Let's Learn Korean

Using this to track my own progress in self-studying Korean, while hoping to help others learn too. [will return back to studying Korean in May!]

[emilylearnskorean-blog]

For those of us (like me lol) who don't have money to buy like Rosetta Stone, do you have any apps or websites you would recommend to use when learning Korean? And like any tips?

Talk To Me In Korean is the website I used when I started learning Korean. I would also recommend the Korean Wiki Project for learning hangul. I don’t use any apps, however. 

[emilylearnskorean-blog]

So when we want to say "my" is it pronounced na-ei or nae? Since you said 내 is for spoken korean?

내 is pronounced as “nae”.

[ylshm1399]

Word Web #2 Book:                                                                                     Korean Made Easy: Intermediate

Vocab List: 

시간 - time

시 - time

간 - interval

중간 - middle

중 - middle

집중 - concentrate

집 - collect

중순 - the middle ten days (of a month)

순 - ten days

중심 - center

심 - heart

기간 - period (of time)

기 - period

장기 - long period (of time) 

장 - long

단기 - short period (of time)

단 - short

초기 - the beginning part of a period (of time)

초 - beginning

인간 - human

인 - person

군인 - military person

군-  military

본인 - oneself

본 -  origin

개인 - individual

개-  piece

시겨- clock

계 - calculate

계획 -plan

획 - (pen) stroke

계산 - calculation

산 - count

온도계 - thermometer

온 - warm

도 - degree

일시적 - temporary

일 - one 

적 - marker turning nouns into adjectives

일부 - one part

부 -  part

일방적 - one sided 

방 - side

통일 - unification

통 - unite

동시 - at the same time

동 - same

동의 - agreement 

의 - meaning

동료 - colleague, coworker

료 - colleague

동창 - classmate

창 - window

[emilylearnskorean-blog]

Hi! I'm glad I found your blog. I'm justing to learn Korean and I hope you can answer some of my questions. 1.) How long have you been studying Korean? and 2.) are you living in Korea? 3.)Do you think it's possible to really learn the language even if you don't live in Korea? 4.) Lastly, can you read korean words as fast as you can english words? If you can , how long did it take you to get on that level?

Hello!

1) I’m not really sure how to answer this question, tbh because I’m currently not studying Korean although in two weeks I will go back to studying. But I’ll just say a year.

2) I am not living in Korea.

3) I think it can be possible if you make connections with native speakers who maybe live where you live or even abroad because you need that practice of speaking with a native speaker, as well as really dedicate yourself to learning the language -- something my Japanese teacher told me last semester that with learning any language, it has to become a hobby if you want to become fluent. Something you love doing and devote a lot of time to.

4) Nope, I can’t. Even when I was regularly learning I still had trouble reading even children’s books. 

[koreangrumblings]

-는데도 vs. -더라도

I saw a post circulating claiming that these two grammar points are interchangeable, and I’d just like to take a second to say: no, they’re not.

-는데도 can be thought of as a the abbreviated version of -는데 그래도.  With this in mind, we know that the result in the second clause following -는데도 is contrary to what we would expect based on the information in the first clause.

나는 주연 씨를 매일 만나는데도 친하지 않아요.  I meet Ju-yeon every day, but we’re not close.  (Even though I meet Ju-yeon every day, we’re not close.)

From the first clause, you know that I meet Ju-yeon every day, and following that, the logical assumption is that we’re close.  However (this is where 그래도 kicks in), the truth is that we’re not close at all.  The information in the first clause has no bearing on that in the second.

방을 하루종일 청소했는데도 아직 더러워요.  I cleaned my room all day, but it’s still dirty. (Even though I cleaned my room all day, it’s still dirty)

열심히 공부했는데도 시험에 떨어졌어요. I studied hard, but I failed the test.  (Even though I studied hard, I failed my test.)

-더라도 is similar in that the information in the first clause has no effect on the information in the second clause.  However, with -더라도 we are working with a hypothetical scenario.

약 맛없더라도 꼭 먹어야지. Even if the medicine tastes bad, you should take it.

In this sentence, we don’t know what the medicine tastes like, presumably because it hasn’t been taken yet.  However, regardless of whether it tastes good or not, the speaker is advising that the medicine must be taken.

방을 하루종일 청소하더라고 더러울 거예요.  Even if I (were to) clean my room all day, it’ll be dirty.

열심히 공부하더라도 시험에 떨어질 거예요.  Even if I (were to) study hard, I’ll still fail the test.

When used in the past tense, -더라도 has a feeling of inevitability when it comes to the final outcome: regardless of whatever past action taken, the result would remain unchanged.

방을 할루종일 청소했더라도 아직 더러웠을 거예요. Even if I had cleaned my room all day, my room still would’ve been dirty.

열심히 공부했더라도 시험에 떨어졌을 거예요. Even if I had studied hard, I would’ve (still) failed the test.

Again, we can see that the information in the first clause of the sentence has no influence over the result in the second clause of the sentence.

The difference between the two grammar points can be summed up thusly: -는데도 can be translated as “Even though”; -더라도 as “Even if”.

I hope this post helps to sort out any confusion!

[emilylearnskorean-blog]

What's the difference between 우리, 나의, & 내?

우리 means “we” or "our”

나의 means “my”, the 의 makes the noun possessive. this is mostly used in written korean. In spoken korean, 나의 is shortened to 내. 

[koreanaswego]

[study-korean]

languagenabi

손잡이를 잡고 개리어를 위층으로 끌어올리다. = To grab the handle and lug the suitcase upstairs. 지퍼를 잠그다 = Do up the zip.지퍼를 열다 = Undo the zip.

[emilylearnskorean-blog]

In response to the last anon thing, I follow a person on YouTube called "ChonunMigookSaram" who lives in South Korea and she mentioned that saying "ibnidang" the "ng" thing is like a trend that ppl in Korea have started doing recently when texting.

Thank you!! ^^

[emilylearnskorean-blog]

hi again haha. what is the difference between '난' and'나'?

나 means “I” or “me”

난 is just a shortened version 나는 using -는, a subject marking particle, indicating that you are the subject of the sentence :)

[emilylearnskorean-blog]

hey emily!!! i was wondering--- why is it that sometimes when people introduce themselves they pronounce 입니다 like "imnidang"? Shouldn't it be more like "imnida"? Where does the 'ng' come from? Is this some kind of slang, or an alternative way to say it??? thanks in advance!!!

I’ve never noticed that particular instance myself, but I’ve noticed that sometimes people will write things like 안녕하세요 like 안녕하세용 or 안뇽, or 감사합니당 which I believe indicates they’re using aegyo. So, maybe when they’re saying “imnidang” they’re using aegyo?

[emilylearnskorean-blog]

Hi Emily! just jumping on the back of the other question, would the word reading in this sentence "저는 읽는 것 좋아해요" be pronounced "ik" or "il" or "ilk"?

um..kind of like “ilg”? but not a hard g, if that makes sence. 

I hope this is helpful! pronunciation is difficult lol

[emilylearnskorean-blog]

May I ask you something? How do you say "do you like reading" and "is it interesting?"? Because 'reading' and 'like' are two verbs Thank you very much x

If you’re saying “I like reading”, “reading” is a noun. 

읽다 = to read. 

to make this into a noun, you add -는 것. so 읽는 것 means “reading”. 

저는 읽는 것 좋아해요 :)

[emilylearnskorean-blog]

Hello!! I'm not a native speaker, so I could be wrong, but the Korean word for "nonsense" is "말도 안되는 소리," so after that you'd just add 하지 with whatever conjugated form of it you want (하지마라, 하지 마세요, etc). I hope this helped!!

[korean-quotes-blog]

[emilylearnskorean-blog]

Hi. can I know how to say 'stop talking nonsense' in korean?

I don’t actually know, I’m sorry. I looked it up and got 잠꼬대 같은 소리 하지마라. 

Does anyone know the correct way to say this (if my answer is incorrect)?

[emilylearnskorean-blog]

I've been learning Korean for a while, but I've got to a stage where I don't know how to carry on, I know basic sentence constructions and some very common vocabulary and grammar. But my sentences aren't always completely accurate. Can you give some tips? If any of that makes sense haha

I would say continue learning vocabulary and grammar because there is so much left to learn! to work on making your sentences more accurate, I would use lang-8, you can have your sentences reviewed by native speakers to help you understand how to make your sentences better.

you can also work on listening – listen to korea music, you can watch korean variety shows and dramas, even with subtitles you can try to see how much you can pick up. Or, try your hand at some children’s books for reading practice. 

I hope this helps!