갑자기 이상하고 재미있는 한국어 웹사이트 찾았다 (I suddenly found a strange and interesting Korean website)
얼마 전에 저는 우연히 이 웹사이트를 찾았어요. 이름은 “보배드림”이에요. 영어로 “Bobaedream”이에요.
이 사진을 클릭했더니 그 웹사이트가 나왔어요:
아마도 저는 한국어로 웹툰들을 찾고 있었던 것 같아요.
(이제부터 영어 쓸게요)
After looking around this website, which is entirely in Korean, my guess is that it was some sort of online forum like Reddit. And that seems to be true.
Research tells me Bobaedream is basically a huge Korean online community forum, mixed with various discussion boards and posts on cars, gossip, news, personal stories seeking advice, humor, etc. Apparently, it originally was a place to sell cars???
Either way, I am sharing this because I think it would be a good place to practice Korean reading and increase vocabulary, because it has so many miscellaneous topics. Likewise, reading the comments is good practice too.
I'm not at this high a level of Korean yet to easily navigate the website, but from that initial illustration "돈이 없다의 기준" I am in the humor/issues/GIF section of the board, which is probably right where I want to be. If you press the next button ("다음"), it'll take you to the next post, which seems to vary quite widely, no matter what category you are in.
Here is a direct link to the little comic about money: 사람마다 갈린다는 '돈이 없다'의 기준 - 보배드림 신유머/이슈/움짤.
Also, here is the translated menu list of topics:
Anyhow, I just wanted to share this with you all as a potential reading practice resource. You can literally click through any category and just hunt for a post that looks like your level and try reading/translating it. It's quite fun.
I'm curious, has everyone already heard of this website, or is it totally new to you, too? Maybe I need to explore more of the Korean side of the internet lol.
