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[mykoreanstudy]

Do you have any tips on how to learn Korean slang? It's just sooooo hard to figure out what some slang words might mean. Like, I would love to be able to read Korean twitter but it's such a headache sometimes lol. I've studied the one's in your internet slang post but there's still so much to learn and I don't know how to do it. :/

Yeah, there’s really a shit-ton and it’s not always easy to figure it out what it means.

Usually what I do is this

1. check the dictionary. most slang won’t come up but a lot of it does now in naverdic’s vlive자막 section, so it’s worth a shot. but even if it does show up in the dictionary, I suggest going through the next few steps in any case where you don’t yet have a satisfying answer.

2. google the word + ‘뜻’ and read how the koreans define it in korean. you may get better results doing this on naver 검색. but for the most part, there’s always someone who has asked what it means. 

3. google the word by itself and read how people have used it in various websites

4. check google images. you’d be surprised how many words I managed to grasp just cause someone used it in a dumb korean meme lol.

5. if you’ve gone through these steps and still can’t figure it out, it’s probably not a common enough word to be worth knowing. I generally just give up if I can’t figure it out after all that.

6. if you really gotta know, ask on hinative with a link to the tweet

You can ask me too, but I’d just go through these same steps haha. I suppose if you have trouble understanding korean definitions though, I can still help! (but like I said, in rare cases there are words that I can’t find so I give up. words that are that hard to find probably aren’t worth knowing imo)

[patrooocle]

List of adjectives in ~스럽다

These are the most common I’ve found on Twitter. This list is by no means exhaustive.

사랑스럽다 : lovely 자랑스럽다 : proud 자연스럽다 : natural 실망스럽다 : disappointing 만족스럽다 satisfactory 송구스럽다 : sorry, apologectic 급작스럽다 : abrupt, sudden 존스럽다 : to be out of style 수다스럽다 : talkative 뻔뻔스럽다 : shameless 바보스럽다 : foolish, stupid 변덕스럽다 : unpredictable, fickle, temperamental 부담스럽다 : burdensome 혼란스럽다 : confusing 탐스럽다 : desirable, attractive 유감스럽다 : unfortunate 퉁명스럽다 : abrupt, brusque 조심스럽디 : careful, cautious 안쓰럽다 : to feel sorry (for) 당황스럽다 : embarrassed, disconcerted 겸연스럽다 : embarrassed, sheepish 혐오스럽다 : disgusting, detestable 후회스럽다 : regretful, remorseful 여성스럽다 : feminine, girly 남성스럽다 : masculine 무지스럽다 : ignorant, dull 의심스럽다 : doubtful, suspicious 쑥스럽다 : shy, bashful 어른스럽다 : mature, adult-like 믿음직스럽다 : reliable, worthy 존경스럽다 : admirable 감동스럽다 : touching, moving 먹음직스럽다 : appetizing 개탄스럽다 : deplorable, lamentable 감격스럽다 : impressed, touched 망령스럽다 : childish, foolish 수치스럽다 : shameful, disgraceful 공포스럽다 : frightening, scary 별스럽다 : odd 죄스럽다 : feeling guilty

[kimmy-trans]

『Learn Korean with Kpop』BTS - Spring Day

보고 싶다 이렇게 말하니까 더 보고 싶다 I miss you, when I say that, I miss you more

보고 싶다: I miss you -니까: since, because 이렇게 말하니까: since I saying (like) this 더: more

너희 사진을 보고 있어도 보고 싶다 Although I’m looking at your photo, I still miss you

너희: your 사진: photo, picture 을: object particle 보고 있어 (보고 있다): looking at 도: although, even though

너무 야속한 시간  Time is so cruel

너무: so (negative) 야속한’s dictionary form is 야속하다: cruel, harsh 시간: time

나는 우리가 밉다 I hate us

나: I 는: topic particle 우리: we 가: subject particle 밉다: hate

이제 얼굴 한 번 보는 것 조차 힘들어진 우리가 Now it’s difficult to even see each other(’s face)

이제: now 얼굴: face 한 번: once 보는 것: to see 조차: even 힘들어진’s dictionary form is 힘들어지다: getting tough, hard, difficult 얼굴 한 번 보는 것 조차 힘들어진 우리가: it’s difficult even to see each other’s face once

여긴 온통 겨울 뿐이야  Here is all winter

여긴 is shortened for 여기는: here 온통: all, wholly 겨울: winter 뿐이야’s dictionary form is 뿐이다: only  

8월에도 겨울이 와 Even in August, winter is here

8월: August 에 is time/location particle: in, at 도: even 와’s dictionary form is 오다: come 이: subject particle 겨울이 와 (겨울이 오다): winter is here

마음은 시간을 달려가네  My heart is rushing the time

마음: heart 시간: time 을: object particle 달려가네’s dictionary form is 달려가다: run, dash, rush

홀로 남은 설국열차 Snowpiercer, that’s left alone

설국열차: Snowpiercer 홀로: by oneself, alone 남은’s dictionary form is 남다: remain, left

니 손 잡고 지구 반대편까지 가  I wanna hold your hand and go to the other side of the earth

니 -> 네 -> 너의: your 손: hand 잡고: hold and 지구: earth 반대편: the opposite side, other side 까지: to 가’s dictionary form is 가다: go

이 겨울을 끝내 고파 Want to end this winter

이: this 겨울: winter 을: object particle 끝내’s dictionary form is 끝내다: finish (off), end 고파: want to

그리움들이 얼마나 눈처럼 내려야  How much longing has to fall like snow

그리움들: 들 is the plural marker, 그리움 means longing, yearning 이: subject particle 얼마나: how much 눈: snow 처럼: like, as (if) 내려’s dictionary form is 내리다: fall, come down 야: must, have to

그 봄날이 올까 For that spring days to come? 

그: that 봄날: spring day 이: subject particle 올까: -까 is used to make a sentence into a question.

Friend 허공을 떠도는 작은 먼지처럼  Like a small piece of dust that floats in the air

허공: air 떠도는’s dictionary form is 떠돌다: float, drift 작은’s dictionary form is 작다: small 먼지: dust 처럼: like

작은 먼지처럼 날리는 눈이 나라면  If the flying snow was me

날리는’s dictionary form is 날리다: fly 나: me, I 라면: if

조금 더 빨리 네게 닿을 수 있을 텐데 I could reach you a bit faster

조금 더: a bit more 빨리: fast 네: you 게: to 닿을 수 있을 텐데: 닿다 is to reach. -수 있을 텐데 means could do sth

눈꽃이 떨어져요 Snowflakes are falling

눈꽃: snowflake 이: subject particle 떨어져’s dictionary form is 떨어지다: fall, drop

또 조금씩 멀어져요 Getting further away

또: again 조금씩: a bit 멀어져’s dictionary form is 멀어지다: grow away

보고 싶다 I miss you

보고 싶다 I miss you

얼마나 기다려야  How long do I have to wait?

얼마나: how long (the verb following is ‘to wait’, so you wouldn’t say ‘how much do I have to wait’) 기다려’s dictionary form is 기다리다: wait 야: must, have to

또 몇 밤을 더 새워야 How many more nights do I have to stay up?

또: again 몇: how many 밤: night 을 is the object particle 더: more 새워’s dictionary form is 새우다: stay up all night 야: must, have to

널 보게 될까  Until I can see you?

널 is shortened for 너를: you 보게 될까: can see

만나게 될까 Until I can meet you?

만나’s dictionary form is 만나다: meet -게 되다 means ‘to end up…’, when you attach after a verb, it means events that occurs happens out of one’s control, almost by chance or fate.

추운 겨울 끝을 지나  Past the end of this cold winter

추운’s dictionary form is 춥다: cold 겨울: winter 끝: end 지나’s dictionary form is 지나다: go past

다시 봄날이 올 때까지 Until the spring comes again

다시: again 까지: until 올 때까지: until it comes

꽃 피울 때까지  Until the flowers blooms again

꽃: flower 피울’s dictionary form is 피우다: bloom

그곳에 좀 더 머물러줘  Stay there a little longer

그곳: that place, there 에: location-marking particle 좀 더: a little longer 머물러줘 : (please) stay (for me)

머물러줘 Stay there

니가 변한 건지 Did you change?

니 is 네: you 가: subject particle 변한’s dictionary form is 변하다: change 건지 is shortened from것인지: it makes the sentence an indirect question – linking with the following line, it’s saying “is it you that changed or did I change?”

아니면 내가 변한 건지 Or did I change?

이니면: or 내: I 가: subject particle

이 순간 흐르는 시간조차 미워  I even hate this moment that is elapsing

이: this 순간: moment 흐르는’s dictionary form is 흐르다: passing, elapsing 조차: even 미워’s dictionary form is 밉다: hate

우리가 변한 거지 뭐  I guess we changed

우리: we 가: subject particle 뭐: well, then - used when the situation can’t be changed (what else?, you know, that’s all)

모두가 그런 거지 뭐 I guess that’s how everything is

모두: everything 가: subject particle 그런: that 거지 is shortened from 것이지: -지 is a sentence ending for stating something softly.

그래 밉다 니가  Yeah I hate you

그래: Yeah 밉다: hate 니 is 네: you

넌 떠났지만  Although you left

넌 is shortened from 너는: you 떠났’s dictionary form is 떠나다: leave -지만: but, although

단 하루도 너를 잊은 적이 없었지 난 There hasn’t been a day that I have forgotten (about) you

하루: day 단 하루도: even a day 너: you 를: object particle 잊은’s dictionary form is 잊다: forget 적이 없다: have never 난 is shortened from 나는: I

솔직히 보고 싶은데  Honestly, I miss you

솔직히: honestly 보고 싶은데: I miss you (but)

이만 너를 지울게 But now I’ll erase you

이만: now 너: you 를: object particle 지울게: will erase (dictionary form is 지우다: erase)

그게 널 원망하기보단 덜 아프니까 Because that will hurt less than resenting you

그게: that 널 is shortened from 너를: you 원망하기’s dictionary form is 원망하다: blame, resent 보단 is shortened from 보다는: than 덜: less 아프’s dictionary from is 아프다: hurt -니까: because

시린 널 불어내 본다  I’m trying to blow out the cold you

시린’s dictionary form is 시리다: cold 널 is shortened from 너를: you 불어내’s dictionary form is 불어내다: blow out -본다: trying to

연기처럼 하얀 연기처럼 Like smoke, like white smoke

연기: smoke 처럼: like 하얀: white

말로는 지운다 해도  Even I say that I’m gonna erase you

말로: in word 는: topic particle 도: even

사실 난 아직 널 보내지 못하는데 But actually, I still can’t let you go

사실: actually 난 is shortened from 나는: I 아직: still 널 is shortened from 너를: you 보내’s dictionary form is 보내다: let you go, send away 지 못하다: can’t

눈꽃이 떨어져요  Snowflakes are falling

또 조금씩 멀어져요 Getting further away

보고 싶다  I miss you

보고 싶다 I miss you

얼마나 기다려야  How long do I have to wait?

또 몇 밤을 더 새워야 How many more nights do I have to stay up?

널 보게 될까  Until I can see you? 

만나게 될까 Until I can meet you?

You know it all  You’re my best friend 

아침은 다시 올 거야 The morning will come again

아침: morning 은: topic particle 다시: again 올 거야: will come - dictionary form is 오다 

어떤 어둠도 어떤 계절도 영원할 순 없으니까 Because no darkness, no season can last forever

어둠: darkness 계절: season 영원할’s dictionary form is 영원하다: forever -니까: because

벚꽃이 피나봐요  Cherry blossoms are blooming

벚꽃: cheery blossoms 이: object particle 피나봐요: it seems that it’s blooming

이 겨울도 끝이 나요 This winter is also coming to an end

이: this 겨울: winter 도: even, also 끝이 나요: end

보고 싶다  I miss you

보고 싶다 I miss you

조금만 기다리면  If I wait a little longer

조금만: just a little 기다리다: wait 면: if

며칠 밤만 더 새우면 If I stay up a few more nights

며칠: several days 밤: night 만: only 더: more 새우다: stay up (all night) 면: if

만나러 갈게 I’ll go see you

만나’s dictionary form is 만나다: see, meet -러: to (do something) 갈게: will go – dictionary form is 가다

데리러 갈게  I’ll go pick you up

데리’s dictionary form is 데리다: pick up

추운 겨울 끝을 지나  Past the end of this cold winter

다시 봄날이 올 때까지 Until the spring comes again

꽃 피울 때까지  Until the flowers bloom again

그곳에 좀 더 머물러줘  Stay there a little longer

머물러줘 Stay there

BTS - A Supplementary Story: You Never Walk Alone BTS - Not Today BTS V & RM - 4 o’clock

[killyouranxiety]

hobbies masterpost!

a really excellent way to reduce anxiety is to pick up a new hobby. find something you’re interested in, learn it, then use it as a healthy and productive way to cope.

learn to play guitar

learn how to make interactive stories with the free program Twine

learn how to make pixel art

learn another language

learn how to build a ship in a bottle

learn how to develop your own film

learn how to embroider

learn how to make chiptunes (8-bit music)

learn how to make origami (the art of paper folding)

learn how to make tumblr themes

learn how to make jewelry 

learn how to make candy

learn how to make terrariums

learn how to make your own perfume

learn how to make your own tea

learn how to build birdhouses

learn how to read tarot cards

learn how to make zines

learn how to code

learn how to whittle (wood carving)

learn how to make candles

learn how to make clay figurines

learn how to knit scarves

learn how to become an amateur astronomer

learn some yoyo tricks

learn how to start a collection

learn how to start body building

learn how to edit wikipedia articles

learn how to decorate iphone cases

learn how to do freelance writing

learn how to make your own cards and

learn how to make your own envelopes

learn how to play the ukulele 

learn how to make gifs

learn how to play chess

learn how to juggle

learn how to guerrilla garden

learn how to chart your family history

learn how to keep chickens

learn how to do yoga

learn how to do magic tricks

learn how to raise and breed butterflies

learn how to play dungeons & dragons

learn how to skateboard

learn how to do parkour

learn how to surf

learn how to arrange flowers

learn how to make stuffed animals

[mykoreanstudy]

Debate Expressions pt.1 토론할 때 쓰는 표현 (1)

About the debate

오늘의 토론은 ~에 관한 것이 되겠습니다 

Today’s discussion will be on ~

이 문제에 대해 어떻게 생각하십니까?

How do you feel about this issue?

떠오른 생각을 말해 주세요

Tell us what comes to mind

자, ~에 관한 토론을 시작해 보죠

Okay, let’s begin our discussion on ~

어떤 사람들은 ~라고 주장하기도 합니다

Some people may even argue that ~

When Explaining Your Point

제가 더 설명해 볼게요

Let me elaborate

제가 의미하는 바는 ~입니다

What I mean is ~

여기서 제가 잠시 끼어들어도 될까요?

Can I interrupt for a minute here?

제가 거기에 덧붙여 말하겠습니다

Let me add to that

제가 한마디 해도 될까요?

Can I say something about this?

솔직히 말해서,

To be frank,

바꿔 말하면,

In other words,

다들 이미 알다시피,

As you(pl.) already know,

설상가상으로,

Even worse,

~을 볼 때마다 화가 납니다

I feel angry whenever I see~

When agreeing

분명히 좋은 지적을 하셨습니다. 

You have clearly made some good points.

저는 100퍼센트 그 의견에 동의합니다

I agree with that 100 percent.

저는 전적으로 (당신)의 의견에 동의합니다.

I entirely agree with you.

When disagreeing

그게 맞을지도 모르지만, 이걸 생각해 보세요

That may be true, but consider this.

저는 그 점에 있어서 (당신)이 완전히 옳다고는 생각하지 않습니다.

I don’t think you’re completely right about that.

저는 전적으로 (당신)의 의견에 반대합니다

I totally disagree with you

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src. 영어토론 무작정 따라하기

[architstudy]

Galaxy sticky notes / Watercolor feather sticky notes / Rainbow color sticky notes / Cactus sticky notes / Sushi sticky notes / Lovely day sticky notes

I just realize that every single pack of sticky notes in KawaiiPenShop are on sale and cost less than 3$!!! Also, if you use ARCHITSTUDY10 you’ll get a 10% extra discount!!

[19tc]

Useful Words/Phrases Pt.2

그만큼 - That much

 많이 - Many/A lot

 빨리 - Quickly/Fast

 갑자기 - Suddenly

 어쨌든 - Anyway

 아마 - Probably

 방금 - Just/ A moment ago

잠깐만 - Wait a minute 

 마지막 - Last

혹시 - By any chance

역시 - As expected/ Also/ Either

 오랜만이에요 - Long time no see

 이렇게 - Like this

 때문에 - Because

 그런가/그렇습니까? - Is that so

 실례합니다 - Excuse me

실례지만 - Excuse me but 

 설마! - No way!

 같아 - Same

 몰라요 - I don’t know

알아요 - I know

 그렇죠? - Right? 

 Part 1~

A&R🍑

[learninghangukeo]

Things I Learned the Hard Way

When they say 젤리, they mean the chewy things (think gummy bears, jell-o, etc). If you say “peanut butter and jelly” you will get the most disgusted looks.

알바 comes from the German word Arbeit which means “job/work” but it is not the same as 일. You are still considered a 백수 even if you work part-time.

친구 doesn’t mean “friends” as in the people you are closest with; it means people who are 동갑. If you refer to a 후배 or 선배 as your 친구 it’ll cause at least minor confusion about everyone’s ages.

과자 just means “snacks” but many people include 떡볶이, 라면, etc in this category, things I originally thought were considered “meals.”

치킨 is used to refer to fried chicken (with sauce). It’s not used to refer to any kind of chicken dish.

[miharusblog]

🌸 COLORS (색깔) saek-kkal

검은색 - black 흰색 - white 희색 - gray 갈색 - brown 노란색 - yellow 주황색 - orange (or 오렌지색 which comes from the english word “orange”) 빨간색/붉은색 - red 녹색/초록색 - green 보라색 - purple 파란색 - blue 하늘색 - blue sky 분홍색 - pink (or 핀크색 which comed from the english word “pink”) 짙은… - dark /insert color/ 연한… - light /insert color/

⚠as u probably noticed, they all end with the same syllable : 색 “색” comes from chinese and means “color”! MOST of the time, you can remove the syllable “색” if the word is placed before a noun.

🌸 some examples on how you can use these words:

빨간 입슬 : red lips 분홍색 꽃 : pink flower 갈색 머리 : brown hair 파란 눈 : blue eyes 검은 차 : black car

♡ 가장 좋아하는 색깔이 뭐예요? -> what is your favorite color?

♡ 제가 좋아하는 색깔을 연한 녹색이에요 -> my favorite color is light green

♡ 저는 보라색을 좋아해요 -> i like purple

💭 now, what is YOUR favorite color?🤷 go ahead and let me know by quoting this post :) in korean obviously~

[historygrl]

educational youtube channels:

for when the burnout is real and all you really wanna do is lie in bed and watch things but you gotta at least try to study. these are mostly channels i’ve watched and subscribed to! (updated 17/12/2015)

sciences

veritasium

it’s okay to be smart

pbs space time

crash course: astronomy

crash course: ecology

crash course: biology

crash course: chemistry

crash course: anatomy and physiology 

crash course: psychology

the school of life: sociology

the school of life: psychotherapy

scishow

scishow space

asapscience

minute physics

minute earth

khan academy

the brain scoop

sexplanations 

healthcare triage

sixty symbols

periodic videos

deep sky videos

literature / art

crash course: literature

the school of life: literature

the school of life: art/architecture

art assignment

thug notes: shakespeare explained

thug notes: classic literature

history / geography / government

crash course: world history (season one)

crash course: world history (season two)

crash course: us history

it’s history: the industrial revolution

it’s history: the history of pirates

it’s history: battlefields (military history)

it’s history: the cold war

the school of life: history

alternate history hub

crash course: intellectual property

crash course: economics

crash course: u.s. government and politics

geography now

the school of life: political theory

it’s history: the history of china

it’s history: weapons of mass destruction

it’s history: the history of sex

extra credits: extra history

khan academy: history

khan academy: american civics

the great war

tom richey: ap euro review

tom richey: ap us history review

cgp grey

math

numberphile

khan academy

vihart

philosophy

the school of life: philosophy

the school of life: eastern philosophy

philosophy tube

8-bit philosophy

misc / no particular subject

crash course: big history

ted-ed

smarter every day

in a nutshell

vsauce

dnews

test tube news

test tube plus

seeker daily

the good stuff

thoughty2

how to adult

mental floss

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50 Top Online Learning Sites

Rejoice fellow uni students looking for some studyspo, we urge you to take a few free lessons, as well as academic lessons provided from actual universities on several topics. Have a look at the 50 top learning sites you can find online to help you save some time.

Art and Music

Dave Conservatoire — Dave Conservatoire is an entirely free online music school offering a self-proclaimed “world-class music education for everyone,” and providing video lessons and practice tests.

Drawspace — If you want to learn to draw or improve your technique, Drawspace has free and paid self-study as well as interactive, instructor-led lessons.

Justin Guitar — The Justin Guitar site boasts over 800 free guitar lessons which cover transcribing, scales, arpeggios, ear training, chords, recording tech and guitar gear, and also offers a variety of premium paid mobile apps and content (books/ ebooks, DVDs, downloads).

Math, Data Science and Engineering

Codecademy — Codecademy offers data science and software programming (mostly Web-related) courses for various ages groups, with an in-browser coding console for some offerings.

Stanford Engineering Everywhere — SEE/ Stanford Engineering Everywhere houses engineering (software and otherwise) classes that are free to students and educators, with materials that include course syllabi, lecture videos, homework, exams and more.

Big Data University — Big Data University covers Big Data analysis and data science via free and paid courses developed by teachers and professionals.

Better Explained — BetterExplained offers a big-picture-first approach to learning mathematics — often with visual explanations — whether for high school algebra or college-level calculus, statistics and other related topics.

Design, Web Design/ Development

HOW Design University — How Design University (How U) offers free and paid online lessons on graphic and interactive design, and has opportunities for those who would like to teach.

HTML Dog — HTML Dog is specifically focused on Web development tutorials for HTML, CSS and JavaScript coding skills.

Skillcrush — Skillcrush offers professional web design and development courses aimed at one who is interested in the field, regardless of their background — with short, easy-to-consume modules and a 3-month Career Blueprints to help students focus on their career priorities.

Hack Design — Hack Design, with the help of several dozen designers around the world, has put together a lesson plan of 50 units (each with one or more articles and/or videos) on design for Web, mobile apps and more by curating multiple valuable sources (blogs, books, games, videos, and tutorials) — all free of charge.

General – Children and Adults

Scratch – Imagine, Program, Share — Scratch from MIT is a causal creative learning site for children, which has projects that range from the solar system to paper planes to music synths and more.

Udemy — Udemy hosts mostly paid video tutorials in a wide range of general topics including personal development, design, marketing, lifestyle, photography, software, health, music, language, and more.

E-learning for kids — E-learning for Kids offers elementary school courses for children ages 5-12 that cover curriculum topic including math, science, computer, environment, health, language, life skills and others.

Ed2go — Ed2go aims their “affordable” online learning courses at adults, and partners with over 2,100 colleges and universities to offer this virtual but instructor-led training in multiple categories — with options for instructors who would like to participate.

GCF Learn Free — GCFLearnFree.org is a project of Goodwill Community Foundation and Goodwill Industries, targeting anyone look for modern skills, offering over 1,000 lessons and 125 tutorials available online at anytime, covering technology, computer software, reading, math, work and career and more.

Stack Exchange — StackExchange is one of several dozen Q+A sites covering multiple topics, including Stack Overflow, which is related to computer technology. Ask a targeted question, get answers from professional and enthusiast peers to improve what you already know about a topic.

HippoCampus — HippoCampus combines free video collections on 13 middle school through college subjects from NROC Project, STEMbite, Khan Academy, NM State Learning Games Lab and more, with free accounts for teachers.

Howcast — Howcast hosts casual video tutorials covering general topics on lifestyle, crafts, cooking, entertainment and more.

Memrise — Lessons on the Memrise (sounds like “memorize”) site include languages and other topics, and are presented on the principle that knowledge can be learned with gamification techniques, which reinforce concepts.

SchoolTube — SchoolTube is a video sharing platform for K-12 students and their educators, with registered users representing over 50,000 schools and a site offering of over half a million videos.

Instructables — Instructables is a hybrid learning site, offering free online text and video how-to instructions for mostly physical DIY (do-it-yourself) projects that cover various hands-on crafts, technology, recipes, game play accessories and more. (Costs lie in project materials only.)

creativeLIVE — CreativeLive has an interesting approach to workshops on creative and lifestyle topics (photography, art, music, design, people skills, entreprenurship, etc.), with live access typically offered free and on-demand access requiring purchase.

Do It Yourself — Do It Yourself (DIY) focuses on how-tos primarily for home improvement, with the occasional tips on lifestyle and crafts topics.

Adafruit Learning System — If you’re hooked by the Maker movement and want to learn how to make Arduino-based electronic gadgets, check out the free tutorials at Adafruit Learn site — and buy the necessary electronics kits and supplies from the main site.

Grovo — If you need to learn how to efficiently use a variety of Web applications for work, Grovo has paid (subscription, with free intros) video tutorials on best practices for hundreds of Web sites.

General College and University

edX — The edX site offers free subject matter from top universities, colleges and schools from around the world, including MIT and Harvard, and many courses are “verified,” offering a certificate of completion for a nominal minimum fee.

Cousera — Coursera is a learning site offering courses (free for audit) from over 100 partners — top universities from over 20 countries, as well as non-university partners — with verified certificates as a paid option, plus specializations, which group related courses together in a recommended sequence.

MIT Open Courseware — MIT OpenCourseWare is the project that started the OCW / Open Education Consortium [http://www.oeconsortium.org], launching in 2002 with the full content of 50 real MIT courses available online, and later including most of the MIT course curriculum — all for free — with hundreds of higher ed institutions joining in with their own OCW course materials later.

Open Yale Courses — Open Yale Courses (OYC) are free, open access, non-credit introductory courses recorded in Yale College’s classroom and available online in a number of digital formats.

Open Learning Initiative — Carnegie Mellon University’s (CMU’s) Open Learning Initiative (OLI) is course content (many open and free) intended for both students who want to learn and teachers/ institutions requiring teaching materials.

Khan Academy — Khan Academy is one of the early online learning sites, offering free learning resources for all ages on many subjects, and free tools for teachers and parents to monitor progress and coach students.

MIT Video — MITVideo offers over 12,000 talks/ lecture videos in over 100 channels that include math, architecture and planning, arts, chemistry, biological engineering, robotics, humanities and social sciences, physics and more.

Stanford Online — Stanford Online is a collection of free courses billed as “for anyone, anywhere, anytime” and which includes a wide array of topics that include human rights, language, writing, economics, statistics, physics, engineering, software, chemistry, and more.

Harvard Extension School: Open Learning Initiative — Harvard’s OLI (Open Learning Initiative) offers a selection of free video courses (taken from the edX selection) for the general public that covers a range of typical college topics, includings, Arts, History, Math, Statistics, Computer Science, and more.

Canvas Network — Canvas Network offers mostly free online courses source from numerous colleges and universities, with instructor-led video and text content and certificate options for select programs.

Quantum Physics Made Relatively Simple — Quantum Physics Made Relatively Simple” is, as the name implies, a set of just three lectures (plus intro) very specifically about Quantum Physics, form three presentations given by theoretical physicist Hans Bethe.

Open UW — Open UW is the umbrella initiative of several free online learning projects from the University of Washington, offered by their UW Online division, and including Coursera, edX and other channels.

UC San Diego Podcast Lectures — Podcast USCD, from UC San Diego, is a collection of audio and/or video podcasts of multi-subject university course lectures — some freely available, other only accessible by registered students.

University of the People — University of the People offers tuition-free online courses, with relatively small fees required only for certified degree programs (exam and processing fees).

NovoEd — NovoEd claims a range of mostly free “courses from thought leaders and distinguished professors from top universities,” and makes it possible for today’s participants to be tomorrow’s mentors in future courses.

IT and Software Development

Udacity — Udacity offers courses with paid certification and nanodegrees — with emphasis on skills desired by tech companies in Silicon Valley — mostly based on a monthly subscription, with access to course materials (print, videos) available for free.

Apple Developer Site — Apple Developer Center may be very specific in topics for lessons, but it’s a free source of documentation and tutorials for software developers who want to develop apps for iOS Mobile, Mac OS X desktop, and Safari Web apps.

Google Code — As with Apple Developer Center, Google Code is topic-narrow but a good source of documentation and tutorials for Android app development.

Code.org — Code.org is the home of the “Hour of Code” campaign, which is aimed at teachers and educators as well as students of all ages (4-104) who want to teach or learn, respectively, computer programming and do not know where to start.

Mozilla Developer Network — MDN (Mozilla Developer Network) offers learning resources — including links to offsite guides — and tutorials for Web development in HTML, CSS and JavaScript — whether you’re a beginner or an expert, and even if you’re not using Mozilla’s Firefox Web browser.

Learnable — Learnable by Sitepoint offers paid subscription access to an ebook library of content for computers and tablets, and nearly 5,000 videos lessons (and associated code samples) covering software-related topics – with quizzes and certification available.

Pluralsight — Pluralsight (previously PeepCode) offers paid tech and creative training content (over 3,700 courses and 130K video clips) for individuals, businesses and institutions that covers IT admin, programming, Web development, data visualization — as well as game design, 3D animation, and video editing through a partnership with Digital-Tutors.com, and additional software coding lessons through Codeschool.com.

CodeHS — CodeSchool offers software coding lessons (by subscription) for individuals who want to learn at home, or for students learning in a high school teacher-led class.

Aquent Gymnasium — Gymnasium offers a small but thorough set of free Web-related lesson plans for coding, design and user experience, but filters access by assessing the current knowledge of an enrollee and allows those with scores of at least 70% to continue.

[mykoreanstudy]

crime vocabulary 범죄

저지르다 commit

범행 a crime

폭력 범죄 violent crime

전쟁 범죄 war crime

위반 violation

부패 corruption

범인/범죄자 criminal

죄수 prisoner

단죄하다 convict

감옥 prison

교도소 penitentiary 

투옥하다 imprison

채포하다 arrest

용의자 suspect

범죄율 crime rate

유죄 guilty

무죄 not guilty

사현 선고 death sentence

징역형 prison sentence

무기 징역형 life sentence

[dyinginhd]

Luna in Red Light by f(x)

[wonderful-language-sounds]

Language Learning Ideas Printable

Here is a printable I made that I hope can help you out on your language learning journey. It has different activities based on how much time you have, as well as a checklist for frequent activities. By using it, you can see what works for you and what doesn’t. 

I tried to include as many things that many people can use, but some activities can’t be used by all language learners, unfortunately. The links to the website are clickable in the PDF file. I tested this myself and have even included a blank version if you prefer to write your own activities. Again, these are just some ideas for you to incorporate and I hope that they are useful.

Download Links: Dropbox

Full Activities 

Blank Version 

[bieups]

~으세요 // Honorific form

So the first time this grammar came up, it was for making polite requests or commands (see last post about ~어/아 보세요).

This time we’re going to use it to be respectful towards the subject of a sentence.

The easy part is you already know how to conjugate it because there’s no difference between using this in command form vs. present tense honorific form! However, the honorific form can also be attached to adjectives and nouns, and be used to ask questions. To review: if the stem ends in a consonant, add 으세요. If it ends in a vowel, add 세요. (See the end of this post for notes on irregulars.)

So which subjects do we need to show respect for? Anyone who is “higher” than you socially….this could include everyone from your boss, to teachers, to older family members, to strangers. I find it a little too formal to use for strangers if I know the other person is near my age and not in any position of authority over me, but if someone uses this grammar towards me I generally use it towards them as well.

우리 아버지가 신문을 읽으세요. // My father is reading a newspaper.

말하기 선생님이 친절하세요. // The speaking teacher is kind.

형우 선배가 열심히 공부하세요. // Hyeongwoo (who’s a more senior student, member, etc. than me) studies hard.

무슨 일하세요? // What work does (subject) do?

회사원이세요? // (Subject) is an office worker?

When answering a question that ends with -으세요?, you don’t respond with -으세요 if you are the subject of the sentence! Remember, this grammar shows respect to the subject of the sentence by lifting them up, so to speak. You can let the other person speak to you this way, but you don’t speak about yourself this way.

Person: (to me) 선생님이세요? // Are you a teacher?

Me: 아니에요. 저는 학생이에요. (O) // No. I am a student.

Me: 아니에요. 저는 학생이세요. (X)

There are also some words that have a special honorific forms! This means instead of conjugating the normal word with this grammar, you have to use the special word. (Note these are all conjugated into present tense honorific form.)

있다    = 계세요* (to be at or in a place)

없다    = 안 계세요* (not to be at or in a place)

먹다    = 드세요, 잡수세요 (to eat; I’ve never actually heard the second one)

마시다 = 드세요 (to drink; yes it’s the same as to eat)

자다    = 주무세요 (to sleep)

말하다 = 말씀하세요 (to speak)

*This form is only used when the subject is a person and you’re talking about their location or existence. If you are talking about a thing and 있다 = to possess/have, then use 있으세요/없으세요. For example:

수요일 오전에 시간이 있으세요? // Do you have time Wednesday morning?

혹시 설탕이 있으세요? // Do you happen to have sugar?

우리 어머니가 미국에 계세요. // My mother is in the US.

And for irregular verbs! ㄷ irregulars change the final ㄷ to ㄹ then add 으세요. (듣다 -> 들으세요) ㅂ irregulars change the ㅂ to 우 and add 세요. (춥다 -> 추우세요) Finally, ㄹ irregulars drop the ㄹ and add 세요. (살다 -> 사세요)

[korean-vocab]

I also bought two books today! Aesop’s Fables and The Little Prince. They have the Korean and English side-by-side, along with a few vocab! Both published by Samji Books.

[studiousbees]

Rather than... -(으)ㄹ 바에, -느니

Everyone has choices to make, so today we’ll look at how to express making a decision between different options. The two grammar points we’ll focus on are largely interchangeable, so we’ll look at them together and check out their individual differences as we go.

-(으)ㄹ 바에

Function

This grammar point has two meanings. 

The first of those two refers to making a choice between some options, neither of which is really the best choice, but you end up going with the option in the following clause over the option in the preceding clause. That is, you can think of this form as translating to “Rather than X, Y.” This meaning of -(으)ㄹ 바에 is interchangeable with -느니’s first meaning. To emphasize the meaning a bit more, you can use a word like “차라리” or “오히려” in the following clause, or you can add “야” or “는” to the grammar form itself to make “-(으)ㄹ 바에야” or “-(으)ㄹ 바에는.”

The second meaning of this grammar form is used to indicate that since the situation in the preceding clause is already set or inevitable, you might as well do the thing in the following clause. In this case, it could be translated as, “Since X anyway, might as well Y.”

Usage

-(으)ㄹ 바에 can only be used with action verbs with the root in the present tense. Just add -을 바에 to verb roots ending in consonants (except ㄹ) or -ㄹ 바에 to verb roots ending with vowels or ㄹ!

MEANING 1:

친구한테 계속 화를 낼 바에 힘들어도 용서해 주는게 낫지 않을까? (Rather than being continuously mad at your friend, wouldn’t it be better to forgive them even if it’s hard?

믿을 만한 사람으로 알려지고 싶으면 거짓말을 할 바에야 책임을 지고 네 실수를 인정하는 게 나아요. (If you want to be known as a trustworthy person, rather than lying, taking responsibility and admitting your mistake would be better.)

막차를 놓치고 택시를 비싸게 탈 바에 파티에서 일찍 나가겠어요. (Rather than missing the last train and taking an expensive taxi, I guess I’ll leave the party early.)

MEANING 2:

어차피 지각할 바에 느긋하게 가자. (Since we’re going to be late anyway, let’s take our time.)

기왕 오랜만에 핸드폰을 바꿀 바에 최신 모델을 사는 게 좋을 것 같아요. (Since you’re changing your cellphone for the first time in a while, getting the latest model would be good.)

이왕 도시락을 쌀 바에 내 것도 준비해 줄래? (Since you’re packing your lunchbox anyway, would you prepare mine too?)

-느니

Function

Like -(으)ㄹ 바에, -느니 also has two meanings.

As previously mentioned, the first meaning of -느니 is interchangeable with -(으)ㄹ 바에 in its first meaning. It is used when you want to express that in the given situation, the choice presented in the following clause is the best option to go with. Just as with -(으)ㄹ 바에, it might not be the absolute best choice, but it’s the lesser of two evils.

-느니’s second meaning is not the same as -(으)ㄹ 바에’s second meaning. Rather, it is used when you want to lay out opposing opinions or situations. You can use it when both of those things are about equal. One way to translate it might be “Whether X or Y…” 

Usage

When using -느니’s first meaning, it is restricted to action verbs in the present tense, just as -(으)ㄹ 바에 is. However, when using -느니’s second meaning, descriptive verbs and the past tense can also be used. Also, when using -느니’s second meaning, the verb is reduplicated and both have -느니 attached to the end.

MEANING 1:

배고프다고 불평하느니 귀찮아도 마트에 가서 음식이나 사. (Instead of complaining that you’re hungry, go to the store and buy food or something even if it’s bothersome.) 

뭘 원할 때마다 바로 나가서 저렴하고 쉽게 닳는 것을 사느니 좀 오래 걸리더라도 돈을 모아서 오랫동안 사용할 수 있는 품질이 좋은 걸 사는 게 어때요? (Rather than immediately going out and buying something cheap that will wear out easily every time you want something, how about saving up money and buying something of high quality, even if it takes a while?)

미룬 과제를 하기 위해 밤 새우고 다음 날에 힘들어하느니 차라리 재미없더라도 과제를 미리 하는 게 나아요. (Rather than staying up all night to finish an assignment and having a hard time the next day, it’s better to do the assignment in advance even if it’s no fun.)

MEANING 2:

1등을 했으니 10등을 했으니 아예 대회에서 나온 사실 자체가 중요한 거예요. (Whether you placed first or tenth, the fact that you did the competition at all is what’s important.)

교과서를 오늘 사느니 다음 주 사느니 학기 시작 전에 사면 돼요. (Whether you buy the textbook today or next week, it’s fine as long as you buy it before the semester starts.)

수업을 인터넷으로 듣느니 직접 듣느니 기말 시험이 똑같이 나와요. (Whether you take the class online or in person, the final exam is the same.)

봉사 활동이 재미있느니 재미없느니 남들을 도와주는 일이니만큼 보람이 있어요. (Whether volunteering is fun or not, it has value because it is work that helps others.)

That’s all for -(으)ㄹ 바에 and -느니! As always, here’s hoping this post was useful to you. Happy studying~