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Not confident about this exam 🫡 but i only have 2 days left

sorry for not posting recently i have been busy at work and started a new middle school teaching position in autumn~

However! I am taking the TOPIK II exam in late January so i hope to document some of my study for that and talk about the exam experience afterwards. 🌸🍁💕

#its so hard to study for because theres no limit on content #no set recommended vocab #i did a practice paper and its asking me to write 200 words about a graph showing the use of disposable cups 🤧 #HELP

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my coteacher said i speak in 경상남도 satoori 👀🤨 i do not ever know conciously how i sound, i am just ...Saying Things.

#also its vacation now #so theres only a couple of teacher in the 교무실 so i offered to order us coffee #and the vice principal is normally a very loud and serious tall man #but i asked if we wanted a drink hes like “고구마 라떼 플리즈~ 🫶🧚‍♀️✨️땡큐~💅”

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combination terms

I don't know what else to call these, but they refer to two opposing things that are often referred to together in one phrase to illustrate a breadth of span of the concept.

north and south- 남북 (often refers the two Koreas.)

east and west - 동서

pros and cons - 장점과 단점 can be seen shortened to 장단점. (점 means point)

strengths and weaknesses - 강점과 약점 (similar to above) (강 means strong and 약 means weak)

long and short term - 장기와 단기 can be seen shortened to 장단기 (기 refers to a time period)

up and down - 위아래(로)

side to side - 좌우(로) (좌 refers to 'left' and 우 is 'right' but from Hanja rather than 왼쪽/오른쪽 from native Korean)

here and there - 여기저기(에)

coming and going/back and forth between places - 왔다갔다하다

push and pull - 밀다 당기다 can be seen shortened to 밀당 (can refer to playing hard to get)

#korean vocab #learning korean #korean studyblr #studyblr #langblr #korean langblr

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Different words meaning 'to use'.

이용하다 - to utilise something for the beneficial facility or function it offers (can also refer to taking advantage/exploiting in a negative way)

쓰레기통을 이용하세요 = please use the trash can

이용자 = a user/visitor of a facility or space

인터넷 이용자 = a user of the internet

도서관 이용자 = a library goer

사용하다 - to use, operate or employ a tool of some kind

컴퓨터를 사용해도 되나요? = May I use the computer?

사용설명서 = instruction manual (lit. usage + explanation + document)

사용자 = consumer/utiliser of something

스페인어 사용자 - user(speaker) of Spanish

유용하다 - to possess uses/functions, able to be utilised positively

병을 여는 데 아주 유용해요 = it's useful/great for opening bottles

이용한 표현을 배우야 해 = you must learn useful/useable phrases

쓰다 - to use or employ something or wear (in terms of some accessories) (also means 'to write' and 'to be bitter'.)

돈을 썼어 = I spent my money

안경을 쓰는 사람 = a person who wears glasses

이것은 어디에 쓰는 겁니까? = where/what is this used for?

연필을 쓰세요 - please use a pencil (whereas 연필로 쓰세요 would be please write in pencil

tldr: 쓰다 is more simple and common in speech but is essentially the same as 사용하다. 이용하다 has a different nuance of referring to making use of a facility offered by an object or space (e.g. using the bathroom, the internet, public transport) rather than 쓰다/사용하다 being the personal, often physical, manipulation of a thing (e.g. using toilet paper, using photoshop, using a pencil). 유용하다 is not about the actual use of something, more a remark on something's ability to be used/useful. The recurring ~용 character of these words comes from the Chinese/Hanja 用 which refers to use, function, utilisation, consumption.

#korean #korean language #korean langblr #langblr #studyblr #korean studyblr #korean vocab #korean grammar #korean verbs

[honeyhangukeo]

sorry for not posting recently i have been busy at work and started a new middle school teaching position in autumn~

However! I am taking the TOPIK II exam in late January so i hope to document some of my study for that and talk about the exam experience afterwards. 🌸🍁💕

#i do not have much time to study for it but I need to do it lmao #korean #korean study #langblr #korean langblr #studyblr #korean vocab #korean grammar

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#korean #korean study #korean grammar #korean studyblr #langblr

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#i dont think its accurate to real korean pronunciation BUT i know its where we all start when learning korean #and so i know some people may not be able to get use from my posts because their cant confidently read the korean sentences

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Intransitive verbs - when a verb is used alone without the need for an object. A whole sentence with valid meaning can be made and understood with an intransitive verb. Example in English:

'I eat.' is transitive - I eat what? A noun needs to be used to complete the sentence. The action of eating needs to be enacted upon a food.

'I dance.' is intransitive - doesn't need a noun. You can't dance something.

In Korean these are not considered intransitive verbs (that's something different) but instead get translated as a verb plus a corresponding noun come as a two part package to create a phrase. In English, 'to dance' in Korean is literally 'to dance a dance':

춤을 추다 - to dance a dance

춤 (noun - a dance), and the object marker ~을/를 is put after it because the noun is being acted upon by 추다 (verb - to dance). You will often see it without the object marker because its obvious of the meaning.

춤을 추는 것을 좋아해. - I like to dance.

same grammar applies to these:

잠을 자다 - to sleep a sleep

어젯밤에 잠을 못 잤어. - I couldn't sleep last night.

꿈을 꾸다 - to dream a dream

무서운 꿈을 꿨어. - I dreamt a scary dream.

#theres not loads of these in korean BUT their very common useful words like dance dream and sleep #they're * #korean grammar #korean learning #korean study #korean studyblr #langblr #korean langblr

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making your verbs more polite with 드리다

드리다 has many meanings, often used to mean ‘to give’ in place of 주다 to give as 주다 is not polite enough when referring to ‘giving’ something to a higher person.

(remember - higher person is not always just older. i could use a bit of lower language about my older sister for example because of our familial relationship, but a salesperson in a shop would use higher language towards me even if they were older than me, because of the service relationship.)

주다 and 드리다 are very very often stuck after another verb to give more detail to the action. ( send, put, buy, make, complete, prepare, lend, find...any situation where you are doing something for or towards a person, use that verb + 주다/드리다. 

Final point - a polite verb like 드리다 implies the direction of the relationship between giver and recipient, therefore it removes the need to refer to a higher person as ‘you/he/she/them’, which as you probably know, Koreans never do.

봉투에 할인 쿠폰을 넣어 드릴게요. = I’ll put a discount coupon in the shopping bag for you.

금요일까지 문서를 ���내 드릴게요. = I’ll send the document to you by Friday. 

아메리카노 한 잔을 사 드릴게요. = I’ll buy you an americano.

in contrast, a lower sentence, an older girl to a younger girl friend:

어니가 밥 사 줄게 = I’ll buy you food./ let big sis treat you to a meal.

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super common korean phrase time!

갔다 오다 - to go somewhere and come back

this phrase has 2 verbs in it - 가다 (to go) and 오다 (to come). 가다 is in past tense as 갔다, and this shows that the first verb of ‘go’ will be finished before the next verb of ‘come’ occurs.

In English we use just ‘go/went/will go’ to explain someone going to a different location, and we hardly ever explain that the person ‘will come back/came back’, its just implied by context. Obviously if you go on vacation, you will return, because that’s the definition of vacation.

But in Korean if someone will be returning to the current location/already did return, you will use 오다 as well. Here’s some examples with different tenses and formality:

I’ll go to the bathroom real quick. = 화장실에 빨리 갔다 올게요.

I went on a fun vacation. = 잼이있는 여행 갔다 왔어요.

I visited my home town last week.  = 지난 주 제 고향에 갔다 왔어요.

oh, so you got back from Seoul already = 오, 벌써 서울에 갔다 왔네요

did you go (somewhere) alright?/did you have a good time?  = 잘 갔다 왔어?

safe travels/hope you get there alright/have a good time! = 잘 갔다 와!

#korean #study #studyblr #language #langblr #korean langblr #korean grammar #korean vocab

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sentence analysis time!

       멀리 계신 엄머님께도 보내드렸어요.

멀리 있는 (것) - a far away thing. Here 겨시다 (to be at, to stay) is used instead of 있다 (to be) because the speaker is talking about their mother.  Therefore 계시다 must be used to politely describe a higher person being /staying at a location. so 멀리 계신 엄머님 = mother that lives far away.

엄머님 - 님  title particle. it isn’t always used after a persons name or title, but it makes it more formal. in this context the speaker was actually talking about her mother-in-law, but its fine to call her mother with a more formal 님 on the end (you can do this to refer to other people’s parents, eg a close friends parents, in-laws)

~께 - to. there’s several ways to say you are giving something ‘to’ a person’ (~에게, ~한테, ~께) and ~께 is a polite way. it’s affixed after the person’s name or title: 선생님께, 아버지께 etc

~도 - too, as well. this is super common and easy. 나도 = me too, 과일도 먹었 = i ate fruit as well. in this context the speaker sent something (it was kimchi) to her mother in law as well as to other people.

보내다 - to send, to mail, to forward. 사진을 보내다 to send a photo, 편지를 보내다 to mail a letter.

보내다 is really frequently paired with 주다 (to give) which emphasises sending something for a person to receive. 과일을 좀 보내줄게 - I’ll send you some fruit.

드리다  - to give. just like with 있는 becoming 계신 before, the speaker must change some verbs to make it more polite. 주다 cannot be used when giving something to a higher person. 주다 connotes giving downwards, putting the speaker in position of power. 드리다 connotes offering upwards, putting the recipient in position of power.

우리 딸에게 선물을 줬어요 - i gave a gift to my daughter. (down)

선생님께 선물을 드렸어요  - i presented the teacher with a gift. (up)

~요 - verb ending conjugation. the speaker is talking about a much higher person (hence the changes in verbs above) but she is just speaking to viewers of the video in a friendly manner. therefore she can end the sentence with ~요 which is reasonable and normal for the situation.

so the whole translation is =

   I also sent it to my mother in law who lives far away.

#first post in a million years sorry #this is how my brain works fjkf #i take short sentence and drag it out to hell and back #korean #studying korean #studyblr #langblr #korean vocab #korean grammar #korean studyblr

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따라 used alongside other verbs

따라 in it’s dictionary form is 따르다 (to follow, obey, comply with) and sometimes comes up in front of another verb to create a new meaning of repeating that verb. examples:

따라해 - copy, imitate

따라하지 마 - don’t copy me

따라말해 - repeat/copy one’s words

따라가 - to go along, follow when going (i.e. follow your dreams)

따라와 - to come along, follow when coming (i.e. come with me)

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~(으)러 가다/오다 - to come and do/go and do something

adding ~(으)러 오다/가다 to a verb stem allows you to make the meaning of ‘to come and do/go and do (verb)’. add ~으러 if the stem ends in a consonant, and add ~러 if it ends with a vowel. this verb stem needs no conjugation, just conjugate the 오다/가다  to show tense and honorifics. examples:

접정하러 왔습니다 - i came to get the vaccine (lit. came to do inoculation)

쇼핑하러 갑시다 - let’s go shop (lit. let’s go to do shopping)

밥 먹으러 갔어 - i went to eat (lit. went to do eating food)

내일 도서관에서 공부하러 갈게요 - i’ll go study at the library tomorrow (lit. tomorrow will go to do studying in the library)

#used the first sentence this evening when i went to get my booster vax lol #korean study #studyblr #korean studyblr #langblr #korean langblr #korean language #korean grammar

[honeyhangukeo]

안녕~ anyone got a post suggestion/question about learning korean or being in korea? ive learned lots of random bits lately, no actual studying, therefore im not sure what to make into a comprehensive post :)

#korean #studying korean #korean studyblr #langblr #korean language #korean langblr #the temptation i had to start this post with annyong chingus just to be funny

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random vocab ive used recently

빈칸 - blank/void space i.e. fill in the blank 빈칸에 쓰다

재활용 - recycling, i.e. to recycle paper 종이를 재활용하다 

귤 - tangerine. just a fun word to say tbh

동그라미 - circle, i.e. please circle it 동그라미 해보세요

알맞은 - appropriate, right, i.e. the correct word 알맞은 단어

연결 - connection, link, i.e. connect the picture to the word (draw a line/make a link) 그림과 단어에 연결해봐

필요한 물건 - the required thing/necessary item/thing you need

방학 - vacation i.e. winter break 겨울 방학

활동 - activity i.e. activities one does on weekends 주말마다 하는 활동

표정 - expression i.e. facial expression

표현 - expression i.e. phrase

문장 - sentence i.e. say this sentence 이 문장을 말해줘

예시 - example

체육관 -  gym (tends to refer more to a school gym, a multiple sports gym, or a martial arts gym; not really in the sense of a ‘health club membership weight training’ gym)

#korean #korean vocab #korean language #langblr #korean study #korean studyblr #korean learning

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word of the day - 충전하다

this word means ‘to (re)charge’. like the english word, it can be used in terms of electronics (휴대폰을 충전하다 - to charge one’s phone) and in terms of virtual credit, for example every few weeks i have to go ‘top up’ my bus pass with money, and i can say 교통카드를 충전해주세요.

#wow she finally makes a post #thanks for still following this blog! #korean #korean study #studyblr #langblr #korean language #korean learning #korean vocab #vocab #also this comes from hanja #and i believe the chinese is 充電 which is something like 'fill' and 'electricity' #when separated

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language things ive noticed since coming to korea:

you don’t need to say ‘thank you’ as much as in english. this is probably because im british, so im used to saying ‘thanks’ several times when being served in a shop or restaurant. in korean the language is very reciprocity/exchange-based. if you say 감사합니다 when someone hasnt really done something for you, its quite redundant to say it. e.g. just use it when a server has given you everything, not after they hand you each dish. you dont need to say it when you are handing over your payment because they are not doing something for you, if that makes sense. use it sparingly, when you’re actually receiving an item or gesture towards yourself.

use 주세요 when done ordering things, not after every item. i knew this already, but i did it by accident when ordering drinks and the waitress started to walk away after i ordered the first drink because i said 주세요. you should list everything you want using conjunctions like -랑 or 그리고 between items, then finish off with 주세요 to complete the request.

using the right honorific is not only polite, but pretty necessary for understanding. im a teacher and my students will deadass not understand me if i use an overly polite conjugation to them, then when i change my sentence they suddenly respond. i dont even say 네 to them, i just use 응 and 마자. apart from greeting them with 안녕하세요 and sometimes asking them nicely to sit down/be quiet, its always informal.

the correct way of using yes and no is hard to get your brain around sometimes. in english someone will say ‘do you mind it i sit here?’ and we can say ‘yeah sure go ahead.’ even though ‘yeah’ is incorrect, and we should be saying ‘no i dont mind’! in korean you cannot use yes and no like this. it has to be the correct one in response to the question.

there is a way of bowing that differs between men and women. women place left hand over right, men vice versa. its not super strict and ive only bowed briefly when meeting coworkers for the first time, but it is a thing.

if someone says your good at korean, humbly deny it, say no i need to study more etc.

it is actually fun and feels great to converse in korean. I can always throw in an english word with a korean accent/gesture and be understood if im not sure what the word is. ive only been working here a few weeks and i already find that my brain no longer translates every word and i can come up with sentences and understand people much better then before, ive picked up plenty of vocab, and yet i have done 0 actual study since arriving.

#not saying you have to come here to improve lmao #but any kind of interaction with a genuine source of the language is v helpful #whether thats media or conversation etc #korean #korean language #korean learning #korean study #korean studyblr #korean langblr #langblr #of course its not always perfect i always do things like drop my money on the bus #didnt know to hand over my bank card at a restaurant #had a confusing exchange w the recycling bin supervisor guy #who took my box off me and squashed it for plastic recycling #even though that was my box i carry food waste in and i wanted it back LMAO