~느니(보다) = Rather than… I would rather… (same as ~ㄹ 바에(야))

(The action in the second clause is also undesirable, but is the best option of the two)

….~느니 죽는 게 낫겠다.
너의 말을 듣느니 차라리 죽는 게 나아. = I’d rather die than listen to you speak.

이렇게 사느니 차라리 죽는 게 낫겠어요. = I’d rather die than live like this.

이런 맛이 없는 음식을 먹는니 차라리 굶겠다. = I’d rather starve than eat this kinda of tasteless food.
이렇게 날마다 야근하느니 직장을 옮기는 게 어때요? = Why don’t you change jobs instead of working night overtime every day like this?
지금 집에 가느니, 여기서 잘게요. = Rather than going home now, I will just sleep here.
나중에 후회하느니, 지금 가 보고 싶어요. = Rather than regretting it later, I want to go see it now.

가까운 곳은 운전하느니 (차라리) 걷는 게 낫다. = I would rather walk than drive if it’s close.

바람 피우다 = cheat (in a relationship)
강요하다 = force
옮기다 = move, transfer

제공하다 = serve (food)

강제로 = by force

애매하다 = vague
멍청하다 = stupid, idiotic (멍청이 = idiot)

독감 = flu

노예 = slave

저장 대 저축

저장

(컴퓨터 파일, 식품을)

이 파일을 하드에 저장해 두세요 = Save this file on the hard drive.
문서를 다른 이름으로 저장하세요 = Save the file under a different name.

저축

(돈을 모음)

저축을 늘리다 = increase one’s saving
나는 수입의 절반을 저축한다 = I save half of my income.

koreankicks:

별 • ‎(byeol) = Star
달 • ‎(dal) = Moon

단편영화 (short film) – 그리움이 닿는 끝에 (2015) by HYUN

바른 한국어 (Quick Korean)

korean-adventure:

바른 한국어 (Quick Korean) is a Korean learning programme made by The Cyber University of Korea aimed at foreigners who want to learn the language and it’s amazing. I’ve never seen a post talking about it so let me explain it real quick:

You can register on their webpage, but you can skip this step. I personally think that it’s a good idea to do so because you can keep track of your progress and there are tests at the end of each level to see if you’ve actually learned the material (you even get a diploma!). Also, each lesson has an audio and pdf alongside to it so you can study and practice by yourself. The pdfs are quite simple and don’t come with much explanation, but if you use all the materials they offer, you can kinda understand everything.

If you don’t want to register, that’s okay too! You can watch all their videos on their youtube channel (you can go to their playlist to just watch the videos of x level). You can watch the video for level 1 in English, Korean, Spanish or Chinese, but from level 2 onwards, all the explanations are made in Korean. This can be a little bit scary, but the hosts speak very clearly and repeat everything several times so you have time to process it all. Also, they have foreign students on each lesson (at least on level 2), so you can actually hear peolple with different accents.

The videos are ~30min long and have different sections like vocabulary and grammar and listening. I’ve found them to be super helpful and I hope you guys enjoy them too!