#korean studies

[asyastudieskorean]

6.25.2026 — 처음 배웠을 때보다 오늘 갑자기 ”~게“ 문법이 정말 복잡해졌어요. 선생님이 “이거 그냥 안 써도 돼”라고 말씀하셨어요 ㅋㅋ. 그래도 오늘도 너무 재미있었어요. 모든 학생들 재미있고 좀 이상하고 열심히 공부하는 사람이에요. 많이 많이 한국어 선생님이 있었는데 아마도 효빈원 선생님이 저의 제일 한국어 선생님이에요. 정말 재미있고 열심히 가르치는 선생님이에요. 수업이 있을 때 저는 갑자기 행복해지고 웃어요. 진심으로 효빈원 선생님께 너무 감사해요. 궁금하면 효빈원 선생님은 KCCLA하고 University of Pennsylvania에 있어요.

[studykoreanwithasya]

~지다 Guide (To Become/Changes)

~지다 is added to adjective verbs to mean something became this way.

It is the difference between (1) the weather is nice and (2) the weather became nice.

It attaches to adjectives, not action verbs.

Conjugate the verb to the 요 form, remove 요, and add ~지다. Any tense or form changes need to be made to ~지다 only.

예:

재미있다 → 재미있 어지다 → “to become fun”

춥다 → 추 워지다 → “to become cold”

편하다 → 편해지다 → “to become comfortable”

Various tense/form examples (not comprehensive):

Present (change in progress or a change happening now)

따뜻하다 → 따뜻해져요 = becomes warm

조용하다 → 조용해져요 = becomes quiet

*In English, we wouldn’t say "it becomes quiet" in this sense. We would say something like "it is becoming quiet" or "it has become quiet (just now)." Really, the present tense direct English translation is a bit off. When in doubt, it is usually the past tense that makes the most sense if you are trying to talk about a change.

Past (Change is completed)

밝다 → 밝아졌어요 = became bright

많다 --> 많아졌어요 = increased

Future

예쁘다 --> 예뻐질 거예요 = will become pretty

부드럽다 → 부드러워질 거예요 = will become soft

Progressive

강하다 → 강해지고 있어요 = is becoming strong

많아지고 있어요 = is increasing

Intention / plan

예뻐지려고 해요 = trying to become prettier

빠르다 → 빨라지려고 해요 = trying to become fast

Probable / guess / "I think..."

예뻐질 것 같아요 = It seems like she’ll become prettier

많아질 것 같아요 = It seems like it will increase

Desire

예뻐지고 싶어요 = I want to become pretty

편해지고 싶어요 = I want to become comfortable (FYI 많다 is a bit odd in this form, that is why this is a different verb)

Formal Conjugation

Present: 예뻐집니다 / 많아집니다 Past: 예뻐졌습니다 / 많아졌습니다 Future: 예뻐질 것입니다 / 많아질 것입니다

Sentences~

방이 조용해져요. The room is becoming quiet.

길이 막혀서 도로가 복잡해졌어요. Because of traffic, the road became crowded.

하늘이 어두워지고 있어요. The sky is getting dark.

요즘 한국어가 조금 쉬워졌어요. These days, Korean has become a little easier.

친구들이 더 친절해졌어요. My friends became kinder.

*Sometimes ~지다 is added to active verbs to make them passive, but that is a different grammar point. 😭

Copy and paste into a document to save/annotate your own copy. Also, feel free to practice in the comments (or point out any inaccuracies)! We’re all learning here.

[isabellestudying]

【 Korean Study Resource 】

» Book : Korean Grammar in Use: Beginning to Early Intermediate » Link : Google Drive link

I don’t use this as a standalone textbook, but it’s honestly one of the most useful grammar references I’ve found for the A1–B1 level.

It’s structured to make it easy to revisit specific points when reviewing or filling in gaps—clear explanations, good example sentences, and enough nuance to help things stick without being overwhelming!

I treat it more like a grammar dictionary + workbook hybrid. I usually go back to it when I’m feeling unsure about a structure I’ve seen before, or when I want to make sure I fully understand a pattern I’ve encountered in native content.

Not a beginner "learn from zero" book, but very solid as a companion or revision tool alongside other materials.

If you're somewhere between basic and intermediate and want a grammar guide that’s actually usable (and not dry or overly academic), I’d say this is worth having!

» My progress on the book : #kgiub posts

[143studies]

eng: hai hai! it's been a while i don't post here. these days my old posts have been getting a lot of notifications so i decided to give a life update hehe. how are you all? here is vv cold... around 9 degrees. i have no idea how i'm going to the gym.now i'm in the second semester of that korean course i've started this year. my days have been filled with lots of coffee, online classes and lots of cardio to move my legs.

ptbr: oi oi! faz tempo que eu não posto aqui. esses dias uns posts meus tiveram bastante notificação então decidi fazer um life update hehe. como vocês estão? aqui está bem frio... cerca de 9 graus. não sei como estou conseguindo sair pra academia. agora eu tô no segundo semestre daquele curso de coreano que comecei esse ano. meus dias tem sido repletos de muito café quentinho, aulinhas online e mexer as pernocas no cardio.

have a great week! / tenham uma boa semana! ∩_∩

[student-gotta-go-blog]

Day 64/100 of productivity

Friday, October 4th

I am trying to use my fridays as a way to catch up on any university work I wasn't able to finish during the week. I spent 3 hours in the library and took the rest of the day off since I finished my planning. I think we should all allow ourselves to take the rest of the day off once our planning is done instead of working ahead all the time.

My milk steamer also arrived, so now I can make lattes at home~

[chu-diaries]

100 days of mental healthcare: day 58/100

A girl knows she's going to have a good day when both of her screen wallpapers show Kiki even though they're in random mode 🥹

It was a good and productive day. I’m so so tired. I woke up early to help my husband with a presentation he couldn’t finish yesterday. We did it just in time for his meeting at 10 am 😮‍💨 then I worked for a few hours, had lunch, cleaned the kitchen, did dishes and studied Korean for an hour or so.

I'm only able to study Korean once a week and today I had to review several topics that I had already forgotten. Also, why is the man in the photo suffering so much when apologizing? I found it quite funny. After that I bought the supplies I’ll need for my next scented candle collection and I finally relaxed.

🩸: day 5/28

💧: 1,5 L

🏋🏻‍♀️: 🚫

🥋: tai chi chuan practice (35 min)

📝: Korean studies (1h): lessons on how to apologize + revision of main consonants + vocabulary learning

🎧: castle in the sky ost - joe hisaishi

🎮: 🚫

📺: 🚫

📚: hp and the half blood prince

🛑: 🚫

💊: took all my vitamins

[itsvaal]

۟ ࣭ ⭒ֺ 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘤 ۟ ࣭ ⭒ֺ

like if you save ☆

[language-hyperfixation]

Langblr intro~

안녕하세요!

We're new to this community and wanted to see what it's all about. We've been practicing languages on and off for years but still have a long way to go!

📖 Studying:

German

Japanese

Korean

📖 Previously studied:

Spanish (some)

Mandarin Chinese (some)

📖 Want to study:

Japanese

🩷 Some info about us! 🩷

Pronouns: They/them

We're plural system and prefer the term "headmates" over alters, plz! Due to being a system we'll be using I/me and we/us interchangably

Hope to move abroad someday ✈️

Wanna become a polyglot but ADHD makes studying hard 💔

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