Language partner
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Rusty Korean?
녹슬었을까봐 조금 걱정했어요. (I was afraid that my Korean had become too rusty.) I told this to my LP whom I was finally able to meet up with yesterday after a three-week hiatus due to various circumstances involving travel, changing schedules, and unplanned meetings. It was soooo nice to be able to speak Korean again, and she…
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So, apparently I have a “Korean-language-partner guy”… Who knew?
I’m really big on cryptic titles, but I know this one probably takes the prize, so here’s an explanation. Before going all in on anything and everything Korean, I used to like the American sitcom How I Met Your Mother. (This statement is NOT based on the past three seasons of the show.) I particularly liked…
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Logging my essay attempts
I’ve added a new page to the blog where I plan on posting a brief essay once in a while. In order for me to improve my essay skills, I arranged with my language partner that I write one essay per week, so she can give me feedback on style, grammar and vocabulary. I will…
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Meeting my LP
Today I met with my language partner for the first time in three weeks, as she’s been traveling alone around Germany and Austria for two weeks. We met for two hours and it was probably the most productive language practice session I’ve ever had. Last time, we agreed that I should start practicing my writing…
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제 이름은 김소희…
I met with my language partner today and somehow we ended up talking about Korean names. I told her that I had gotten better at telling whether a Korean name belongs to a man or a woman but that I still make mistakes from time to time. That led us to the pronunciation of my…
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New language partner(s) – and my first compliment in Korean
“한국어 이렇게 잘 할 줄 몰랐어요” These encouraging words were uttered by my new language partner ^^ Yes, I finally managed to find a new language partner through facebook and yesterday was our first time to meet. She’s a super sweet Korean girl from Sogang University doing a one-semester exchange at the uni where I…
Sofie to Korea 