well particles are a part of grammar. I guess learn simple conjugation first before anything else. But honestly people always ask what they should learn first and where to start etc. but if you just follow the structure of any grammar textbook or online site (talktomeinkorean.com/curriculum) for example you’ll naturally learn all the things you need to in balance.
Here’s a quick and easy post to ease my way back into regular updates!
Don’t make my mistake of confusing the word 독 here for “poison.” 독 is also the term used for the large earthen pots Koreans traditionally use to store kimchi and a variety of pastes. A rat with the misfortune of falling into one of these large jars would have a difficult, if not impossible, time of escaping. This expression is used to describe someone who finds themselves in a situation with little recourse or means of breaking free of a problem. The English equivalent would be “a rat in a trap.”
Examples
나는 독 안에 든 쥐처럼 아무것도 할 수 없었다. Like a rat in a trap, I couldn’t do anything.
네가 돈이 없는 한 독 안에 든 쥐야. As long as you don’t have money, you’re a rat in a trap.
경찰에게 잡힌 도둑은 독 안에 든 쥐가 됐다. The captured thief was a rat in a trap.
On my last post, @mallayk asked where Korean books can be found. Since I live in Korea, finding reading material is no big deal for me, but for those of you outside of Korea, it can be a bit of a task. However, I bought Korean books in the US once through a website called Aladin.
Aladin is a company that sells (surprise surprise!) books here in Korea. I love going to their secondhand bookstores here in Seoul and picking up reads for cheap 🙂 For those of you who live in the US, they have a branch over there that you can order from. I actually used it to buy a few manhwa back when I was in… I think high school? The site is all in Korean, but I’m pretty sure that there are guides for how to navigate the site floating around on the internet. I know that I used one of those guides when I used the site that one time, because my Korean was still super-beginner level at the time. Or, of course, you could also ask me and I could check it out and assist as needed 🙂
Anyway! From what I remember, of course there is a bit of a markup on the books since they’re imported, but my broke self clearly didn’t consider the prices too unreasonable or else I wouldn’t have ordered in the first place. If anyone who has used the site more recently could let me know how it is these days, I would really appreciate it!
I just checked the site, and it says that the US version of the site is set up for payment in USD and CAD and shipping to US and Canada only, but you can also use the Korean version of the site to get shipping to other places 🙂
힐링하기에 제일 좋은 건 자연의 물에서 수영하는 것인 같아요. 어느날 더운 날씨에 시원하게 계곡에서 캠핑하러 갔어요.
캠핑장 예약을 안 해 놓고 캠핑 자리를 찾으려고 계곡 끝까지 드라이브를 했는데 놀랍게도 사람이 엄청 많았어요. 빈자리가 하나도 못 찾아서 그냥 강변에서 텐트 세우려고 했어요. 하지만 식당을 하시는 아저씨…
Swimming in natural water is one of my favourite ways to experience ‘healing’. One weekend we went camping beside this mountain stream to cool off in the hot summer weather.
We didn’t pre-book a campsite, so we drove right up to the beginning of the stream looking for a place to camp. There were so, so many people there and we couldn’t find even one free camping space. We were going to give up and set up our tent by the edge of the river when a man running…
Sutdy-Korean 