On April 20 2011 12:57 airbombas wrote:
if one approaches learning korean with the 3 things mentioned in the OP, how long do you think it would take to become at least competent in READING korean?
if one approaches learning korean with the 3 things mentioned in the OP, how long do you think it would take to become at least competent in READING korean?
everything depends on the individual - your intelligence, the amount of time you put into it everyday, memorization skills, etc etc. Learning how to read Korean itself is actually incredibly easy, at least compared to english where one word could potentially be pronounced 253214 different ways whereas there is pretty much only one given way to pronounce most korean words. The hard part is learning the syntax, vocab, etc