Tag: dictionaries

Chrome app and extensions for Korean/other language learners.

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ReadLang (app) is AWESOME. Read an article of your choice or one from their library (some even have videos for audio) and click on the words you don’t know. Translations are automatically generated so you have to allow for them being incorrect sometimes. It can show dictionary entries as you read and will add words you clicked on to your flashcard deck. Korean is still in Beta but looks good. ReadLang Web Reader also lets you translate words on any webpage. 

Whilst I’m here I’ll mention a couple of chrome extensions I use:

1. Toktogi (똑똑이) Korean-English pop-up dictionary. Hover over Korean words on any page to see definitions. Automatically generated translations are sometimes incorrect.

2. Flewent. A certain percentage of words on any page are translated into your target language. You can then hover over them for the definitions. (also Lingua.ly seems better but this doesn’t have Korean yet). Automatically generated translations are sometimes incorrect. You have to be especially careful with this because it translates words out of context. 

3. FlashTabs. Create a set of flashcards and view one every time you open a new tab.

Hi! I was just wondering if you could recommendd me good online EnglishKorean dictionary. I started Korean during the previous semester and I’d like to improve myself outside the classes as well. I’m a Japanese major student and for my Japanese I find fairly useful Tangorin dictionary with examples and things like that and I wanted to know if you by any chance don’t know about something similar for Korean. If not sorry for bothering you~ Have a nice day ^^

Hi, it’s no bother! I use Naver Dictionary which I like because it usually has pretty good example sentences. It also often gives entries on idioms and expressions and usages notes. Also, when your level gets high enough to read Korean explanation you can use it to look up Hanja (Chinese characters) and more in depth discussions of word usage. 

Lots of people use Daum Dictionary, too. And this is unrelated, but Dongsa Conjugation Dictionary can be useful especially for verbs with irregular conjugation.