Korean/Lesson III2

III Introduction This section covers the terms related to religion and encourage the student to speak about his/her religious beliefs using the Korean language. When learning about religion in the Korean language, there are some important factors to consider. First of all, there are 7 different speech levels in the Korean language accompanied by a set of honorific forms for each speech level. In the Korean Bible, the translators use the Hasoseoche (하소서체) form for many of the verses. For daily speech, the reader should use one of the lower speech forms instead. The second thing that the reader needs to do is be prepared to learn the hanja for many of the words used in religious texts. If the reader learns a few hanja every week, that reader will be able to be able to learn the vocabulary more quickly. The hanja are used in the mixed script Korean Bible, 백팔대참회문, as well as some other Korean religious texts. Vocabulary 종교(宗教) - Religion 하나님/하느님 - God (하나님 used in Protestants, 하느님 used in Roman Catholic) 하늘 - Heaven 악마/마귀(惡魔/魔鬼) - The devil(사탄-satan) 지옥(地獄) - Hell 성신/성령(聖神/聖靈) - Holy spirit/Holy Ghost 영적인 - spiritual 교회(教會) - Church 성경(聖經) - The Bible 절 - (Buddhist) Temple 무교(無教) - no religion 불교(佛教) - Buddhism 불경(佛經) - Buddhist scriptures 부처님(菩薩님) - Buddha 교파 - sect 영원히(永遠히) - eternally, forever 천국(天國) - paradise 화신(化身) - reincarnation 부활(復活) - resurrection 예수 그리스도 - Jesus Christ 사도(使徒) - apostle 기도하다(祈禱하다) - to pray 응답(應答) - an answer(spiritual) 믿다 - to believe 이해하다(理解하다) - to understand 오해(誤會) - misunderstanding 헷갈리다 - to be confused(혼란스럽다 too) 경전(經典) - scriptures 성전(聖殿) - Temple 인자(人子) - Son of Man 구원(救援) - salvation 표적(表迹) - miracle III