To begin you should learn 한글 the alphabet. Learning how to read the characters will help with your pronunciation and will allow you to progress ‘quickly’ compared to using romanisation. While romanisation is useful when you start learning, it is almost completely useless if you were to go to Korea.
Moving on from that, you could learn basic vocabulary like numbers, manners, verbs, adjectives and nouns, we also have two posts filled with ‘useful words/phrases’ that you might like to learn (1,2). You could also learn how to introduce yourself and your job!
Learning grammar will allow you to start forming sentences, to start you should learn present tense conjugation, past tense and future tense, there are also other basic grammar points such as ~고 싶어요 meaning ‘to want’. Particles (1,2) are something you will see all the time, while they can be quite hard to grasp to begin with, it’s useful to know what they are and try to understand their usages in the sentence. You could also learn how to make a sentence negative.
(Here are some other posts that, while probably are not essential to 100% memorise when you start, are useful and may answer some questions about why things are the way they are😊 받침, irregular conjugation (1,2), vowel contraction)
1. Making a schedule/planning set time to study will encourage you to work. It doesn’t have to be everyday, it could be just a couple of hours at the weekend - be realistic as well so that it doesn’t feel like a chore.
2. Along with setting realistic amount of study time, you could also set achievable goals to help motivate you. If they are unrealistic it might make you feel like you’ll never reach them, so setting little goals will allow you to feel as though you have achieved something!
3. Write a diary in Korean. This will allow you to practise the grammar and vocabulary you have learnt even if you don’t have any friends to talk to. It will also help/prompt you to learn new vocabulary/grammar as you may not know how to say what you want. It doesn’t have to be a long passage, just a few lines will help! It’s also something that won’t take too long so you could do it daily!
4. Learning from a text book can be boring, you could alternate learning between textbook work and something you find more fun! You could listen to Kpop or watch dramas and learn vocab/grammar that you hear repeated! (I think it is possible to see both Korean and English subs on Viki, a feature you might find useful). You could also try to find your favourite show with Korean subs (search for the Korean title then google “title 시즌(season)x x회 (episode)”, I think Baydrama might be a good place to watch), this will allow you to see how things have been translated - you can look up vocab and grammar you find here as well.
Sejong
How to study korean
Talk to me in korean
Korean class 101
90 day korean
Naver dic
Rieul Korean
Duolingo
Lingodeer
Memrise
italki
hinative
Grammar haja
If you search in the App Store there are so many more apps you can find, there are games and apps specifically for learning 한글, numbers and basic words like colours and food.
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