(also used as a grammatical principle (amongst/between options/actions) and in words like 人問 (인간) meaning “human” which isn’t really related to time or space)
同
Meaning - Same
Korean syllable - 동
Korean name - 한가지 동
(동성애자 isn’t one of the examples in the lesson, but I couldn’t help myself)
(also for 共同體 (공동체 - community) I used some fanart from the TV show Community. I usually try not to use references/pop-culture, but I was bored, ok?)
I finished this book back in March and thought it deserved a solid 4.5 stars out of 5.
I’m trying to practice my Korean everyday and I thought that by using it to talk about something that I’m really into would help. I’ve always been a huge booknerd and I’m now so pleased that I can combine two of my loves - Reading and Studying Korean!
Also if you want to recommend me any great reads so that I can document more in my Korean/ Book journal I’d be over the moon to hear your recommendations!
anon asked: hi! i’m still in the process of learning hangul and i know there’s is no specific order to learn korean but what was the easiest route for you? this may sound silly because i’m thinking too far ahead but when/how did you get to the point of not having to use a dictionary or translator for everything? or is that something i’ll always have to do? i’ve only learned one other language and it was spanish. i think i was able to pick up on it quicker because of cognates that are similar to english and i think those also exist for english and korean but i find them more difficult to identify due to the alphabet being different. i hope i didn’t make it sound confusing. thank you for any tips! i appreciate it all
안녕하세요! 늦게 네 질문이 읽어서 미안해요!
이걸 기억하세요: 여러분은 새로운 언어를 배울 때 항상 사전을 사용할 거예요.
만약 한국어를 배우면 다른 사람들마다 다 배우는게 달라요. 우리가 이걸 이미 알고 있었어요. 그렇지만 사람들은 한국어를 대화하지 않으면 한국어를 배우지 못해요. 우리는 “아 한국에 가려고 한국어를 배워"라고 말하지만 한국어를 사용하는 나라에 살지 않아서 한국어를 배우기 어려워요. 우리 한국말로 말해야 돼요. 진짜로요.
저는 한국사람들과 한국어로 대화했기 때문에 한국어를 쉽게 배울 수 있었어요. 매일 한국어 문법과 어휘도 배우는데 한국말을 사용하지 않으면 기억을 못해요. 항상 "쓰기, 읽기가 제일 쉬워"라고 생각하고 듣기, 말하기 연습을 안 했어요. 16 살때부터 한국어를 배우기 시작했어요! 지금 22살이잖아요!! 제가 왜 한국말로 편하게 말할 수 없었을 가요?!
한국말로 대화하지 않았기 때문이에요.
이건 제 충고예요. 만약 한국어를 쉽게 배우고 싶으면 한국말로 해야 돼요. 너가 문법과 어휘도 배워야 되지만 말하기도 해야 돼요. 하루에 5분이라도요
도움이 됐으면 좋겠습니다. 잘 배우세요.
ENG Trans.:
Hello! Sorry for reading your message late.
Remember this: when you’re learning a new language, you will always use a dictionary (in a way, fluency is arbitrary).
If you want to learn Korean, everyone learns different. Of course, we already knew that. However, if a person doesn’t speak in Korean, then they won’t learn Korean. We say things like, “I am learning Korean to go to Korea,” but most of us don’t live in a country that actively uses Korean. That makes it really hard to learn Korean. If we wanna learn, we have to speak Korean. Seriously.
It wasn’t until I spoke to native Korean speakers that I actually learned Korean easily. Everyday, I would learn grammar or vocab but it would mean nothing to me if I didn’t use it. I would forget it. I used to think, “Writing and reading are the easiest,” but I never practiced speaking and listening. I’ve been learning since I was 16!!! I’m 22 now!! Why couldn’t I speak Korean comfortably???
It’s literally because I never spoke in Korean.
This is my advice. If you want to be comfortable in Korean (with or without a dictionary), use it. Learn the vocab and grammar, but you HAVE to speak Korean. Even if it’s just for 5m a day.
you may have already been in that situation where you’re trying to communicate with a native korean via texts but somehow aren’t able to distinguish some words because they’re written a certain way. well as well as in english or any other languages korean also has its lazy way of using it. we’ll see some words in their correct form and then in their “lazy/text” form.
i’m planning on starting kind of a serie of posts with no specific subjects ; i’ll just be discussing random things i discover or learn such as words, expressions, grammar points etc.. when i feel like i have stuff to share with u and that could be useful!hope you’ll like it!^^
hello everyone! i had some trouble w my kkt account so it removed me from the korean learning chat i created. i created a new one so please join this one instead of the old one ^^ thanks! https://open.kakao.com/o/g2oSB5Y
