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[studykorean101]

anon asked:  hi! i'm still in the process of learning hangul and i know there's is no specific order to learn korean but what was the easiest route for you? this may sound silly because i'm thinking too far ahead but when/how did you get to the point of not having to use a dictionary or translator for everything? or is that something i'll always have to do? i've only learned one other language and it was spanish. i think i was able to pick up on it quicker because of cognates that are similar to english and i think those also exist for english and korean but i find them more difficult to identify due to the alphabet being different. i hope i didn't make it sound confusing. thank you for any tips! i appreciate it all

안녕하세요! 늦게 네 질문이 읽어서 미안해요!

이걸 기억하세요: 여러분은 새로운 언어를 배울 때 항상 사전을 사용할 거예요.

만약 한국어를 배우면 다른 사람들마다 다 배우는게 달라요. 우리가 이걸 이미 알고 있었어요. 그렇지만 사람들은 한국어를 대화하지 않으면 한국어를 배우지 못해요. 우리는 "아 한국에 가려고 한국어를 배워"라고 말하지만 한국어를 사용하는 나라에 살지 않아서 한국어를 배우기 어려워요. 우리 한국말로 말해야 돼요. 진짜로요.

저는 한국사람들과 한국어로 대화했기 때문에 한국어를 쉽게 배울 수 있었어요. 매일 한국어 문법과 어휘도 배우는데 한국말을 사용하지 않으면 기억을 못해요. 항상 "쓰기, 읽기가 제일 쉬워"라고 생각하고 듣기, 말하기 연습을 안 했어요. 16 살때부터 한국어를 배우기 시작했어요! 지금 22살이잖아요!! 제가 왜 한국말로 편하게 말할 수 없었을 가요?!

한국말로 대화하지 않았기 때문이에요.

이건 제 충고예요. 만약 한국어를 쉽게 배우고 싶으면 한국말로 해야 돼요. 너가 문법과 어휘도 배워야 되지만 말하기도 해야 돼요. 하루에 5분이라도요

도움이 됐으면 좋겠���니다. 잘 배우세요.

ENG Trans.:

Hello! Sorry for reading your message late. 

Remember this: when you’re learning a new language, you will always use a dictionary (in a way, fluency is arbitrary). 

If you want to learn Korean, everyone learns different. Of course, we already knew that. However, if a person doesn’t speak in Korean, then they won’t learn Korean. We say things like, “I am learning Korean to go to Korea,” but most of us don’t live in a country that actively uses Korean. That makes it really hard to learn Korean. If we wanna learn, we have to speak Korean. Seriously.

It wasn’t until I spoke to native Korean speakers that I actually learned Korean easily. Everyday, I would learn grammar or vocab but it would mean nothing to me if I didn’t use it. I would forget it. I used to think, “Writing and reading are the easiest,” but I never practiced speaking and listening. I’ve been learning since I was 16!!! I’m 22 now!! Why couldn’t I speak Korean comfortably???

It’s literally because I never spoke in Korean.

This is my advice. If you want to be comfortable in Korean (with or without a dictionary), use it. Learn the vocab and grammar, but you HAVE to speak Korean. Even if it’s just for 5m a day.

I hope this helped! Happy Learning :)

~ SK101 

[aboywithluv]

6시50분에 ➞ 7시30분에

[mocha-bunhead]

Vocabulary Method

Hello! I’m a new blog for studying and such.I will probably continue to post notes and such when I can. Technically I started a while ago but due to other factors (sick..etc) I couldn’t or didn’t really study much. Here I am, though. I do have native korean friends, so sometimes they give me notes and such. Anyways, enough of my blabbering, I want to tell you about my vocabulary technique!

For me, learning vocabulary is honestly a bitch. I sit there and repeat the words, reading over them, writing them down, and using flashcards… but that doesn’t always work.  Something I’ve learned is that memorizing the Korean vocabulary is much different from memorizing English. I learned that one the hard way, hahah.

You’ve seen all the posts I have that say:

Sticky notes

Flashcards

SRS program

And those  DO help. But if there’s something that’s helped me out a little bit more than those is doing those and combining it with this method. Our brains are weird things, and if we use something directly after we learn it, it kind of engraves it into our brain quicker, even if you do get frustrated. So here’s what I do, I try to follow these steps in order if I can:

Learn the vocabulary word like you would normally do.

Read over it a few times, say it in your head, say it outloud.

Write it once or twice.

Write the word.

Start with a sheet of paper, write down the word(s) and the english (or your native) equivalent down beside it.

Read over the word/words once or twice again. Say it in your head, say it outloud.

Cover up the Korean (or whatever language it is) with a bookmark or another piece of paper.  Make SURE you can’t see it.

Now try to remember the word and write it down in your target language beside the english. If it helps, sound it out in your head or even out loud.

For this reason I recommend only doing two or three words at a time.

Check your answers. Did you get it wrong or right? Either is fine.

Repeat the process in reverse(?) You should be left with a format like this across the paper: [Korean Word] {English Equivalent} [Korean Word (Attempt)] So the next step is to go to the last attempt, if you got it right, good! If not? Scribble it out or white out it and write over it with the correct version. Then try to write the English equivalent of the Korean next to the Korean.

Repeat this process until you’ve written across the entire page.

Find your weaknesses and your strengths. 

If you look, you’ll see the difference in which words you remembered and which words you didn’t. Go back and study the weaknesses as you normally would.

You can still study the words you easily remembered. I recommend studying them a bit less than the others though.

Example: If you study your words by reading it, saying it, and writing it three times, then for the strengthened words you can either do it as normal or drop it down to one or two times. Then for the weaknesses, you can either study it as normal, or double it.

Sometimes I write down my weakness words repeatedly while saying them in my head and kind of “imagining” what they mean in my head if they won’t stick.

As soon as you finish step five, get out a clean sheet of paper. Write down the English equivalents of the words on the paper. I recommend doing it by placing them in “groups” two words on each line with a colon after it. Do them in pairs of 4, so it’s like this:

1.Word:       3.Word:

2.Word:       4.Word:

My reasoning for this is very simple: It makes it look less stressful, like the paper isn’t as full, and is neater. It kind of takes the “Omygod there’s so many” factor out that a straight down the page list has. Do not write down the Korean equivalent by the words yet. I’ll explain more in a moment.

After you finish step six, you pretty much do the writing-across-the-page-process again. 

You should learn the words quicker because you’ll be focusing on which words you fuck up on and still getting the strength words engraved.

If you memorize those words, move on to another set.

So I’ll now tell you why I wanted you to write down those words on the paper in that format and stuff. It’s quite simple, it will act as a “quiz” or a “test” at the end of the day.

You should have at least one group of words, or maybe you have three or four, but you should have at least one. At the end of the day, go get that piece of paper and without looking, try to remember the Korean equivalent of those words and write them down.

If you got them all correct, good!  If not, that’s still okay. Add them to your weakness list and study them again tomorrow. I don’t recommend doing this too much in one day. Try to do it once a day at first, and if you can eventually bump it up to 2 or 3 times, cool! Remember that if you want, you can incorporate your weaknesses into the next day of work. And also please understand that this will work really well if you combine it with flashcards(..etc) and normal studying.

I am not a teacher or anything of the sort, this is just something that’s been helping me out. I will warn you that this can get kind of frustrating when a word won’t stick, but if you need a break, take one. Take a chill out minute and just breathe.

I hope this helped! If you have any questions or just want to study with me or anything, feel free to send an ask or message!

Bye!

~밤비

P.s. Tumblr destroyed all the beautiful formatting I had on Google Docs RIP me

[studykumachan]

2016年 02月 18日 (土)

안녕, 친구들! (Hello friends! ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ)

First own post of the new semester! As active as I wish I could be, a lot of times I never feel like anything I make is worth posting… But here’s my bujo spread from this past week. I am obsessed with BTS You Never Walk Alone album so of course my spread needed to express that. Plus Happy Hope Day! Hoseok’s birthday is today and I thought that it was necessary to have not only one but two pics of him this week ㅋㅋㅋ 홉이 생일 ㅊㅋ!~ It’s midterms and this past week was extremely stressful as I had three tests but I got through it and I only have two more to go next week! // On a side note I watched the Japanese anime movie Kimi no na wa today and it was a piece of art. If you haven’t watched it I highly recommend it. Not only is the art beautiful but so is the music and the story line! (+the videos of BTS’ first wings seoul concert has me shook and how are they even real ??) // Anyway, I need to study now, I just wanted to get this up before 홉데이 is over! 열심히 공부하세요, 친구들! (Study hard my friends!♡)

Currently listening to: BTS You Never Walk Alone album

[frenchlilcoconut]

Get to know me - In Korean !

Thanks a lot for tagging me @chloeskoreanblog !

Rules: Answer 16 questions and tag 21 blogs.

Nickname: 제 이름이 콜린이라서 제 친구는 저를 보통 코코라는 불려요.

Star Sign: 처녀자리

Height: 165cm입니다

Last Film I Watched: Midsommar

Favorite Musician(s): Ibrahim Maalouf

Song Stuck In My Head: UN Village - Baekhyun

Other Blogs: 다른 블로그가 없어요.

Do I Get Asks: 아 사실 지금껏 아무것도 안 받았어요...

What Am I Wearing: 파자마 !

Dream Job: 기술자

Dream Trip: 한국, 일본

Play Any Instuments?: 네, 오보에를 연주해요.

Languages: 프랑스어, 영어, 한국어, 스페인어

Favorite Food: 초밥

Favorite Song: Somewhere only we know - Keane

Random Fact: 어렸을 때부터 후각이 없어요. 냄새를 맡을 수 없어요.

I’m tagging :

@thebingsoo

@ggkorean

@fxckingureum

@flickerofkorean

@fluentlee

@bieups

@anascoldcoffee

@cloud-claud

@mylanguagejourneyy

@hyeyeonstudies

@dailydoseofkorea

@koreanfromdummies

@korlanguagejourney

@fykorean

@lostinkoreantranslations

@hangulstudy

@studykorean4me

@learnkorean-kstudyblr

@seoulfullstudy

@klangpath

@hsingasong

[iwaspolyglotmermaid]

Starting Over

Happy Holydays langblr community!!!! Hope everyone is having a great time!

I think I’ve talked about this topic before, but since one of my new years resolutions is to be more consistent with this blog, I’ve made a decision. This is a side blog, what makes my experience with is a bit difficut:

- I can`t send ask as polyglotmermaid

- My dash is a mix of languges and all my hobbies, and usually most language related post get lost.

So, I decided to create a new account (that you can find here ) and start again there. I’m tagging some of you, (mostly those who I’ve talked to before and my mutuals), but hope the rest of you feel free to unfollow here and go there (if you want ofc).

This is a great change and I already see how it’s going to help me stay on top of my langblr goals! See you over there

@langblog

@languagemoose

@languagegirl

@thehotstrangeryoullneverseeagain

@aravenclawnamedalexz

@outokrasie-van-die-hart

@langblr-eva

@per-mare-ad-astra

@replacewithcuriosity

@langsandlit

@heyemmateach

@mmantu

@nuriatheartist

@caffeinestudying

@torei

@mylanguagelog

@kiwiverb

@polyglottal-comte

@hangulstudies

@translatorslife

@bookendscafe       @hazalexplores        

@iabbeenzino

@xueshus       @honeysweethangugeo

@hillanguages    @shescrowndking

@lovely-star-dust    @columbussailedtheoceanbluein1492

@japanese--lessons   @learnkorean-kstudyblr

@bijoutheresa        @akpolyglot

@parfois-toujours    @greenpencilbird

@01studies     @languagesnstuff

@literarylune       @bittta

@timeturnerrequired     @the-astro-girl

@languageloveaffair    @amagicavocado

@mariaathenaoffiziell   @bonbonlanguage

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Just starting !!!

[studykorean101]

Essential Korean Phrases in Restaurants

I had gotten a few messages saying that they really like the vocab lists from TTMIK! I had also gotten a few asking if I actually knew all these verbs, and the answer is: of course LOL! I’m doing these lists because 1) I know it’s hard for people to get free resources online, I’m there with you 2) it’s helping me review and I’m super-mega-fast at typing Korean now 3) it’s helping other people review and learn; these lists are super easy (and essential, hence the name)! TTMIK obviously deserves all the credit because I’m just making a PDF file of their list for people to use - it’s not mine! 

This is in complete courtesy of TTMIK! They own all the rights to this list, this is just a physical copy! It is based on their “Essential Korean Phrases in Restaurants” video. Go here for the PDF version! I have added a few of my own!

1. 몇 분이세요? - How many people?      ~ 몇 - many // much      ~ 분 - person (hon.)      ~ 이다 (to be)--> 이세요 (hon. inquisitive)

2. ‘X’ 명이요 - There are ‘X’ people      ~ 명 - people       ~ 둘 (two) --> 두 // 셋 (three) --> 세 // 넷 (four) -->네

명 vs 분: Both use native Korean numbers, 분 is a formal way of addressing people, whereas 명 is a way to count people

3. 한 명 더 올 거예요 - One more person is coming!      ~ 하나 --> 한 - one      ~ 더 - more      ~ 오다 (to come) --> 올 거예요 (will come) *30 Essential Verbs

4. 예약하셨어요? - Did you make a reservation?      ~ 예약하다 - to make a reservation      ~ 예양하시다 - hon. inquisitive

5. 지금 만석이라 기다리셔야 돼요 - There are no seats, so you should wait      ~ 지금 - now      ~ 만석 - completely occupied      ~ N + -(이)라(서) - since it’s N , because it’s N      ~ 기다리(시)다 - to wait (hon.)      ~ -야 되다 - must // should // have to

6. 얼마나 기다려야 돼요? - How long do I have to wait?      ~ 얼마나 - how long

7. 여기 앉아도 되나요? - Can I sit here?      ~ 여기 - here      ~ 앉다 - to sit      ~ -��/어도 되나다 - there’s no problem // to be allowed to

8. 이쪽으로 안내해 드릴게요 - Let me take you to your seat      ~ 이쪽 - this way      ~ (으)로 - to / on a destination      ~ 안내하다 - to guide      ~ 드릴게요 - I will do this thing for you (tricky translation)

9. 드시고 가시나요? 아니면 포장해 드릴까요?      ~ 드시다 - to consume (eat / drink honorific)      ~ 가시다 - to go (honorific)      ~ -나요 - makes a request more polite / gentle      ~ 아니다 - to not be (x)      ~ (으)면 - if      ~ 포장하다 - to pack

10. 주문하시겠어요?      ~ 주문하(시)다 - to order (hon.)

11. 저기요? - excuse me! // over here!

12. 주문할게요 - I would like to order

13. 메뉴판 좀 주세요 - May I have a menu?      ~ 메뉴판 -       ~ 좀 --> 조금 - a little* (this doesn’t translate the same in English, but by adding 좀 to a request, you make this request softer and nicer)      ~ 주다 - to give

14. 물 좀 주세요 - May I have some water?

15. 물은 셀프예요 - The water is self-serve      ~ 셀프 - self (this is actually REALLY common in most Korean restaurants - there will usually be a water jug, you can almost always find it, and it will have cups on the top. Often times, the server might just bring you a jug / pitcher of water for convenience)

16. 포크 좀 주세요 - May I have a fork?

17. 이거하고 이거 주세요 - May I have this and this?

18. 메뉴 추천해 주세요 - Please give us a recommendation      ~ 추천하다 - to recommend

19. 이거 몇 인분이에요? - How many people does this serve?      ~ 인분 - serving

20. 이거 맵나요? - Is this spicy?      ~ 맵다 - to be spicy

21. ‘X’은/는 빼 주세요 - Please take ‘X’ out      ~ 빼다 - to take out      ~ 양파 (onion), 버섯 (mushroom), 당근 (carrot), etc. 

22. 견과류 알레르기가 있어요 - I have an allergy to nuts      ~ 유제품 - dairy products      ~ 글루텐 - gluten

23. 저희 주문한 음식이 아직 안 나왔어요 - Our order hasn’t come yet      ~ 저희 - our (polite)      ~ 음식 - food      ~ 아직 - still      ~ 안 - negates the verb      ~ 나오다 - to come out

24. 저희 이거 안 시켰어요 - we didn’t order this      ~ 시키다 - order // get

25. 화장실은 어디에 있어요? - where’s the bathroom?      ~ 화장실 - washroom      ~ 어디 - where

26. 맵지 않게 해 주세요 - Please don’t make it spicy      ~ -지 않다 - don’t ‘X’      ~ -게 하다 - to let / make ‘x’

27. 감사합니다 - thank you!

28. 잘 먹겠습니다 - I’ll eat well!

29. ‘X’ 좀 더 주세요 - May I have some more side dishes?      ~ 반찬 - side dishes      ~ 소스 - sauce

30. 음식이 좀 'X’ - the food is a little ‘X’      ~ 짜다 - to be salty      ~ 싱겁다 - to be bland

31. 소금이 있어요? - do you have salt?

32. 남은 것 좀 싸 주세요 - May I have a to-go box?      ~ 남다 - to be leftover --> 남 (leftovers)      ~ 것 - thing      ~ 싸다 - to wrap

33. 계산은 어디에서 해요? - Where do I pay?      ~ 계산하다 - to pay

34. 얼마예요? - how much is it?

35. 각자 계산할게요 - We will pay separately      ~ 각자 - separate // individually

36. 카드로 계산할게요 - I will pay with my credit card

37. 영수증 필요하세요? - Do you need a receipt?      ~ 영수증 - receipt      ~ 필요하다 - to need

38. 영수증 주세요 - please give me a receipt

39. 영수증은 괜찮아요 - I don’t need a receipt

40. 맛있어요 // 맛없어요 - It’s delicious // It doesn’t taste good      ~ 맛 - taste           *different from 향, which means something similar artificial taste (it’s direct meaning is similar to fragrance, but in this case for food, if something smells like a fragrance, it might be artificial - think of those banana candies)      ~ 없다 - to not exist      ~ 있다 - to exist

part 1 || part 2 || part 3 || part 4

Happy Learning :)

~ SK101 

[angelinakoreanstudyblr]

Found the password YAY ! Should I update a bit on my korean ? Well I’ll do it even if no one cares. Basically trying to finish L4 of TTMIK and just learning vocab. I learned a lot with my teacher friend during the year but if I want to be able to make my own sentences and stuff I have to get out of the beginner vocab like 하다 먹다... So my goal right now is to finish this level and continue learning all the basic vocab so I can level up a bit. Also I found a new lovely korean penpal and I’m feeling like I can write more in korean. I may be using simple sentences and taking forever to write a little message but I try to write everything in korean.

I won’t be able to attend a korean class this year but I hope I’ll still have to courage to study. My friend and I are planning to go to Seoul next year for holidays so I want to speak korean there or at least be able to understand a bit. So yep working on morning together to earn money for the plane tickets and afternoon when I’m not too tired or lazy I study.

[studykorean101]

그래도 나중엔 다 추억이 될거야...힘내

(trans. but in the future, it will all be memories...stay strong)

~ SK101

[frenchlilcoconut]

How do I study Korean ?

I started to learn Korean two months ago, mostly by using web resources, and there are tons of websites out there that offer you to learn Korean, so at the beginning it was a bit complicated to know which one would be better and would be adapted to how I study. After a while, I had found a few resources that suited me better and that I now stick to, and I want to present them to you.

This post is going to be quite long, so sorry in advance for that ; also, keep in mind that this is what I personnally use, but that it doesn't mean it will work for everyone. I haven't tried every single Korean learning website either, so maybe you'll find better ones. This is just my personal experience !

If you still want to read this blog, then here we go !

#1 Hangeul

The very first thing I had to learn was Hangeul, which is the Korean alphabet. I highly recommend to start by that, because even if you'll certainly find courses using romanization, it will never reproduce the exact sounds that native Koreans make when they speak. Plus, romanization can vary depending on the source, so it's not super reliable. Hangeul is quite easy to learn because there aren't that much characters to learn, unlike Japanese or Chinese. I learned it in a week, and I even know people who learned it in one day ! You can do it too, just break it down into little steps and you'll know Hangeul in no time !

Here are the resources I used :

✦ The Hana Hana Hangul series of video from KoreanClass101.com

This website has a ton of other useful resources, but the very first thing I used was this series of videos. You'll learn 3 characters in each video, and your first Korean words using these characters. After learning the characters, there are also videos about batchim and pronunciation that are very useful too.

You'll have to create an account to access the whole series on the KoreanClass101 website, but it's free so it's not a big deal.

However, if you don't want to create an account, I have another website for you :

✦ How to study Korean.com, Unit 0

The Unit 0 of this website is dedicated to Hangeul. You'll learn letters, how to write syllables, and tips about pronunciation. There are also audio files of some syllables so you can hear how they are pronounced, and the other units have audio files for the vocabulary presented.

The lessons are very complete, and you can download the PDF files of the lessons for free. There are also workbooks if you want to practice ; they cost 5$ each, and you'll receive an email containing the PDF files for that price. It can be useful BUT you can totally do without it, because all the lessons are free.

After Hangeul, the next step for me was :

#2 Grammar

✦ How to study Korean.com is divided into 6 Units (plus two Units in the Hanja section), that correspond to different levels of grammar, from basic to advanced. Since I found the Hangeul lessons so useful, I naturally moved on to the grammar lessons of the website !

I like the fact that the lessons are dense and contain many examples and explainations. It sometimes make it hard to study because there are a lot of informations to memorize, but for me that's the major advantage of this website.

For now it's the main one I use to learn grammar, but if you have suggestions feel free to send me a message !

#3 Vocabulary

At the beginning of each of these grammar lessons, there's a list of vocabulary. Personnally, I prefer learning vocabulary and grammar separately, that's why I use the Memrise courses created by How to study Korean (but there are other courses created by the community that you can use too).

✦ Memrise allows you to learn five words at a time, you can also review the words you've learned previously, and mnemonics are suggested to help you remember words.

That way, I can focus on grammar when I'm reading my lessons, and learn the vocab later, during breaks or when I have 5 minutes to kill.

#4 Reading

A good thing when learning a new language is to read as much as you can in your target language. It can be anything, from short stories to news.

On tumblr, I try to find langblrs posts written in Korean, and try reading them. It's a good exercise, and you can learn new words too. Here are some of the Korean lanblrs I follow (I'll probably add more later, as I'm still exploring the community) :

seoulfullstudy ✦ studykorean101 ✦ mygoalmyway ✦ learnkorean-kstudyblr ✦ hangulstudy ✦ eviestudieskorean

✦ Naver daily conversations

Naver provides a lot of informations to people who learn Korean. One of my favourite things is that everyday, a short conversation is posted in English and in Korean, with the vocabulary words used. It's a great way to practice a bit everyday !

#6 Listening

The Talk to me in Korean youtube channel is great ; there are Q&A videos, interviews, ASMR, tongue twisters, lessons... The content is varied and always of quality, so it's a��great way to study Korean !

✦Koreanclass101's podcasts are short, easy to understand, fun to listen, and you can download them for free if you want to listen to them as much as you want. It also allows you to track your progress, which in my opinion is a good option.

✦Korean Unnie's youtube channel is great to help you learn more about Korea. She shows you different places like karaoke, hair salon, the korean subway etc, and teaches you phrases and words linked to that place. She also does podcasts about the Hangeul characters, and korean lessons. Her videos are always nice to watch, so go check her channel !

It's finally the end of my post ! I hope it wasn't too long, and that it can be useful to you ! Have a good day everyone !