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Posts:

Just Started Learning Korean? Here’s What You Can Expect

Free Textbook PDFs:

Beginning Korean: A Grammar Guide

Basic Korean: A Grammar and Workbook

My Korean 1 and Audio Files

My Korean 2 and Audio Files

Essential Grammar For Korean as a Second Language

Websites:

https://www.viki.com/ - website that helps you learn Korean through K-dramas. Includes learning mode to help you understand vocabulary and grammar

Learn Korean Through K-Pop - website that helps you learn Korean through popular k-pop songs. Also includes quizzes and breakdown of grammar and vocabulary.

Learn Korean.Net - Korean learning website with free lessons

Talk to Me In Korean - Largest learning site for beginners

Korean Wiki Project - Wikipedia type resource for everything you need to know about Korean

r/Korean - Korean reddit page for you to ask questions and gather resources

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Innovative Language 101: App Store / Google Play

Chat to Learn Korean - Eggbun: App Store / Google Play

PopPopping Korean – Pronunciation: App Store / Google Play

TOPIK ONE: App Store / Google Play

Learn Korean - WordPower: App Store / Google Play

HelloTalk Language Exchange: App Store / Google Play

TenguGo Hangul: App Store / Google Play

Naver Korean Dictionary & Translate: App Store / Google Play

Learn Korean - Bravolol: App Store / Google Play

Duolingo: App Store / Google Play

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Ever wonder what you did in a previous life? A Korean might just tell you. Probably because of the deep background in Buddhism, the ideology of “a previous life” has become a normal part of Korean speech.
Let’s take a look:

Common phrases:

“전생에 나라를 구했나” - Literally: To have saved the country in a previous life. Meaning: To be really lucky.
“과학 선생님이 복권이 당첨되셔서 학교 그만 두셨데.”
“와 대박. 전생에 나라를 10번은 구한듯.”
“I heard the science teacher won the lottery so he quit.”
“Woah, he must have saved the country at least ten times in his previous life.”

“전생에 무슨 죄를 지었나” - Literally: To have sinned in a previous life. Meaning: To be unlucky.
“나 어제 여자친구 생겼다!”
“헐. 네 여자친구는 전생에 무슨 죄를 지었길래 너랑 사귀냐.”
“I got a girlfriend yesterday!”
“Oh gosh, what sin did she commit in her previous life to end up dating you.”

“전생에 못먹은 귀신이 들렸나/붙었나” - Literally: To be possessed by a ghost who was starved (in its previous life.) Meaning: To eat unusually fast/a lot/often.
“여기 삼겹살 죽인다. 진짜 맛있어.”
“내말이. 전생에 못먹은 귀신이 들렸나, 왜 이렇게 끝도 없이 들어가지? 살찌게.“
“The pork belly here is to die for. It’s amazing.”
“You can say that again. Am I possessed by a starved ghost, why can I just eat this forever? I’m gonna get so fat.”

These are some well established phrases, however, the use of “your previous life” doesn’t stop there. People can get creative with these.

Example:

“넌 무슨 전생에 개였냐? 술만 먹으면 개되네.” - Literally: You must have been a dog in your previous because you always are such a dog when you’re drunk. Meaning: To have bad habits come out when drunk.

Whatever you did in your previous life may affect your life, or not, but either way it’ll help you sound more fluent. Feel free to send me some of your favorites or phrases that you’ve heard. ^^

Until next time!

lilidoescriticallanguages

These are so interesting and helpful!!

Source: thekimchibear

koreanstudytips

Egotistic - MAMAMOO

koreanstudytips

화 - Anger

태도 - Attitude

중심 - Center

매일 - Everyday

매번 - Every time, Always

눈 - Eye

머리 - Head, Hair

입 - Lips, Mouth

밤 - Night

이제 - Now

위성 - Satellite

소리 - Sound

태양 - Sun

생각 - Thought, Think, Idea

어리석다 - To be foolish

외롭다 - To be lonely

무너지다 - To collapse

새우다 - To stay up all night

떨림 - Trembling

이해 - Understand(ing)

너 - You

너의 - Your

futurehyperpoliglot

Korean Idioms Pt.2

dailydoseofkorea

Idiom- meaning (literal meaning)

These translations may not be completely correct as some have no English equivalent.

This post is dedicated to @cica-triz-ando who suggested the idea of adding the literal meaning!

달걀로 바위치기- To try beat something strong using something weak (hitting a rock with an egg)

독 안에 든 쥐- A situation impossible to escape from (rat stuck in a pot)

돌다리도 두들겨 보고 건너라- Always be careful (check stone bridges before you cross them)

친구 따라 강남 간다- Doing something because their friend is (following your friend to Gangnam)

동에 번쩍 서에 번쩍- Impossible to tell where they’re going to be next (up in the east and up in the south)

두 손뼉이 맞아야 소리가 난다- You need to work together with someone you work well with (you need two hands to clap)

등잔 밑이 어둡다- It’s harder to know things close to you (it’s the darkest under the candlestick)

마른 하늘에 날벼락- A random bad happening (thundering on a clear day)

마음이 굴뚝 같다- Desperate to do something (my heart is like a chimney)

막상막하- Hard to tell who’s better

믿는 도끼에 발등 찍힌다- Being betrayed by someone you trust (your foot gets stabbed with your trusty axe)

밑 빠진 독에 물 붓기- Pouring your effort into something with no end and no reward (pouring water in a bottomless pot)

발등에 불이 떨어졌다- An inevitable situation has happened (a flamed dropped onto your foot)

Source: dailydoseofkorea

futurehyperpoliglot

Korean Swear Words

dailydoseofkorea

WARNING: This post contains offensive words and for those of you wanting another vocab list, there is one posted as well!

씨발- b*llsh*t

새끼- originally an insult to one’s parents (son of a b*tch). Also can be used in a friendly way between close friends.

미친년- crazy b*tch

미친놈- crazy son of a b*tch

개새끼- son of a b*tch

꼰대- someone who enforces their experience and opinion on people younger (for example: when I was your age…)

급식충- people who are underage that speak and behave inappropriately in online communities

닥쳐- shut up

등신- dumb*ss

또라이 (돌아이)- someone who is crazy

멍청이- idiot

Keep reading

hangulhoney

I hope my followers are mature enough for these lmao

Source: dailydoseofkorea

lovelybluepanda

Vocab from BTS’ Magic Shop

jasminlang

call me the most basic girl on this planet for liking bts but i went to see them live in london and this song stood out to me a lot. i love learning korean so i decided to tear apart this song’s lyrics to understand it better.

망설인다는 걸 알아요 진심을 말해도 (I know you’re hesitating, even if you speak sincerely)

망설이다 - hesitate, waver (between), dither (over/about/between)

결국 다 흉터들로 돌아오니까 ([since] in the end it will all return as scars)

결국 - finally, eventually, ultimately, after all, at (long) last, in the end, in the long run

흉터 - scar

돌아오다 - return, come[get, turn] back

힘을 내란 뻔한 말은 하지 않을 거야 (I won’t say something obvious like “stay strong”)

뻔하다 - clear, obvious

난 내 얘길 들려줄게 들려줄게 (I will tell you my story [instead])

들려주다 - tell, inform, read to, play for, give ((a person)) a tune, sing for, let ((a person)) hear[know]

내가 뭐랬어, 이길 거랬잖아, 믿지 못했어 이길 수 있을까 (what did I say, [I said] we’d win, didn’t really believe it, that we could actually win)

이기다 - to win, beat, defeat

믿다 - to believe

이 기적 아닌 기적을 우리가 만든 걸까 (this miracle that isn’t a miracle, did we make it)

기적 - miracle

만들다 - to make/create/invent

내가 나인 게 싫은 날 영영 사라지고 싶은 날 ([on] the days I hate being myself, [on] the days I want to disappear for good)

영영 - forever, for good (and all), eternally, permanently

사라지다 - disappear; (갑자기) vanish; (서서히) fade away

문을 하나 만들자 너의 맘 속에 다 (let’s make a door, inside your heart)

문 - door

그 문을 열고 들어가면 이 곳이 기다릴 거야 (if you open that door and come inside, this place here will be waiting)

열다 - to open

들어가다 - enter, go[get, come] in(to), walk[step] in(to)

항상 최고가 되고 싶어, 그래서 조급했고 늘 초조했어 (I always wanted to be the best, [and] so I was always impatient and anxious)

최고 - best

조급하다 - impatient

늘 - always, all the time, the whole time

초조 - restlessness, nervousness, anxiety, restless, nervous, anxious, impatient

남들과 비교는 일상이 돼버렸고 (comparing myself with others became my daily life)

비교 - comparison

일상 - everyday life, daily life

위로와 감동이 되고 싶었었던 나 (I wanted to become your comfort and move your heart)

위로 - consolation, comfort

감동 - to be moved[touched, affected] (by) (e.g. you can say 감동했어요)

나도 모든 게 다 두려웠다면 믿어줄래, 모든 진심들이 남은 시간들이 (would you believe me if I said that I was scared of everything too? all the sincerity, the remaining times)

두려워하다 - be afraid[fearful] (of), be scared[terrified] (of), be frightened (about/of), fear, dread

너의 모든 해답은 니가 찾아낸 이 곳에 (all your answers are in this place you found)

해답 - answer, solution

Source: jasminlang

bulletproof-korean

Begin

bulletproof-korean

아무것도 없던 열다섯의 나
세상은 참 컸어 너무 작은 나
이제 난 상상할 수도 없어
향기가 없던 텅 비어있던 나 나
I pray

➼ 아무것도 - anything
➼ 없다 - to not have
➼ 열다섯 - 15 (years old)
➼ 나 - me
➼ 세상 - world
➼ 참 - so
➼ 크다 x 작다 - to be big x small
➼ 상상하다 - to imagine
➼ 향기 - smell
➼ 텅 비어있다 - to be empty

➽ 던/았던

➽ ㄹ/을 수 있다/없다

Love you my brother 형들이 있어
감정이 생겼어 나 내가 됐어
So I’m me
Now I’m me

➼ 형 - older brother from a male speaker’s perspective
➼ 감정 - emotions
➼ 생기다 - to get

➽ 들

➽이/가 되다

You make me begin
You make me begin
You make me begin
(Smile with me, smile with me,
smile with me)
You make me begin
(Smile with me, smile with me)

참을 수가 없어
울고 있는 너
대신 울고 싶어
할 순 없지만

➼ 참다 - to stand sth, to endure
➼ 울다 - to cry
➼ 대신 - instead

➽ 고 있다

할 순 없지만 = 할 수는 없지만 - but I cannot do that

You make me begin
You make me begin
You make me begin
(Cry with me, cry with me,
cry with me)
You make me begin
(Cry with me, cry with me)

죽을 것 같아 형이 슬프면
형이 아프면 내가 아픈 것보다 아파

➼ 죽다 - to die
➼ 슬프다 - to be sad
➼ 아프다 - to hurt, be hurt

➽ 은/는/을 것 같다

죽을 것 같아 - just a phrase, not about actually dying but means something very bad

➽ (으)면

➽ 보다

Brother let’s cry, cry 울고 말자
슬픔은 잘 모르지만 그냥 울래
Because, because

➼ 슬픔 - sadness
➼ 모르다 - to not know

➽ 고 말다 is a grammar that indicates an unplanned action that ended in some undesirable way. A possible translation of it to English could be “end up doing sth”

So here, Jungkook basically just repeats what he said in English. “Brother let’s cry, cry 울고 말자” let’s just cry…

You made me again
You made me again
You made me again
(Fly with me, fly with me,
fly with me)
You made me again
(Fly with me, fly with me)
You make me begin
You made me again

bulletproof-korean

So What 1

bulletproof-korean

Somebody call me right one
Somebody call me wrong
난 신경 쓰지 않을래
너도 그럼 어때
So what
Let go

➼ 신경을 쓰다 - to mind sth, to be bothered by sth
➼ 그렇다 - to be like that

그럼 = 그러면
너도 그럼 어때 - why don’t you do it too

한숨 그 안에 많은 걱정이 숨어있네
고민 그만해 너는 이미 다 알고 있지
이 길의 중간에 포기하고 싶은 순간에
더 크게 소리질러봐
So what what what

➼ 한숨 - a sigh
➼ 안 - inside
➼ 걱정 - worries, concern
➼ 숨어있다 - to be hidden
➼ 고민 - worries
➼ 그만하다 - to stop
➼ 이미 - already
➼ 알다 - to know
➼ 길 - road, path
➼ 중간 - middle
➼ 포기하다 - to give up
➼ 순간 - moment
➼ 크다 - to be big (크게 = louder)
➼ 소리지르다 - to scream

➽ ~고 싶다

내 맘대로 되는 건 없고
숨을 곳은 뭐 더더욱 없어
이미 주사윈 던져진 지 오래
꾸물대단 휩쓸려가겠지 oh bae
고민들의 9할은
니가 만들어 낸 상상의 늪
고민보다 go go 쫄지마렴 cheer up
소리쳐봐 so what what

➼ 마음대로 - according to what I want
➼ 건 = 것은 - thing
➼ 숨다 - to hide
➼ 더더욱 - more and more
➼ 주사위 - a dice
➼ 던져지다 - to be thrown
➼ 꾸물대다 - to move slowly, to wriggle
➼ 휩쓸리다 - to be swept away
➼ 9할 - 90%
➼ 만들어내다 - to make
➼ 상상 - imagination
➼ 늪 - swamp
➼ 쫄다 - to be frightened

We are we are we are
Young & wild & free
답도 없는 고민 고민
그 속에 빠져 있지 마
경계선 위에서 위태롭다 해도
웃고 떠들며 바람을 가르자
때론 바보같이 멍청이 달리기
실수와 눈물 속에 we just go

➼ 답 - answer
➼ 빠지다 - to fall
➼ 경계선 - boundary
➼ 위태롭다 - to be risky, dangerous
➼ 웃다 - to laugh
➼ 떠들다 - to chatter
➼ 바람을 가르다 - cut through the wind
➼ 때론 - sometimes
➼ 바보같이 - foolishly
➼ 멍청이 - fools
➼ 달리기 - running
➼ 실수 - mistake
➼ 눈물 - tears
➼ 속에 - in (inside)

almostapolyglot

exam prep pt. 1

piersicaa

Start early. it may seem like it is waaayy to early to start. but here’s the thing: it is never too late to start studying for an exam, so start early and start now
Make a revision guide. List all the crucial things you absolutely have to revise for. If your teacher gives you a guide, ditch it. You know more than anyone what you need to work on.
Focus on what you don’t know. I know its more comfortable doing things you already know, it gives you a nice ego boost, but the other things won’t learn themselves. i repeat: focus on what you DON’T know.
Which means study by priority. Study what you need the most help on. Do not go in order. You will run out of time to study things you actually need help on. So please don’t.
Mindmaps. These are good for subjects like history and the sciences. It is much easier to see all your notes on one page. So do yourself a favor and convert your notes into mindmaps.
Flashcards. After mindmaps comes flashcards. How I study is by first taking notes, then making a mindmap, and then putting the information into flashcards (~~I might make a post ;)~~). They don’t always work for essay based subjects so beware. But remember: flashcards only work if you frequently review them.
Past papers. These are your friends. Seriously. If you do past papers, they will help a LOT. This gives you an idea of how the real exam will be. They will mostly come in the same format, so it will help you be familiar with the layout of the papers.
Specifications. Don’t just get all your info from study guides. Most of the time they leave out some information. See what exam board you’re doing and find the spec. Try to use that as a checklist.
Ask for help. Your teachers are there to help. If you’re struggling, ask for help. See if there are extra classes. Check if your teacher can tutor you if they have time (my teacher did). Seriously. Ask. Its for your benefit.
Avoid burnout. Don’t just focus on one topic/subject. Switch it up to avoid burnout and remember to take breaks. You can’t put all the information in your brain in one go. Take care of yourself.
You can do this. I believe in you, you can do anything if you put your mind to it. just remember to breathe and take care of your health. It’s more important than anything. Trust me, you can do this :)

Source: piersicaa

0-koi

moomin — japanese vocab

0-koi

いつも – always

強がりを言う (つよがりをいう) – try to hide one’s weakness

君 (きみ) – you

たまに – seldom

涙 (なみだ) – tears

こぼす – to shed

はず – expected to

思いきり (おもいきり) – to one’s heart’s content

悲しい (かなしい) – sad

消える (きえる) – to disappear

おいで – come

ところ – place

手を伸ばす (てをのばす) – reach for

ごらん – look

夢 (ゆめ) – dream

世界 (せかい) – world

連れて行く (つれていく) – take someone along with one

素直な (すなおな) – honest

心 (こころ) – heart

See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

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