EPTTL Learn Korean Thread - Page 12
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stablol
United States82 Posts
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Phrujbaz
Netherlands512 Posts
Send me a PM if you want to talk on MSN or w/e, regardless of your level. Sometimes it helps to talk with foreigners because they can explain grammar better than native speakers. Native speakers 'just know' it, so it's harder for them to explain. | ||
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KillerDucky
United States498 Posts
On February 12 2012 00:25 Hemula wrote: Yes, too much unkown vocabulary is the main reason why everything is so hard for me. While my grammar is on a pretty good level, I severely lack in vocabulary... But that alone is not the reason why Harry Potter is hard. Because it is a translation, sometimes it has translation twists that are too hard to understand. Probability, that you will meet any of them in "real life" is very low. Of course as it is Harry Potter - a pretty simply-written book, it is not like that all the time. Mainly it is ok. Dialogues are easy, too. News... Check them yourself. http://playforum.net/ Sometimes they are ok, sometimes you don't know a word in a sentence. Still fun, though. I am usually too lazy to read more than a line or two in player interviews, again, because of lack of vocabulary. I've never used flashcards, so I don't know. I just don't like it. My way is - when I read a new word, I look for the meaning in a dictionary and read all the sample sentences I can find for the word. http://endic.naver.com/ works just great. I hope that helps. Sample sentences from TTIMK are too simple for me, so... I think I need to pull myself together and start reading either interviews or news more often. Reading all the sample sentences from the dictionary entry for a word sounds great. But after that, I would stick several of those example sentences into Anki, so that I get the repetitions needed to keep the word in long term memory. Maybe also blank out the target vocab word and force yourself to remember it. Do you find that you can remember the words you look up in the dictionary after a month? For me if I just read the dictionary entry sure I would remember it short term, but after just a couple days I would have to look up the same word in the dictionary again. That's just inefficient. | ||
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FuRong
New Zealand3089 Posts
I don't want the typical "learn Korean" podcasts with English explanation, just something interesting with people talking about a topic (any topic, I don't really mind) that is aimed at native speakers. Suggestions? | ||
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mizU
United States12125 Posts
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mtvacuum
United States979 Posts
On February 14 2012 11:16 FuRong wrote: Just wondering if anyone has any recommendations for Korean podcasts? I'm looking to improve my listening, but when I did a search on Itunes the content seems pretty disorganised, so I'm not sure where to start. I don't want the typical "learn Korean" podcasts with English explanation, just something interesting with people talking about a topic (any topic, I don't really mind) that is aimed at native speakers. Suggestions? try the audio blogs in the advanced section of KoreanClass101 or the TTMIK Iyagi series here http://www.talktomeinkorean.com/category/shows/iyagi-intermediate/ | ||
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stablol
United States82 Posts
just listen to the ttmik 100% korean talks | ||
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DKR
United Kingdom622 Posts
Real name - Wil Martin Skype - wil.martin What you know - am most of the way through TalkToMeInKorean Level 1 so very basic Goals - Would like to speak fluently one day, intend to teach in korea for at least a year Learner | ||
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FuRong
New Zealand3089 Posts
My friend also recommended a radio program called 컬투쇼, you can find it on iTunes. It seems pretty good so far if anyone wants to check it out. | ||
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Zaros
United Kingdom3692 Posts
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DKR
United Kingdom622 Posts
Some resources seem to differ in opinion! | ||
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SoraLimit
Canada747 Posts
On February 17 2012 11:08 DKR wrote: When learning to speak, is the learning to read hangul just as important or is this something more important to a more advanced learner. Some resources seem to differ in opinion! I don't see why you shouldn't learn Hangeul when you want to speak. There's a bunch of resources out there, but some don't exactly follow the same romanization, and some with different dialects, if you're learning from podcasts. At least with hangeul, it's mostly consistent, assuming that you already memorize hangeul, and not reliant on romanization. | ||
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mtvacuum
United States979 Posts
On February 17 2012 11:08 DKR wrote: When learning to speak, is the learning to read hangul just as important or is this something more important to a more advanced learner. Some resources seem to differ in opinion! Hangul should be the very first thing you learn, and it takes a couple hours at most. Romanization is a joke, don't ever look at it since it will just confuse you and mess up your pronunciation. | ||
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greenmarine
19 Posts
For example, I hear "han-gu-geo" so I try to look up 한구거 but get nothing of course because it's spelled 한국어 even though the pronunciation would be the same as far as I can tell. Does this ever get easier? Besides having more experience and an expanded vocabulary, are there actually things I should be listening for? | ||
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SoraLimit
Canada747 Posts
On February 17 2012 15:14 greenmarine wrote: I'm guessing this comes from experience but I often have trouble hearing a word and being able to spell it so I can look it up in a dictionary. Mostly this comes from misplacing consonants. For example, I hear "han-gu-geo" so I try to look up 한구거 but get nothing of course because it's spelled 한국어 even though the pronunciation would be the same as far as I can tell. Does this ever get easier? Besides having more experience and an expanded vocabulary, are there actually things I should be listening for? It's all from experience, and trial and error. Can't get away with it. It helps though, if you already know rules to what you're looking for. For example, 어 (eo) in 한국어 (han-gu-geo) usually denotes language, if its followed by a country. It's hard at first, but it's not uncommon in the opposite situation as well, when someone is learning English, since they have the same common problem. (Like the silent "P" in Pneumatized Carapace) | ||
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HeavOnEarth
United States7087 Posts
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brainox
Germany292 Posts
On February 17 2012 16:37 HeavOnEarth wrote: i could care les about speaking korean cuz ill never maintain it . but u guys know some funny shit to say to koreans on ladder? so you can bm them or just something funny^^ | ||
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brainox
Germany292 Posts
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qzlsecret
Mexico126 Posts
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Suc
Australia1569 Posts
On February 17 2012 16:37 HeavOnEarth wrote: i could care les about speaking korean cuz ill never maintain it . but u guys know some funny shit to say to koreans on ladder? As Boxer said to Yellow in their showmatch ages ago: 테란 사기 terran sagi (basically: terran is bs) | ||
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