January 2012
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Lesson #9: Lunar New Year
새해복 많이 받으세요! Happy Lunar New Year! February 3rd is 설날, or Lunar New Year in Korea!
Traditionally, families meet up at the head of the family’s house for New Years. This usually means a Grandpa or someone similar.
From what I understand, my family makes a slightly bigger deal of New Years because we all live relatively close to each other. We take the whole day to celebrate, where some...
channelopen asked: Why is Lauren so much more on top of this blog than Alex?
Anonymous asked: How would you pronounce consonant clusters? Would you just mix the sounds together or is there a certain pronunciation for them? o:
herbigbrowneyes asked: Is the romanization of ㅓ'eo' or 'u'? I tend to see both... which makes me so confused since I thought ㅜ was romanized as 'u'. ><
Anonymous asked: 안녕하세요? Would you recommend any textbook for beginner?
December 2011
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likehisbutterfly asked: Hi! ^^ I've been recently teaching myself Korean online and I've been having trouble pronouncing some vowels. I know that ㅐand ㅔsound similar, but could you help me find a way to differentiate them better? >.<
November 2011
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Anonymous asked: 안녕하세요! Do you also do translations here? :) Thanks.
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Anonymous asked: if google translate is unreliable, how should i translate whole sentences while learning?
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Lesson #8: Money
A good friend of mine visited Korea this past summer and suggested I write a lesson on money. Seeing as how I haven’t written anything original in literally months, I thought it was worth writing about.
If you want to learn how to count money in Korean LIKE A BOSS, read after the cut!
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I’ve already written a lesson on how to count in Korean which you can visit here....
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“Days of the week
일요일 - Sunday (literally means sun day)
월요일 - Monday...”
– I love how creative the Koreans are :) These names are far better than the English ones! (via cantstoptraveling)
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kpoandshit asked: Can you translate this please: "수능끝나면 원래 신나게놀면서 쌓아왔던 스트레스를 풀어야되는데 또래 친구보다 조금 특별한 직업을 가진덕에 놀지도 못하는 막내!! 신나게 촬영하는 거보니 대견하기만하다크크크크크"
October 2011
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KOREA NEWSLINE: The revealing social media... →
koreanewsline:
South Korean media outlets have tracked down the Facebook account of Kim Jong-il’s eldest son Kim Jong-nam. Jong-nam has reportedly used Facebook to poke fun at his father and half-brother Kim Jong-eun and to vent his frustration over being passed over as heir apparent in favor of the younger…
August 2011
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Anonymous asked: hi! you know the secret garden parody that big bang did? i really really found daesung's part as jootop's mom hilarious! if it's not too much trouble, could you write out his lines in korean? i can read korean characters, so no need for transliteration! it'd be really really really great if you could!!! thanks! and i love your blog:) THANKS!!! :) xxxxxxx
Anonymous asked: Hi there - can you translate 변해가네 for me? I can read "change" and "walk", but I'm unsure as to what they are together.
Thank you!! :)
Thank you!! :)
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June 2011
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April 2011
3 posts
monicaregulus asked: what is 선팔???
heyyimbrittany asked: Have you ever been to talktomeinkorean.com? It is a really good website. it can help you on what to use on your website.
( Im not saying your help bad) Hope it helps (Oh and you don't have to post this as a question if you don't want to)
( Im not saying your help bad) Hope it helps (Oh and you don't have to post this as a question if you don't want to)
Anonymous asked: Do you have anything we can listen to?
March 2011
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Lesson #7: Grammar Point 에/에서 Mistake
I found a mistake in the sentence: “Your cookie is in the kitchen.” — 과일은 부억에 있어.
The word for kitchen is not 부억 but actually 부엌. You really shouldn’t use Google Translate. It always has errors when it translates from Korean-English or visa versa.^^
Admin Notes: That might actually be my mistake. Either way, thank you for the correction!
February 2011
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January 2011
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gracesu-deactivated20110221-dea asked: ahaha noo, >< I meant for the verbs like "draw" and etc
should have been more specific :P haha
but thank you for that :D
should have been more specific :P haha
but thank you for that :D
December 2010
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gracesu-deactivated20110221-dea asked: hi ummm I have another question xD
so if I want to say "I like to draw, ---, ---, and ---" (like verbs) what would be the verb ending?
thanks :]
so if I want to say "I like to draw, ---, ---, and ---" (like verbs) what would be the verb ending?
thanks :]
gracesu-deactivated20110221-dea asked: hi, I'd just like to say I'm so glad you made this cause it really helps me with my korean ^^ (fail korean that can't speak her own language xD)
and I have a question~ so I have to do this self introduction for my korean class and I have to say how many people I live with. If I say: 엄마랑 아빠랑 오빠랑 할머니랑 할아버지 같치 사라요, would that be correct? I'm not sure how I would say...
and I have a question~ so I have to do this self introduction for my korean class and I have to say how many people I live with. If I say: 엄마랑 아빠랑 오빠랑 할머니랑 할아버지 같치 사라요, would that be correct? I'm not sure how I would say...
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Reader Requests - Food and Ingredients
areyounice asked for a post about food and their ingredients, so let’s get to it.
I can’t speak for all of you, but a lot of people I’ve met are turned off Korean food by one food and one food only: kimchi. I’d like to start this one by saying that’s not all we eat, people! I mean, yes. I will concede the fact that a lot of food is spicy. Yes. We Koreans love...
Anonymous asked: What is the difference between "ae" and "e" when writing in korean characters? Every time i write in korean, i don't know which one to use >< I ask my korean friends but they just say "i just know which one to use".... "ae" and "e" sound the same to me!! Please help ><
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karaoke-box:
There is this site called Lang-8 and it is pretty handy for those learning new languages. It relies on the users, and each user corrects texts written by students of their mother tongue. So I correct texts from those studying Portuguese, and I get my Japanese ones corrected. It is nice for those studying by themselves, or even for those who cannot ask their teacher questions all the...
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studying korean
raian:
눈 nun (sounds like noon) means 1. eye 2. snow
example
내눈에 눈이 있다. Naenoone nooni Itda.
I have snow in my eye.
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Reader Requests - From Airport to Hotel
Another Reader’s Request. I’m doing these at my leisure kinda. Finals are coming up and I’m very much in danger of failing a class. But you’re not here to read about my failure; you’re here to read about how to get from the airport to hotel in Korea, as requested by simplisticecstasy and welloyello.
Now, when I actually got this Reader Request, I immediately...
Anonymous asked: how would you say the following in korean?
my name is____
I haven't met you before
Who are you
What are you
what are you talking about
i hate you
you're annoying
What's up
my name is____
I haven't met you before
Who are you
What are you
what are you talking about
i hate you
you're annoying
What's up
November 2010
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jjong asked: i couldn't figure out how to reply to the question since i read it directly on your tumblr, not my dash, but this is in reply to you/okibabeestell! i live in the east bay and commute fairly often to san francisco for school. my mother is a nurse and the demand for bilingual workers in her field -- spanish, tagalog and chinese particularly -- is fairly high. according to my friends in other...
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thinc0re asked: You're a Korean-American from California, right? That's pretty cool. I'm a Japanese-American, and I was thinking about moving to Cali after graduating from HS. Do they have alot of bilingual jobs? (Japanese and/or Korean-English?)
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Live Al Jazeera Feed Covering North Korea Attack... →
simplisticecstasy:
Tune in for real-time updates!
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Reader Requests - "I" and "You"
So about a week ago, I put out a question text post asking for topics to write a lesson about. This was a feeble attempt to make this a more collaborative tumblr. And I was honestly somewhat surprised when people responded. With several different topics suggested. So I’ve decided to group these off on their own as “Reader Requests”.
The first Reader Request is the first answer...
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welloyello asked: hey :) i'm planning on going to korea in december, could you teach me a few common sentences that will likely be used? like, if i'm lost, how to ask people for direction? or maybe something like..how to order deokbokki or something :p
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I'm in the mood to write a lesson. What should I...
I’m willing to bet that nobody answers this, so I’m very anxious to be proven wrong. Anything is fair game. Grammar points? Sure. Food? You got it. Culture and Customs? Absolutely. You tell me, and I’ll try to write something to fit your needs.