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Thanks to college and poor mental health I haven’t been studying Korean as much as I would like -- hence why I haven’t posted in forever!! Learning Korean & becoming fluent is a huge life goal of mine and it makes me sad that I just haven’t been able to study lately. Anyway, I’m going to try to be more active on here.. I’m going to take it easy with studying and just do my best and try not to punish myself for not studying as much as I think I should be studying!
yeoubi 여우비
02.01.2018 ✨ ig: gorapadeokstudies 방학 후에 시험을 볼 거예요. 그래서 크리스마스 동안 많이 공부 해야 했어요 ㅠㅠ
thank you everyone for 2k+ notes in less than three days?? i received so many compliments too, you guys are the sweetest 💕
dapjeongneo (답정너)
“Do I look fat in this dress?” “Of course not!”
Narrator: She does look fat in that dress.
Is it something particular about Korea that makes you not want to live there anymore? Or just a gut feeling?
Well. There are things I have grown tired of, like the crowds and congestion, the constant societal stress and pressure, the inefficiency and lack of productivity spurred by a faulty neo-confucianist class system, the extremely conservative and repressive values held by many, etc etc. But these things are merely drawbacks, not active forces repelling me out of here. I could refute all these negative aspects with positive aspects that could cancel them out to some extent. What I really can’t live with is being as an outsider forever, and for some reason it took me a while to realize that I would in fact be treated like an outsider forever.
I think in the first few years being an outsider made me feel like I was special and different. Instantly and regularly getting attention from strangers made me feel important. Being the only foreigner in almost all of the activities in my daily life made me feel important. But there was something very unsettling about slowly doing more and more things just like everyone else and…..not ever getting treated any more like anyone else. It has made me cynical and even paranoid at times, and I don’t want to be that way. When I get a kakao from someone I’m not close to that simply says “hi, how are you?” I’m immediately suspicious that they will ask of something from me, and I’m almost always right.
People pretend to be interested in how I am doing just so they can ask me to correct their English paper. People will offer to buy me lunch just so they can pressure me into giving them regular English tutoring for free. People will invite me to events (or even more often, their church) just so they can make it look like they have a diverse set of participants or audience members. People will take photos with me just to make it look like they have foreign friends. I’ve gotten facebook messages from Korean guys who want me to “do things like the western girls in porn do.” I’ve had roommates and classmates who would treat me badly and then tell authority that I “misunderstood their treatment because I am not Korean.” My very first Korean host family kicked me out after two weeks because they expected me to speak only English in their house to benefit their children. I currently have a roommate who only chose me because she wanted her boyfriend to live there for free and she assumed that westerners have no boundaries. When I said no, she coldly ignored me for months and then brought him in secretly anyway.
On the flip side, I have met tons of Koreans who were loving and kind and gave to me with no expectations of getting anything back. But even for most of those cases, the main reason (or only reason) they liked me was because they felt honored that I learned their culture and language as an outsider. And there’s nothing wrong with that at all, I am thankful that they felt honored! But after a while it feels like being foreign is my only identity to people. I miss being judged for my personality. I miss having a personality. I miss being a friend, a student, an employee and not a foreign friend, a foreign student, a foreign employee…..
It makes me uncomfortable when people constantly talk about me right in front of me like I cannot understand them, pushing their friends in my direction, like talking to me is so dreadful that they try to pawn it off to others “I CANT SPEAK ENGLISH, YOU TELL HER!!!” without actually checking first if I speak Korean. Or when I’m just trying to go about my day and the second I say one word to someone everyone around them jumps into a chorus of “OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH”s like I just turned water into wine or something, when I really just said one word in Korean while I’m trying to buy lunch.
And then when I actually did want to get considered differently for my foreign background, I was often denied. Like when my school insisted I spend 40$ to take a test of proficiency in English for graduation despite the fact that I am obviously a native English speaker from America, and despite the fact that I already spent money on a Korean proficiency test that no Koreans were required to take. Since many institutions want foreigners mainly for their image, they accept foreigners first, without any actual thought as to how their needs may vary.
I understand that this will sound very privileged to a lot of people. I understand that there are people in this world who get treated differently every day and have no way out of it. But that’s just the thing: I have a way out of it. I can go back home and just be a normal person again….and that becomes a more enticing prospect with every passing day. I long for the days when people knew me for being funny, or being clever, or being interested in certain things. I don’t want FOREIGN; SPEAKS KOREAN as my whole identity forever, even if people praise me for it. It feels like I lost myself as an individual.
So that’s the long answer. I have enjoyed my time in Korea, there are tons of people here who I love with all my heart, I don’t fault Korea for the way I feel, and I understand that there are others who have other reasons for staying, or are comfortable with their identity being mainly defined by their foreignness. I also know that when I do go home, reverse culture shock is going to beat my butt, seeing as I’ve spent my entire adult life in Korea. But I can’t avoid the way I feel anymore.
when you first start learning a new script, a new grammar concept, new sounds, it may seem impossibly difficult
but don’t be too discouraged because i promise someday it will feel second nature
To everyone learning a language, who is getting frustrated and impatient and maybe even thinking of quitting: remember how far you have come (not how far you have to go), remember why you started and remember how fantastic the end product will be. Learning a language is difficult and the journey can be long but it is rewarding and it opens so many doors. You are capable of doing this, you can do this… don’t quit now
-edits-
추억이 내 맘을 할퀴어 아 아파서 이젠 맘을 고쳐 다 다가올 이별에 난 Replay Replay Replay “Memories scratch at my heart. My heart hurts, so now I’ll mend it. With the approaching farewell, I replay, replay, replay.”
Song: Replay (누난 너무 예뻐) By: SHINee
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Our first article - reposted here below :-)
When I started learning the Korean language I found textbooks to be boring. Just following the book made it take a long time to finally learn the top 100 Korean words for daily life.
So here is my list of the top 100. But there’s a twist.
When you’re learning a new language, I found that you tend to think in your original language first. Since I was not familiar with the words in my target language, I always thought of the words I wanted to say in English first, regardless of whether those words were the most common in Korean or not.
And that makes sense. Until you’re more familiar with a new language, you’re going to be translating every word in your head as you basically translate yourself.
So here instead is a list of the top 100 most common English words, in Korean, that actually you are more likely to use when trying to express yourself at a basic, beginner stage.*
The Top 100 Korean Words to Learn
About (as in, talk about yourself): _ 대해서
After: _후에
Again: 다시
All: 모든
And: 과
Any (as in, I couldn’t find any):
At: 에서
Because (as in, because of you): _ 때문에
Before: _전에
Bring: 가져오다
But: 하지만
Can: _ 수있다
Cant _ 못하다
Come: 오다
Culture: 문화
Dad: 아버지
Day: 일
Do: 하다
Don’t know: 모르다
Eat: 먹다
Find: 찾다
From (as in, from then until now): _부터
Front: (as in, in front of something) 앞
Get: 받다
Give: 주다
Go: 가다
Good (as in, a good neighbor): 좋은_
Have: _ 있다
He: 그
Her (as in, her friend): 그녀의
Her: 그녀
Here: 여기에
Him: 그를
His (as in, his ugly car): 그의
How (as in, how did you do that?): 어떻게 _
House/home: 집
I: 나는 [Note, don’t refer to yourself this way to high status people].
If: _면
In: _ 에서
It: 그것
Know: 알다
Last (as in, last Christmas): 지난
Like: 좋다
Like (as in, to be similar): 같다
Little (as in, a little salt): 좀
Live: 살다
Look: 보이다
Make (as in, make some trouble): 만들다
Man: 남자
Many: 많은_
Mom: 어머니
More (as in, one more time): _더
Month: 달
My: 내
New: 새로운
No: 아니
Now: 지금
On: 에
One: 한
Only (as in, only you understand me): 만
Other: 다른 것
Our: 우리의
People: 사람
Question: 문제
Say: 말하다
See: 보다
Second (as in, one second): 초
She: 그녀는
So: 그래서
Some: 약간
Sound: 소리
Take: 갖다
Tell: 말하다
That: 그
Their: 그들의
There: 저쪽에
These: 이들
They: 그들
Thing: 것
Think: 생각하다
This: 이것
Those: 그것
Time (as in, what is the time?): 시간
Two: 두/이
Use: 이용하다
Very: 아주
Want (as in, I want to go shopping): 하고 싶다
Way (as in, which way?): 길
We: 우리
Well (as in, well done!): 잘
What (as in, what are you talking about?): 뭐
When: 언제
Which: 어느
Who: 누구
Why: 왜
With: 와
Work: 일
Year: 년
You: 너
Your: 너의
Things You Need
To make full use of this list you will have to know how to read Korean characters or script, also called Hangeul.
It might sound like a pain but honestly it is one of the easiest things you will ever do. It will take you 30 minutes and I promise you will feel like a rockstar when you’ve mastered it.
You can find a bunch of videos online, but here is one that I found fast and useful:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/0ZhOeA0RD9o
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Want me to write about something else on learning Korean language? Feel free to comment!
*Ps. I will admit that I dropped out a lot of very common but non-beginner words such as grammatical connectors. If you want to learn more Korean grammar, check out Talk To Me In Korean’s great grammar lessons here.
Korean heart
I’ve just found a little note in my textbook. Korean language has two different words for a heart:
심장 - an organ which pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system in humans and other animals
마음/맘 - a heart in a metaphorical way, something similar to ourmind, like a centre of emotions; it is used to express positive emotions, kindness.
Hello Loves~
I figured that before I really start getting into posting informational posts and such, that I’ll make a masterpost of my resources!
Online
Lessons
Talk To Me In Korean
How To Study Korean
Duolingo
Coursera
Amino (Social Media App)
Korean Language Amino
Korean School Amino
Army Korean School
Apps
Naver Dictionary/Translator
Rieul Korean
Korean Grammar
Korean Dictionary
Learn Korean
Memrise
Grammar Haja
Infinite Korean
Learn Korean (different from the first one listed)
Duolingo
맞춤법
KGrammar
Dongsa
LingoDeer
Coursera
Semper
Quizlet
Physical
Textbooks
Continuing Korean ( Amazon / Barnes and Noble )
Reading Practice
Websites
Grimm Brothers Fairytales
Korean Lab
Apps
한국문학모음 (Korean Poems)
Ridibooks
Naver Webtoons
Naver Books
Daum Webtoons
Tips to learn a new language
The 75 most common words make up 40% of occurrences The 200 most common words make up 50% of occurrences The 524 most common words make up 60% of occurrences The 1257 most common words make up 70% of occurrences The 2925 most common words make up 80% of occurrences The 7444 most common words make up 90% of occurrences The 13374 most common words make up 95% of occurrences The 25508 most common words make up 99% of occurrences
(Sources: 5 Steps to Speak a New Language by Hung Quang Pham)
This article has an excellent summary on how to rapidly learn a new language within 90 days.
We can begin with studying the first 600 words. Of course chucking is an effective way to memorize words readily. Here’s a list to translate into the language you desire to learn that I grabbed from here! :)
EXPRESSIONS OF POLITENESS (about 50 expressions)
‘Yes’ and ‘no’: yes, no, absolutely, no way, exactly.
Question words: when? where? how? how much? how many? why? what? who? which? whose?
Apologizing: excuse me, sorry to interrupt, well now, I’m afraid so, I’m afraid not.
Meeting and parting: good morning, good afternoon, good evening, hello, goodbye, cheers, see you later, pleased to meet you, nice to have met.
Interjections: please, thank you, don’t mention it, sorry, it’ll be done, I agree, congratulations, thank heavens, nonsense.
NOUNS (about 120 words)
Time: morning, afternoon, evening, night; Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday; spring, summer, autumn, winter; time, occasion, minute, half-hour, hour, day, week, month, year.
People: family, relative, mother, father, son, daughter, sister, brother, husband, wife; colleague, friend, boyfriend, girlfriend; people, person, human being, man, woman, lady, gentleman, boy, girl, child.
Objects: address, bag, book, car, clothes, key, letter (=to post), light (=lamp), money, name, newspaper, pen, pencil, picture, suitcase, thing, ticket.
Places: place, world, country, town, street, road, school, shop, house, apartment, room, ground; Britain, name of the foreign country, British town-names, foreign town-names.
Abstract: accident, beginning, change, color, damage, fun, half, help, joke, journey, language, English, name of the foreign language, letter (of alphabet), life, love, mistake, news, page, pain, part, question, reason, sort, surprise, way (=method), weather, work.
Other: hand, foot, head, eye, mouth, voice; the left, the right; the top, the bottom, the side; air, water, sun, bread, food, paper, noise.
PREPOSITIONS (about 40 words)
General: of, to, at, for, from, in, on.
Logical: about, according-to, except, like, against, with, without, by, despite, instead of.
Space: into, out of, outside, towards, away from, behind, in front of, beside, next to, between, above, on top of, below, under, underneath, near to, a long way from, through.
Time: after, ago, before, during, since, until.
DETERMINERS (about 80 words)
Articles and numbers: a, the; nos. 0–20; nos. 30–100; nos. 200–1000; last, next, 1st–12th.
Demonstrative: this, that.
Possessive: my, your, his, her, its, our, their.
Quantifiers: all, some, no, any, many, much, more, less, a few, several, whole, a little, a lot of.
Comparators: both, neither, each, every, other, another, same, different, such.
ADJECTIVES (about 80 words)
Color: black, blue, green, red, white, yellow.
Evaluative: bad, good, terrible; important, urgent, necessary; possible, impossible; right, wrong, true.
General: big, little, small, heavy; high, low; hot, cold, warm; easy, difficult; cheap, expensive; clean, dirty; beautiful, funny (=comical), funny (=odd), usual, common (=shared), nice, pretty, wonderful; boring, interesting, dangerous, safe; short, tall, long; new, old; calm, clear, dry; fast, slow; finished, free, full, light (=not dark), open, quiet, ready, strong.
Personal: afraid, alone, angry, certain, cheerful, dead, famous, glad, happy, ill, kind, married, pleased, sorry, stupid, surprised, tired, well, worried, young.
VERBS (about 100 words)
arrive, ask, be, be able to, become, begin, believe, borrow, bring, buy, can, change, check, collect, come, continue, cry, do, drop, eat, fall, feel, find, finish, forget, give, going to, have, have to, hear, help, hold, hope, hurt (oneself), hurt (someone else), keep, know, laugh, learn, leave, lend, let (=allow), lie down, like, listen, live (=be alive), live (=reside), look (at), look for, lose, love, make, may (=permission), may (=possibility), mean, meet, must, need, obtain, open, ought to, pay, play, put, read, remember, say, see, sell, send, should, show, shut, sing, sleep, speak, stand, stay, stop, suggest, take, talk, teach, think, travel, try, understand, use, used to, wait for, walk, want, watch, will, work (=operate), work (=toil), worry, would, write.
PRONOUNS (about 40 words)
Personal: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, one; myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.
Possessive: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.
Demonstrative: this, that.
Universal: everyone, everybody, everything, each, both, all, one, another.
Indefinite: someone, somebody, something, some, a few, a little, more, less; anyone, anybody, anything, any, either, much, many.
Negative: no-one, nobody, nothing, none, neither.
ADVERBS (about 60 words)
Place: here, there, above, over, below, in front, behind, nearby, a long way away, inside, outside, to the right, to the left, somewhere, anywhere, everywhere, nowhere, home, upstairs, downstairs.
Time: now, soon, immediately, quickly, finally, again, once, for a long time, today, generally, sometimes, always, often, before, after, early, late, never, not yet, still, already, then (=at that time), then (=next), yesterday, tomorrow, tonight.
Quantifiers: a little, about (=approximately), almost, at least, completely, very, enough, exactly, just, not, too much, more, less.
Manner: also, especially, gradually, of course, only, otherwise, perhaps, probably, quite, so, then (=therefore), too (=also), unfortunately, very much, well.
CONJUNCTIONS (about 30 words)
Coordinating: and, but, or; as, than, like.
Time & Place: when, while, before, after, since (=time), until; where.
Manner & Logic: how, why, because, since (=because), although, if; what, who, whom, whose, which, that.
omg I just need to express some excitement!!! Ahhh!! I got all A’s for my very first semester of college! I was so worried and afraid that I wouldn’t achieve this, but I did it!! This is just really affirming to me and really encouraging! I guess hard work really does pay off.... ♡ヾ(＠⌒ー⌒＠)ノ♡
This song has been stuck in my head all day. 💔
Tell me what to do
♡ If your heart can see me♡
Tell me what to do
♡ Don’t cry no more♡
Rest in Peace, Kim Jonghyun.
It’s so unbelievable and I wish with all my heart that it isn’t true, but you’re gone. Jonghyun, you have inspired so many people across the whole globe. Your voice reached thousands of miles across oceans and land, and your voice even reached me. The light you brought into this world will never go out. You’ll shine forever. I hope you are free of worry and depression and pain. We will celebrate your life and legacy forever. 김종현씨 사랑해요 항상. 고생했어요. Please realize the severity of mental illness, especially depression. We all need to help each other and be kind to one another as we share this time here on earth together. Life is precious.
Korean Word of the Day - Recap!
(I’ve missed some days, but that’s alright! I’m not going to force myself to study when I know it won’t be productive for me (like when certain factors in my life keep me from studying). I’m just doing the best I can~!)
Dec. 10: 구체적이다: adjective; to be concrete, specific, detailed.
Dec. 11: 꺼내다: verb; to take out, to remove something, to bring up a subject.
Dec. 12: 가격: noun; price.
Dec. 14: 전하다: verb; to convey, to deliver, to tell, communicate, let somebody know.
