Korean Video 4 청개구리

In a lesson over at Korean Class 101.com we learned about this great Korean idiom: "청개구리" So I ask some children I work with who they think is the 청개구리.

The question I keep asking is:
"누가 청개구리야?"

Sorry there aren't subtitles. I'm not set up to do that easily.
Me: Hello, Introduce yourselves, what are your names?
Boys: 김준현, My name is 김송혼
Me: What school do you go to?
Boys: Seoul, Cheonho Elementary School
Me: Ah, Seoul Cheonho Elementary School? Ok, among all the boys, who is the 청개구리?
(They aren't sure what it means at first)
Boys: 이나라!
Me: Oh, is that so?
---fade---
Me: What are your names?
Boys: 청호양, My name is "Sausage"
Me: Among all the boys, who is the 청개구리?
호양: 청개구리? 이나라!
Me: Oh, are you the 청개구리?
---fade---

Me: Introduce yourself. What is your name?
Boy: My name? 이성진
Me:What school do you go to?
이성진: Cheonho Elementary School
Me: Oh? Among all the boys, who is the 청개구리?
이성진:What?
Me: Among all the boys, who is the 청개구리?
이성진: What's that?
Me: It's a person that doesn't listen to what their teacher says.
이성진: 이나라!
Me: Why 이나라? When does he disobey his teacher?
이성진: Every day!
---fade---
Me: What is your name?
Boy:조체진
Me: Oh? Among all the boys, who is the 청개구리?
조체진: I don't know!
Me: Do you know what a 청개구리 is? (Someone else explains)
조체진: ME!
Me: You're a 청개구리? Why?
조체진: Just because!
Me: You don't listen to your teacher?
조체진: No, I don't
Me: Are you really a 청개구리?
조체진: You are a 청개구리!
Me: I am not a 청개구리!!
조체진: I am a 청개구리!!
---fade---
Me: Hello! Introduce yourselves, what are your names?
Boys: (say their names altogether)
Me: One at a time
Boys: (tell their names)
Me: What school do you go to?
Boys: Seoul, Cheonho Elementary School!
Me: Among all the boys, who is the 청개구리?
Boys:이나라!!
Me: Really? 이나라?
Boys: YES!
---fade----
Me: What's your name?
Boy:이태양
Me: Among all the boys, who is the 청개구리?
이태양: 이나라!
Me: Really? He's a 청개구리? Why?
Boys: He doesn't listen to the adults here.
Me: OK, I get it.
---fade---(Let's ask 이나라)
Me: Introduce yourself, What's your name?
이나라: 이나라!!
Me: Are you a 청개구리
이나라 NO! NO! NO!
Me: Really? All the other boys said that you are a 청개구리. Why are you a 청개구리?
이나라: I am not a 청개구리!!
Me: What's your name?
Boy: 테규
Me: 테규, Is 이나라 a 청개구리? He is, right?
테규: Yes
Why? Does he disobey his teachers?
테규: Yes.
---fade---(a little while later)
Me: Well then, who is the 청개구리?
이나라: 성진!
성진: NO! NO! NO!
Me: 성진! Are you a 청개구리?
성진: No, 이나라 is the 이나라..진짜!

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[heymanhaha]

Chung Geguri 청개구리 : A nickname derived from a Korean folk tale usually given to children who does the opposite or doesn't listen when they are told to do certain things by their parents.

Direct translation of the term: Blue Frog

[austinfd]

right! Thanks for the comment!

[defythestarss]

wow, how long have you been studying Korean?

well, at the time that this was taken, I mean :p

[austinfd]

I think it was recorded about a year after I started studying..

[bug254]

good stuff man - you have a great sense of humor with these boys. bravo!

[austinfd]

ha ha.. thanks! it is fun to talk with them!

[MrVLonely]

han guel sadanghea hee

[sendmetokorea]

i just watched this again and i had to favorite it. these kids are so freaking cute!

[austinfd]

well literally it means "green frog" but its an idiom. you can learn what it means at the link in the description... or at koreanclass101 [dot] com

[newcastleinuk]

They look sooooo naugty! lol... must be hard job to teach them ..hehe..good luck :)