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명사: 행복하게 하는 10가지 (List 10 things that make you happy)

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날씨, 맛있고 건강한 음식, 친구하고 쉬면서 이야기하는 것, 우리 가족 다 같이 모일 때, 누구랑 편하게 이야기하고 마음이 통할 때, 한국말로 대회 잘 할 때, 노력해서 뭔가 성공할 때, 몇년동안 내가 얼마나 많이 변했는지 생각하기, 꽃(!!), 산속에서 드라이브 ❤ 

Good weather, tasty and healthy food, relaxing and talking with friends, when my family are all together, talking to someone comfortably and connecting, having a good conversation in Korean, trying for something and succeeding, thinking how much I’ve changed over the past few years, flowers!, driving through the mountains. 

Hey, I have a question regarding pronunciation. I can’t hear a difference between ㅐ, ㅔ, ㅚ, ㅙ, ㅞ, as well as ㄱ, ㄲ, ㅂ, and ㅃ. I’m just starting out and trying to learn Hangul and the pronunciation. But to me the vowels sound the same, as well as the double consonants seem to be the same as the single consonants. I’m using a YouTube video from seemile to help with pronunciation. Thank you very much!

Hi! I’m afraid I’m… still struggling with pronunciation. As for the consonants, I think most native Koreans also say they are almost exactly the same and hard to distinguish between, but they have very subtle differences that you will pick up naturally on the more you speak and listen to Korean.

As for double consonants, I kinda need someone to tell me how to improve my pronunciation of these as well! I practice pronouncing double consonants a lot with my friends and for the most part I can’t even hear any difference between them when people speak. But try looking up some tips for pronouncing them (there are things like taking a small pause before a double consonant, not using your throat etc.) and asking people to correct/demonstrate pronunciation is always helpful!

Ive learned the hangul and some. I can read and write i dont know what to do next?? What can/should i do to get better at korean??

Now you can read and write make sure to get in some speaking and listening practice! It’s good to keep a balance of all four skills so i think it’s helpful to practice them all together, especially as most people find listening and speaking the hardest anyway. After you practice some reading or writing, have a conversation with a study buddy/record a monologue about the topic or try to find some listening materials. My advice to improve now is just 1. expose yourself to Korean 2. USE Korean and 3. enjoy your studies!!  

Korean language asks (2^^)

List of questions for Korean learners you can use to practice writing! Send an ask with any of the words in bold. I’ll send some questions from my personal blog to anyone who reblogs. 🙂 Also tag it with #koreanlanguageasks so that other people can practice reading your answers! Question inspiration from here and here. Enjoy! 

명사: 행복하게 하는 10가지. (List 10 things that make you happy)
동사: 어떤 방법으로 한국어를 공부하는 것을 좋아하나요? (What’s your favourite way to study Korean?)
형용사: 형용사를 많이 사용하면서 집에 하나의 방을 묘사해 보세요. (Describe a room in your house using a lot of adjectives.) 
문법: 한국어에서 가장 좋아하는 문법이 무엇인가요? (What’s your favourite Korean grammar point?)
발음: 발음이 아주 어려운 글자가 있나요? (What’s a sound you find hard to pronounce?) 
인용: 당신에게 중요한 인용구 중에 하나를 번역해 보세요. (Try translating one of your favourite quotes.)   
책: 당신이 책을 쓴다면 어떤 책을 쓰겠어요? (What kind of book would you write?)
사람: 아는 사람 중에 누구와 가장 친하나요? (Out of all the people you know, who are you closest to?)
음식: 가장 즐겨 먹는 음식은 뭔가요? (What food do you eat most often?) 
시간: 여가 시간에는 무엇을 하나요? (What do you do in your spare time?) 
장소:  지금 살고 있는 곳을 좋아하세요? (Do you like where you live now?)
일: 당신이 하고 있는 일을 좋아하세요? (Do you enjoy your job?) 
습관: 좋은 습관과 나쁜 습관은 무엇인가요? (What are your good and bad habits?) 
옷:어떤 스타일을 즐겨 입으세요? (What style clothes do you wear?) 
색깔: 색깔에 따라 기분이 달라지나요? (Do colours affect your mood?) 
성격: 어떤 성격을 가진 사람을 가장 존경하나요? (What characteristics do you most admire in people?) 
행동: 가장 짜증나게 하는 사람들의 행동은 무엇인가요? (What are some of the things people do that annoy you?) 
관습: 한국의 어떤 관습을 좋아하며, 그 이유는 뭔가요? Which customs in Korea do you like and why? 
계획: 미래에 대한 계획을 이야기 해주세요. (Tell me about your plans for the future.)
감정: 슬프거나 긴장할 때는 어떻게 하나요? (What do you do when you are sad or nervous?)   

~다고 노래를 부르다 = Sings a song that goes~, sings that~ (When someone says the same thing repeatedly so it starts to sound like a song. e.g. your friend always talks about how much she loves her boyfriend, so you tease her by saying she’s ‘singing a song’ about it)

아이스크림 먹고 싶다고 하루 종일 노래를 불렀더니 엄마가 사줬어 = I sang a song saying ‘I want to eat ice-cream’ all day so my mum bought me some.  
선풍기를 사주면 좋을 것 같아. 걔가 덥다고 덥다고 노래 부르니까 = I think we should by him a fan. He’s always singing ‘it’s hot it’s hot’.    
동생이 항상 여행가고 싶다고 노래를 불러 = My sister is always singing about wanting to go on holiday.
여자친구가 항상 다이어트해야 한다고 노래만 불러 = My girlfriend always just sings that she wants to lose weight.
얘가 여자친가 보고 싶다고~ 보고 싶다고~ 노래를 하더라 = He’s always singing ‘I miss my girlfriend~ I miss her~’.

nabi-day:

강원도, 오션월드, 블루마운틴 펜션 & 두물머리 연꽃축제 | Gangwondo, Ocean World, Blue Mountain Pension & Dumulmeori Lotus Flower Festival

몇개월 동안 어디 놀러갈 시간이 없었는데 드디어 오랜만에 주말 여행 갔다 왔어요. 홍천의 오션월드(Ocean World)에 놀러 갔다가, 예쁜 목재 펜션에서 잤어요. 다음날 집에 가는 길에 산길을 통해 드라이브 하고, 계곡 강변에서 쉰 다음, 연꽃 축제를 보러 두물머리 들렸어요.   

After not going anywhere since spring we finally got away for a weekend. We went to Hongcheon(홍천) to visit the Ocean World water park, spent the night in a cute cabin-style pension, and took a long detour on our way home to drive through the mountains, sit by the river, and see the Lotus Flower Festival at Dumulmeori(두물머리).  

Read about the trip and see more pictures here

Topik II 후기

hwanghon:

I got level 6 and reached my goal of getting +90 on listening and reading.

So glad I’m done with it. My writing is surprisingly high, I didn’t have time to proofread anything (which my dyslexic brain needs to do multiple times in any language), and didn’t give the first 2 questions a second thought, my essay was 150~characters too short. Also I’m never bothering with this again unless they come up with a computer based version.

I don’t think it says that much, but I feel like, you can be mediocre at Korean and get level 6 but you can’t be good and not get at least level 4~5? With language tests they might make the error of overestimating your skills, but they can only underestimate you so much. In a weird way it kind of helps with my imposter syndrome. 

It’s a bit annoying that their writing exam is so non representative, since my writing does need to improve, but being able to write more or less exactly 700 character essays isn’t a skill I want to acquire. I guess I should start up my naver blog again?