Essential Korean TOPIK Vocabulary- Descriptive Verbs
1. 간편하다- Be convenient
2.거칠다-To be coarse
3.궁금하다-Curious
4. 그립다- Yearn for; Miss
5. 까다롭다- Hard to Please
6. 꼼꼼하다- Be very careful
7.꾸준하다- To be steady/constant
8. 낫다- To be better/outdone
9.느긋하다- To be relaxed
10.다양하다- To be diverse
11.든든하다-To be safe
12. 뛰어나다-To be excellent;outstanding
13.바람직하다-To be desirable
14.번거롭다- To be complicated;cumbersome
15.복잡하다-To be complicated
16. 부드럽다-To be soft
17.부럽다-To envy
18. 불편하다-To be uncomfortable
19.사소하다-To be trivial
20. 서운하다-To feel like you have gone through unfair treatment
21. 서투르다-Be unskillful; clumsy
22.소박하다-To be simple; naive
23.솔직하다-To be frank, honest
24.신기하다-Marvelous
25.신중하다- Be cautious
26. 쓸테 없다-Be useless; unnecessary
27.아깝다- To be too precious; be regrettable
28.안일하다-To be idle; careless; inattentive
29.안전하다- To be safe
30.안타깝다-Be pitiful
31. 애매하다-Be ambiguous
32.어색하다-Feel awkward
33. 역력하다- Be clear; vivid
34.외롭다-Be all alone
35.원만하다-Be harmonious
36. 웬만하다-Be about the same
37. 위험하다- Be dangerous
38. 유창하다- Be fluent
39. 저조하다- Be dull;sluggish
40. 치열하다-Be intense; severe
41. 튼튼하다- Be healthy; strong
42. 편리하다- Be convenient;handy
43. 푸근하다/포근하다-Be comfortably warm
44.허술하다-Be loose; lax
45. 활발하다- Be lively;active
46. 흐리다-Cloudy;dim
47. 희귀하다- Be rare
during exams i used to get really stressed out about not having enough time to study between, so i designed myself a lil study planner that maps out my week
it has a section for events, a checklist, and a time tracker so i can tell myself to stop freaking out :) if anyone wants the pdf, lemme know!
OneNote is literally god’s gift to this earth. [ header art ]
I downloaded OneNote onto my mac air through my school’s office365 [which is a microsoft email login thing but is easily accessible on any kind of device and you can just delete the email acc later if you want]. OneNote can be accessed on a laptop, computer or ipad/tablet. i believe OneNote is available on the appstore as well?
I use OneNote as a digital bullet journal / planner and to write down all my study notes. i also have actual books for my study notes but i tend to prefer OneNote.
OneNote is super easy to use! think of it like an actual book:
1. DESIGNING THE COVER
When you open OneNote for the first time it will ask you to create a Notebook. You can name it whatever you wish and even choose the colour of it! You can have as many Notebooks as you like, so go wild !!
2. CHAPTERS
In your Notebook, you can have “chapters”, called sections or tabs. Depending on whether you use OneNote as a bujo or for study notes, these tabs can look like this:
3. PAGES
Time to fill your chapters! These pages will contain all of your content. Whether that’s a weekly spread in your bujo or a page on DNA molecules in your humanbio Notebook. You can have as many as you want! Pages on OneNote tend to look like this:
Once you click on which page you want, it’ll open !
4. SPREADS [for planners]
Spreads are completely personalised and customised depending on you! Anything you do in your physical bujo you can do on OneNote. Habit checker? Tables? Homework diary? Inspirational quotes? Cute doodles? Day-to-Day planner?
This is just an example of mine, you can do WHATEVER YOU WANT with yours !!
5. STUDY NOTES
My study notes are basically just what my teacher says during class or puts on the board, which is why they’re almost always in bullet point form like this:
But obviously, you can edit your notes to be however you’d like them !!
6. OTHER INFO
One feature i really like about one note is the fact you can make the paper look like whatever you want. such as blank paper, margined + lined paper, graph paper etc. this is really helpful when writing notes and especially drawing diagrams !!
also, across the top is literally everything you’ll ever need.
IN CONCLUSION:
Please download OneNote !! it’s so user-friendly and customisable. I was honestly shocked that more people weren’t using OneNote in the studyblr community. It’s such a lifesaver near test + exam time because all of your notes are in one place !!
also, OneNote autosaves and doesnt close if you close your laptop [as long as you’re not logged out or the computer is shut down] so you’ll never lose your work !!
HERE is another post about me yelling about OneNote lmao
If you have any questions or problems, feel free to ask !! ((-:
i saw someone say 연보라색 was light purple/lavender, can you add 연 to the beginning of other colors to mean it’s lighter? or is that a special case?
Yeahh I know that you can add 연한 (light) and 진한 (dark) in front of the colour in order to say light and dark!
However, in the case you gave, 연보라색 means ‘lavender’ whereas 연한 보라색 means ‘light purple’. If I have to describe something with colour, then I usually say 연한 or 진한 for light and dark.
So!연한 - light (연한 녹색 - light green)진한 - dark (진한 파란색 - dark blue) ~ but you can also say 남색 - navy blue // indigo ~ you can also use 진 in 진홍색 - scarlet // deep red
BONUS밝은 - bright (밝은 빨간색 - bright red)
A lot of colours in Korean might also just be Konglish or not on the ROYGBP spectrum (aka Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Purple): ~ 마젠타 - magenta ~ 청록색 - turquoise // green-blue // cyan ~ 하늘색 - sky blue // sky colour
Long story short, it really depends on the colour and the specificity of that colour (light, dark, bright). I hope this helped ~ Happy Learning :)
I’ve read many Why School? essays. These often come across as generic, with no real indication of interest. I’m here to make sure you don’t make the same mistakes in your essays.
-Look up their course catalog. Don’t simply write, “I’m interested in your stellar economics program.” Great, so are hundreds of other applicants. Name-drop a couple of classes and explain why those specific courses appeal to you. It’ll show you’ve done your homework.
-Discuss a few clubs. Colleges want students who will contribute to their campus outside of the classroom. Are you interested in journalism? Talk about joining the school newspaper. Are you a violin virtuoso? Indicate your interest in the orchestra. Or are you into something that isn’t yet available? Say you’ll start a new group!
-Latch onto research opportunities. Schools love students who can contribute to their published papers. Look up ongoing research projects in whatever department you’re interested in (and no, research isn’t only for STEM fields!) and talk about how you’ll get involved.
-Talk about what makes a school unique. Columbia has a Core Curriculum; Princeton has a yearlong bridge program in Bolivia. Why do you want to attend this specific school?
-Touch upon your long-term goals. How will this university help you achieve your goals of becoming a lawyer? How do you want to make the world a better place? Colleges are looking for people who will contribute meaningfully to society.
-Don’t mention rankings or prestige. Harvard already knows it’s world-renowned, it doesn’t need you to stroke its ego. You should be choosing the best school for you, not the best school according to US World & News Report.
Good luck! I’ll also be happy to read your college app essays, feel free to message me :)
Just completed and submitted the final version of my Extended Essay !!! °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°
So I compiled lists of words that I found super super useful in making it easier for me to finish any essay !! Here is a masterpost of some sort with transition words + key vocabs grouped together for easy access as well as an IB IOC ‘cheat sheet’ I used for my english LAL orals last year (though most commentaries follow a similar structure so its generalisable) ~
Good luck with your essays !!!
… oops just realised I forgot to bullet point one of the lists
There is never an ideal time to begin. It's not Monday, not the New Year, not the junior year of a university. It is now. At two o'clock am or pm, with brushing your teeth or doing homework, with or without desire.
Livet er na.
Now throw everything and do something for your future present.
LEARN TAGALOG | Tagalog Lang : great basics website with a built in dictionary, articles anout tagalos and the Philippines, really clean and simple
Omniglot : lots of general language learning resources, has specific rules about the alphabets, gives examples and exceptions, tagalog specific page is here (x)
Learn Tagalog w/ Fides : Canda based Philipina youtuber who subtitles her lessons in english AND french
Learn Filipino with FilipinoPod101.com : short youtube videos to help you learn about tagalog and Philipino culture
Tagalog Made Easy : videos that go through and break tagalog down into easy to work with parts
Here are some podcasts that you can listen to in Russian. Podcasts helped me when I started learning Russian and hopefully they can help you too. Many you can find on iTunes, on Android using Pocket Casts, or on their own websites/RSS feed. Other Podcasts: Arabic| French | German | Italian |Spanish| Ukrainian| Eurasia
Language Learning
A Spoonful of Russian: includes videos
Learn Russian
Learn Beginner Russian
One Minute Russian
RusPod: includes transcript
RussianPod101: also has a youtube channel
Russian Made Easy: includes transcript
Russian Survival Phrases
Speaking Russian
Beginner-High Intermediate
A Taste of Russian: transcripts for many episodes
Everyday Russian: includes transcripts
Ochen Po-Russki: includes transcripts
Proper Russian: includes transcripts
Russian Podcast: includes transcripts
Slow Russian: includes transcripts
Russian Only
For high intermediate-advanced since most have no transcript or for listening practice since they don’t speak slowly. Look at the last link for more.
Аэростат: Music and a lot of things
Чтение: Literature
Чтение для детей: Children’s stories read aloud
Эхо Москвы: Politics. Many programs within the site. Podcasts come with full transcripts.
Game Club & Pub: Sci-fi/videogames
Galyonkin: Video games
Хочу всё знать: Answering questions about everything you want to know
In Russian Terms: Current events and the language.
Как стать русским: Russian culture & history
Ликвидация Безграмотности : Russian linguistics
Мода, стиль: Fashion
Мозг: Wide variety of topics. Science, history, philosophy.
Научные Бои: Science
Наука 2.0: Science
Опытные на кухне: Science
Пост наука: Russian Linguistics
Russian Language Insight: Discussions about the language.
Радио Маяк: Radio Mayak has around 100 podcasts with different themes! You are bound to find something you like.
