“ Hi! Do you think you can post some book genres in Korean? For example, how would you say to a friend that you’re reading a book that contains science fiction or a dramatic book?”
Best-seller 베스트셀러 Series 시리즈 (EX: “Goosebump 시리즈”) Art Book 화보집/미술서 Autobiography 자서전 Biography 전기 Comic Book 만화책 Cook Book 요리책/조리서 Coloring Book 칠하기 그림책 Detective (Mystery) 추리 소설 Educational Book 교과서 Historical Book 역사(서) Fantasy 환상 Fiction 소설 Horror 공포 소설 Language Study Book 어학 교재 Memorandum (“Memo”) Book 비망록 Auxiliary Book 보조부 Mystery 미스테리 책 Nonfiction 논픽션, 실화 Poetry Book 시집 Poetry 시 Science fiction - 공상 과학 - but you can also just say SF like you do in English Self-Help Book 자습서, 자립 안내서.
A Korean language as a foreign language learning book 외국어로서의 한국어 교재 Korean grammar book 한국어 교육 문법서 Conversation book 회화 교육교재
Now time to make sentences: for example let’s use the phrase “this person is a doctor”. The first step it to transform it using the korean sentences structure, so it would look like “that person는 doctor is”. And now we can write it like this:
그 사람은 + 의사 + 이다 = 그 사람은 의사야 (informal) / 그 사람은 의사예요 (formal)
Examples: you can copy these and try to form the sentences by yourself or you can make your own using these only as examples/a guide.
this person is a teacher: 이 사람은 선생님 이다 = 이 사람은 선생님이야 / 이 사람은 선생님이예요
this (thing) is a table: 이것은 탁자 이다 = 이것은 탁자야 / 이것은 탁자예요
that (thing) is a bed: 저것은 침대 이다 = 저것은 침대야 / 저것은 침대예요
that person is a man: 그 사람은 남자 이다 = 그 사람은 남자야 / 그 사람은 남자예요
this (thing) is a tree: 이것은 나무 이다 = 이것은 나무야 / 이것은 나무예요
- this is one of my favorites honestly! I really like the game-like style and it worked really well for me. I also loved that you could find a deck of almost every book or course in your tl
I stopped to use it not too long ago cause I couldn’t give too much time into reviewing, so I’d rarely get to the point of encountering the new words, so I’d always end up reviewing the same words and…I have over 6k words to review so it would take a huge amount of time
♡ do I recommend it? Definitely yes, and if you’re better at reviewing cards and don’t let them pile up as I do, then I highly recommend it
2. Anki:
- I know this one is like the master of all flashcard apps and it has a lot of really cool extensions that allow to make the reviewing experience funnier and better… but… I could never really get into it
Don’t get me wrong, I love that I can add my own images and audios to the flashcards, along with examples and anything else I wanted. I just can’t get used to the basic flashcards mechanics of clicking the buttons at the bottom and got bored of it quick. I spent more time making the flashcardsthan actually reviewing them anyway I’m using it to make my Webtoon flashcards with screenshots and audios
♡ do I recommend it? Yes if you love customization and you are a visual learner!! I’m sure you will find more than one or two extensions that will be truly helpful!
3. Quizlet
- This is the one I’ve been using lately. I already used it years ago but didn’t get into it, and now I returned cause basically I was too lazy to make Hiragana and Katakana decks and I found that the official Genki study room had them on Quizlet so I decided to give the app another chance.
Honestly I’ve been loving it and I think I’ve never reviewed so much in my life
I’m a visual learner, but when it comes to flashcards I have realized that the simplest is the best! So I keep it minimalistic
♡ do I recommend it? Absolutely! Great app and easy to use. If you like it super simple, then def grab this one!
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I hope this opinion could be helpful in any way, happy learning! ^^
