#eviestudieskorean

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hi langblr friends 👋 I’m freaking out about exams and trying to take my mind off it by picking up where I left off with Korean

what do they say in that sample that's used in so many k-pop songs?

It’s @1:04 in Power by EXO

@0:06 in Countdown by Amber Liu

@0:20 in All Night by Astro

the sounds I hear are:

ㅎㅏᆫ

돈

나

스

someone care to illuminate me here?

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language tip: offline dictionaries

if any of you want a dictionary but cant afford or find a physical one AND you want to be able to look up words without relying on the internet then you should try out this program called lingoes (available for windows). I mainly use it for korean but there are many more languages available. you can also install them all if you are studying multiple languages like i am. 

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hey, my name is ana, im from colombia, (i'm actually not sure why i'm writing this in english) anyway, i've been wanting to learn korean for a while now, i learned hangul but the thing is that i don't know where to continue or what resources i can use, since it's really hard to find something korean related here; so i just wanted to ask you how you started learning and how do you manage your study time. I hope i didn't bother you ^^

Hola Ana!! :D Learning hangul is the first step, asi que comenzaste bien! c:

What I did: learn hangul, build some vocab with memrise, and then not improve at all for months because I had so many resources that I didn’t know which one to pick. I did check a few lessons of TTMIK and I used the textbook My Korean 1 (made by an Australian University, I think), but to be honest I didnt improve as much as I could have. Now I know the two reasons why: 1. TOO MANY RESOURCES: I was accumulating resources, books, sites, EVERYTHING, but didnt actually pick one to use. 2. Lack of discipline: I didn’t make time to actually study.

Know that I’m more experienced I highly recommend yall to not repeat my mistakes lmao. PICK ONE TEXTBOOK OR WEBSITE AND STICK TO IT. Don’t worry about missing out extra information or whatever. Only look for another explanation if the first one you used wasnt clear enough and you really couldnt understand, but AFTER TRYING; annotate, practice, review, and if it is still unclear then switch to another (reliable) resource. I’m NOT saying that every explanation is going to be accurate and should be trusted, but if it isn’t correct you will probably realize it after you become more comfortable with the language.

Everyone praises TTMIK and they deserve it, they have awesome lessons. My advice is that you find their curriculum (on their page) and start. But remember: DONT STOP. You dont know what to do? Go to the next lesson. As simple as that. Listen to the audios, repeat what they say, read aloud, make flashcards with the vocab and say “I will learn ALL THIS WORDS by the end of the week”, make your own sentences to practice vocab and grammar points, KEEP GOING. You can even skip some lessons (advanced learners are gonna kill me for saying this tho). Dont stress over “but what im a gonna do after i finish all their lessons?!?” You’ll cross that bridge when you get there.

Another option that I recommendfor grammar is using the book Korean Grammar In Use (Beginner). It has a lot of grammar points with simple explanations, sample sentences, conjugations and exercises. You can pair it with the TTMIK lessons if you are a little worried about not getting enough practice.

For vocab I suggest the list of ‘Most common verbs/adjectives/nouns’, and I think some people have already created them on Memrise/Quizlet/Anki (I personally prefer quizlet).

I try to study at least 5 minutes a day. I’ll make a full post soon about how I’ve been managing my time these past few months, but this is what I try to do every week:

Grammar: it can take just 30 minutes to make notes for a grammar point. How many G.P. you do is up to how much time you have. I’m doing 3-5 per week (intensively selfstudying) but I think even one per week is fine!

Vocab: make a list at the start of each week (or month) and review every moment you can: before sleeping, while eating, on the bus. It shouldnt take you too much time either: 30 minutes for the list and 5 minute breaks for reviewing. Make goals: Ill memorize this list by the end of the week, Ill review 5 days of the week, Ill review 4 times each day. Be honest with yourself, but try to step out of your comfort zone.

Listening comprehension: listen to audios of the lessons, listen without reading the transcript and try to pick up words, listen to kpop too and other media like dramas or youtube videos. Doesnt take much time either and its fun to do.

Some kind of pronunciation practice: imitating the audios and reading aloud. If you have a native friend or anyone who knows/is learning korean, talk with them. 

Some kind of writing practice like journaling your day, solving workbook exercises or making sentences with what you learn. Time varies with this. My journal entries take me 5-15 minutes (they are very short but sometimes I have to look up words that I dont know/remember)

Reading practice: write the dialogues from the lessons that you study and read them! they probably combine the grammar and vocab you are studying. Also write the sample sentences that they use. Read kpop lyrics and webtoons.

Hope this helps a little bit c: I’ll probably make more posts about this with more information. Lo mas importante es comenzar y seguir! No te bloquees. Si ves algo, aprendelo; no lo guardes para despues. 

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korean study group !

are there any available korean study groups / study buddies on telegram?? im interested in practicing a little bit with people (but i dont have friends T.T)

[if anyone wants to chat my telegram username is eevee2v2 hmu]  

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Korean vocab list: Dreamcatcher (드림캐쳐) - Chase Me

Watch the MV here.

자꾸  repeatedly; frequently; always; again and again 짜릿하다 (be) pungent; piquant; spicy tingling; prickling; aching; smarting 원하다 desire; wish; want 텅 빈 empty / vacant / bare / void / hollow / deserted. 사람들 people 꿈속 dream 따분하다 boring 어제 yesterday 간단하다 simple; brief; short; plain; light; easy 오늘 today 뭐 what 하다 to do 발칙하다  outrageous; mean; rude 장난 a game; play; mischief; prank; a joke; trick 시작하다  begin; start; set up 어둡다  (be) dark; dim; dusky; murky; gloomy 밤 night 몰래 secretly; privately; quietly; stealthily; imperceptibly; furtively; clandestinely 다가가다 go[come / get] near; approach; step[come] up to; steal up. 뛰어들다 jump [leap] into; rush into; run into; dive into 폭죽 firecracker 막 just; just now; (be) about to; (be) on the point of 터지다  explode; burst; break out; occur [happen] suddenly; blow up 깜짝 with surprise; with a start; all of a sudden 놀라다 (1) be surprised [astonished, amazed, shocked]; be startled; be astounded (at); be stunned; jump; be taken aback (by) (2) be frightened [startled, alarmed] at; be horror-struck; be terrified; have a fright 깜짝 놀라다 be startled all of a sudden[out of one´s wits]; bat an eyelid; eyebrows go up; be rocked on one´s heel 조용하다 quiet; silent; still; calm; tranquil; serene; peaceful; 세상 world 잔뜩 till full; to the fullest; extremely; intensely; heavily 소란하다  clamorous, tumultuous, loud, noisy, riotous, emotionally or mentally agitated; disturbing; troubled 막다 block (up); obstruct; stop; check; intercept; defend; protect; keep away [off, out, back]; ward off; prevent; provide against (a disease) 한번 once; one time 잡다 catch; hold; take hold of; capture; 아슬아슬 risky; dangerous; thrilling; critical; close; narrow; near 거리 a street; a road; distance; a difference; a gap 거리에서 on the street; in the street 벌써 already; yet; long ago; by now [this time] 거기 that place; there; there; to that place; 이번 this time; recently; lately; present; new; now; next time; shortly; soon; next; last; recent 또 again; once more; another time; for the second time; repeatedly; in succession 어디 where 가다 go 찾다 seek for [after]; search (for); hunt (up) 멈추다 stop; cease; put a stop to; bring to a stop[halt]; halt 더 more 다르다 different 숨어들다 steal in[into]; get in by stealth 나쁘다 bad 본능 instinct 따르다 follow; go after; obey 빨갛다 red 사과 apple 한 one 입 mouth 한 입에 at a gulp[mouthful] 딱 accurately; exactly; tightly; firmly; definitely; resolutely; flatly; wide 베다 cut; chop 물다 bite 베어 물다 sever[cut off] with one´s teeth; bite off 착하다 nice; good; virtuous; gentle; kind 아이 a child; a kid 틀 a frame; framework; a mold 맞추다  fix into; frame; put together; set (it) (right); correct (it); adjust; adapt; conform; fit; 그저 only; merely; simply; slightly; just 규칙적인 regular 심장 the heart 박동 pulsation; palpitation; beat 심장박동 heartbeat 위 the upper part; the upside; the top side; the above 위에 above; over 일곱 seven 가지 a kind; a sort; a class; a variety 작다 small; little; tiny 놀이 play; game 선물하다 give [make, send] (a person) a present; make a gift (to) 매일 every day; each day; daily 기억 memory; mind; memorization; remembrance; recollection 모두 all; everyone; everybody; everything; 꺼내다 pull [draw] out; take [bring] out 들다 hold (in one's hand); carry [have, take] (a thing) in one's hand; have 가득 full; to capacity; filled (with) 던지다  throw; hurl; fling; cast; toss; pitch 폭풍 storm 휘몰아치다 blow violently [boisterously]; blow hard; blow great guns; storm boisterously; fall in whirls; fall thick and fast 어지럽다 (be) dizzy; be in disorder; (be) troubled; chaotic; turbulent; disturbed; disorganized 포근하다 soft and comfortable; downy; fluffy 베개 pillow 조금 a little 축축하다 slightly [moderately] wet; moist; damp 바쁘다 busy 아직 yet; as yet; still 많다  many 호기심 curiosity 가득하다 full   상상 imagination 다 all; at (the) most; as much as one can 펼치다 open, outspread, lay out 짓궂다 ill-tempered; ill-natured; unlucky; unfortunate; cursed; malicious; (mildly) mischievous; prankful; 또 again; once more; and; moreover; 잘 well 모르다 do not know   바로 rightly; honestly; just; exactly; immediately; 뒤쫓다  follow up, chase, pursue 네 your 모습 features; looks; appearance; a shape; a figure; a visage; an image; a face 가까워지다  v. become close, approach, appeal to -, turn to -; come near to 그렇게 like that; so; so much; 쉽게 easily 잡히다 be caught 계속 continuation; continuance; succession; 쫓다 run after (a person); chase; pursue; 끝 end 까지 till; until; 끝까지 out, until the end 숨 breath 차다 be out; fall[become] due; run out 내 my 새롭다 new; fresh; 내일 tomorrow

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Korean Vocab List: 몸 (BODY) - MINO (WINNER)

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그립다  be missed; be longed for; be yearned after;   너 pron. you 의 prep. of, belonging to 너의 your 몸 body 간지럽다  tickle 숨 n. breath 소리 sound 숨소리 the sound of breathing 생각나다  come to mind, recall, remember, recollect 어렴풋이 adv. dimly; faintly; vaguely; indistinctly; obscurely; hazily 찰랑 lapping; splashing 머리 head; brain; hair 너 you 를/을 object particle 널 = 너 + 를 = you (as the object of the sentence) 보다 see; look (at); gaze; glance; stare 싶다 I want; I am[feel] inclined to (do); I feel like (doing) 보고 싶다 to miss (someone) 목적 object, purpose, goal; aim 는/은 topic particle 다르다  differ (from, with); be different (from, with); 알콜 alcohol 힘 strength, power 빌리다  borrow 실수 a slip; a slip-up; a mistake; a stumble; an error 전화하다  telephone, call 모르다  not to know, not to remember, not to understand 판단력  judgment; discernment; sense. 가/이 subject particle 흐리다  be cloudy, be vague, be dim, hazy 무의식 unconsciousness, unconscious 중 the center; the middle / during; through; within; in the course of; while / under; at; in course[process] of 무의식중에 while one is unconscious 허공 the empty sky[air/space/void] 그리다 miss; long for[after]; yearn for[after]; 미치다  go crazy, become insane, lose one's mind; 사과 an apology; an excuse (can also mean apple) 필요없다 not need 우리 we 아니다 not be 아담 adam 과/와 and 이브 eve 쿨하다 cool 쿨한게 cool-ly 미국 United States of America 에서 prep. at, in, from, out of, by, off 에선 에서 + 는 말하다 talk, speak 기억  memory, recall; recollection 완벽하다 (be) perfect; complete; flawless; faultless; ideal 비율 ratio, proportion, portion, percentage 거의 adv. almost; nearly; practically; 사기 malice; wickedness; / cheat; deception 다리 leg(s) 발  foot 끝 end 발끝  tiptoe 부터 prep. from, since 까지 conj. till, so far as 머리부터 발끝까지 from head to toe 근데 = 그런데  but; however; yet; though; for all that 어디  where 둘 Both 또 again; once more 허리 n. waist 허리춤 n. inside the waist of one's trousers 타투 n. tattoo 아직 adv. still, yet 작업실 n. work room, office 있다  be; there is [are]; exist; be in existence / stay; stop; remain 그때 then; at that time 그 that 피곤하다  get tired, feel tired 들리다 be audible; ring // come to one's ear [knowledge]; be said; be rumored //  tell; inform (a person) of 하루 one day; someday 만 only 하루만 only one day 자다 sleep; go to bed 죽다 die 땜에 = 때문에 because of; thanks to 양심 conscience 가책 remorse, regret, sorrow, guilty feeling 찌르다  pierce, strike, stab, pass, stick, sting 친구 friend 내 my 엑스 ex 부르다 (‥라고 불러) call <it> ‥ / give <it> the name of. 더 adv. more 섹시하다 (be) sexy; sexually attractive[appealing] 섹시하게 sexy-ly 발음하다 pronounce, articulate, enunciate 쓰러지다 fall down, break down, fail, die, fell, sink 직전 just[immediately, right] before; just prior to

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I don't know where to start with Korean! Please help!!

1. Hangul. DO NOT STICK WITH ROMANIZATION. I know most korean learners start with some romanized vocabulary (Oppa, Sarangheyo, etc) but if you decide to really learn korean then START WITH HANGUL, NOT ROMANIZATION! 

2. Basic vocabulary. AFTER you learn hangul (or while you’re doing it) learn basic words and phrases. Memrise helped me a lot with this.

3. Pick a website/book that can guide you. You know, the ones that have lessons and combine grammar and dialogues. It’s even better if they come with audios. BUT TRY TO PICK ONLY ONE OR TWO!!! Don’t get overwhelmed with information, it does more harm than good.

4. Learn the basic of conjugations. With korean, this doesn’t mean just verbal tenses.

5. Don’t underestimate the cultural aspect of Korean. Many books incorporate tips about korean culture, DON’T SKIP THEM JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE TOO WORRIED ABOUT GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION ETC ETC

6. Have fun. Listen to kpop, watch kdramas, gush over Seoul’s cute cafes. You don’t need to rush, and it doesn’t have to be boring. ENJOY ITTTTT

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hi i want to start learning korean, do u have any essential tips?? sth u 100% believe in and would recommend to everyone who wants to learn?

HELLOOOO! i answered two similar questions here and here ^^ 

-HANGUL IS KEY. learn hangul. writing the names of my kpop biases helped me

-its up to you whether you want to focus on grammar or vocab, writing or speaking, etc. they are all needed tho so mix them up once in a while

-memrise and quizlet are A+ for learning vocab

-kpop is my favorite way to learn vocab!!! step 1: look up lyrics and translations. step 2: use dictionaries to translate individual words. step 3: listen to the song (and read the lyrics) every day so you can review. step 4: sing. sing along while reading the lyrics. sing without lyrics. sing without music playing. JUST SING AND HAVE FUN!

-Korean Grammar In Use is a Blessing for learning grammar

-Sounds of Korean is a good book to practice pronunciation (comes w audios)

-i was gonna make a post about this but anyway: download Lingoes. its a desktop program where you can download and use dictionaries (not only for korean!!!). its really good bc it works offline and you can download many different dictionaries so even if you dont find a word in one you may find it in another

-stick to just one or two textbooks/sites/apps. its all about FOCUS. too many sources distract you.

hope this helps you, its what works for me c: