I speak Korean...Pt. 2

Today was a rainy morning and I didn't feel like getting up. It was one of those days where you just curl up in the bed, watch movies, and chill. Well, that was a nice thought...but I got on up and went to Korean class. I am glad that I went because I am one step closer to learning Korean...Yippee! I learned 12 new words and learned how to recognize the Korean alphabet, how to distinguish vowels from consonants, and how some letters do not have a sound in front of certain vows and consonants. Okay, so here is what I learned today...and I did so good today my teacher called me, genius, because I remember the words without even looking at my notes! Asa!


Now, this is how I remember what these words mean, but if you were to see them all you would see is lines and circles. Now, if I can remember that a circle means, ah, and a line means, i (ee), I could recognize the word without looking at my cheat sheet...hehehe

So here is my attempt to share with you what I learned today:

Tree - Na mu Milk - O yu
Meat - Go gi Here - Yo gi
Cow - So Baseball - Ya gu
Age - Na ee No - A ni yo
Mother - O mani Fox - Yo you
Singer - Ka sue Go - Ga yo

Now, ladies and gentlemen that's all for now...stay tuned as I conclude Hanguel Section 2....lol

Until Next Time...

Love God, Love Life, & Love Yourself because, if you don't who will?

~N.

Korean Made Easy for Beginners

I have been here for 6 months and I know enough Korean to get by, but I decided that I wanted to try and conquer the Korean Language, so I can at least read Korean, understand it, or speak it, but all three would be great, too. This is the book we are using:

My first lesson was on yesterday. I am learning, "Hangeul" which is the Korean writing system. I learned the Korean vowels and consonants. There are 6 basic vowels, 5 basic consonants, 4 combined vowels, 5 consonants, 4 vowel combinations, 5 aspirated consonants, 7 vowel combinations, 5 tensed consonants, 9 final consonants, 5 final consonants, 2 final consonants, and 6 double consonants. Whew! After we learned all of that we started to put the letters together to make words. That was a lot of fun. My teacher said, that I pronounce the words really well...Next week, I think I will buy her coffee?? lol

If you are thinking about coming to Korea or are already in Korea you should definitely pick this book up because you will definitely benefit from it and then you will get extra brownie points from the Koreans because you are attempting to speak there language. Even if you butcher the word, it is okay because they will get an idea of what you are saying. The downside is once you say one word in Korean, Koreans will start speaking in Korean and you have no idea what they are saying, but if you just nod your head and smile and say, nay or day, which means yes and laugh a little or sometimes throw in aniyo, which means no, or I am a English teacher, you can make it through the conversation or least that has been my experience.

Until Next Time...

Love God, Love Life, & Love Yourself because, if you don't who will?

~N.