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어린 왕자: vocab

Le Petit Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

chapters 3, 4:

차츰 - gradually

비위 - stomach

별안간 - suddenly

까딱까딱하다 - to bob, nod

괴상하다 - to be odd

곧장 - straight

목성 - Jupiter

금성 - Venus

화성 - Mars

독재자 - dictator

거역하다 - to disobey

명성 - fame

채집하다 - to collect

너그럽다 - to be generous, understanding

대수롭다 - to be important

더듬거리다 - to stumble

꿰뚫다 - to discern

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어린 왕자: vocab

Le Petit Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (앙투안 드 생텍쥐페리)

chapters 1, 2:

맹수 - predator

보아뱀 - anaconda

밀림 - jungle

산수 - arithmetics

낙심하다 - to be disappointed

슬쩍 - lightly

총명하다 - to be smart

분별 있다 - to be sensible

뗏목 - raft

난파선 - a wrecked ship

동틀 - dawn

휘둥그레지다 - to be wide-eyed

되풀이하다 - to reiterate

조르다 - to pester, nag

거추장스럽다 - to be bothersome

생긋 웃다 - to smile sweetly

먼젓번 - previous

퇴짜를 맞다 - to get turned down

분해 - disassemble

끼적거리다 - to scribble

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what do you mean i have to actually study languages to learn them???

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pov: you study languages 💌

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Korean Slang [UPDATED]

I logged into tumblr for the first time in like YEARS and found out that I promised an updated Korean slang post 2 years ago😅

갓생 (gat-saeng) ➡️ "that girl" lifestyle, someone who's productive

고인물 (go-in-mul) ➡️ someone who's played a game for a long time

꾸안꾸 (kku-an-kku)➡️ no-makeup makeup

누물보(nu-mul-bo)➡️ "who asked?"

띵언 (dding-eon)➡️ a good quote

머선129 (meo-sun-il-e-gu) ➡️ what's going on

무물보 (mu-mul-bo)➡️ ask me anything

반모(ban-mo)➡️ banmal mode (not use honorifics)

성덕(sung-deok)➡️ successful fan (a fan whose met their idol)

식집사 (sik-jip-sa)➡️ plant mom/dad

스불재(seu-bul-je)➡️ self-inflicted disaster

알잘딱깔센(al-jal-ttak-kkal-sen)➡️ doing something well/perfectly on your own

어쩔티비 (eo-jjeol-tee-bi)➡️ "what are you gonna do"

억텐 (eok-ten)➡️ (I have a lot to say but I won’t say it)

워라벨(wo-la-bell) ➡️ work life balance

자만추 (ja-man-chu)➡️ (hurts my heart)

케바케 (ke-ba-ke)➡️ case by case

아아 (ah-ah)➡️ ice americano

주불(ju-bul)➡️ tell me your address

킹받네(king-bat-ne)➡️ something/someone is annoying

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Seen on Goodreads: an innocent Spanish person asks about her odds of enjoying a German book in the original, is clobbered in the face by the reality of German

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"Irish doesn't have a word for please, you have to say if it be your will" buddy do I have news for you about "please"

"Irish doesn't have a word for hello you have to use a shorthand religious blessing" buddy do I have news for you about "goodbye"!

"In Polish the word for car is that which walks by itself" BUDDY what do you think an AUTOMOBILE is?

you have got to understand that your mother tongue is not the model of language. all your words have secret histories and layers of meaning just the same as other people's words. the word you think of as just a word has etymology, it wasn't handed down from God as a finished word. English doesn't have a word for movie you have to either refer to the recording medium or use a short version of "moving picture", isn't that cute?

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Interesting Korean Word Of The Day: To Love Or Hate That Is The Question

호불호가 갈리다 – To love or hate something/ for something to be polarizing

“마르마이트는 호불호가 갈리는 음식이다.” Marmite is a food that people either like or dislike.

“민트 초콜릿 아이스크림은 호불호가 갈리는 음식이다.” Mint chocolate ice cream is a food that people either like or dislike.

Break down of the word:

호불호: Likes and Dislikes

갈리다: to be divided/ to be split

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zlibrary gone... FUCK TIKTOK FUCK BOOKTOK I hope that app burns in hell

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Excerpt from Kató Lomb’s “Polyglot: How I Learn Languages”

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Learning a 3rd and/or 4th language because "my native language and english don't count" really is the ultimate european ✨aesthetic✨

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MASTERLIST

(Korean-Learning Content)

Here Is A List Of Most Of The Content I Have Made So Far. (you can only add 100 links per post, so I have to make a second part I guess🤡. I'll link to it in this post whenever I finish doing that.)

Note: these are in no particular order. It's kind of all over the place, but it should still help you out😂

Beginner Topics

1. Seasons in Korean

2. Months In Korean

3. Vowels Hangul Short Quiz

4. Beginners Vocab Short Quiz

5. Days Of The Week

6. Tell Date In Korean

7. What's Next After Learning Hangul?

Korean Grammar

아니요 vs 아니에요 vs 아니라

는데, 은데, 인데 Lesson | All Usages

Masterlist Of Beginner Korean Grammar

좋다 vs 좋아하다

기 때문에 & 아/어/���서 & (으)니까

-안 vs -지 않다

How To Say "IF" In Korean

How To Ask Questions In Korean

(으)러 가다, (으)려고 하다, 기로 하다 Lesson

(으)ㄴ지 Lesson

Korean Dialogues & Conversations

1. Mini-Korean Conversation | Topic : Coffee | #1

2. Intermediate Korean Convo | Topic : Amusement Park | #2

3. Korean Conversation - Grammar-Focused | Topic : Haircut | #3

4. Low-Intermediate Korean Convo | Topic : Meeting For The First Time | #4

5. Grammar-Focused (ㄹ때, 지 말라고, & 어/아야 겠다) | Topic: Kids On Their Phones | #5

6. Beginner Korean Conversation + Lots Of Beginner Grammar Covered | Topic : Deciding Where To Eat | #6

7. Beginner Korean Conversation | Topic : Drawing

8. Korean Convo | Topic : Karaoke | #8

9. Intermediate Korean Dialogue | Topic : School-Related | #9

10. Beginner Korean Dialogue | Topic: Birthday presents

11. Short Beginner Dialogue | Topic : meet up

12. Beginner Korean Conversation | Topic : Taking Pictures

13. Intermediate Korean Dialogue | Topic : The Best Way to Make Ramen

14. On The Phone With My Girlfriend

15. Sending A Text To The Wrong Person

Reading Practices & Stories

Reading Comprehension Test | Topic: small talk

Story About Friend Moving Away

Listening Practice

Beginner Listening Practice #1

Korean Listening Practice #2

Korean Listening Practice #3

Vocabulary Lists

1. Jobs & Occupations List In Korean

2. School Vocabulary

3. Korean Homonyms | Part 1

4. Night-Themed Vocabulary List

5. Korean Homonyms | Part 2

6. Word Of The Day ~ 거북이

7. Mini-Vocabulary List - Weather

8. Common Korean Verbs > Short Video

9. Mini-Vocabulary List - Nature

10. Language Learning Vocabulary

11. Korean Homonyms | Part 3

12. Word Of The Day ~ 불

13. Word Of The Day ~ 약간

14. Health & Medical Terms

15. List Of Adverbs

House Vocabulary

16. Commonly Confused Korean Words 1

17. Commonly Confused Korean Words 2

18. Commonly Confused Korean Words 3

19. Korean Fruit Names

20. Korean Homonyms

21. Flower Vocabulary Words

22. Korean Love Words | words & phrases w/ 사랑

23. 지금 vs 이제

24. 알아듣다 vs 이해하다

25. Korean Synonyms

26. Korean Filler Words

27. Korean & Japanese Words

28. Korean & Japanese Words (part 2)

29. Hair Vocabulary

30. Shapes In Korean

31. Korean ROOT Words

Korean Numbers

1. How To Count From 1 to 1000 using Sino-Korean Numbers

2. The Difference Between Sino & Native Korean Numbers

3. Korean Numbers Quiz > 1 to 100

4. Korean Numbers Quiz > 100 to 1000

Idioms & Phrases

1. Korean Proverbs

2. 김새다 = Ruin The Fun | Idiomatic Expression #1

3. 어쩔 수 없다 = It Can't Be Helped | #2

4. How To Say Ignorance Is Bliss | #3

5. 쓸모가 없다 = It's Useless | #4

6. 기가 막히다 ~ "to be at a loss for words" | #5

7. 기가 죽다 ~ lose confidence/less energy and feel depressed | #6

8. How To Say I Don't Care | #7

9. 말도 안돼요

10. Motivational Korean Quotes

11. Idioms That Are Too Relatable

12. Korean Break-Up Lines & Quotes

13. Funny Korean Expressions

14. Non-Basic Korean Phrases

Tongue Twisters

1. Mokdong Royal | Short Tongue Twister | #1

2. 경찰청 ~ Police Headquarters | #2

3. Longest Korean Tongue Twister + Breakdown | #3

4. 3 Short & Fun Korean Tongue Twisters

5. Short Korean Tongue Twister: Moon

6. Giraffe Tongue Twister

Korean Culture

1. List Of Korean Holidays

2. Difference Between North & South Korea

3. Tropes Seen In Kdramas

Interesting Random Topics

1. 3 Ways To Say 'Heart' In Korean

2. Korean Text Slang

3. Korean Combination Words

4. Korean Study Materials

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What is the difference between -게 하다 and -게 되다?

Great question! First, we need to understand that 하다 is active whereas 되다 is passive! Your next question might be, “but omg, SK101, I’m not good at English grammar, too; what the hell is passive and active?”

Another great question! 

The active voice is when the speaker/subject performs the action or is described directly–they did it, caused it, performed it; you’re gonna see people commonly use these ways to explain the active voice. In English, the active voice can look something like this:

I studied Korean; (저는) 한국어를 공부했어요 

As you can see, I (the subject) am the one that studied Korean of my own volition. I caused the “Korean studying.” 

The passive voice is when the speaker/subject does not perform/cause/do the action. Instead, the subject is affected by the action/performance. I understand this may be difficult to understand, so I’ll spend more time on this. 

When can you use the passive voice?

When we have more interest in the object that experiences the action

When we don’t know (or don’t want to express) who performed the action (this is an academic loophole when we didn't do the proper research to support a claim)

When we want to emphasize the action!

The passive voice is not grammatically incorrect (take it from a linguist and someone who minored in creative writing). You will hear people say that the passive voice is not good or is ungrammatical (some bs like that). Even in Korean, the passive voice is entirely natural and used in everyday contexts. 

The passive voice in Korean may look like this:

한국어가 (저에게) 공부됐어요; Korean was studied (by me)

The prepositional phrase “by me; 저에게” shows that we know who studied Korean. This may still be confusing, so let me give you another example:

부엌을 청소했어요; I cleaned the kitchen.

부엌이 청소됐어요; The kitchen has been cleaned.

Let’s add more context to the sentence to understand the situation better. 

집에 도착했을 때 부엌을 청소했어요; When I got home, I cleaned the kitchen (meaning, I saw the dirty kitchen and cleaned it)

집에 도착했을 때 부엌이 청소됐어요; When I got home, the kitchen was cleaned (meaning, someone (unknown or otherwise) cleaned the kitchen when I was out)

*gasp!* Yes, by now, you've noticed that 이/가 goes with passive!

Now, onto your question: what's the difference between -게 하다 and -게 되다?

-게 하다: causative

The causative aspect shows that A causes B to happen. Pretend you have a younger sibling–here are some examples:

동생은 저를 늦게 했어요; My sibling made me late

저는 동생이 문제를 이해하게 했어요; I made them understand the problem

저를 귀찮게 했어요; You (the sibling) bothered me! 

(저는) 동생을 화장품으로 예쁘게 했어요; I made my sibling pretty with makeup

A (동생/저) causes B to happen. B does not mean the recipient (저/동생) of the action – B represents the action. 

-게 되다; to become (passive)

This grammar point shows that B changes A! Let’s use the examples from above. 

동생이 화장품으로 예쁘게 됐어요; my sibling became pretty with makeup

동생 때문에 제가 귀찮게 되었어요; my sibling has been bothering me

문제가 동생에게 이해하게 되었어요; my sibling came to understand the problem [more literally; the problem was understood by my sibling]

동생 때문에 제가 늦게 되었어요; I became late because of my sibling

Now, I'm sure you've noticed that there are two spellings of a conjugated '되다'. The only difference between '되었어요' and '됐어요' is that '됐어요' is a contraction of '되었어요'. You may have other Korean learners attempt to tell you that you write one [되었어요] and speak the other [됐어요]. This isn't not true; it's just not a rule written in stone. You are very much able to write the contracted '됐어요' instead of the regular '되었어요'. In fact, native Korean speakers do this all the time. It would be like saying we shouldn't write any English contractions because it's not grammatically correct--it's just wrong. The rules of '되다' are more complex than just written and spoken, but that's a blog for another day.

I hope this helped answer your question! If you're still confused, don't hesitate to send me another ask or pm me! I'm always open to clearing up any confusion or directing you to a source that may help!

Happy Learning :)

~ SK101

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Czech-

“Zazvonil zvonec a pohádky je konec.”

“The bell rang and the fairytale is over.”

"Once upon a time" is a stock narrative phrase for beginning stories. Here are some interesting ones in different international languages for ending them.

Kurdish—

"Çîroka min çû diyaran, rehmet li dê û bavê guhdaran."

"My story went to other homes, god bless the mothers and fathers of its listeners."

Bengali—

"Aamaar kothati furolo; Notey gaachhti murolo"

"My story ends and the spinach is eaten by the goat."

(Goats eat the herbs from the root making it irreversible as a process.)

Spanish—

"...y vivieron felices y comieron perdices."

"..and they lived happy and ate partridges."

Persian—

،قصه‌ی ما به سر رسید

.کلاغه به خونش نرسید

Qesse ye mā be sar resid,

kalāqe be xunaš naresid.

"Our tale has come to end,

(but) the crow hasn't arrived at his house."

Icelandic—

"Köttur úti í mýri, setti upp á sér stýri, úti er ævintýri"

"Cat out in the swamp, lifted its tail, the adventure is finished."

Dutch—

"En toen kwam er een olifant met een hele lange snuit en die blies het verhaaltje uit."

"And then came an elephant with a very long snout, and it blew the story out (over)."

Amharic—

"ተረቴን መልሱ አፌን በዳቦ አብሱ::"

"Return my story and feed me bread."

(It is a way of saying tell me a story for the one I have told you.)

Georgian—

"Čiri – ik′a, lxini – ak′a, k′at′o – ik′a, p′k′vili – ak′a"

(Disaster there, feast here... bran there, flour here...)

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07-31-22 around the house

french — korean · english

porte (nf.) — 문 · door

télévision (nf.) — 텔레비전 · television

fenêtre (nf.) — 창문 · window

canapé (nm.) — 코치 · couch

plante (nf.) — 식물 · plant

table (nf.) — 테이블 · table

chaise (nf.) — 의자 · chair

cuisine (nf.) — 주방 · kitchen

évier (nm.) — 싱크대 · sink

balai (nm.) — 빗자루 · broom

oreiller (nm.) — 베개 · pillow

toilette (nf.) — 화장실 · toilet

salle de bain (nf.) — 욕실 · bathroom

douche (nf.) — 샤워 · shower

savon (nm.) — 비누 · soap

couverture (nf.) — 담요 · blanket

masque (nf.) — 안면 마스크 · facemask

nourriture (nf.) — 음식 · food

eau (nf.) — 물 · water

armoire (nf.) — 찬장 · cupboard

horloge (nf.) — 시계 · clock

poêle (nm.) — 화로 · stove

médicament (nm.) — 약 · medicine

volets (n.) — 블라인드 · blinds

bol (nm.) — 그릇 · bowl

study this in mochi

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Saying “shut up” in European languages.

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What is 는 거야/ 거예요 grammar?

Ok so I procrastinated on answering this because it’s extremely hard for me to put it into words and explain it to someone else. There’s nothing in English that remotely resembles this grammar pattern so it’s impossible to give direct translations. But I’ll do by best.

~(으)ㄴ/는 거예요 comes from ~(으)ㄴ/는 것이에요, quite literally “the thing of -ing.” It’s used to clarify the action/state of being that you’re talking about. It’s like saying “It is the thing that,” which of course sounds ridiculous in English and is why it’s impossible to translate it directly.

가: 뭐하는 거예요? – What are you doing? (Literally ‘What is the thing that you are doing?’)나: 내일 기말고사가 시작돼서 공부하는 거예요. – Final exams start tomorrow so I’m studying. (Literally ‘It is studying that I am doing’)

가: 괜찮아요? 아까 어디 다쳤대요. – Are you okay? I heard you got hurt earlier.나: 축구를 하다가 넘어져서 무릎이 많이 아픈 거예요. – I fell while playing soccer and my knee really hurts. (Literally ‘my knee is the thing that really hurts’)

가: 이 부채가 정말 이쁘네. – This fan is really pretty.나: 지난 달에 일본에 가서 산 거야. – I bought it when I went to Japan last month. (Literally ‘it is the thing I bought’)

가: 그건 질문하는 거야? – Is that a question? (Literally ‘is that questioning you’re doing?’)나: 아니, 그냥 논평만 하는 거야. – No, I’m just making a comment. (Literally ‘it is just commenting that I’m doing’)