...한곡어! Week 2 Lesson 2: Verbs and conjugation

In previous lessons I have provided both the polite and deferential forms of each expression. I've decided that it would be most beneficial to explain what exactly these forms of expression are, and what other types of expressions there are, as well as how to form them.

Forewarning: this post can get dense. If you are not interested in learning the intricacies of the Korean language, then please feel free to skip over this post.

...한곡어! Week 2 Lesson 1: 인사 (Greetings)

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This week we will be going over the first chapter of the Integrated Korean textbook. I will also be introducing some vocabulary from the first chapter of the Beginner's Korean textbook, as well.

Both of these chapters deal with how to greet another person, from saying hello, to introducing yourself, to saying goodbye.

Today, I will be going over Korean greetings. I will introduce a number of idiomatic expressions useful for conversation, and then explain them in a cultural context, as well as provide definitions for new words. Finally, I will give full conversational examples.

In case you are interested in some more, in-depth explanations of the words and phrases used here, I will also include this. However, this can be confusing for a first-time learner, so feel free to skip over this part.

...Korean! Week One: Audio

Below is a link to the (free) audio for the audio exercises of the Integrated Korean textbook. I will not be providing the actual exercises or copies of the textbook, but it should be possible for you to follow along and do the exercises by ear.

...Korean! Week One: Quiz #1 한글

Here is a quick quiz that you can use to help test your knowledge of hangeul. Feel free to share and/or print out this quiz for your own use. You can also email me here with your answers and I'll be more than happy to respond with corrections!

...Korean! Week One: Summary and Useful Expressions

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So as a recap, here is everything that we've covered over this week. Please keep in mind that from here on out, I will no longer provide romanized translations of anything covered. So take this time now to study and master 한글!

...Korean! Week One: Part Three - Pronunciation

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There are a few rules that determine how a letter in a word sounds, depending on its location relative to other letters in a word. I'll go over the main points one-by-one below. In the following examples, the symbol > means the preceding sound transforms into the following sound. These rules all stem from the rules delineated in Integrated Korean, but I've taken the liberty to both simplify and use more specific terminology to explain these phenomena.

This post is EXTREMELY DENSE. 

For those who are new to language learning, learning pronunciation will come with time and practice. I would recommend that you skip over this post.

...Korean! Week One: Part Two - Writing Korean

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So, memorizing these simple letters is the easy part. I know what you're thinking: this is EASY? What do you think is the hard part?! So I'll end your curiosity: now we're going to move onto actually WRITING!

...Korean! Week One: Part One - Korean Alphabet

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So for my first language that I've decided to learn, I've taken upon myself to teach myself Korean, or 한국어!

Upon wondering whether I should learn something that was related to a language that I already knew, like Portuguese or Catalan, or learn something completely unrelated, like Irish Gaelic, I decided to meet somewhere in the middle: Korean! It would be something that I do not have hardly exposure to (besides what I've heard from other people), and it is an Asian language, but something that is completely different from Japanese!

Introduction

Sunday May 17, 2015

Hello and welcome to the Let's Learn This blog!

This blog is dedicated to anyone who is interested in learning another language. I aim to use this blog as a summary of my studies, and as a guide for anybody who wants to learn a language in tandem with myself! I will try to post weekly, and will treat my studies as if I were in an American university language course, using language-learning textbooks to supplement my studies. I will comb through these textbooks, one book, and one chapter at a time as if I were a student myself.