I’ve just put up a long overdue update to the site. I put together a list of 100 Common Korean Verbs. It isn’t scientific or anything; it’s just what I seem to use the most living here in Korea. Take a look and see what you think. Are there any glaring omissions? Any mistakes? Keep [...]
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I’ve added some more vocabulary to the Nouns section. It’s starting to fill in, but there is a lot more that will be added. This week I’ve been working on some “time” vocabulary I think you all will find very useful. One of the challenges with this site is thinking of how best to organize [...]
Here is some vocab from the 구미호 외전 (Nine Tailed Fox / Forbidden Love) drama that I finished up a few months ago. I really liked the show. It’s a little dated and cheesy, but it still has appeal. I have posted in a while so I’ll remind you of the goal. Every episode of [...]
One of the mistakes I made when I first started learning Korean was memorizing unnecessary vocabulary for the level that I was at. This applies to learning any language. I spent a lot of time learning things like all the animals or all the body parts. You should focus on what is essential. When you’re [...]
I started a new drama recently called 내 여자친구는 구미호 / My Girlfriend is a Gumiho. I really like stories of gumihos. I guess you can kind of say they’re the equivalent of vampires. It’s cool to see the legends of other kinds of monsters and supernatural beings from other cultures. This one is quite [...]
Yesterday, I was walking home from work when I ran into one of my former elementary school students who just started middle school. I asked her how she liked her new school and middle school life. She said everything was good except that there were a lot of 날라리. I asked her what exactly that [...]
You probably didn’t even know I was gone. I spent a few weeks back in the U.S. and then I took a nice little tripper over to Cambodia and Malaysia. I’ll be back to updating the site now. I’m also working on a sister site over at learn Korean. Both of the sites will be [...]
새해 복 많이 받으세요 or Happy New Year to you all. Here are some more words from the latest episodes of 구미호 외전 (Nine Tailed Fox / Forbidden Love). Well, plastic surgery wasn’t one, but I learned it in the process. If you live in Korea, it is a word you should know anyway because [...]
I learn a lot of Korean vocabulary in the process of teaching my Korean elementary school students. Today, I did a lesson on the environment and learned some new words. I already knew nature – 자연, but I didn’t know: Environment –환경 Recycling –재활용 To Recycle – 재활용하다 Pollution – 오염 Population – 인구수 I [...]
Alright, so I’m still watching the Korean drama 구미호 외전 also known as Nine Tailed Fox / Forbidden Love. All the Koreans I’ve talked to say that it was a terrible show, but all the non-Koreans seem to like it. It definitely has some poor acting and elements of cheesiness, but it also has a [...]