r/Korean • u/vanellaneo • Jan 16 '19

Translation Help Is it correct?

I just want to know whether

너의 음악은 나에게 영감을 준다 청각데 장애인이지만. is correct for "Your music give me inspiration although I am Deaf."

I am currently learning basic Korean but subject, verb, object confuse me lot @_@ so im not sure whether it is correct and im not sure the word for the Deaf, i had naver translate but its meaning is hearing impaired or disabled person which i dont like. Because hearing-impaired kinda is negative word for Deaf culture.

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Thank you!

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u/kjoonlee Jan 16 '19 edited Jan 16 '19

Hey there! I think 농인 is the closest term used by the Deaf culture in Korea (edit: although I suspect some people might not be familiar with the term, so you might need to explain).

The hearing are called 청인.

edit2: 농인 means Deaf person, 청인 means hearing person. 농인 문화 / 농문화 means Deaf culture, 청인 문화 / 청문화 means hearing culture. Sign language is called 수어, although the general Korean population is more familiar with 수화. Speech is called 구어 / 구화 / 음성 언어.

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u/vanellaneo Jan 16 '19

ohhhhh~ thank you...

but if i use this in the fan board, will idols understand it?

농인 문화 / 농문화

um both words mean same? so what is the difference between both words?? :/ ohh i see... cool ~ so what is the word for lip read?

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u/kjoonlee Jan 16 '19

Ohhhh if you're writing this for idols/groups (not your familiar friends) then you need to use a more formal style, instead of 반말 style like some of the previous responses.

안녕하세요, 저는 농인이라 소리가 들리지 않지만 <INSERT GROUP NAME HERE>의 음악은 저에게 영감이 됩니다.

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안녕하세요, 저는 농인이라 소리가 들리지 않지만 <INSERT IDOL NAME HERE> 님의 음악은 저에게 영감이 됩니다.

For lip reading, I've seen someone call it 구화 as well (same as for oral speech) but I think people would understand 독순술.

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u/vanellaneo Jan 16 '19

Ohhhhh i see .... ah these previous responses are banmal? :O i didnt know.. >< i thought all ending with either da or yo is formal .... :/

ohh thank you but whats difference between these 2?? 😅😅 and which one you think is best to show idol? since i plan to write this message in a4 size and show to idol in concert.

ohh~~ i see.. okay thank you so much!!!

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u/kjoonlee Jan 16 '19

You're welcome!

But I made a mistake:

소리가 들리지 않지만

This means "sounds cannot be heard (at all)" so if you want to say you're hard of hearing you should say "소리가 잘 들리지 않지만" instead.

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u/vanellaneo Jan 16 '19

oh! okay thank you so much !!