Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Still learning Korean.

Practice sentences.
저는 요아침에 물을 먼저 마 셔요.

나는 한복을 원해요.
나는 많이 나무를 원해요.
나는 검은신발이 원해요..

나는 녹차를 좋아해요.
나는 차가운 녹차를 좋아해요.
나는 가을을 좋아해요.
나는 가을에 뜨거운 녹차를 좋아해요.

나는 불고기를 먹어요.

나는 김치를 먹어요.


나는 불고기와 김치를 먹어요.


나는 침대에서 자요.
나는 가끔 호텔에서 자요.
나는 오랜 시간 침대를 자요.

나는 가끔 새가 들어요.
나는 컴퓨터에서 한국어를 들어요.
나는 밤에 개들 들어요.

나는 컴퓨터에서 한국어를 읽어요.
나는 컴퓨터에서 이메일을 읽어요.
나는 음식레이블을 읽어요.

나는 친구랑 놀아요.
나는 공원애서 놀아요.
나는 공원에서 친구랑 놀아요.

나는 새를 봐요.
나는 고양이를 봐요.
나는 고양이와 새를 봐요.

나는 작은 한국어로 말애요.
나는 짧은 이야기를 말해요.
나는 한국어로 짧은 이야기를 말해요.

나는 여기서 걸어요.
꽃길만 걸어요.
나는 왼쪽으로 걸어요.

나는 매일 몇시간 동안 운동해요. 농담이야!
그남자 운동해요.

그는 밖에 운동해요.

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Have a happy day

당신은 사랑받기 의해 태어난 사랑
행복한 하루 되세요

You were born to be loved
Have a happy day

Friday, March 6, 2015

Week 3 Vocabulary

Week 3 vocabulary part 1
마시다
먹다
듣다
가다
쓰다
보다
자다
오다
만나다
읽다

Friday, February 27, 2015

Week 2 Vocabulary

This is week 2 vocabulary.

오늘 - today
어제 - yesterday
내일 - tomorrow
자주 - often, frequently
집 - house
같이 - together
그리고 - and then, next
다시 - again
다 - all

다음 - next

Occupations
점원 - clerk
남자배우 - actor
여자배우 - actress
가수 - singer
농부 - farmer
과학자 - scientist
작가 - writer
번역가 - translator
사서 - librarian
고치 - coach
선수 - athlete
목사 - priest
미술가 - artist
정치가 - politician
사진사 - phtographer
군인 - soldier
모델 - model
미용사 - hairdresser
경찰관 - police officer
우체부 - mailman
주방장 - chef

조종사 - pilot

More occupations
nurse - 간호사
dentist - 치과 의사
salesman - 판매원
mechanic - 정비공
driver - 운전사
accountant - 회계 원
veterinarian - 수의사

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Korean Vocabulary Learned 2/27/2015

Words I have learned in week 1 of 90 Day Korean.

doctor - 의사
lawyer - 병호사
office worker - 회사원
teacher - 선생님 
student - 학생
housewife - 주부
government worker - 공무원
secretary - 비사
professor - 교수

name - 이름
friend - 친구
Korean alphabet - 한글
Mr., Ms. - 씨
work - 일
occupation - 직업
country - 나라
water - 물
money - 돈
road, street - 길

Egypt - 이집트
Russia - 러시아
India - 인도
Canada - 캐나다
France - 프랑스
Philippines - 필리핀
USA - 미국
South Korea - 한국
China - 중국
Thailand - 태국
England - 영국
Japan - 딜본
Australia - 호주 
Germany - 독일
South Africa - 남이공

Egyptian - 이집트사람
Russian - 러시아사람
Indian - 인도사람
Canadian - 캐나다사람
French - 프란스사람
Korean - 한국사람
American - 미국사람
Australian - 호주사람
Japanese - 일본사람
Swede - 스웨덴사람
English - 영국사람
Finnish - 핀랜드사람
Turkish - 터키사람
Chinese - 중국사람

Sunday, February 22, 2015

Week One of New Lessons.

Konglish:

Konglish is English words transliterated to Korean using the Korean alphabet, Hangul, to write. These words are fun to learn. They are pretty near the English pronounciation but of course are written using Hangul. Here are is a sample of just a few.

Video 비디오
Computer 컴퓨터
Sofa 소파
Juice 주스
Shopping 쇼핑
Menu 메뉴
Pizza 피자
Coffee 커피
Television 텔레비전
Banana 바나나

How it all started.

An adventure in learning the language of The Republic of Korea aka. South Korea.

I began this adventure in 2014 after watching the movie the Shadowless Sword starring Lee Seo Jin 이소진.  I watched the K-Drama Jumong starring Song Il Kook 상일국 shortly after the Shadowless Sword.

To me the language sounded enchantingly musical and I felt a burning desire to learn to speak Korean. After watching Jumong 주몽 Prince of the Legend I was drawn to watch more K-Dramas. Currently I have watched 154 dramas and 15 movies. Most have had excellent acting, direction and story lines. Watching the dramas has created a desire in me to visit South Korea and experience the beautiful scenery, wonderful food and warm people found there.  The programs enticed me to search out Korean restaurants in Kansas and surrounding states. Through this action I have made some friends who will be in my heart for as long as I live.

I have been studying the Korean language for about 18 months now. I am really beginning to wrap my mind around the language. I have only found myself thinking how difficult it is learning this language in Kansas two or 3 times in the last 18 months. It is very exciting now when I watch something that Korean is spoken and I understand nearly everything being said. There is a wonderul sense of accomplishment in this.

I am certainly still only a beginner though. If it is spoken too fast I have a difficult time following the conversation. Also it is difficult reading the written language. The alphabet is all one case so there is no noticable indications of names or places.

My main source of learning Korean is the TTMIK - Talk To Me In Korean website. While the lessons are free, they do take donations and sell study material. I have downloaded the audio lessons to flash drives and burned cd's. I listen to the lessons while commuting to and from work. I also drive for work and listen to the lessons then.

There are several android apps I have used to help expand my vocabulary. I think learning all the words has been the most difficult as this in effect is actually doubling my vocabulary. Every word I know in English I am learning in Korean. Although some words in English can not be translated to Korean and visa versa the gist of the idea must be comprehended.

Currently I have won a scholarship to 4 weeks of lessons at 90 Day Korean. This is exciting because it is a slightly different method of learning. I am learning new material and also learing some new methods for retaining what I have learned so far.

I have lists of words I have learned and review them periodically since I don't use all of the words all of the time. Colors and numbers require review frequently to retain the words and associations.

The Korean alphabet, Hangul, is realatively easy to learn. It also helps in understanding the language and proununciation of words by learing the alphabet. There are many websites on the internet that have Hangul learning guides. I practice writing Hangul every day and also learned to type in Hangul using my microsoft keyboard. There is a typing tutor online, TajaMaster.com to help learn the locations of the Hangul letters.