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I know Portuguese and English (both native), and a bit of French. I took a class on Japanese at my Uni, but have since then decided to learn Korean. I am a Software Engineering student, and am only learning a language during my spare time. With that, I need to find ways to study at home and by myself.
Korean is completely different from any Latin based languages, so finding what and how to study is a bit different for me now :)
What are your methods of learning a new language?
Well, I'm learning japanese and Kanji, so I just write and read it over and over.
That's the method my friend used when he took the Japanese class. I guess I can give that a try, but the real issue with Korean is the speaking ;o
True, I'm not even close to putting together sentences.
learning conversational languages just takes some time, learn basic greetings, numbers, the definitive and infinitive articles etc. Basic word order, question words and how to pluralise are also important, they should get you some basic know how :P
other words like, and, but, want, would like, etc also help :)
fluency requires a lot more effort and time though
Have you ever heard of BYKI by transparent languages? Its a very good program for building vocabulary and they have a free lite version with no spyware or anything and they also have an area where other users can post there own Lists :), it might be worth a try :P
If you can, stock up on Korean movies/shows/cartoons, anything like that. Even if you can't understand it, hearing it will help, and each time you watch something, you'll be able to catch more and more words. I too am thinking about learning Korean.
Like what Mes said, You could turn some of your favorite movies on to the Korean Sound dubs, or put on Korean subtitles.
I'd like to learn some Korean. At least enough to know what move my TKD Master is telling me do without having to see it. Apparently, you have to know all that by black belt.
I haven't heard of BYKI but I will take a look at it. I'm also thinking of making my own little app with c++ on my journey adding and learning things as I go along with it.
I've been watching Korean films for a while now, I have watch soo many haha. The problem is it's tough reading the subs and trying to catch Korean, also because I enjoy their movies for the purpose of the story.
But what I might do is watch some cartoony show or something as suggested since I wouldn't care too much for subs :)
My Japanese teacher also had said watching the news is a very good thing to do. Since they pronounce everything clearly, it's good practice.
So far I think I have most the alphabet learned, so now to learn some vocab :)
Glad to hear others are interested in the language , welcome aboard :bowdown:
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Originally Posted by Thatperson
Actually if im not wrong, The Korean language does not utilize articles.
And im rather puzzled why anyone would study Korean, they are not known to have the best looking girls
Haha, yeah, I know enough Korean to yell orders at students :P.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kushna Mufeed
"Charyeot, gyeongnye. Junbi, sijak!"
To each his own.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gastone Mojaisky
Oh right, How could i forget. You'll want to see this website for free Korean lessons.
Enjoy!
The best way of learning is total immersion. Many people can't do this. So I find studying it in every way you can (music, television, formal classes, flash cards, handwriting, typing, chatting, etc.) is the most helpful.