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Be careful of perverts is really good advice though. I learned a lot from HelloTalk, but I also had a rather unfortunate and scary experience. Being careful is important.

Im really sorry to hear that and yeah i want to emphasise to everyone ive recommended language exchange sites to that you should be careful. There are genuinely nice people on these sites with whom you can exchange language and build friendships but in my experience there are also a lot of very shady people (men) so just be aware of that.

Id just say please dont feel obligated to talk to anyone who makes you feel uncomfortable. You dont have to be polite, just block them and there will be plenty of other genuine people that you can meet instead.

I have always wanted to learn korean, and I just wanted to know the best methods and your page will help alot thank you. Also do you think its anything else I should know to help? How long did it take to learn and are you fluent?

I’ve been studying almost 2 and a half years and no I’m not fluent, I’m not certain but probably intermediate/conversational level. If you’re self-studying, like me, I think talking to people in Korean is the most important thing, especially for speaking and listening. 

These are the things I did: learnt basic grammar and understanding of the language through TalktomeinKorean lessons, wrote on Lang-8 to practice and met language-exchange partners to talk to (text and voice) on Skype and Kakaotalk (also met people through Hellotalk and Sharedtalk), every time they used some grammar I didn’t understand I googled it and learnt through the sites talk to me in korean, how to study korean, clare you and eunso cho (berkley), korean grammar dictionary, korean wiki project, and more. practised reading and listening.

The best advice I can give you is try to learn a balance of everything, be careful of perverts, and don’t. be. afraid. of. speaking! Everyone you talk to will know how hard it is learning a language and it is absolutely okay to make mistakes, the important thing is that your meaning can be understood. Also, have fun with it! 

Can you give a good overview on Cafetalk I’m looking at courses with my friend and we both already know Hangul and started on our grammar and vocab but did you like it?

Hi I personally like Cafetalk a lot more than Italki because it’s easier to use and feels more professional. If you want to find out about it or get recs you can have a free ‘counselling’ session which was really helpful for me. 

If you’re just getting started and you like textbook study this teacher would probably be helpful. You can take her ‘counselling’ session to start with as well and she’ll assess your level and recommend which level lessons you should take. Her Korean Conversation lessons will lead you through a text book and she structures it as a lesson for the vocab, a lesson for the grammar etc. so it’s helpful if you intend to take all the sessions not just as a one off. 

If you’re self studying or at a higher level this teachers lessons for speaking, listening and reading are absolutely my favourite because she is really friendly and nice and she uses excellent materials which seem like she’s put a lot of effort into, as well as personalised follow up after the lesson.

I did have another tutor who wasn’t very good though, you gotta remember the teachers on these sites aren’t always professional or very good (although lots are!) so you may have to try people out and be sure to read the reviews etc. 

Hello! I recently started using rosetta stone to learn Korean, but… it’s not going well. I was wondering if you knew where I could find an online tutor, or at least someone to talk to?

learninghangukeo:

I’ve never heard good things about Rosetta Stone honestly.

I don’t know about online tutors, but there’s a bunch of online language exchange sites (the most prominent is probably mylanguageexchange.com). And some tumblr bloggers will happily provide their kakaotalk handles to chat/practice with them! 🙂 (Mine is seoulsmoothies)

Online Tutors: Cafetalk (I’ve taken a couple of lessons here and could give you a quick review if you told me what kind of lesson you’re looking for), Italki

Language Exchange: HelloTalk app, Sharedtalk (be wary because it’s anonymous chat style), Lang-8 (This is for writing practice/correction but it’s a really good community and you can message people privately to set up language-exchange which is the method I would most recommend)

Also there are a lot of great resources for learning online which are better than Rosetta Stone and I can recommend if you want something specific 🙂

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1. 예들으면 -> 예를 들면 

2. ~라고/다고 예상/기대(하다)  

3. ~는 때가 많다 -> ~는 경우가 많다

4. 늙어지다 -> 늙어가다

5. ~다네(요) (~다고 하네(요))

단

Short

장단 = the long and the short
장단점 = merits and demerits
단점 = shortcoming
단기 = a short period(term)
단거리 = a short distance
단편소설 = a short novel
단기간 = a short period of time
단시간 = a short time

Group   

단체= group, organisation
단원 = member of group
공단 = public corporation
단지 = public apartment complex

집단 = mass
집단적 = collectively, as a group

Single, unit

단일 = single
단위 = unit
단가 = a unit cost
단도직입 = straightforwardness
단수 = singular number
단어 = word, vocabulary
간단하다 = to be simple, brief
단순하다 = to be simple

Cut   

단호하다 = firm, resolute
절단(하다) = cutting, cut off
단면 = section
판단력 = judgement
우유부단(하다) = indecision, to be indecisive

Step, grade

단계 = step
계단 = stairs

단계적으로 = by stages, step by step
단 = grade, class
수단 = measure