Koreans react to a non-native speaking fluent Korean

When I first lived in Korea I stayed in Busan, and I occasionally visited the Jagalchi Fish Market (자갈치 시장) in Busan. Now that I’m fluent in Korean and even teach Korean, I wanted to go back once more to see how it had changed. And I also wanted to interact with the people there, and talk with them in Korean. You can see their reactions to me speaking Korean with them. Special thanks to “Korean Jream” and “Korean Arah” for helping me film this video!
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[@KoreanJream]

저 날 우리 진짜 재미있었는데!!! 너무 춥고! ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 😆 곧 또 봐! 🤗 By the way everyone, this must have taken quite some time editing as we had 3 mics and 2 cameras… Thank you for having us on your channel and editing this fun video! 🥰

[@KoreanArah]

이거 촬영한 그날만 딱 춥고 다음날에는 이상하게 다시 따뜻해졌어요 ㅎㅎ 그때 기억이 새록새록 나네요! 😍

[@KoreanJream]

@@KoreanArah 와... 진짜 저 날만 엄청나게 추웠죠 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 제가 좀... 약간 폭풍우와 폭설을 좀 몰고 다니고 합니다 제 잘못인 거 같아요 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@KoreanArah]

@@KoreanJream 🤣

[@ThePrototypler]

Is it coincidence, that I just recently discovered your channel and now find you here??!

[@KoreanJream]

@@ThePrototypler no it’s definitely not a coincidence! It’s called algorithm magic! 🪄 🥰

[@thecadeaujournals3980]

You have no idea (or maybe you do ; )) how helpful these casual, real life videos are for us learners. Hearing small conversational sounds, and idioms get really solidify all the words and terms I come across in study.

[@KoreanJream]

Hearing this makes any teacher’s heart dance! 🥰 I’m sure Billy’s heart is too!

[@lianaamelia9617]

Agree , small conversation or daily conv does help alot for beginner

[@infp1119]

this is so true, i always learn so many new phrases from this type of video

[@cassie7thomson]

The seller at the last market, he was funny and sure up for trying to advertise his stall/section. Kept giving freebies even if no hands left to receive them lol

[@HeyMe7]

The old man at the end giving away tea(?) and blueberries was so cute.

[@KoreanJream]

He was literally yelling at us because we wouldn't take the goodies fast enough! ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 😆

[@GoBillyKorean]

And those were the best dried blueberries I'd ever had in my entire life.

[@AmbiCahira]

I've been playing stardew valley in Korean a lot and was taken aback that all the time spent fishing in the game taught me several useful fish names because a lot of fish mentioned in this video exist in the game. I loved hearing these interactions, truly precious. ❤

[@nori_tutor]

This game is golden! I feel bad because whenever I try to play it I just leave it aside after a while. it may be because I don't know its mechanics quite well, such a good game.

[@minticore1942]

Do you know how good the translation is? I've been thinking about playing SDV in Korean but I don't know the translation quality.

[@KoreanArah]

Thank you for coming to all the way to Busan from Suwon.(almost 6hours round trip) I'm a Busan native but I rarely go to this huge 자갈치 market. Because of your filming, I had so much fun, too. 생선들 보니까 회가 먹고 싶어서 갑자기 배가 '꼬르륵~" 해요. 😂

[@KoreanJream]

아... 회......😲 우리 다음에는 부산 바닷가에서 회 한 판 때려요! And I am Ulsan native who's traveled to Busan million times over my entire life, and it was my first time at 자갈치시장 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@GoBillyKorean]

We gotta start planning our next collab in Busan (or Ulsan) :D

[@KoreanJream]

@@GoBillyKorean 다 좋아유~~~~ 😀 울산 오면 대숲에 앉아서 놉시다!

[@KoreanArah]

Why not? I like it either in Busan or Ulsan. 😎 When are you guys coming to Korea this year? Let me know. (I don't think I will go to the US this year.😅)

[@KoreanArah]

@@KoreanJream 회 한 판 콜! 🐟🐠🐡

[@deirdremckprice7702]

I am so proud of you, Go Billy! You make all your students proud! I loved seeing you interact with the Korean natives and sharing your scenes with Korean Jream and Korean Arah!! The native Koreans were lovely, friendly and very knowledgeable--which isn't surprising!

[@eundongpark1672]

That guy on the corner always gives service snacks (although you got more than I usually got). I went there to buy dried ginger and nuts. A lot of the stalls have a tiny restaurant in the back, if you look past the sellers into the back of their stall. I think you can buy fresh fish and they'll cook it for you and you can eat it on-site (although, maybe that's closed down with the pandemic?). I've never done the cook-and-eat-on-site thing because 1. I'm not fond of most seafood and 2. I like fish but I'm not confident I could explain what I want (in Korean ... yet)

[@gealg5752]

Fact #1: Go! Billy is one of the best guides to Korea and Korean - Koreans say it. Fact #2: Busan people speak a bit like Italians - with passion (I'm Italian, and I feel I can relate to that ☺️) I got your books and I should start studying Korean soon. Thank you for the beautiful videos, I love them!

[@belengomez9602]

It's so exciting watching Billy speaking Korean in casual conversations. Loved this video

[@tahnjr]

The 곰장어 "phlegm producing sea eel" in 7:58 is a "hagfish". The slime it produces contains strong natural fibers, and is amazing stuff! It's currently being tested as a shark repellent. Future industrial & medical applications include: fire suppression, body armor, auto parts, and tissue & tendon replacement.

[@SANDY-gq2xe]

His fluency!😩 oh I hope to be like u one day I'm tryna do my best Thx for this motivation , 선생님💘

[@KoreanJream]

Definitely a great motivation!!!! 👍👍👍

[@KoreanArah]

할 수 있어요. 화이팅!!

[@SANDY-gq2xe]

@@KoreanArah어 고마워용 아프로 더 열심히 할게요 😩💘💘💘

[@SANDY-gq2xe]

@@KoreanJream 💖💖💖

[@farawaykin]

such an amazing video…the last guy who wouldn’t let you go until you took everything he wanted you to try made me laugh lololol this whole thing really warmed my heart

[@collectingducks]

the collaborators in the video seem very sweet

[@aliannalewandowski9876]

Still taking your course, and I'm making steady progress with my hangul. I hope to see more casual content like this in between your normal videos!

[@ttottot]

I really enjoyed seeing and hearing everday people in the market!

[@joshyjosh8795]

What an extremely wholesome, entertaining video. I usually try to not speak for everyone, but in this case I will: more videos like this please! Like some other comments say, it's small real-life interactions like this that help us learners catch small useful phrases, idioms, and intonations. Though, I'm sure a lot of the vendors were a bit caught off guard having you praise and delve into your love for some of their products, and then move on without purchasing anything.. 😆 선생님 감사합니다!

[@krissyleinen]

Reminder as to why I’m continuing to put in the struggle and effort to learn Korean - so I can better converse while I’m here - everyone was so lovely and welcoming!

[@katelacey8857]

Love this video! Honestly I could watch you walking around town talking to people in Korean all day. And it motivates me to get back to studying Korean, I fell off track a little bit but I really miss it and still would love to be able to become conversational in it.

[@jessicamaldonado9272]

The English and Korean subtitles together is so helpful!

[@annenelson5784]

Ah, I miss Busan! I lived there for more than 3 years, just a few stops away from Jagalchi, and the sights (and sounds, haha) bring back so many memories…

[@nikitahart4377]

I would love to see more of these! So great for learning!

[@sue008A]

That was one of the coolest videos Billy. I know a Korean gal who lives in Busan .. I met her years ago when she was doing an internship for University. I've kept in touch with her and didn't know that different regions of Korea had different dialects. I've done a little bit of studying on different places in Korea and the two places I want to go to the most are Busan and Jeju. It's probably because I like beach areas.

[@User0899]

This is really great! To hear how people really converse in real life. Thank you!

[@lucie8565]

Thank you Billy for this video with the girls 🥰 it is true, your Korean is so good !! And thank you for your books and everything ❤️ kisses from France 😙

[@uklife1628]

Omg ! You are so sweet in real live ! Loving you even more teacher !!! We are so lucky to have you to be our teacher !

[@alexanderrelveria]

It’s nice to hear this casual conversation And I noticed that I understand a lot from all of you I also learning Korean language 감사합니다

[@karenbarlow9431]

This was sooo much fun! 감사합니다!

[@derpderp9281]

Wow the people there seem so kind 😊 I love the energy of Busan

[@jonicaeddings2913]

Awe great video!!! Thank you all❣️❣️❣️

[@BASEDinMaine]

Love this style of video. As a complete beginner, I somehow I feel both inspired and slightly demoralized by Billy's ~16 years of experience 😵I wish I had the ability to interact with native speakers that fluently 🙏🏼 Just found your channel today, so I'll be subscribing. As a videographer, allow me to offer a friendly suggestion for the markets in the future: It's difficult when you're doing "run and gun" filming, but since you have multiple cameras going -- if you were to dedicate one of them to a higher framerate (say at least 60fps), you can make some nice cuts of the food on display by carefully moving it across the product and having your editor slow down the framerate to 24fps for the final cut. It makes a nice dreamy presentation that would let us viewers really appreciate the details of the incredible market displays! (this assumes the rest of your video is in 24fps or similar).

[@GoBillyKorean]

I'm the editor, and I pick 30fps for most of my videos (except some of them) because I like them to feel more real. For these sorts of videos, I simply handed 2 other cameras to the other KZbinrs helping me (Korean Arah and Korean Jream), and asked them to film me or film whatever they'd like. It'd be difficult to get specific shots of food or things that we look at as I don't have any hired assistants, so I usually end up trying to film those on my own during the day when possible (this time it wasn't possible because our time was limited and this place was busy). Although I recently upgraded my main camera, so that would be a bit better for the next time. For this video, there was only one actual camera with a lens that we took turns holding, a Gopro on my backpack, and another Gopro that was being handed around.

[@mermaidmoon8967]

All the times you were complimented on your pronunciation....I knew I picked the right teacher to learn from! :D

[@juliussamelo1008]

I love this video!

[@A1Happy777]

That was great! thank you

[@debbydrinhuyzen3470]

선생님 This is so cool! I wish I could visit 😩 Thank you for sharing 감사합니다 🙏

[@benbeausergent]

My favorite korean teachers all in one place?!?!

[@qureshi.561]

I am very happy to see my 3 korean teachers together ❤ 💕 💗 💖 고맙습니다 선생님들

[@RadioactiveGamin]

Love this would be awesome to see more

[@Avrwn]

They all seem so nice and welcoming

[@rixi_yoo]

We need more Collab videos like this..😄 이 Vlog가 재미있어요...

[@AS-hr6cn]

So much fun watching this

[@KoreanJream]

I had so much fun watching this too even if i was there with him 😂

[@aliro1588]

So much fun to watch

[@its_caraina4943]

I loved watching this

[@KoreanJream]

So did I!!! 😁

[@xilencist]

0:18 아라님 출신지역이 어딘지는 모르지만 이 부분 억양이 뭔가 약간 오랜만에 고향왔을 때 들떠서 자기도 모르게 나오는 사투리 억양 그런거 같음 ㅋㅋ ↗오↘늘 어디가는 거예↗요

[@KoreanArah]

저는 부산 토박이에요. ㅎㅎ 저 장면 찍을 때 빌리 쌤과 재림 쌤을 실제로 처음 봐서 완전 들뜨고 긴장했어요. 그래서 부산 억양이 팍팍~ 나왔네요. 🤣 완전 예리하십니다. 👍👍

[@3diaLim]

More this type of videos please. And thank you 😊

[@VickkyMama]

정말 재밌었어요. I am also learning 학국어 in Korea and the natives here are always surprised.

[@Achiaaa]

Great video! I love the conversations with the vendors. These small talks are really helpful for Korean learners. Would love to see more of these in future.

[@fransmith3255]

Awwww....I wish KZbin had a love button...

[@thyrafranchak2312]

Even though I don’t eat meat this was so fun and helpful to watch! The one vendor commented on how your intonation is excellent and for foreigners that’s not typical. So how do we get that natural Korean intonation!??

[@GoBillyKorean]

Lots and lots of exposure and practice :-) And trying purposefully to sound like they sound. "Shadowing" can be helpful for that sort of thing, once you're already able to have full conversations.

[@thyrafranchak2312]

Thanks so much for your reply! I really appreciate it!!

[@stitchlove1718]

Billy should be in Bizarre Korean Food with Andrew Zimmern as a guest.

[@GoBillyKorean]

I loved that show!

[@BerdineGuinness]

Man I wanna go eat there now! It looks so good!

[@its_caraina4943]

11:49 lol

[@KoreanJream]

We were scared and moved to the other side of the road...😂

[@aruwaTV]

우왕 신기하네여 ㅋㅋㄱ 한국에 사는지는 제 나인데 ㅋㅋㅋ16살 왕 역쉬 벨리쌤!

[@shakhlo8365]

Omg I am there. If I knew exact time I would be so happy to see you in person😭 All places I visit many times except chagalchi 🤣. Not my place with smelling🤣

[@luv4risa444]

11:40 ㅋㅋㅋ

[@shiningsolo143]

Wow

[@tonystarrfitness]

I spent some time in Korea with my wife about a year after I started learning the language. I was at this same market with my wife’s cousin and she made me try some beondaegi. They they said I would like it because there’s a lot of protein in it.. It wasn’t very good 🤪🤪 I had a great time eating king crab at that same market In Busan. 우리 한국 갈 때 제 안에 사촌 번데기 추천했어요. 건강 음식 말았어요. 왜 라면 단백질 많이 있어요. 그런데 나는 먹었어요. 하지만 못 없었어😂😂😂

[@1Rayaan]

I wanna go their 😩😩

[@evanuphil]

Billy saying 번데기 is tasty is the biggest hot take in a year of controversial hot takes.

[@KoreanJream]

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 너무 웃겨요 😂 (Actually… I don’t it 번데기 either 😅)

[@evanuphil]

@@KoreanJream maybe it is an acquired taste...

[@KoreanJream]

@@evanuphil It probably is! 😄

[@iveebruce2574]

The Squid Game masks that y'all were wearing are slick. :)

[@mariewKor22]

👏👏👏👏great video

[@KoreanJream]

안녕하세요 마리 프랑스 님! 🥰

[@Anthony-dn6kv]

Please make more of these lol

[@namshimaru]

Good video.

[@baum-jd6zj]

I feel so sorry for the animals in these markets... Unfortunately that is one point I really don't like about east asia, even though there is no place in the world where animals get treated well.

[@kentbandojo8758]

Hi billy beacause of you i can read korean♥

[@nezptune]

10:28 wholesome

[@Tushar-og9og]

good video you should upload these vlog kind of videos more.

[@GoBillyKorean]

It takes a lot of work to film these, and you can see I had two helpers to do it (Korean Jream and Korean Arah). But every time I visit Korea I like to film at least one or two interview videos like this :)

[@KoreanJream]

😉

[@Tushar-og9og]

@@GoBillyKorean yes billy i can understand and the hardest part would be to add korean subtitles, btw great content keep it up

[@anneim6738]

I'll be there in 18 days! Are you still going to be in Busan then?

[@GoBillyKorean]

I'll be back in Korea probably in June of this year.

[@cjmd5277]

저도 부산에 1년 동안 사는데 자갈지 시장 가면 이렇게 편하게 말 할 수 없어요. 저는 금궁해요 ... 어떻게 부산 사투리 배웠어요? 그냥 친구들 한테서 배웠어요? 요즘 서울 갈때 사람들을 이해 할수 있는데 아직도 부산에 사도 그렇게 빠른 바름과 다른 단어를 잘 몰라요. 재미있는 영상 덕분에 항상 감사합니다.

[@Fluglecheese]

I felt bad for some of the people talking to you, they must have thought you were going to buy some of the ... things... you were asking about. I guess that is the life of a market stall owner. 재밌게 봤어요! 감사합니다

[@GoBillyKorean]

They saw my cameras, so I don't think they expected me to buy something. Many were just happy that I was able to speak Korean.

[@CT-jp2ep]

Like most "reaction" videos people don't really care and are just going about their day. I guess "Billy goes to the Busan 재래시장" doesn't play to the algorithm.

[@stargirl7646]

Awwww all the ahjummas!

[@kaihyun2641]

Though you just say ( 안녕하세요 저는....예요) 😄 they just say 와 한국말 잘 하넹 ㅋㅋ

[@cindyhj]

11:40 lmao people from Busan sound like Cebuanos (we always get misunderstood bc we sound angry all the time 😂)

[@holoona7906]

How many red checked shirt do you have?

[@SaraStar7373]

김 좋아하지 않은 사람 여기요 👋🏻 a year in korea and still my coworkers and restaurant owners seem confused when i don’t eat any of the 김 😮‍💨

[@katesicle]

tbh this really made me want 해물탕

[@SenyoritaStoic]

Well, me in no time!

[@songlover2595]

김 싫어하는 사람 저 여기있어요 ㅎㅎ 영상 재밌게 봤어요 ☺️

[@mansuranjanpandey6487]

sir please make a video for eps topik learn for beginners

[@nikolekyt3812]

What means 외국 분이다? I can’t find it on a dictionary

[@c64844]

외국 분 = foreign person, foreigner (polite) 이다 = to be (can be translated differently depending on context. E.g, it is, I am)

[@nikolekyt3812]

@@c64844 what about 외국 사람? What’s the difference?

[@c64844]

@@nikolekyt3812 분 people/person (honorific unit) 명 people/person (standard unit) 사람(들) person/people/human (standard noun) Usage: 분 is used when referring to or counting people in a formal or respectful manner. It should never be used when referring to yourself. It should be used when talking about other individuals or directly to people you don't know. For example; someone may ask, "외국 분이에요?" They are referring to someone directly that they don't know and using 분 to show politeness and respect. Honorifics are used commonly online too when you are talking to strangers. 명 is the neutral/standard unit counter for people. You use it when you are talking about numbers of people. For example, "there were 3 people at the park yesterday" / "a table for 2 please." 사람 is the common noun for person. If you want to specify plural you can add 들 to make 사람들. Use it when you are speaking about people or a person in general, for example, "people these days work longer hours" / "my friend is a kind person." It can also be used in the same way as 명 to count people however it isn't a counter itself. As you encounter more Korean, you will gradually learn the contexts in which these terms are used. The main take away is that 분 is honorific and 명/사람 are standard. It's also worth noting that 분 and 명 are bound nouns so they must have something before them however 사람 is a general noun so it can be used on it's own.

[@KF22TV]

11:51 🤣🤣💀💀❤️‍🔥😂😂😂😂😂🤣💀😭😭😭😭😮‍💨

[@Mike-xi4jv]

We will tour korea with Black Pink they just signed after sf in November we will go to korea

[@gloriaakullu5345]

What is the difference in Korean age? Billy said, ''Am 36 in Korean age''

[@GoBillyKorean]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGHZm6iLprymd9U

[@learikosontcuit7129]

Don't trust Billy bondaegi is really bitter and the consistency is weird T-T it's good to try it once but don't expect it to be delicious

[@GoBillyKorean]

It's not bitter. Perhaps you tried the canned variety? I try both kinds in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4Gkg5Wins2JaLc

[@learikosontcuit7129]

@@GoBillyKorean It is ! very bitter!! 😄 I tried the one in the street. But maybe I am weak to bitterness, I can't drink cafe or dark chocolate either But to me bondaegi is like vegemite, it tastes like something that shouldn't be edible

[@GoBillyKorean]

Well it's definitely not for everyone :-P

[@user-eg5bv5gd6x]

킹크랩 3키로 30만원??? 키로당 10만원 시세 비싸당

[@SKinSKorea]

Impressed with his knowledge of Korean. Sad about the lack of knowledge of life and the sad end of sea food.

[@jinsu2640]

if i live in korea, i am going to dig until i get to north Korea and give people potatoes :) not joking

[@learnkoreanwithKorean]

한국말을 잘 하는 정도가 아니라 분석을 하는 수준이에요.