 consonants, 5 of which are the same symbol repeated twice and 5 of them are simply a consonant with the addition of an accent mark. That makes a total of only 30 basic character shapes to be learned. Due to western influence "Hangul" is often written from left to right and top to bottom like English, but can also be written from top to bottom and right to left like Chinese. Each letter of the alphabet is a simple shape that represents a sound, (some characters change sounds or just have a harder sound depending on their location in the syllable). Example: The Korean letter "ㄱ" sounds like a G in the initial position in a syllable and like a K in the final position in a syllable as we can see in the word "국 Guk," 국 Here the letter "ㄱ" sounds like G because it is in the initial position in the syllable. Between the two consonants is the vowel "ㅜ"; it is represented by a U and sounds like the oo in Pool. And the "ㄱ" here in the final position sounds like a K. "국 Guk" is the Korean word for country. (The sound changes are recorded on the last page and are easy to follow). Each word in Korean is broken down into syllables which are composed of 2 to 4 characters; every syllable starts with a consonant and has a vowel in it. For example: The word for Korea in Korean is "한국 Han guk"; here is a breakdown of the letters and syllables for the word "Han guk" Syllable #1. 한 Consonant; "ㅎ" sounds like the letter H as in hotel. Vowel; "ㅏ" sounds like the letter A as in father. And the "ㄴ" here in the final position sounds like an N. Syllable #2. 국 Consonant; "ㄱ" sounds like the letter G in the initial position. Vowel; "ㅜ" is represented by the letter U and sounds like oo as in pool. Consonant; "ㄱ" same as the first letter but sounds like a K because it is in the final position in the syllable. Although the words are written in syllables they are pronounced in a continuous flow. Every word in Korean starts with a consonant and has a vowel; however, the location of the vowel can change in relation to the first consonant depending on which vowel is used. For example; "ㅇ" is a consonant which is silent and has no voiced sound in the initial position and "ㅣ" is a vowel which sounds like the i in machine. Because the long axis of the vowel "ㅣ" is up and down it is placed on the right side of the consonant like this "이" so this syllable sounds like ee as in Lee, the first letter is silent and the second letter sounds like the i in machine. Other vowels like "ㅡ", which sounds like the oo in good have a long axis that runs from side to side; therefore, they are placed underneath the initial consonant like this "으" so this syllable will sound like the oo from good. Every one of the vowels fits into either the group with the long axis up and down like "ㅏ,ㅐ,ㅑ,ㅒ,ㅓ,ㅔ,ㅕ,ㅖ andㅣ" which are placed on the right of the consonant; into the group with the long axis from left to right like "ㅗ,ㅛ,ㅜ,ㅠ and ㅡ" which are placed under the consonant; or those vowels which have both an up and down long axis and a left to right long axis in the same vowel. These vowels are combinations of 2 vowels like "ㅢ" which is a combination of "ㅡ" and "ㅣ" or "ㅟ" which is a combination of "ㅜ" and "ㅣ"; and the following "ㅘ,ㅙ,ㅚ,ㅝ,ㅞ" which go under and to the right of the consonant like this "의,위"
Baby Don't Cry by Big Bang (Song of the Day 11-4-11)
Posted on 04 Nov 2011
Even if you cry right now, it won’t change anything Even if you’re gone, it won’t change anything But why are you crying? Why are you closing your eyes like it’s the end? Everything has passed, smile now my baby Even though many people left you This song will forever be by your side (We’ll be together) Even though all your friends left you I’ll continue to stand here next to you Baby don’t cry, baby don’t cry, baby don’t cry Someday you’ll shine, please give me your smile Baby don’t cry, baby don’t cry, baby don’t cry One more time, for me, just give me your smile I’ve been through all of these already Yeah, yeah, last night I know your good points You know it better than me But why are you crying? Why are you closing your eyes like it’s the end of the world? Everything has passed, we can’t do anything now my lady Even though many people left you This song will forever be by your side (We’ll be together) Even though all your friends left you I’ll continue to stand here next to you Baby don’t cry, baby don’t cry, baby don’t cry Someday you’ll shine, please give me your smile Baby don’t cry, baby don’t cry, baby don’t cry One more time, for me, just give me your smile Just give me your smile 3x Even though many people left you (left you) This song will forever be by your side (We’ll be together) Even though all your friends left you I’ll continue to stand here next to you Baby don’t cry, baby don’t cry, baby don’t cry Someday you’ll shine, please give me your smile Baby don’t cry, baby don’t cry, baby don’t cry One more time, for me, just give me your smile Just give me your smile Oh Baby don’t cry, baby don’t cry, baby don’t cry
October 27, 2011 - Ladies
Posted on 24 Oct 2011
I'm going to be focusing on promoting the ladies in Korean Pop music.
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