On November 22 2012 07:06 NeVeR wrote: ㅋㅋ 이거 지금 처음 봤네 내가 고등학교때 스타 때문에 한국어를 때로때로 배웠었는데 재작년 연세대에 여름학기 다니느라 서울에 이개월 동안 살았고 금년 2월부터는 한국말을 다시 열심히 배우는게 시작햇다 내 생각하기에 만약 외국인들이 한국말 잘하고싶다면 한국친구들이랑 자주 얘기해야되는거 같아 한국어를 혼자서 공부하는건 충분하지않자나 한국인처럼 한국말 잘하려면 한국친구들 만들고 걔들이랑 한국말로만 자주 대화하면 돼 그렇게 하면 빨리 배울거야~ 나는 한국인 어학원생이 많은 뉴욕에 가까이 살아서 행운있지 ㅋ 만약에 내가 무슨말하는지 알아듣고 친구할래면 피엠으로 메시지를 보내줘서 내 카톡아이디를 알려줄게 한국말 배운거 도와줄 친구나 똑같은 수준 친구가 있으면 좋겠으니까 좋은 하루~
왜 이거 한국말로 쓰셨나요? ㅡㅡ;;
나도 그렇게 생각했어요... 이 게시판 보는 사람들이 한국어 배우고 싶은 사람들 안이예요? 어떻게 이해할수있을까? 물론 연습이지만... 그냥 과시하는 것 안이예요? 농담이지~ 정말 잘 쓰셨네요.
You could have at least put in a translation to what you were saying to allow people to understand it who don't know Korean... At any rate, I'm a foreigner who learned Korean(to a pretty decent level I'd say) over the course of the past year and 5 months or so. It's awesome for you guys to have goals of being fluent and wanting to understand dramas, movies, variety shows etc. I'm going to tell you it's not going to be easy and it will require hard work. My situation was a little different in going from zero knowledge of Korean to talking a little about my opinion on stem cell research, gun control and other societal issues over the course of my studies. Of course I still have trouble with certain basic conversation here and there, and understanding Korean broadcasts. They are two completely different worlds: street Korean and formal Korean that comes out in the news and what not. I'd also be willing to help out with any grammar or other related issues. Any further inquiries, shoot me a PM.
Edit: also www.quizlet.com is a great site because you can make your own flash cards and the pronunciation is pretty spot on. There is an app called Flashcard Deluxe(Apple Store) which you can import your flash card sets from quizlet to your iPod touch or iPhone and use them on the go.
There's a pretty good YouTube channel for Korean lessons, especially geared toward people who've already learned the alphabet and some basic vocabulary, and want to start learning some real lessons.
I've created a Chains.CC group here: https://chains.cc/groups/L93DmjkL7gQdmes for TLers studying Korean (or anyone really). The idea is that to motivate you and remind you to study each day, you create a chain (create an account first at http://chains.cc ) and then each day you click to add to the chain when you study Korean. If you miss a day, you've broken the chain.
To add your chain to the group, after creating your account and chain, go to the group https://chains.cc/groups/L93DmjkL7gQdmes and at the top right hit Add Chain. Then each day after studying Korean, log on and click to add to your chain. Simple!
dunno if this is still being updated, but I'll add my info.
TL Name: Iamahydralisk Real name (optional): Jake Young Skype: banelings2 What you know: 1.5 years of formal study at university, Integrated Korean text chapters 1-13. Goals: Speaking with others who are at a similar (either lower or slightly higher) proficiency level and eventually total fluency.
TL Name: Stasiamae Real name: Annastasia Mae Skype: Stasia.mae What you know: Basics. And when I say basics, I mean basics. Hello, goodbye, how are you, I am..., etc,. In need of help. D: Using Rosetta Stone now, but am becoming afraid due to everyone's dissaproval of the Korean program. Good thing I'm a pirate and didn't buy it. :l I'm sure it'll help, along with Korean music, tv, and radio. But want someone to talk to whom will be willing to help me in the next year or two. Goals: Be Intermediate-mid ( by this this site's standards. ) I have two years at max to reach this goal, which shouldn't be too much of a problem. I am (hoping to) major in Korean through ROTC in the airforce branch. If I get accepted, I can recieve a scholarship from the US Military, and become a Korean linguist. In order to do get accepted into the university as a Korean undergraduate, I must meet with them for 30 minutes and basically chat and answer/ask simple questions. Their conclusion of my skill must be Intermediate-mid or higher in order to be accepted. I'm sure you can all see the dilemma. I have two years to become Intermediate-mid. Think I can do? I'd much appreciate help and advice. (: Please no negativity, I am easily deterred. DX
beginner verb endings (103) intermediate verb endings (199) advanced verb endings (319) not something I'd rely on entirely but the site looks fairly useful. the list is not as bad as it looks btw. most of it seems pretty intuitive (or has been covered already) if you've been studying with ttmik. still caught me a bit off guard :D
The quiz system seems bugged to hell though. Both on chrome and IE I get my answers flagged as "incorrect" a lot of the time even though I answer correctly.
you can find some vods on yt too, although there's no chat. if the vod lags for you i recommend trying random 1-hour segments, afreeca stores vods in 1 hour parts and one may lag horribly while another will only lag every 2 minutes or so for a sec.
On January 13 2014 01:21 Hemula wrote: Hi, guys. Does anybody have some sort of a vocabulary list, based on starcraft 2 casts? Not only SC2 names of units, but also verbs like 막다?
On January 13 2014 01:21 Hemula wrote: Hi, guys. Does anybody have some sort of a vocabulary list, based on starcraft 2 casts? Not only SC2 names of units, but also verbs like 막다?
I haven't read through the thread so I apologize if someone already asked this question but I feel like I'm at a level where I can speak korean and form sentences pretty comfortably. My problem is my vocabulary. I know all the "simple" vocabulary but when I watch korean shows, I come across some vocabulary words that I don't know and if I don't feel lazy I either rewind and see the subbed english translation of the word or look it up on online translations. But I want to expand my vocabulary and come to a point where I'll be able to understand most/all of what they are saying.
So I think this example might help better describe my problem that I'm having: (1) ee rum ee mo eh yo <----What is your name? (2) sung ahm ee mo eh yo <---What is your name?
So they both mean "What is your name" however the 2nd sentence is a more "formal" way to say it. So my problem is I don't know what "sung ahm" means (I know what it means now but I'm pretending I don't know just as an example) so I view that 2nd sentence as just "mo eh yo" (which is basically "what is that" or "what is it") ... so I would know they are asking me some kind of question but since I don't know what that word is, it results in me not knowing what they are asking me. Basically, that whole sentence becomes unrecognizable for me just from not knowing that one word lol. HOwever, for the first sentence, I know exactly what it means since I know how to say "name" the informal way in Korean. So I think the issue for me is my vocabulary and would like to know what to do to expand it.
Has anyone who's been in a similar situation recommend anything for me or should I just pick up a korean-american dictionary and start memorizing? Oh, and is "Mr Gosu" from page 1 still a teacher? I wouldn't mind getting some recommendations from some fluent speakers. In the mean time I'll try to read the previous pages. Thanks for any help guys.
The next time you encounter a new word, you may recognize one of the hanja in it and you'll be like "aha, this has something to do with ...." or "aha, it's a machine of kind..." and you'll be often able to guess the exact meaning from context. Without knowing that, you may just find yourself totally lost which sucks.
In short, learning hanja helps. You can do it systematically or you can focus on recognizing the hanja in words yourself, though that can get tricky. In the end I think it's all about what you want to do with the language. Personally I'm into BW so I do translations and learn the vocab along the way. I started barely knowing any related words at all, now it's the opposite.
I'm also playing Baldur's Gate and reading Game of Thrones in Korean and take on new, completely different vocabulary from there. This is how I learnt English and I see no reason to not have the same amount of fun with Korean since I'm not rushing anywhere.
On January 17 2014 15:45 MaRiNe23 wrote: I have a question.
I haven't read through the thread so I apologize if someone already asked this question but I feel like I'm at a level where I can speak korean and form sentences pretty comfortably. My problem is my vocabulary. I know all the "simple" vocabulary but when I watch korean shows, I come across some vocabulary words that I don't know and if I don't feel lazy I either rewind and see the subbed english translation of the word or look it up on online translations. But I want to expand my vocabulary and come to a point where I'll be able to understand most/all of what they are saying.
So I think this example might help better describe my problem that I'm having: (1) ee rum ee mo eh yo <----What is your name? (2) sung ahm ee mo eh yo <---What is your name?
So they both mean "What is your name" however the 2nd sentence is a more "formal" way to say it. So my problem is I don't know what "sung ahm" means (I know what it means now but I'm pretending I don't know just as an example) so I view that 2nd sentence as just "mo eh yo" (which is basically "what is that" or "what is it") ... so I would know they are asking me some kind of question but since I don't know what that word is, it results in me not knowing what they are asking me. Basically, that whole sentence becomes unrecognizable for me just from not knowing that one word lol. HOwever, for the first sentence, I know exactly what it means since I know how to say "name" the informal way in Korean. So I think the issue for me is my vocabulary and would like to know what to do to expand it.
Has anyone who's been in a similar situation recommend anything for me or should I just pick up a korean-american dictionary and start memorizing? Oh, and is "Mr Gosu" from page 1 still a teacher? I wouldn't mind getting some recommendations from some fluent speakers. In the mean time I'll try to read the previous pages. Thanks for any help guys.
First of all you should start by changing your PC settings so you can type in 한글 and don't have to use that awkward romanization stuff. A very good website to use for words is memrise.com, people upload courses based on vocabulary from textbooks. Really effective and helpful! I would also recommend getting textbooks as they usually always incorporate useful vocabulary. I think the dictionary is a bad idea, because you only get a shit ton of words without knowing how to use them. What I did was to go to this neat website http://endic.naver.com/?sLn=en and just search for words that I wanted to know..they will give you examples on how to use them in sentences etc.
Also generally speaking, some people here saying that it's "a good way to learn korean using kpop".. please don't listen to them. Of course you can listen to kpop and thus learn some new words but it's something that should be a main tool for learning.
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