
Korean synonyms
On too many occasions I’ve had the great feeling of finally getting a good grasp of a Korean word, thinking to myself “Yes, this I understand! I’m sure I’ll be […]
Pieces of a Danish girl's daily life in Korea
On too many occasions I’ve had the great feeling of finally getting a good grasp of a Korean word, thinking to myself “Yes, this I understand! I’m sure I’ll be […]
“Won’t you teach me Korean?” I never thought I’d hear these words from my husband, but this is exactly what he asked me a few weeks ago. After our first […]
Cryptic title, huh? Well, since I started reading the TTMIK News articles I’ve encountered quite a few semi-advanced negative Korean words, so I’ve been meaning to dig into the matter of how to […]
So…. Easter break is officially over, and I’m back at work (currently spending my coffee break writing this post feeling that I deserve a break given that I was teaching […]
In my attempt to read Anne of Green Gables in Korean I’ve suddenly become exposed to words, I have never encountered before when reading textbooks or any of TTMIK’s excellent […]
Since the upcoming week means Easter break for a Uni employee like myself, I now have plenty of time for studying Korean. I’ve already gone overboard in listening to TTMIK grammar podcasts, reading […]
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 […]
I’ve been waiting for this day for… well, ever since I started studying Korean – so that’s 8 months! I am finally able to press a nice little button on my […]
When I’m not living out my inner (Korean speaking) polyglot on this blog, I’m actually working as an economist specializing in policy evaluation. Over the past few weeks I’ve learned […]
Yesterday I met with my awesome language partner for two hours. I had told her that I still considered my speaking skills my biggest weakness (well, essay writing too but […]
Growing up I remember hearing quite often from both my parents and my teachers that “if something is worth doing, it’s worth doing properly”. I believed this statement for many […]
I thought is was about time I wrote a real Korean-learning post. Today, I chosen to write a brief grammar entry on how to turn Korean nouns into adjectives and […]
While the rest of the world celebrates Pi Day today (3.14), Korean people celebrate White Day. This is a time for the Korean men to reciprocate for the gifts given […]
“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 […]
In my recent book haul from www.heyeonni.com in Korea, I got two books on how to prepare for the TOPIK. While I’m still undecided about whether I should actually sign up for […]
Ever since I started learning Korean I’ve been learning lots of new vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structures. Whenever, I felt that I had learned something I would always quickly progress to […]
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