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Korean Reading Practice: 동생

저는 동생이 한 명 있습니다. 제 동생은 어릴 때부터 저보다 크고 힘도 셌습니다. 그래서 사람들은 저와 동새이 함께 있으면 제 동생을 형으로 생각했습니다. 처음에는 다른 사람들의 이런 생각 때문에 동생을 싫어했습니다. 하지만 이제는 항상 나를 먼저 새각하고 도와주는 동생이 있어서 행복합니다.

English trans.

I have a younger brother. My younger brother was taller and stronger than me since childhood. So, people thought my brother was older than me when I was with him. At first, I didn't like him due to others' thoughts. However, I am happy to have my younger brother who helps me and considers me first.

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HOT TOPIK - READING pp. 72-73

Memrise deck here

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Memrise deck

I wanted to be able to quiz myself on the vocabulary from the TOPIK book I am studying from currently and memrise has been my favorite app to do that.

If you have been following my vocabulary posts at all and would like a better representation of the vocab words than my small handwriting, you can find the deck on memrise here

I will start including the memrise link in my posts from the Hot TOPIK book 😊

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HOT TOPIK - Reading pp. 70-71

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-네요 vs -(는)군요 via WBKT YUJIN

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HOT TOPIK - READING pp. 64-65

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HOT TOPIK - READING pp. 62-63

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HOT TOPIK - READING pp. 60-61

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HOT TOPIK - READING pp. 60-61

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Book I am studying with currently:

핫토픽 | HOT TOPIK - 읽기 Reading by 김순례, 김애라, 김하나 (한글파크)

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So I used to have a Russian friend who had a pretty thick accent and like a lot of Russians tended to eschew articles. She would say things like “Get in car.” And stuff.

Well one day this asshole who had been kind of tagging along with us asks her why she talks like that because it makes her sound dumb and I still remember her response word for word.

“Me? Dumb? Maybe in America you have to say get in THE car because you are so stupid that people might just get in random car, but in Russia we don’t need to say that. We just fucking know because we are not stupid.”

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One time I was proof reading a paper for a Russian student. As I was correcting her paper with her, the many mistakes in her grammar started weighing on her. I asked her what was wrong, and she said, almost sobbing,

“In Russian I am so intelligent and clear. In English I am like [an] idiot”

Respect to anyone trying to master a foreign language. I get so sad thinking about that student.

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Full offense but people who make fun of someone else’s accent or belittle their limited vocabulary when they’re speaking a language not native to them are fucking disgusting and are just begging to be punched.

They’re speaking your language because you don’t know theirs. That’s not something they should be made fun of, it’s something that should be commended because learning a language is hard fucking work.

I hate people who do this so much.

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Lesson 3.6: Future Tense –(으)ㄹ 거예요 vs –(으)ㄹ게요

-(으)ㄹ 거예요

The most basic way to express a future plan or action.

Attach to the verb stem

하다 --> 할 거예요 = I will do _____. I am going to do ____. 보내다 --> 보낼 거예요. = I will send ____. I am going to send ____. 웃다 --> 웃을 거예요. = I will laugh.

Used to express intention or plan for a future action or expectation for a future state

NOT affected by the reaction or request of the other person in a conversation

For example, if someone asked your plans for the weekend, you would say 친구들 만날 거예요 (I’m going to meet my friends) because you are planning to meet your friend not matter what the person who asked you says

 -(으)ㄹ게요

Attached to the end of a verb stem

Expresses the future

Focuses more on actions of decisions AS A REACTION TO/RESULT OF what the other person says or thinks

Changing plans according to what the other person says

Checking or assuming what the other person thinks by saying something using this ending and seeing their reaction

Deciding to do something because of what the other person said

Comparing –(으)ㄹ 거예요 and –(으)ㄹ게요

1.      할 거예요 vs 할게요

공부할 거예요. I am going to study. / I will study.

Regardless of what the other person says, you were ALREADY planning to study and the other person won’t change your mind.

Ex: 방해하지 마세요. 공부할 거예요. Don’t disturb me. I will study.

공부할게요. I will study. / (If you say so,) I will study. / (If you don’t mind,) I will study.

This is a RESPONSE/REACTION to something another person has said to you. You could also say this before the other person says anything, but you usually need to wait for the other person’s reaction to see if they have anything to say.

Ex: 알았어요. 공부할게요. (After assessing the atmosphere) Okay, I will study.

2.      갈 거예요 vs 갈게요

저도 갈 거예요. I will go (there), too. / I’m going to go, too. / I’m coming along, as well.

저도 갈게요. I will come along, too (if you don’t mind). / (In that case,) I will go there, too. / (Okay, since you say so,) I will go, too.

 Sample sentences

지금 어다예요? 지금 나갈게요. Where are you now? I will go out now. (+ if you don’t mind / if you want me to / unless you don’t want me to / what do you think about that?)

*this means that regardless of where the other person is, you were already going to go out anyway, and more than likely to an unrelated place.

저 갈게요. 안녕히 계세요. I’m going to go. Take care. (+ unless you want me to stay longer / unless there’s something I have to stay longer to do)

*the intended meaning is that you do not care whether or not the other person wants you to stay, you are leaving anyway. In most cases, this is said before the other person has the chance to say “please stay” because you have no intention of staying even if you are asked.

그래요? 다시 할게요. Is that so? I’ll do it again.

*by saying “다시 할게요” you are expressing that you were already aware of the problem and you were going to do it again anyway

내일 4시쯤에 갈게요. 괜찮아요? I’ll be there at around 4 o’clock tomorrow. Is that alright?

*asking “괜찮아요?” implies that you are looking for the opinion of the other person. If you do not care that going at 4 o’clock will affect the other person’s schedule, nor do you care what they think, then simply say “내일 4시쯤에 갈 거예요.”

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Lesson 3.5: Approximately, About – 쯤, 정도, 약

쯤

The most commonly used expression to say “approximately” or “about” in Korean

In English, “about”, “approximately”, and “around” are used BEFORE nouns. However, in Korean the word -쯤is used AFTER nouns

Examples:

1 o’clock: 한 시

Around 1 o’clock: 한 시쯤

1,000 won: 천 원

Around 1,000 won: 천 원쯤

One month: 한 달

Approximately one month: 한 달쯤

4 kilometers: 4킬로미터

About 4 kilometers: 4킬로미터쯤

Similar expressions:

정도

used AFTER nouns

약

used BEFORE nouns

*약 can also mean “medicine” in some contexts

‘한 달’ example:

한 달쯤 = about a month

한 달 정도 = about a month

약 한 달 = about a month

*note that 정도 has a space before it while 쯤 does not.

You can also use 약 and 쯤 together, or 약 and 정도

약 한 달쯤 = about a month

약 한 달 정도 = about a month

Sample sentences:

독일에서 2년쯤 살았어요. I lived in Germany for about two years.

언제쯤 갈 거예요? Approximately when are you going to go?

내일 몇 시쯤 만날까요? Around what time shall we meet tomorrow?

다섯 시쯤 어때요? How about around five o’clock?

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Lesson 3.4: Shall we…? I wonder…  -(으)ㄹ까요?

-(으)ㄹ까요

1. Asking oneself a question or showing doubt about something

I wonder what is in the bag?

Will he be alright?

Will it be hot tomorrow?

What will she say?

2. Raising a question and attracting attention of others

Why did this happen? What do you think, everyone?

What do you think life is?

3. Suggesting doing something together

What shall we do now?

Shall we go to the movies?

 Do you want me to help you?

**look at the context to figure out which usage is being used

Conjugation:

Verb stems ending with a consonant + 을까요?

Verb stems ending with a vowel + -ㄹ까요?

**Exception: Verb stems ending with ㄹ + 까요?

Conjugation examples

먹다 (to eat) --> 먹을까요?

보다 (to see) --> 볼까요?

팔다 (to sell) --> 팔까요?

시작하다 (to start) -->시작할까요?

공부하다 (to study) -->공부할까요?

달리다 (to run) -->달릴까요?

놀다 (to play) -->놀까요?

살다 (to live) -->살까요?

Using –(으)ㄹ까요 shows your curiosity or uncertainty.

Even when suggesting to do something together with someone, use the (으)ㄹ까요 ending if you are not sure. This way you are expressing your curiosity about what your friend wants to do and your own uncertainty while also suggesting/inviting your friend to the movie if they want to go.

Sample Sentences:

내일 비가 올까요? Do you think it will rain tomorrow? I wonder if it will rain tomorrow. Will it rain tomorrow? What do you think? *it cannot mean “shall we…” because “shall we… rain tomorrow?” does not make sense

내일 우리 영화 볼까요? Shall we see a movie tomorrow? Do you want to see a movie together tomorrow? *cannot mean “I wonder if…” because “Do you assume that we will see a movie tomorrow?” generally does not make sense

이 사람은 누구일까요? Who do you think this person is? Who is this person, I wonder? I wonder who this person is.

커피 마실까요? 맥주 마실까요? Shall we drink coffee? Shall we drink beer? Do you want to drink coffee or beer?

Past tense construction

Add the past tense suffix -았/었/였 right after the verb stem and before –(으)ㄹ까요 to make an assumption about a past event. Past tense can ONLY be used for expressing doubt or curiosity.

Sample sentences:

어제 했을까요? Do you think she did it yesterday?

누가 전화했을까요? Who do you think called?

어제 탈리아나가 한국에 왔을까요? Do you think Taliana came to Korea yesterday?

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TTMIK 3.3: In front of, Behind, Next to, On top of, Under

Review:

어디 = where

있다 = to be

어디 있어요? / 어디에 있어요? = Where is it? Where are You? Where are they?

어디 있었어요? / 어디에 있었어요? = Where were you? Where have you been?

어디 있을 거예요? / 어디에 있을 거예요? = Where will you be? Where are you going to be?

Nouns that can offer responses to these questions:

앞 = front

뒤 = back

옆 = side

외 = top

밑 = bottom

To make these nouns into prepositions for use with other words, add the location marking particle, -에:

앞에 = in front of

뒤에 = behind

옆에 = beside, next to

위에 = over, on top of

밑에 = under, below

In English, these words come BEFORE the words which they modify, but in Korean, they come AFTER.

Example:

자동차 = car

자동차 앞에 = in front of the car

자동차 뒤에 = behind the car

자동차 옆에 = beside the car; next to the car

자동차 위에 = on the car; on top of the car

자동차 밑에 = under the car

Combined with 있다:

자동차 앞에 있어요. = It’s in front of the car.

자동차 뒤에 있어요. = It’s behind the car.

자동차 옆에 있어요. = It’s next to the car.

자동차 위에 있어요. = it’s on top of the car.

자동차 밑에 있어요. = It’s under the car.

-에 is only used with the status of a person or an object. When expressing actions and behaviors which are actively happening, use -에서.

Examples:

Q: 친구를 어디에서 만날 거예요? Where are you going to meet (your) friend?

A: 은행 앞에서 만날 거예요. I’m going to meet (them) in front of the bank.

A: 은행 뒤에서 만날 거예요. I’m going to meet (them) behind the bank.

A: 은행 옆에서 만날 거예요. I’m going to meet (them) beside the bank.

Sample sentences:

소파 위에서 자고 있어요. I’m sleeping on the sofa.

나무 밑에서 책을 읽고 있어요. I’m reading a book under the tree.

나무 뒤에 숨어 있었어요. I have been hiding behind the tree.

문 앞에서 통화하고 있었어요. I was talking on the phone in front of the door.

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TTMIK 3.2: Linking Verbs -고

One way to shorten what you are saying and connect sentences together is by making compound nouns, also known as “noun phrases” or “nominal phrases”.

The verb ending -고:

From the conjunction ‘그리고’, meaning “and” or “and then”

By using -고after a verb stem, it has the same meaning as 그리고

Using -고can save time and make sentence structures more practical

Example:

1.      이 책은 재미있어요. 그리고 이 책은 싸요. This book is interesting. And this book is cheap.

since you are talking about the same subject in both sentences, you can drop the second ‘이 책은’

2.      이 책은 재미있어요. 그리고 싸요. This book is interesting. And (it’s) cheap.

Combine the 2 sentences to make it shorter while still expressing the same meaning.

3.      이 책은 재미있고 싸요. This book is interesting and cheap.

Conjugation:

Verb Stem + -고 + another verb

Example:

이 책은 재미있고, 싸고, 좋아요. This book is interesting, cheap, and good.

In Korean, it isn’t necessary to have the verb tenses match, in fact it can something sound unnatural to try and use the same tenses for every verb, especially in the case of future or past tenses. Most native Korean speakers just use the past/future tense with the final verb only.

Past tense example:

1.      어제 친구를 만났어요. 그리고 영화를 봤어요.

2.      어제 친구를 만났고, 영화를 봤어요. OR *어제 친구를 만나고, 영화를 봤어요.

Future tense example:

1.      내일 영화를 볼 거예요. 서점에 갈 거예요.

2.      내일 영화를 볼 거고, 서점에 갈 거예요. OR *내일 영화를 보고, 서점에 갈 거예요.

*it is more common to drop the tense in the first part of the sentence.

-고 can sometimes sound like ‘구’ in casual, spoken Korean. However it is still written and referred to as ‘고’

Since 그리고 has the meaning of “and after that” or “and then”, using ‘-고’ is a good way of talking about things that happened/will happen in sequence.

Sample sentences

-        내일은 친구 만나고, 서점에 갈 거예요. As for tomorrow, I’m going to meet a friend and go to a bookstore.

-        책 읽고, 공부하고, 운동했어요. I read a book, studied, and did some exercise.

-        9월에는 한국에 가고, 10월에는 일본에 갈 거예요. I will go to Korea in September, and I will go to Japan in October.

-        커피 마시고, 도너츠 먹고, 케익 먹고, 우유 마셨어요. 배불러요. I drank some coffee, ate a donut, ate some cake, and drank some milk. I’m full.

Vocabulary list

-        영화 = movie

-        서점 = bookstore

-        운동 = exercise

-        9월 = September

-        일본 = Japan

-        배부르다 = to be full

-        도너츠 = donut

-        배 = stomach

-        친구 = friend

-        싸다 = to be cheap

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Blog Update

My semester was super crazy, so I pretty much fell off of the studying daily band wagon... *sigh* BUT the good news is that my semester has officially ended and this summer is pretty much dedicated to studying Korean because I’m going to Korea to study abroad in August!!

I’m currently on Level 3 of the Talk to Me In Korean series, which you can always find for yourself at talktomeinkorean.com. I highly recommend their lessons. I have the physical grammar and workbooks, but I still listen to podcast. Currently, I’m taking notes from the podcast directly in my book and then testing my comprehension with the workbook. Notes that I post here are directly from those sources, so anyone could find these lessons for free on the above mentioned website.

I find that the best way for me to integrate what I’m using and remember is through kpop, so I want to try and include a relevant kpop song each time I post notes... I’m not sure that I will always be able to find a relevant song, but for me it is so fun to learn something and then understand a song better. I’m not sure if this is helpful to anyone but myself, but I will be trying to do so from here on.

I’m trying to finish level 3 by the end of this month, but I will be queuing my notes so that they are posted daily instead of all at once. So from here on until at least the end of May, the goal is to post my notes here daily. I may also add in notes from other sources, but I will mention the source on the post.

I just wanted to give a quick update on my format changes as well as a small apology for disappearing for months. But I hope to improve my consistency from now on in posting, mostly because I think it will help me be motivated. Also, knowing that I will be going back to Korea in just a few months is really starting to hit me hard and so I want to do my best with the last of my time here studying before really throwing myself into a new situation.