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You are using an insecure version of your web browser. Please update your browser! Using an outdated browser makes your computer unsafe. For a safer, faster, more enjoyable user experience, please update your browser. BASIC KOREAN: TALKING ABOUT THE OLYMPICS IN PYEONGCHANG! (BONUS: HOW TO PRONOUNCE PYEONGCHANG!) This lecture covers basic Korean phrases related to the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Get in touch if you have any How’s everyone been? This is my first new post in two years! There are a few ways of expressing the idea of “direction” in Korean: 방향, 방면, 쪽 etc., but the focus of today’s clas* will be words and phrases derived from the Chinese character 편 (便), which is more akin to the word “side” in English. This word is used idiomatically as well as in its more concrete sense. For example, as we might, in English, say that a certain building is located “on the other side of the street,” but we could just as easily entreat someone to “Please take my side on this,” so too can “편” be used for the concrete physical “side” or a thing and the more abstract “on my side” style of usage. Without further ado, here is a list of must-know phrases stemming from this word: 도대체 누구 편이야? (“도대체” is a phrase intensifier akin to “what on earth” or “where in the world” etc., but in 난 항상 네 편이야! (This sentences functions with our without “이다” attached to the end.) 1. The opposite side (of the road, lake, river etc.) 건너편, 맞은 편 2. It’s on the opposite side of the road. 길 건너편에 있다. The character “편” also frequently pops up in other commonly used words, such as “편애하다 (to favor a certain child or student, to practice favoritism),” “편식하다 (to be a picky eater or to eat a lopsided diet)” and “편 들다 (to take a side).” Here 1. 우리 선생님은 항상 걔를 편애하시는 것 같아. Our teacher is always playing favorites. (Lit. Our teacher always