xichigo Posted May 11, 2009 Report Posted May 11, 2009 From what little I've heard her speak English, Ham is pretty fluent and has very little accent. Why doesn't she speak it often though? Like in that one interview conducted in English, only Nicole was speaking in English >_> Maybe she was afraid she might mess up, or something. Well, she did have less exposure to the language than Nicole since she was only in the US for about a year or so, but I like hearing her voice in English~ Maybe she can practise with Nicole and get better and and and they can have a duet in English <33Ham's English moments!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgwVdnCF0LAlol she broke down at the end, so funny XDhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpuN7QCzysgGyuri was hilarious; Ham was just like, oh, this is easyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlnuzbGSyjUHaha, this counts right? XDhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujYrZ7QBUR4lol, this is so anticlimactic, a "no thanks" and the convo's over XDhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEvDmC7jpeYSung completely in English! (:So, what do you guys think of SeungYeon's English? Let's share Ham's English moments XD---------- Bonus : Gyul's english too Ham singing Strong Enough by Stacie Orrico "Hello everyone,Im Seungyeon.Hi" Wakeeeeeeeee up~~~ 1 Quote
MiSS.GiRlli3 Posted May 11, 2009 Report Posted May 11, 2009 Yes I love Seungyeon's english. She doesn't have the accent. but she never speaks it anymore... *sad* she always said that she forgot everything already.. Seungyeon singing Strong Enough http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3BIcZja9Qw she's awesome! Quote
Honey-Hara Posted May 11, 2009 Report Posted May 11, 2009 Omg, that's the best English attempt for Seungyeon! Although, sometimes it's fun hearing a little Engrish, right? x3 She should practice more, she'll become a great speaker. Maybe, Seungyeon can come to the US and practice~ Quote
chupachups Posted May 12, 2009 Report Posted May 12, 2009 haha, i think she mentioned that she's not that confident in conversing in English? it has been a long time since she put her English to use. lol but she was Nicole's Korean mentor at one point, so yep...haha, I'm sure it's still good...just that she doesn't use it often? there this old clip of them. Nicole was using her phone dictionary to check her Korean Spelling and Seungyeon said to her, "Let me see." Short phrase, but it gave us a clue that Seungyeon maybe does talk to Nicole to in English ....sometimes? or she uses bits and pieces of it here and there. lol Quote
wOo Posted May 13, 2009 Report Posted May 13, 2009 shes pretty good at english, very fluent... we need to hear more of her english!~!~ Quote
BabyJun501 Posted May 13, 2009 Report Posted May 13, 2009 I think this is a common case when people better at listening than talking at English.... Many people understand what people saying at english but they didnt fluent enough to bring a conversation with it... And Judging from the vid, i think she did lose some of her skill at english,esp at the pronouncation and the accent... U should practice more Ham U will be a great speaker if u do it..... Quote
tantitjhin Posted May 13, 2009 Report Posted May 13, 2009 (edited) Yeah agree with BabyJun501.... The nearest case is me, when im hearing my family having a conversation in our region language, i understand what they are talking about but if u ask me to talk like them then im a such a loser there.. I think she speak english the best at the Star gOlden Bell time, the one with GyuRi... Esp when she said "Some kind of transportation and bla bla bla..." that was a perfect pronouncation and accent... Ah not to forget the one in Family Needed, i forgot which ep but its the one where she goes for a hiking ( i think..) with her mother and then she said the "Amazing, Unbelievable" word with such a engrish way... LOL... so Funny... Practice more SY, we wanna hear u speak in english more, that would be awesome to hear... Edited May 13, 2009 by tantitjhin Quote
Mystique Posted May 13, 2009 Report Posted May 13, 2009 Very good in English is an overstatement for Seungyeon. She has an accent and seems very shaky some of the time. I can tell she's not comfortable with the language thus very little use of it. Nicole on the other hand speaks English with ease. Quote
SushiRiceChopstix Posted May 13, 2009 Report Posted May 13, 2009 her english is so cute! she had english parts in secret world too right? at first i thought it was nicole lol ahh i remember that sgb! gyuri<33 and seungyeon..she used a pretty big word "transportation" lol hopefully we get to hear some more of her english and not just cole's Quote
-xuxu- Posted May 15, 2009 Report Posted May 15, 2009 Seungyeon's english are close to perfect. Her pronounciation is Jjiang! she's so smart. I do want her to speak more english. and have like more English narations in KARA song Quote
sweet__honey Posted May 16, 2009 Report Posted May 16, 2009 considering she had only live in America for about 2 -3 years her english is really good. to be honest Nicole's english is a little off ish for someone who was born there. anyway I want to hear her speak more English Quote
makublex Posted May 16, 2009 Report Posted May 16, 2009 Ham is really smart girl so i think she know english language very well but she did not get a chance to use it often so she may felt a bit rusty or uncomfortable speaking. It is quite similar to Thai people where they can understand everything but can't speak very well. Quote
monkee Posted May 16, 2009 Report Posted May 16, 2009 i love her english. it`s cute <33333 thank you for sharing. Quote
xichigo Posted May 17, 2009 Author Report Posted May 17, 2009 I think this is a common case when people better at listening than talking at English.... Many people understand what people saying at english but they didnt fluent enough to bring a conversation with it... Yeah, this happens to a lot of my Chinese friends. But usually they can speak the language but not write it or read it. The case seems to be the opposite for Ham though, haha. She can understand it but doesn't like speaking it. This is unfortunate since I love it when she speaks English. I love it when she gets all hyper and squeals randomly but that's another matter. On a side note, I was like "EHHH? XD" when I saw SY auctioning her Oprah book before I realized it was in Korean and not English, haha. to be honest Nicole's english is a little off ish for someone who was born there. Haha yeah, I think Cole developed an accent. Maybe she tried to learn Korean too hard? Her English is still very good though. Quote
re.loaded Posted May 17, 2009 Report Posted May 17, 2009 I wish there were more clips of Ham speaking in English so that it'd be easier to compare her with Nicole. But I think we have to remember that Ham and Nicole (especially now) don't speak English on a daily basis; anyone can get pretty rusty without practice. Anyway, Ham singing "Strong Enough" was amazing! I love her voice, and I agree that she should get some(maybe more?) English parts in Kara's songs. Quote
aki Posted May 17, 2009 Report Posted May 17, 2009 Aww it's so rare to hear her speaking english, but when she does I always end up smiling =D Hope to hear her speak more in the future, neh? Quote
quasar Posted May 19, 2009 Report Posted May 19, 2009 thanks for the links hams english is really good! Quote
QiannKoreanFreak Posted June 9, 2009 Report Posted June 9, 2009 Haha. I find ham's English kinda fluent (: Her accent is nice~ LOL, Gyul's mong shil mong shil candy! xD Quote
Toke Posted June 12, 2009 Report Posted June 12, 2009 SY has a little accent when she speaks english, just only little. however, haven't use it for awhile somehow makes you forgot and not overly confident in conversing english if it's not your first language. Quote
sokara Posted June 13, 2009 Report Posted June 13, 2009 she should practice more with nicole so we can catch her speaking english often!!! :) 1 Quote
Tatl Posted June 14, 2009 Report Posted June 14, 2009 Wow. Her English is pretty good. She barely has any accent when she speaks English though sometimes she kinda does. I agree. I'd like to hear her speak more English. That's be cool XP Quote
beautiie*smiile Posted June 20, 2009 Report Posted June 20, 2009 Seungyeon's english is really good for a person who didn't live there long. Like Kibum[suju] he lived in the US about as long as her but he had a deep accent [even Mickey] I want to hear her speak more English Quote
shinsengumi Posted June 21, 2009 Report Posted June 21, 2009 i love it how she spesk engrish , even though its funny that she doesnt have the accent and that she can understand it, just go to shows her versatality in being smart....plus its better if she doenst have the perfect english accent since it shows her unique ham engrish accent Quote
Sylvia Posted July 14, 2009 Report Posted July 14, 2009 oh i didn't know that seungyeon lived in the US before. what was she doing there? studying? i've never heard her speak english. wish i knew kara earlier. -.- i didn't follow much about korean singers when i first came to singapore, not like when i used to back in indonesia. but now i'm fully into korean singers again. haha~ Quote
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