Friday, 11 November 2011

[PlovesM] 2. Rotiboy

Here is the second episode of the webtoon Penguin loves Mev translated into English. This one has given me quite a lot of trouble, even with knowing the meanings of all the words (with the help of my dictionary) I still found it hard to construct the sentences properly in places. My sincere apologies to the webtoonist if I have not managed to convey the precise meaning of the story.


"Please come for a visit."
Source: comic.naver.com

This episode touches upon the Korean counters, I have listed the ones mentioned in this episode and few more that I have encountered so far in my self study.
  • 층 (cheung) - counter for floors of a building
  • 개 (kae) - counter for general or non-specific items, units and objects (e.g. bags, desks, chairs etc.)
  • 그루 (keu-ru) - counter for trees
  • 과 (kwa) - counter for lessons, e.g. 일 과 "Lesson 1"; 한 과 "one lesson"
  • 권 (kwon) - counter for volumes (books)
  • 마리 (ma-ri) - counter for animals
  • 명 (myeong) or 사람 (sa-ram) - counter for people
  • 년 (nyeon) - counter for years
  • 살 (sal) - counter for age (years old)
  • 원 (won) - counter for Korean Won

Monday, 24 October 2011

[PlovesM] 1. CLEB Penguin

Here is my attempt at translating the very first episode of the webtoon Penguin loves Mev into English.


"Please come for a visit."
Source: comic.naver.com

For fun, I have laid this whole episode out like a screen play. I have not followed the script formats used by the film/TV/stage/radio industry closely, but only borrowed some of the elements that seem to be appropriate for the story telling.

Friday, 21 October 2011

Webtoon: Penguin loves Mev

While searching on the internet for some Korean reading material to aid my self study, I came across this marvellous webtoon (web cartoon) called Penguin loves Mev.


Source: comic.naver.com