[thoodleoo]

the worst part about studying languages is knowing that you will never be nearly as good at it as a literal baby

[what-even-is-thiss]

The only reason babies are better at language learning is because it’s their full time job and they don’t get embarrassed

[what-even-is-thiss]

If you, a teenaged or adult human, wasn’t embarrassed and could study language full time you would learn way faster than a baby.

[sandersstudies]

In my defense, babies receive more positive reinforcement than I do as well. Babies will say ha ba bah dah ba hah and all the adults around them will be like 🤯 really? Wow 😱 that is so interesting 😁 great job! 🤗 and then what happened? 🤔

[computationalcalculator]

also people who are like “I’ve been studying for a year and I only have an eight-year-old’s grasp of the language”:

how long do you think it took the eight-year-old

[patrooocle]

Sleep Related Vocab

잠자기

커튼을 치다 to draw/close the curtains

이불을 덮다 to cover one’s self with the covers

졸다 to doze off, be sleepy

눕다 to lie down

알람을 맞추다 to set the alarm

이불을 펴다 to make the bed

불을 끄다 to turn off the lights

잠을 설치다 to have a restless night’s sleep, sleep badly

잠꼬대를 하다 to talk in one’s sleep

코를 골다 to snore

뒤척하다 to toss and turn

일어나기

눈이 떠지다 one’s eyes to snap open

눈이 부시다 to be dazzling, very bright

눈을 비비다 to rub one’s eyes

하품하다 to yawn

기지개를 켜다 to stretch

알람이 올리다 the alarm goes off

알람을 끄다 to turn off the alarm

불을 켜다 to turn on the lights

침대를 정리하다 to make one’s bed

커튼을 걷다 to open the curtains

깨우다 to wake sb up

이불을 개다 to fold the bedding

늦잠을 자다 to oversleep

출처: TMIK “My Daily Routine In Korean”

[patrooocle]

Korean Learning Resources — annotated news article

I've created this PDF of a news article with annotated vocabulary for easier reading. If you're an Intermediate/Advanced learner it can be a great way to learn. This is how it looks like:

And here's a link to the original article:

Today's article is by the 경향신문 and is titled "재택근무 효과 있다? 없다?"

Here's a link to the annotated PDF:

재택근무 효과 있다 없다.pdf

재택근무 효과 있다? 없다?

“긍정적인 면은 전혀 보이지 않는다.” 리드 헤이스팅스 넷플릭스 최고경영자(CEO)가 최근 한 인터뷰에서 재택근무를 혹평했다. 신종 코로나바이러스 감염증(코로나19)으로 넷플릭스의 많은 직원이...

[patrooocle]

20 random questions to practice your Korean

1. 끊고 싶은 나쁜 습관 3가지 (3 bad habits you want to quit.)

2. 형제자매가 어떻게 돼요? (Do you have any brothers and sisters?)

3. 이상형은 뭐예요? (What's your type?)

4. 장래 희망이 뭐예요? (What are your hopes for the future?)

5. 세상에서 가장 좋아하는 사람을 말해주세요. (Tell us about your favorite person in the world.)

6. 시간이 되돌릴 수 있었다면 고치고 싶은 1가지 (1 thing you'd like to fix if you could turn back time.)

7. 좋아하는 영화의 중심 줄거리에 대해서 간단하게 말해주세요. (Tell us simply about the main plot of your favorite movie.)

8. 창피하는 습관 1가지에 대해서 말해주세요. (Tell us about an embarrassing habit of yours.)

9. 아침식사, 점심식사, 저녁식사 중에 좋아하는 식사 뭐예요? 이유는? (Between breakfast, lunch and dinner, which is your favorite meal and why?)

10. 행복하게 하는 5가지 소개해주세요. (Introduce us to 5 things that make you happy.)

11. 기분이 상하거나 화가 나게 하는 5가지 말해주세요. (Tell us about 5 things that make you upset or angry.)

12. 커피나 차? 이유는? (Coffee or tea? Why?)

13. 아침형 인간인지 저녁형 인간인지 말해주세요. 이유는 뭐예요? (Tell us wether you're a morning person or an night person. Why is that?)

14. 네 자신을 제일 싫어하는 것은 뭐예요? (What do you hate the most about yourself?)

15. 네 자신을 제일 좋아하는 것은 뭐예요? (What do you like the most about yourself?)

16. 지속력이 있는 인상을 남긴 추억이나 사람에 대해서 말해주세요. (Tell us about a memory or person who left a long-lasting impression on you.)

17. 한국어를 배우는 이유? (Why are you learning Korean?)

18. 한국어 빼고 배우는 다른 언어는 뭐예요? 왜요? (What other languages do you learn besides Korean and why?)

19. 애완동물을 좋아하세요? 왜요? (Do you like pets and why?)

20. 지금부터 5년 후에 어떤 모습을 될 것 같아요? (Where do you see yourself in 5 years?)

[patrooocle]

Word of the day — 자취방

= single-rooms big enough for one person, generally used by students or workers to live closer to their study/workplace. Comes from the word 자취하다 which means "to live alone," so 자취방 has the meaning of "room where you live by yourself."

[patrooocle]

Korean slang — 공주병 vs. 왕자병(에 걸리다)

= (lit. princess/prince disease) said of someone who thinks they're special and deserves special treatment. Those people are generally conceited and snobby, and have high standards when it comes to their partners. 공주병 is used a lot more often than 왕자병.

[patrooocle]

Korean slang — 자낳괴

= short for "자본주의가 낳은 괴물," meaning "monster born from capitalism." Refers to someone who changes their beliefs when faced with the prospects of money. You could translate it as "a person blinded by money."

[dailydoseofkorea]

Regions in Korea

도- province

특별자치도- special autonomous province

특별시- special city

광역시- metropolitan city

특별자치시- special autonomous city

경기 지방 - Gyeonggi

서울특별시- Seoul 인천광역시- Incheon 경기도- Gyeonggi-do

관동 지방

강원도 (남)- Gangwon-do (south) (north half of Gangwon-do is in North Korea)

호서 지방

대전광역시- Daejeon 세종특별자치시- Sejong City 충청남도- South Chungcheong-do

Keep reading

[dailydoseofkorea]

Korean stereotypes of Koreans

This is a post requested by @hailstudies​! Sorry for taking 100000 years :(

There are a few rude stereotypes that you don’t need to know unless you plan on insulting people from that region so I haven’t included those!

Make sure to check out Regions in Korea to find out the provinces and cities that belong in each of the areas!

경기도 (Gyeonggi-do)-  Because this is near where Seoul is and where the “cities” are, there are a lot of people from other regions and there isn’t actually a clear stereotype for them.

강원도 (Gangwon-do)- Gangwon-do is mountainous so it’s stereotyped that they are strong and manly but this isn’t a popular stereotype.

충청도 (Chungcheong-do)- Because of their satoori and the way they act and their “vibe”, its stereotyped that people fron Chungceong-do aren’t blunt/honest, and very slow due to their satoori sounding dragged (e.g. soooooo instead of so)

전라도 (Jeolla-do)- Because they have amazing food, its stereotyped that everyone is a great cook! Jeolla-do also has a long history of being invaded, so its stereotyped that they tend to stick with each other and are distant with foreigners and people that aren’t like them.

부산광역시 (Busan)- Since Busan is near the coast, they must all love seafood and the beach

경상도 (Gyeongsang-do)- Because of their satoori and its tone, etc, People from Geyongsang-do are stereotyped as tough, and people that don’t show emotion or aegyo, etc. They’re also stereotyped as blunt, willing to fight any enemies but also your ride or die (very loyal)!

제주도 (Jeju Island)- Because of their satoori, it’s often jokingly said that Jeju is a different country!

[agingerwithaseoul]

Korean paper (한지) factory in Jeonju

[sprachgefuehle]

Ok, but a funny aspect about speaking multiple languages is when you always have to have at least four online dictionaries open at the same time when you write a longer text because you know just the right phrase you wanna use but everytime it's in another language and also your brain blacks out and you forget what "gracias" means in english and oh, the phrase you wanna use now? It's perfect but there is no equivalent in the language you are writing in so you spend the next ten minutes on five different thesaurus sites in three different languages looking for an expression that is not even that relevant to what you're writing, oops, now you are looking for a word in a dictionary but you can't find it because it's the wrong language and you didn't even notice and now everything is burning.

Bonus points if the language you are writing in is actually your native language.

[aja-aja-hanja]

더 보기

[hailstudies]

𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒚 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 since school started in september i haven’t had a lot of time for korean and i was feeling frustrated bc i wasn’t even close to achieving my goals, so during october i’ve been trying to incorporate korean into my daily life and focusing on immersion. so far, i’ve been enjoying it a lot and i noticed that my listening skills improved!! my 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 during the last two months of 2019 will be: - doing repetitive listening - reading out loud and talking to myself in korean to improve my speaking skills - continue to write diary entries - review grammar and vocab !!!!!! 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬? - listening to ttmik 이야기 during my commute and when doing chores - using naver korean dictionary 오늘의 회화: i’ll read out loud these conversations every day + every week i’ll memorize one and record myself - writing a diary entry every night - reading webtoons - learning 2 grammar points from kgiu per week - reviewing every thursday - doing two levels from the “ttmik my weekly korean vocab book 1” deck on memrise every week also, this week i read an article by korea.net about korea’s liquors and it was very interesting! i’m all about homemade stuff so traditional homebrewing is definitely something i want to try!! 🍶

[sombrestudy]

Ok ok but why is language learning becoming so competitive?

- If you want to learn one language and practice a few times a week, that’s fine.

- If you want to study 7 languages at once and practice every day, that’s fine.

- If you like to go out and use your target language, that’s fine.

- If you just like to watch movies or youtube in your target language, that’s fine.

Different things work for different people.

Some things may be scientifically proven to work better, but not everyone has the time or the energy.

Language learning is a passion we all share. Why are we gatekeeping people who aren’t learning as many languages or aren’t as invested?

[lagom-languages-deactivated2022]

“Needing to have reality confirmed and experience enhanced by photographs is an aesthetic consumerism to which everyone is now addicted.”

— On Photography, Susan Sontag (and she wrote this in 1977!)

[langblrwhy]

How to learn a language and its culture together

1 Learn typical recipes (maybe try to recreate them)

2 Watch movies (not only the genres and themes you prefer, but watch their classic movies that everyone there already watched)

3 Listen to music (same as 2)

4 Watch and read the news (follow the news on social media)

5 Watch people travelling around the country

6 Follow youtubers (the vloggers who visit buildings, who talk about festivals and holidays and do stuff at the town)

7 Read books (you can read in english and then re-read in the target language, it’ll make easier)

8 Follow random people on social media (in that way you’ll can see the everyday language, photos of some city, political stuff, etc)

9 Follow meme pages - memes aren’t spaceless and timeless, they talk about some subject the people from that culture are talking about

10 Talk to natives and ask them about their daily lives

[samstudying]

feelin nostalgic for the very beginnings of learning a language