한국말 하자!

Hi! I'm Jessyca, 19 from Canada! If you want to learn or practice your Korean, you're at the right place! Follow me on Instagram for more content: @jeannyxlanguages

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How long has it been?

Hello guys! I'm aware that I have not been active AT ALL, I do not even know how long it has been and I'm sorry! I have been receiving some messages saying that you tried contacting me on kakaotalk but it wouldn't work! I don't know what's the issue, so I switched my main communication space to Instagram. You can always message me on Instagram at @jeannyxlanguages . I'm active there as well. I'll try to be more active on tumblr as well, miss you guys xx don't give up on your fluency!

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Korean Grammar - I am/do not

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Korean Grammar - I don’t want to

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Thank you guys

I have been inactive in 2017 but in 2018 I am planning to do better in everything that I hold dear to my heart. I want to greet you guys as a better person! 여러분 새해 복 많이 받으세요! 2018년 더 행복해지길 바래요~

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BASIC KOREAN SENTENCE STRUCTURE

♡ in korean, it is important to use the correct sentence structure, or your sentences may seem really confusing :

-> in english : Subject Verb Object -> in korean : Subject Object Verb

now, let’s look at some examples!

we are gonna use this simple sentence : “i bought a book”, in korean it would be : “i a book bought”

저는 책을 샀어요 책 = book 샀어요(past tense) from the verb 사다 = to buy it’s really different, right?

⚠ the object ALWAYS comes BEFORE the verb, and the verb is ALWAYS at the END of the sentence. ⚠

♡ locations are also used BEFORE verbs :

“저는 학교에 가요” i go to school 학교 = school 에= location particle (to) 가요 (present tense) from the verb 가다 = to go

“저는 학교에서 공부해요” i study at school 학교 = school 에서 = location particle (at) 공부해요 (present tense) from the verb 공부하다 = to study

“저는 집에 잤어요” i slept at home 집 = home 에 = location particle (at) 잤어요 (past tense) from the verb 자다 = to sleep

⚠ you can put the time before or after the subject though :

both of these sentences mean “today I will eat at home” :

before -> 오늘 저는 집에서 먹을 거예요 after -> 저는 오늘 집에서 먹을 거예요 오늘 = today 집 = home 에서 = location particle (at) 먹을 거예요 (future tense) from the verb 먹다 = to verb

“tomorrow, i will study at school” before -> 내일 저는 학교에서 공부할 거예요 after -> 저는 내일 학교에서 공부할 거예요 내일 = tomorrow 학교 = school 에서 = location particle (at) 공부하다 = to study ~ㄹ 거예요 (future tense)

♡ adverbs are added before verbs : 저는 열심히 공부해요 I study hard 열심히 = hard

and finally, adjectives work the same way as they do in english! just put them before the noun they describe :

매운 라면 = spicy ramen 매운 = spicy 라면 = ramen

예쁜 여자 = beautiful woman 예쁜 = beautiful 여자 =  woman

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KOREAN INTERNET SLANGS/SHORTENED WORDS📱💭

1. KOREAN INTERNET, TEXTING SLANGS

ㅋㅋ ♡ “kk” sound of giggling/laughing

ㅠㅠ, ㅜㅜ ♡ crying/sad eyes

흑 ♡ sobbing sound

ㅎㅎ (하하) ♡ “haha” sound of laughing

ㅍㅎㅎ ♡ “puhaha” sound of laughing

ㅇㅇ (응) ♡ uh, yeah

ㅇㅋ (오키) ♡ okay

ㄱㅅ (감사) ♡ thank you

ㅊㅋ (축하) ♡ congrats

ㄴㄴ (노노) ♡ no

ㅈㅅ (죄송) ♡ sorry

ㄱㄷ (기다려) ♡ wait

ㄱㄱ (고고) ♡ gogo, let’s go

ㅂㅂ (바이바이) ♡ bye bye /or/ ㅂㅇ (바이) ♡ bye

ㅅㄱ (수고) ♡ good job

ㅇㄷ (어디) ♡ where

 ㅗㅗ ♡ 🖕🏼 lol

ㅎㅇ (하이) ♡ hi

ㅎㄹ ♡ hello

ㄱㅊ (괜찮아) ♡ it’s fine

ㄷㅊ (닥쳐) ♡ shut up

ㅡㅡ ♡ to express displeasure

2. SHORTENED WORDS

낼 (내일) ♡ tomorrow

짐 (지금) ♡ now

담 (다음) ♡ next

첨 (처음) ♡ first

넘 (너무) ♡ very

좀 (조금) ♡ a little

울 (우리) ♡ we

걍 (그냥) ♡ just

어케 (어떻게) ♡ how

글고 (그리고) ♡ and

젤 (제일) ♡ most, best

먄 (미안) ♡ sorry

짱나 (짜증나) ♡ annoying

글쿤 (그렇구나) ♡ i see

열공 (열심히 공부해) ♡ study hard

재밌다 (재미있다) ♡ to be fun, interesting

알써 (알겠어) ♡ i understand, get i

몰겠어 (모르겠어) ♡ i don’t know

올만이네 (오랜만이네) ♡ long time no see

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Your mental health comes first guys. I know that a lot of my followers are into kpop and you probably heard about SHINee’s Jonghyun’s passing. I just want all of you to know that there are people you can talk to if things are not going well for you. You are important, you are worth it. My deepest condolences to shawols, SHINee members and Jonghyun’s family. He was a wonderful artist, brilliant and caring. He will always be loved and remembered. 

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hello! how to say 'but i dont have a boyfriend' in korean? tq in advance :)

근데 저는 남자친구가 없어요. :) 

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hi i want to learn korean but i cnt add ur kakao id...

you should message me personally so I can try to help you 

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Conversational Korean

하이 하이 나는 카이입니다. Today I wanted to share some casual Korean I learned just by messaging in the language! I hope you can learn something as well, albeit these are fairly simple. I added some vocab under a few phrases so it may help some people who want to build up their vocab.

If something is wrong, please don’t hesitate to correct me, as I’m still learning as well

( this whole post is messy, I apologise )

반가워요- Nice to meet you

하이- Hi

바이/빠이- Bye

잘 잤어요?- did you sleep well?

잘자요- Sleep well

굿 나잇- Good night

굿 모닝/좋은 아침이에요- Good morning

좋은 꿈 꿔요!- Sweet dreams

뭐 할 가요- What are you going to do?

뭐하고 있어요?- What are you doing? 뭐- what 하다- to do 있어요- existing, having 하고 있어요- doing

뭐해요?- What’s up?

오늘 기분이 어때요?- What’s your mood today?/How are you feeling today? 오늘- today 기분- mood 어때요?- how is it?

요즘 어떻게 지내요?- How have you been doing recently?

지금- now

지금 학교에 있어요- I’m in school now 학교- school

학교에 가고 있어요- I’m going to school

오늘은 어땠어요?- How was today? 어땠어요 is 어때요 in the past tense, making it “how was it?”

유튜브 보고 있습니다- I’m watching YouTube

핸드폰하고 있어요- I’m on my phone

맞아요- Right, I agree

그래요?- Is that right?/Is that so?

답늦어서 미안해요- Sorry for the late reply.

계속 대화하길 원해요- I want to keep talking

졸려요?- Are you sleepy?

그렇구나- I suppose

오늘 뭐 하고 놀았어요?- What have you been doing today?

힘내요- cheer up, hang in there

부끄러워요- I’m embarrassed/ashamed

잘하네요- good job

숙제하고있어- I’m doing my homework

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☆ THINGS YOU CAN SEND TO YOUR IDOLS/FAVS💕

💚 MORNING TIME/ BEGINNING OF THE DAY.

굿모닝/좋은 아침 - good morning 안녕하세요 - hello 잘 잤어요? - did u sleep well? 화이팅 - fighting 힘내세요 - have strenght 오늘 기분이/컨디션 어때요? - how’s your mood/condition today? 좋은 하루 보내세요 -  have a good day 오늘도 네 곁에 있을게요 -  i’ll be by your side today as well

💙 NIGHT TIME/ THE END OF THE DAY.

굿밤/굿나잇/좋은 밤 - good night 안녕히 주무세요 - good night 잘자요 - sleep well 오늘 수고핬어요 - you’ve worked hard today 오늘 잘했어요 - you did well today 이제 자야 해요 - you should sleep now 내일 봐요 - see you tomorrow

💜 LOVING WORDS TO CHEER THEM UP.

보고싶어요 - i miss you 관찮아요? - are you okay? 사랑해요 - i love you 걱정 마세요 - don’t worry 우리 항상 네 곁에 있을게요 - we will always be by your side 역시 최고이다! - as excepted, you’re the best! 이 노래 정말 좋아요 - this song is really good 이 노래 너무 좋아해요 - i love this song very much 좋은 음악을 줘서 고마워요 - thank you for giving us good music 오늘도 예뻐요 - you’re pretty today as well 잘 들을 게요 - i will listen to it well 축하해요! - congrats!

💛 LOVE REMINDERS.

밥 먹었어요? - did u eat? 맛있게 먹어요 - eat deliciously 잘 먹어요! - eat well! 조심하세요 - please be careful 아프지마세요 - don’t get sick/hurt 감기 조심하세요 - don’t catch a cold

💖 WHEN YOU WANT TO REACT TO WHAT THEY POST (PICTURES, VIDEOS..)

예뻐요 - pretty 잘 생겼어요 - handsome 멋있어요 - cool 귀여워요 - cute 좋아요 - good! 아주 좋아요 - i like (very much) 오빠/언니 짱이에요! - oppa/unnie is the best!

⚠ i will probably add more soon..😄 correct me if u see any mistakes!

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“I just bought this bike yesterday and took it out to ride it today for the first time. It’s much better than taking the bus. On the bus, I feel like I’m being carried by the bus rather than taking it. One time, on the bus, I thought ‘what am I doing here?’ You know when the bus jerks, you’re also thrown back and forth. Even though I wanted to stand still, I couldn’t even though I wanted to, which made me think about it. On the other hand, biking makes me feel alive, because I’m the one who pushes the pedals. Although I was dying when I was riding my bike, I was so happy. I think the same goes for our lives. We should move on our own.”

“어제 자전거 사서 오늘 처음 타고 나왔어요. 버스 타고 다니는 것 보다 훨씬 좋아요. 버스 타고 다닐 때는 제가 다니는 게 아니라 실려 다닌다는 느낌이 들었거든요. 하루는 버스 타고 가면서 ‘내가 지금 뭐하고 있는 거지?’ 라는 생각이 들었어요. 버스가 흔들리면 몸이 이리저리 흔들리잖아요. 저는 똑바로 서있고 싶은데 내 의지랑 상관없이 흔들리니까 내가 지금 뭐하고 있나 생각이 들었어요. 근데 자전거는 제가 밟아서 움직이니까 살아있는 느낌이 들어요. 자전거 탄다고 힘들어 죽겠는데도 너무 행복하더라고요. 인생도 똑같다고 생각해요. 자기 스스로 움직여야죠.”

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Hey! How would you say "I want better grades (this semester)" in informal way in Korean? Thank you!!

You’d say: 이번 학기에는 더 좋은 성적을 가지고 싶어

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안녕하세요! 저는 이 블로그가 정말 좋아요. 아주 도움이 됬네요! 대단히 감사합니다~~~ 계속 열심히 공부해요!

고마워요~ 우와 갑자기 제 기분이 너무 좋아요~ 더 열심히 할게요! 

[way-to-fluency]

Update on my Korean after not updating for so long

First of all, I want to apologize for my inactivity. Some of you who have me on snapchat and kakaotalk know that I’m still alive and well, just a little busy with life in general! I do have awesome news for you though and hopefully it’ll motivate all of you to keep studying, practicing and keep getting closer to fluency! 

So! As some of you may know, I’ve been learning Korean for over 3 year now, right? I made this tumblr in order to learn more, but also to help and communicate with other people who share the same passion as me. I haven’t studied Korean in a very long time, but I got SO much better and I want to share this with all of you and give you some tips that might help you as well! 

Stop saying that you CAN’T do it when you CAN!

You’re learning a language that might or might not be completely different from your first language! People are going to ask you to speak and it is embarassing, but don’t tell yourself that you can’t do it. YOU CAN! I used to block myself a lot that way, but since I stopped, I’m so much more confident in speaking and trying out new ways to formulate sentences. I even surprise myself sometimes when I use words I never knew were in my vocabulary. It becomes a lot easier guys! That goes for any language!

When watching/listening to something in your target language, try without subtitles and DO NOT discourage yourself because you don’t understand.

Most of the time, you’ll need to guess what they’re saying which is TOTALLY okay! Doing this allows you to expand your vocabulary, because you don’t focus on the subtitles but on what the person is saying. You can pick up some words that will make you understand the general meaning of the sentence and you’ll also hear a lot of words that aren’t in your vocabulary, but they will engrave themselves in your brain! I’ve been phone calling with a friend lately, and while talking to her, I found myself saying a lot of words that I had no idea I knew. Either because I never had the opportunity to use them or because I was so scared to do so. Do not be scared, languages are beautiful and it is only when you’re going to be at ease with the fact that you ARE learning a language and that you DO speak it that you’ll see results in a short time. 

Once again, I’m really sorry for my inactivity, but in a way, not studying Korean and trying to include it in my daily thinking (I think A LOT) made it a lot easier for me to believe that I can speak it well! Don’t give up guys, fluency is a beautiful thing~

-Way-to-fluency

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My recommendations to learn Korean

I DO NOT recommend remembering words in Korean when you first start, because it will mess you up. When you feel like you’re done with the Korean alphabets, I suggest learning things like numbers, seasons, days or months. If you are done with that and are ready to upgrade a bit, I suggest learning how to structure a sentence. Learning how to structure a sentence before learning words and trying to make sentences with them is the key to understanding how the korean language works. Of course, like any other languages, there are traps. A good site would definitely be Talk To Me In Korean, it helped me a LOT! Learning simple sentences like: 오늘 학교에 갔다(Today I went to school) or 오늘 사과를 먹었다 (Today I ate an apple) and understanding why these sentences were written that way will help you understand and create more complex and full sentences. Then, naturally, you will start remembering words. Repeating words or sentences out loud regularly will help you memorize and remember things. Writing them down over and over again too. Also, for example you say something like: I think I forgot my popcorn in the microwave, ask yourself how would you say this in Korean. Try to convert your daily english conversations in Korean, it will help you learn new words and you’ll be a step closer to fluency! :) 

[way-to-fluency]

I, My, Me, Mine.

A friend of mine was confused about I, My, Me, Mine in Korean, so if anyone else is having trouble, here it is! I hope it helps! 

Informal:

I, I am, Me: 나, 난(나는), 내가

My, Mine: 내 (나의), also 내꺼 but it has to be specific (This is mine, That thing over there is mine, This toothbrush is mine) 

Examples of informal sentences: 

I always want to be by your side: 난 항상 네 곁에 있고싶어. 

I am always by your side: 네 곁에는 항상 내가 있잖아. 

My name is Jessyca: 내 이름은 제시카야. 

My big sister is a singer: 나의 언니는 가수야. 

This picture is mine: 이 사진은 내꺼야. 

Formal: 

I, I am, Me: 저, 전(저는), 제가 

My, Mine: 제(저의), 제꺼 (Just like 내꺼) 

Examples of formal sentences: 

I want to become a doctor: 저는 의사를 되고싶어요. 

What I said yesterday wasn’t true: 제가 어제 했던 말은 진심이 아니었어요. 

I am 16 years old: 저는 16살이에요. 

My puppy disappeared: 제 강아지는 사라졌어요. 

My mom is beautiful: 저의 엄마는 아름다워요. 

This is not mine: 이거는 제꺼 아니에요. 

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