| Non-Korean speakers use way too many pronouns!
Let's use a simple text in English to demonstrate ... | No translation yet |
| [h2]5. Overusing Pronouns[/h2]
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| If you avoid particles, you'll be trying to imitate the natural speech of natives without having any... | No translation yet |
| As much as Korean native speakers drop these particles, they know how to use them correctly when the... | No translation yet |
| Even though you can and even should omit the above sets of particles in your casual, spoken Korean, ... | No translation yet |
| There are many more particles in Korean worthy of discussion, but the above three sets are important... | No translation yet |
| Examples of different types of particles include:
- Subject-marking particles [... | No translation yet |
| [h2]4. Ignoring Particles[/h2]
Korean grammar can... | No translation yet |
| You should think of the Korean keyboard as a new skill to learn. It can be intimidating at first, bu... | No translation yet |
| Secondly, the Korean keyboard is not intuitive for users of the English [notransla... | No translation yet |
| By contrast, you'll probably spend much of your time interacting with Koreans online, either through... | No translation yet |
| Why?
For starters, if you're a learner who lives outside of Korea (and/or doesn't interact with Kor... | No translation yet |
| While I believe that it is important (and perhaps even necessary) to learn to handwrite Korean at so... | No translation yet |
| The fact that these rules exist, coupled with the exotic nature of the Korean alphabet itself (at le... | No translation yet |
| [h2]3. Prioritizing Handwriting over Typing[/h2]
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| Somewhat similarly, the word for rain [notranslate]"비" | No translation yet |
| Consider the word [notranslate]커피 | No translation yet |
| However, this really doesn't work. Since Korean has so many sounds that sound similar (at least to t... | No translation yet |
| That's intimidating for any learner, let alone complete beginners to the language learning process.
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| Korean also has two similar-sounding "o" sounds ([notranslate]No translation yet |
| [h2]2. Putting off Pronunciation[/h2]
Korean pron... | No translation yet |
| Luckily, the Korean writing system is extremely easy to learn. There are 24 letters in the entire al... | No translation yet |
| Though the Revised Romanization is said to be the standard in Korea since 2000, the older standard (... | No translation yet |
| Whereas learning Romanization first can be a useful tip for languages with extremely difficult writi... | No translation yet |
| As a crutch, they then turn to romanization, which is the practice of using English (Latin) letters ... | No translation yet |
| [h2]1. Relying on Romanization[/h2]
When most peo... | No translation yet |
| But you've resolved to take on the (still very doable) challenge, and for that I applaud you.
Bef... | No translation yet |
| Perhaps best out of all things originating from Korea is its language, which is known for both it's ... | No translation yet |
| So, you've started to learn Korean.
Welcome to an amazing adventure! Though the Korean peninsula ... | No translation yet |
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