How to Speak Busan Dialect (부산 사투리) | Korean Dialect Special

Busan dialect is the most popular dialect in Korean (there are many others), and for many good reasons. These days many celebrities speak Busan dialect, and that has sparked a lot of people to begin studying it on their own. In this video you’ll learn all the basics of Busan dialect (부산 사투리), including grammar, vocabulary, phrases, intonation, pronunciation, and more. Since there are no official “rules” in dialects and each person can speak slightly differently, this video will give a good overview of the major points you’ll want to know to be able to speak in Busan dialect.
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[@hodamy]

조용히 구독하며 영어 공부 중인 한국인입니다. 항상 영상 잘 보고 있습니다. 이번 영상에 오해의 소지가 있어서 댓글 남기게 되었습니다. 전 부산에서 태어나 35년 넘게 살아온 사람입니다. 의문형 '나' 와 '노'에 대해 오해가 좀 있으신거 같습니다. 예 아니오가 아닌 설명을 요구하는 질문에 '노'를 붙이는 게 아니라 누가, 언제, 어디서, 어떻게, 왜 라는 의문사가 들어가는 질문에 붙입니다. 단순히 맛있노? 하면 틀린 사투리고 자칫 특정 대통령을 비하하는 표현으로 오해받을 수 있습니다. 맛있나? 에 6가지 의문사를 붙여보면 누가 맛있노? (서..섬뜩) 언제 맛있노? 어디가 맛있노? 뭐가 맜있노? 어떻게 맛있노? 왜 맛있노? 이엏게 됩니다. 조금이나마 오해의 가능성을 차단하고 빌리님께 도움이 되었으면 하는 바람으로 남깁니다. 앞으로도 좋은 영상 기대하겠습니다.

[@user-jq1bf5he6q]

Hello^^ im a native busan person... hahahaha He is awesome.!!! hhahaha

[@aayushsharma8735]

Hiiii...I am Aayush From India and I m learning Korean can you please help me with Korean and Busan Satoori I really need a Korean friend Thanks...❤❤🙏🙏

[@user-jq1bf5he6q]

@@aayushsharma8735 hello^^ sure!! how can i help you??

[@aayushsharma8735]

@@user-jq1bf5he6q I have just started learning Korean and i can read hangul...i know just a bit of vocabulary and a bit grammar But i genuinely wanna pursue Korean and i need some native Korean friends to talk to in Korean beacause that is the best way to learn a language, by interacting with natives But i don't have any Korean friend and i need one I tried websites but nothing worked If you don't mind, we can keep in contact through some social networking sites and please help me I don't have any bad intentions, i promise Please understand

[@user-jq1bf5he6q]

@@aayushsharma8735 Oh you are so ambitious to korean language. all korean people use kakaotalk app. So download this app and add me. My id is xorud0353 See you soon!^^

[@marvinmallare9796]

@@user-jq1bf5he6q Can you also be my 선생님?

[@dusteebowl]

I want a Korean drama where Billy plays all the characters. That's all.

[@jennykim2669]

My parents are immigrants so I learned my korean completely from them. Then when I went to college, all the other korean kids would always freak out when I spoke korean cause apparently my satoori is super extreme. Didn’t know what they were talking about till these videos lol

[@slllloraxxx]

On top of that you also might be speaking an "outdated" version because your parents' version of the language is stuck in the year they emigrated...I know that's the case for me when I visit my mom's country and I say random words that haven't been used commonly since 1987 😅

[@nickfifteen]

My Mom is from Busan and my Dad is White, so my Dad learned all his Korean from my Mom. All too often he'll get some Korean he meets at church or something give him an strange look and be like "... why do you have a Busan accent?" I've equated it as being like a Korean who learned all their English from their Southern-accented spouse and saying "Howdy y'all!" when meeting other white people 😂

[@Jumpoable]

Where are your parents from?

[@Xin_XO]

Basically: *Seoul:* oh no! You fail! :( *Busan:* yOU PIECE OF SH-

[@ayushiarya118]

😂😂

[@armyblinkmidzy4878]

i guess in delhi of korea

[@sniper_fox47]

Lmaooo😭🤣🤣

[@sm-lb5xm]

I thought I know basic Korean after learning 1,5 years. And I'd done pretty well in Seoul, too! Several times! I was feeling so good about my language skills. Then I came to Busan... and made some local friends :D The minute they forget they have a foreigner among them and switch from the standard to dialect, they lose me completely.

[@abrilsilva1]

뭐라카노 finally makes sense now! I would hear in the song Satoori of BTS

[@doubleu912]

sis saaaammmeee

[@eunjinjung8399]

Bro.....i just realized 😂😂😂 I

[@jiujennie]

i found this commenttttt!!! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Serendipityismy]

In what song?

[@abrilsilva1]

@@Serendipityismy Satoori by BTS

[@dylanryu4110]

Busan is essentially Texas of Korea

[@aubreyyoung4610]

I love comparisons like this. Would Seoul dialect, being big city, sound high-strung like NYC? Or laidback like LA?

[@permafrost8894]

@oneviwatara yes. Because there are many mountains in korea so each regions were isolated, diverse dialects developed even though korea is very small! Also busan(gyeong sang namdo) is like texas of Korea, but the accents sounds more like boston it tends to be fast and kinda noisy too.

[@permafrost8894]

@oneviwatara some sound horrible? Lol actually busan dialect is considered noisy in korea too. Its controversial .. many people hate it including me ( even though i live in busan)

[@b_meiy1-232]

oneviwatara I’m khmer 😳😭

[@JoobieLoobieSoobie]

Um, No. Texas is not cool, and a Texas accent does not make men sound masculine or women cute. Makes people sound stupid. A masculine accent for men in the US is Boston or New York, and a cute one for women is South/North Carolina.

[@permafrost8894]

Damnn your accent is on point

[@iroiro_6392]

Busan is the second largest city in Korea, so I think dialect is also famous. It often appears in movies and dramas. I'm Korean, but I think Billy is better at Busan dialect because I'm from Seoul. Thank you for the fun video today. I want foreigners to know that Korean is fun.

[@crush3630]

Yep we know thanks@@ Wanna learn Korean more. ❤

[@allergictohumansnotanimals5671]

Yeaaah the ending particles and grammatical structures of the korean language are so fun 🗿ㅠㅠ

[@BeLovelyOK]

Yep, it’s fun! 정말 재미있어요 ㅋ ^^

[@welderella]

My pronunciation is garbage. It’s unfortunate that I am learning so late in life. I just have to keep at it.

[@icyhot7850]

3:18 so this was jimin from bts was teaching on of his vlives

[@onlyhuman5669]

I was searching for this comment lol💜

[@aj.davis08]

LMAO YES

[@netty5576]

I been looking for this comment too 😂

[@gmi3204]

True lol😂😂

[@mylifeismiserableandsoami953]

"Diphthongs are often pronounced more relaxed" i love this dialect already.

[@bamikbia]

real, i literally cannot with those because it feels like i have to put so much “energy” into the pronunciation 😭

[@user-vs7pc4rf5g]

Korean used to be a tonal language in the past. But it disapeared in most of dialects. But it still remained in Gyeongsangdo dialect.

[@niggogado]

and jeju

[@mooncakiiee]

What is a tonal langage ? 🤔 You mean like chinese ?

[@ai-eo4dm]

@@mooncakiiee Yes

[@rei0go50]

I think it would be safe to call it a pitch accent just like in Japanese.

[@doubleiis7675]

Tone doesn't determine the meaning of words in Gyeongsangdo dialect so I don't think it's tonal

[@chloe8387]

i'm realising i unintentionally speak busan dialect because of how lazy my pronunciation is sometimes hahahah

[@Sasha-dg1sk]

Wait how do you unintentionally speak Busan dialect?! This is not be rude sry I'm just really blunt

[@chloe8387]

@@Sasha-dg1sk oh haha i wouldn't say i've been entirely speaking it of course, it's just that sometimes my pronunciation is a bit lazy and i pronounce things the same way as in the busan dialect lol

[@Sasha-dg1sk]

test subject 009 ahhh ok that’s actually pretty cool ik whenever I say something in English sometimes I would unconsciously say it with an Aussie accent even tho ive never been to Australia haha

[@chloe8387]

@@Sasha-dg1sk i'm australian and i can't even do an australian accent lmao we should swap

[@Sasha-dg1sk]

test subject 009 lmao teach me Korean let’s see if it works haha

[@Boleinad1]

I literally just arrived in Busan today so I hope this helps!

[@galicasas]

Have a good trip!!

[@shkim652]

Busan people also use the word "퍼뜩" which is equivalent to "빨리" (quickly) in standard Korean, and most non-Busan people have no idea what that is. Considering how Koreans love everything to be quick (빨리빨리), this can lead to many interesting situations. For example, (at a restaurant) when a Busan person says "퍼뜩 주이소~(Can I get my dish asap)" and others get 퍼뜩 as some kinds of 떡(rice cake). Then, they reply as "우린 그런 떡 없어요 (We don't have such kind of rice cake)."

[@anneim6738]

My husband is from Busan, I've experienced this kind of trouble a lot 😄

[@XOut4This]

I saw a video of Jimin explaining kagakaga (I know I did not spell that correctly; that’s what my American ears hear) And I saw a video of Jimin and Taehyung explaining Paida. Please excuse my poor explanation! I just thought it was cool that Billy used those words, as well.

[@bubbleshark]

I live in Busan but I also trying to speak like Seoul ppl(standard) hahahah anyway Billy speaks dialect rly well wooow

[@VoVina111]

Busan dialect never ceases to sound so cool to me no matter how many times I hear it in Kdramas! lol Thanks for this video, it cleared up a lot of questions I had about it!

[@tremon2433]

I was born in Ulsan and lived 7 years in Busan. This vid is fun and well made. We normally use 표준어 More than 사투리. Elderly people, like in our parent's age or granny's age use 사투리's words and intonation, but not all of them. And young people living in Busan and Ulsan use some intonation of dialect but not much use 'dialet words'. Koreans like Busan dialet performed in Korea movie. Because it makes people can enjoy vivid acting. I like it too. But most of Koreans use Standard language. Only intonation is slightly different. So if you have in mind to trip to the Busan, Ulsan, Daegu , any place in Korea you dont have to worry about the Dialect.

[@xinaily]

I need more Busan Dialect videos. Not only because I wanna learn... I just love the way it sounds and I wanna listen to you talking in that dialect more 🤣 Also the video is really fun, great job!

[@fionlim7696]

Wow your Korean sounds so fluent Billy.

[@Niena97]

This explains the dialects in Reply 1988 and Reply 1994 so much!

[@anonymous-fq8dm]

Sabrina yesss I was just thinking that

[@ianhomerpura8937]

Try watching Reply 1997, the first one in the series. If I remember right, the show was almost entirely done in the Busan dialect.

[@nadie-qm8rq]

@@ianhomerpura8937 yes, it was really notorious, when I first watched it, I haven't had learned anything about Korean yet and didn't know what satoori was, but since I was into kdramas, I could still recognize there was a difference in the way they spoke

[@galicasas]

"오빠야 어떤데?" loved this part because Billy's face 😂

[@TV-gq1og]

I'm a native Busan person. Oh my goodness. This video is hilarious. ;}

[@peterlee277]

I am a Korean speaking the standard version and whenever I meet my family down there I don't necessarily understand but I can guess and get the point, but if they speak really fast, man I am out.

[@THEKWAY]

So they had to teach Jimin and Jk how to talk all over again 😂😂😂😂

[@JKSHIN-me2nt]

6:08 맛있노?는 어색한 문장이고(일베충으로 오해 받을 수 있음) 맛 어떻노?가 자연스러운 문장입니다

[@yuk_notkim7658]

I just find it so funny that it's so relatable since I was born in Busan and my relatives speak like that, especially my grandpa.

[@joyce2323]

when your teacher is like this, learning the language becomes more fun 😍

[@AmbiCahira]

This video is such a masterpiece! It also gave me slight (off topic) homesickness because Northern Sweden also shortens sentences, chances intonation, has odd words for everything, and could be seen by some Swedes as more attractive/manly for it. Your skits are so on point that I had to bookmark this video, nicely done! It must have taken ages to edit it all!

[@ysw9771]

Your "친구" reference was epic! Seems like many people don't notice it.

[@zainech3150]

why do i find this so funny skdksmkdskd (the examples)

[@lindakim3051]

idk nan m0lla for me it’s because he’s yelling at a teddy bear

[@A-_-A.]

I find it funny too 😂

[@SlavaKim]

The production value of this episode is so on point! I loved all the small side-by-side examples

[@lauraaitbai1799]

Thank you for all of your hardwork.That was a really fun and interesting video:)

[@siejsidjksjdjd]

ur videos are so informative & funny at the same time! such a pleasure to watch

[@quillandink333]

This was so fun and interesting to watch! It’d be so cool if you did videos for other dialects like Gwangju or Jeju dialect!

[@wahyuzuliansah8602]

Thank you, all of your videos are awesome!!

[@misspanda6047]

This was really fun to watch! 고맙습니다 😊

[@lindakim3051]

my grandma talks like this. i used to think “개안타” meant something about a dog. like “it’s ok, don’t mind the dog” (because 개 = dog, and my grandma had this very annoying dog that peed on my sister one day, all over her clothes, which prompted my grandmother to say to us “개안타, 개안타!” even though if you ask my sister it was NOT 개안타, not at all...)

[@cdab8377]

Linda Kim ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 개안타=개의(介意)치 않다 의 준말(Abbreviations)이에엽

[@bean7496]

What does it mean ?.....

[@JM-dl1ki]

@@bean7496 개안타 means; it's no problem, don't worry.

[@andrew_li]

@@bean7496 I'd say it's closer to meaning "it's okay".

[@WrekFilms121]

My grandmother speaks the dialect and everytime I hear it sends a warm feeling to my stomach. :)

[@ldbartsch]

Billy;! Another great video. Thank you! 감사합니다

[@ZaraUchiha13]

i love these videos!!!! I've been learning Korean on and off, but these videos never fail me. Thank you-ssss from your Armenian subscriber, Billy!

[@igoroliveira3774]

And I was planning to go to Busan first instead of Seoul HAHAH I love your vídeos they make my day awesome!!!!!

[@crush3630]

I love Busan accent too... I'm new here. You've gained one more follower with this awesome video.. Thanks for your efforts. Hi from europe😙

[@initialdluvr]

As a Korean American, I absolutely love this channel. I speak Korean with my parents. I love how detailed you get in your videos. I get so much out of em. Thanks!

[@hoeenotfound6829]

Pls do more vids. I'm trying to learn so hard. Btw your vids are like TV shows love it

[@imaneboud183]

I like the subtitle in korean that you have used in the video, it is very helpful. Thank you for your videos Billy.

[@dd-zs1fm]

헐 나 부산인데 나보다 잘아노...

[@qwertyasdfg3652]

I’m just amazed his hard work for this video, i can easily remember the information.

[@tonalwake3860]

Man, I'm saving this video... The acting and the examples are all top tier!

[@angelelouminacarloman2117]

He is so good!❤️ im currently learning korean, and im just amazed by him!!!

[@lex5965]

you make learning korean so much easier and fun

[@Derrellyn]

Probably my favorite video so far AND useful

[@Dizzaton]

THANK YOU SO MUCH for this GREAT VIDEO!!! I love learning about dialects. Please show us more

[@tiffunnystraykidsnoona7694]

항상 감사합니다 선생님 ♡

[@SanzhSaigon]

there's so much love about Busan in your videos ♥ 나두 부산사투리 엄청 좋아하는디 ㅋㅋㅋ

[@cintyapriscilla4839]

billy i luv the way you teach us korean hahaha...thank you so so much..🙆‍♀️💕

[@Ace-ne5lm]

so awesome! I was impressed ur depth of korean. especially '압' and '어어어'

[@sarsysnape]

AAAH THANK YOU SO MUCHFOR THIS VIDEO...I LEARNED A LOT...Please, could you do one more with more common expressions of Busan Dialect? 🥺🥺🥺 제발! Hugs from Brazil!

[@zingerburgerbox8806]

4:36 as a foreigner I heard literally no difference

[@endlessreign]

I couldn't either and I listened to it a few times lol

[@meowBlitz]

as a foreigner I could tell pretty clear difference. because my mother tongue is finnish and there is a lot of double consonants in finnish.

[@AmbiCahira]

If you hiss s S s S s S s S back and forth a few times with more and less pressure then listen again you will hear that ㅆ is like S and ㅅ is like s, meaning one has more air force. :)

[@lorenachavez9485]

Same here, I hear no difference what so ever :c

[@damarisferreira1387]

"Ssa" "싸" sounds more longer than "sa" "사"

[@nowherek5757]

Hello Sir, I really really want to learn korean especially busan dialect. Thank you so much💜

[@cherierussell5572]

Great video! I would love to visit this beach town, and I really feel the info in your lesson here will add big dividends to my time spent there. 감사함니다!!!!

[@louratommo]

That was awesome! Busan satoori does sound very cool :D I loved the video, it is so interesting to know more of such details. I hi=ope one day I will be able to at least understand that dialect if not speak it haha Thank you so much!

[@hoeenotfound6829]

Pls do more videos of the busan dialect. I would love to learn more about the dialect.

[@AllyMcLesbian]

I love this dialect. My Korean family is originally North Korean, but resettled in Busan during/after the war, so even though I did not even visit Busan until many of them passed away, I grew up hearing it all the time. At least when I showed up in Busan, locals simply switched to the standard Seoul dialect when dealing with me. I have heard stories though in Daegu (similar dialect) where visitors from Seoul were unwelcome on a business trip, but when one of them broke into the local dialect, they suddenly got the red carpet treatment.

[@SamridhiKakkar]

The fact that old Korean dramas have really helped me so much that I could really understand errthing 👀👀 I wish I could do this much progress in French for my school😂😂😂

[@sowmiyaparui591]

Thanks for the recommending it!!! I loved it!! ^_^

[@BusanCheoja]

와~부산토박이로서 "외국인이 부산사투리에 대해서 알아봤자지..얼마나 잘 할까" 하면서 보는데 마지막에 감탄이 절로 나오네요!! 거기다가 경북사투리와는 확연히 다른 억양 디테일까지 정확합니다! 또한, 요즘 인터넷에서 경상도 사투리는 ~노 만 붙이면 다 되는 줄 아는 글도 많이 봤는데 차이점까지..엄지척 인정입니다!! ^-^

[@ToonMageChannel]

3:18 Busan dialect speakers: 가가가가? Tagalog speakers: Bababa ba? (Is it going down? or Going down?) HAHAHAHA

[@izzahallara3015]

HAHAHAHAHHAHA OO NGA NOH

[@JustZaynnelle]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@junosvideo]

우와.. 잘 정리해 주셔서 덕분에 잘 알아갑니다!

[@stefaniamessina5145]

You are soo funny and very good in your teaching us korean. I am on a course that uses you book so hope to improve my knowledge well

[@gyakutenryu]

Haha every time I watch a video like this I'm amazed at how little Korean I actually know :')

[@6pades]

thank you so much for this video!! 고마워요 🙏

[@SkylerSabrine]

This is bending my brain... everything I've learnt is a lie...

[@ramahong]

I needed this 😍

[@platinumchill607]

Great video! Love the 아이가 sound

[@zartoshtsassani9844]

Great video. I taught in Masan and picked up Kyungnam ssaturi. It's a very colorful dialect. Another one is halme and harbe for grandmother and grandfather.

[@mariatheresac.5961]

Been seeing Busan satoori on YT 👍 pls. Cover other satoori as well, thanks!!! 💕

[@carloszamarrons94]

I've been waiting for this a long time😂 뭐라카노? 니가 그랬다 아이가!

[@Natyshine]

This is very fun! Busan dialect is very cool but is kind of tricky since I've got used to listen to Seoul one, I should start learning more. God bless and your family 😇😊☺️

[@moonchild_9505]

부산 사투리 억수로 좋아합니당 ㅠㅠ

[@TravelEndleslie]

Had fun learning this dialect...

[@getchwaltzetki6022]

High quality, as always

[@ryusmm928]

I had a lot of wow moments while watching this one! I just watched Reply 1994 recently and I learned about the concept of 사투리 there. Most of the characters came from Masan which is also in the same province as Busan, I believe. It seems that their accents made sense to me after watching this video. I missed the series because of this. Thank you for this one! Hoping to see a Jeollado version of this. I also liked their accent as well 😊

[@haruno._.takakuu11]

와... 대박.. 사투리 진짜 잘하시네요!👍🏻👍🏻

[@pabo69]

I just learned 바퀴벌레 like two weeks ago and since then, I've kept encountering this word in the most random places (thankfully just the word, not the pests themselves). I'd like to learn some Busan dialect when I'm a bit more advanced because it really does sound pretty neat. But for now, this video helps to at least get a grasp of the differing word endings, and it was super funny as usual.

[@buddhistmonk296]

This is really fun to watch!😁 I think you should make "One Busan Saturi a week". It will help viewers to learn Busan saturi for fun.😀👍 Just one word a week. Then many Koreans will be watching this program too. There are many Koreas want to learn English watching utube.

[@shelan7058]

This video is awesome😍

[@TaeTae-cv9xz]

I love the gyeongsang dialect so much. It really does sound cool, straight to the point, and really fun to speak. Also it’s so cool how majority of these expressions were familiar to me considering bts used them in their song: Paldogangsan (Satoori rap). I love learning about satoori.

[@user-lc6rh5hs4q]

wow... I am born and raised in Ulsan. but there are some expression I never heard of in my life.. especially about '강구' as in a roach. Also I thought that the pronunciation of "쌀" was the yardstick to seperate Northern part of 경상도 from Southern part of 경상도.. like the pronunciation of "pen" does between southerner and Yankee in US...BTY Your Korean is very impressive.

[@queensabina9983]

Wow very impressive that you learned Korean this good

[@mokyuri_]

My grandparents and also my father are koreans from Busan and I really loved to learn busan accent to surprise them❤

[@stitchlove1718]

아 진짜 웃겨 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 재밌땅!!!!

[@antoniolim603]

daegu dialect is more friendly than busan haha even im from daegu. i can feel busan has strong accent

[@user-kh9pf4rf8c]

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 너무 재미있어요

[@user-pj9oo6ne3e]

와우.. 언어전공자로써 볼때 빌리님 컨텐츠들은 외국인들이 한국어를 배울때, 초~중급자를 대상으로 굉장히 좋은 컨텐츠 같네요!

[@nabletiny]

I want to learn busan satoori because i've learned seoul satoori so i think its a perfect time for me to learn busan satoori since my oppa is a busan saram :D

[@user-uj2xp1tn8i]

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ부산말 우째이래 잘하시노 으디서 배웠으예?ㅋㅋㅋ 잘보고갑니더~