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What counts as studying?
I've been thinking about what of the time I spend counts as "studying". I think I will be tough on myself and only count those hours that specifically learn a new language item (vocabulary, grammar, sentence writing) or are directly practicing those skills (recording myself speaking, videos in my second language, all Korean conversations).
I also count the hour I spend with my tutor and the hour I spend in class.
I don't count the hour I spend after my tutor session writing up the notes of what we just learned. It is part of what I need to do, but not really "studying".
I don't count reading polyglot articles about learning a language.
I don't count all the random chats I have that are half English, half Korean, with people who have become my friends.
I don't count all my blog posts or the time I waste drawing in MS Paint to make flashcards.
I don't count writing post cards to friends in Korea.
I don't count time I spend reading books about Korean, unless it is directly tied to my current Korean Digital Academy coursework or my tutoring session. There is a ton to learn about Korean and the Korean language and linguistics and grammar ... I can lose myself for hours researching something that has nothing to do with what I am studying right now.
And I don't count posting like this one :)
Ah, the wrestling between what I "should" be doing and what I want to play with while learning a language. I should be studying just what is in front of me, this week's vocabulary, this week's grammar, and master those.
Well, off to studying again!
2015년 1월 8일
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Deciphering the sentence from right to left
I had vaguely heard in computational linguistics that Korean sentences were parsed from right to left. However, it is just today that I realized that as I am interpreting Korean sentences, that I should decipher it from right to left.
For example,
내일 동생이랑 공원에 놀러 갈 거예요:
I’m going to go play in the park with my younger sibling tomorrow.
I will have to practice this skill! Fun to discover a new way of looking at Korean language.
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ㄹ sound in Korean
Is there anyone who has suggestions on how I can learn to make this ㄹ sound?
The ㄹ sound evades me. I worked with my tutor for an hour today on it. It became clear that I don't really understand what the difference is between the description of "roll the tongue" and "flick the tongue". It is all deeply puzzling to me, because I make an r sound with the back of my mouth and no use of the tongue at all. So learning this new sound that uses the tongue touching the roof of the mouth on the ridge and air and some mysterious movement leaves my jaw aching and me frustrated.
I take a little comfort in the fact that other Americans apparently also have trouble making this r/l ㄹ sound. However, I can't seem to nail down in my mind what series of strange movements will let me reproduce the sound reliably.
I heard there was a study done in Japan to teach them the difference between r and l that gave feedback every time on whether they picked the sound right. I need the Korean equivalent of that to teach me when I am making the ㄹ sound correctly.
My tutor told me that if I can hear two sounds are different, then eventually I will be able to make that different sound. I hope so.
2014년 12월 4일
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Clear vowel sounds
I have been studying Korean on my own for 8 months. Most of that was reading and writing. I find that I do not have the basic sounds of Korean mastered. The 어 sound eludes me. Frustrating as it is, I have to go back to the Hangul alphabet and really learn each sound. That is my mission for this week.
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아낌없이 주는 나무 vocabulary
What are these words in English? 영어로이 말은 무엇입니까?
밑동만
밑동이
찾아왔지요
거라고는
최고야
낮잠도
실버시타인
술래잡기도
따
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What is 거라고는?
I tried to look up 거라고는 as used in this sentence from "The Giving Tree"
나는 너에게 줄 거라고는 이제 아무것도 없어.
Is this some kind of Korean grammar structure that means "expect ~ to do well"?
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Pronunciation is important
My first few months learning Korean, I only read from a book. I had no audio nor Koreans to speak with. I guessed at words based on Romanization the way an American with Boston accent might say the word.
I read about pronunciation rules like resyllabification, syllable-final closure, nasal assimilation, ㄴ ㄹassimilation, tensification, aspiration and the ㅎ weakening, double consonant reduction, palatization, and place assimilation.
Now, as I start having a Korean tutor, I finally see how those rules come into play. I am glad to put dry academic rules into real life practice. There is nothing better than hearing a native speaker and getting feedback.
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Pronunciation of Final consonant
Final sound
1.ㅅ,ㅆ,ㄷ,ㄸ,ㅌ,ㅈ,ㅉ,ㅊ,ㅎ (t)
잇, 옷, 맞, 찾
2.ㅇ (ng)
잉, 강, 응, 황
3.ㄴ (n)
인, 간, 은
4. ㅁ (m)
임, 금, 뭄, 맘
5. ㄱ,ㅋ,ㄲ (k)
익, 막, 속
6. ㅂ,ㅍ,ㅃ (p)
입, 잡, 홉
7.ㄹ (l~r)
일, 말, 을, 잘
Subject particle
은/ 는 (보조사)
이/ 가 (주격 조사)
Object particle
을/ 를 (목적격 조사)
2014년 10월 16일
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Meeting for the first time - formal - 한국어 인사
안녕하세요. 제 이름은 쥴리아입니다.
어떡해 부를까요?
몇 살 입니다?
저는 쇤 살 입니다.
어디서 오셨습니까?
미국에서 왔습니다,
저는 미국 사람이지만 지금 한국어를 배우고 있습니다.
왜냐하면 한국어는 재미있는 언어라고 생각하기 때문입니다.
저는 언어를 배우는데 비밀은 사람이라는 걸 알았습니다.
2014년 10월 4일
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How do Koreans say Oww! "Oww"이 한국어로 뭐예요?
"Oww"이 한국어로 뭐예요?
How do Koreans say "Oww"? I have learned some of the Korean sound effects from my pen pal 'huh huh', 'omo', 'ye?', 'hum', '하하', 'ㅋㅋㅋ', 'hew', 'wow', 'oh ho', etc. What exclamation do they make when something hurts?
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