New Language Book: 한국어 어휘 연습 ~ Korean Vocabulary Practice for Foreigners

I bought a new book last night.

한국어 어휘 연습 ~ 
Korean Vocabulary Practice for Foreigners (Intermediate Level).

 I bought it through a local foreigners Facebook group, Bundang Buy and Sell.  It is in immaculate condition - like new - and only cost me 7,000원 (About 4 pounds).

The book is published by Yonsei University and is a kind of  dictionary, with the words organised into categories. (oh yeah, a vocabulary book!) The first category is 사람 - People.

The words are listed with a translated meaning, a Usage example (of the word) - Noun, Adverb, an example expression and 2 example sentences.

You can view / download the first 5 pages from the first chapter >Here<

So you can check if you want to buy this book...
File Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1udXhC2Un3HakZEaVNMUGNyTXc/view?usp=sharing

Learning Korean - 비정상회담 - Korean TV Show

I had a great Korean class last night...   We decided to have a free talking lesson before starting the next chapter of the Essential Korean for Business use (Oh I started making a Memrise for this book - Any one else use it? - more on that later)

We talked about  비정상회담 - This is a Korean talk show and features some foreigners who are are pretty awesome at speaking korean - If you don't know about this show you can check it out on youTube here 비정상회담

The name of this show is quite interesting

정상회담 means Summit  and the shows set looks like an international summit and the "Foreigner" guests are all from different countries; Turkey, UK, USA, Australia, Africa - these guys have reached a celebrity status in Korea... because of their language ability.

The title of the show is a play on words adding 비  to the front, this is not a real word, but it makes the title mean "Normal persons summit' or 'abnormal summit'

- This show is actually a lot of fun.  See the video at the bottom of this post!!!

We talked about the show, TV shows and movies...

Phrases

매주 보는 것은 아니에요      I don't watch every week
매주 보지는 않아요               I don't watch every week
거의  ~ 않다                            rarely
example: 거의 콜라를 마시지 않아요  I rarely drink cola


Vocabulary

잊어버리다             Forget
기억나다 (하다)     Remember
특히                         Rarely
인상깊었던             Impressive

Memrize Sogang Korean study

I have re-started using Memrize to study vocabulary, there are already Memrize courses for Sogang 1b, 2a, and 2b.  If you don't know about memrise, you can check it out here.

I use the Andriod App on my Note 3, and it works really well.  I last used memrize about a year ago and gave up as it was too hard to type on my phone, within the time limit.  Problems were caused by both the text input on my phone and the app itself, oh and probably my lack of ability!

The website works in the previous way with the timed countdown to type the word, but the app now has several methods to input the word. One is to select the English translation form a list of options, the other is to read the English word / phrase and select groups of Korean characters to form the Korean word / phrase.

For example:

Memrise has allowed me, through its gamified learning environment, to learn 321 words and accumulate 168,448 points.  I have no idea what the points are for, or what they mean, but what I like about the Memrise environment is that it is very motivating, you want to remember the words and a sense of achievement is given when the you get it right.

I also have been continuing with my conversation classes and will post something about them, later!

Happy studying!

출근길에 - On the way to work.

Phrase:

출근길에 병원에 들렀다가 조금늦게 하겠습니다.

I will be a bit late to work as i will drop by the hospital

많이 안좋나 보군요. 일보고 천천히 들어오세요.

You must be really unwell, take your time

Vocabulary:

출근                =   work

길                    =    road

병원                =   hospital

조금                =   little

늦게                =   late

많이                =   a lot

안좋나            =   not well

보군요            =   see   (보다)      

일                    =   work

보고                =   see   (보다) 

천천히            =   Slowly

들렀다가        =  stopped by

하겠습니다    =  I will

들어오세요    = come in

출근길에 = On the way to work

Bathroom Vocabulary

Bathroom Vocabulary list from Learning Korean is easy

핀셋	Tweezers (Pronounced as: 핀섿)
욕조	Bathtub (Pronounced as: 욕쪼)
수건걸이	Towel rack (Pronounced as: 수건거리)
수건	Towel
치약	Toothpaste
칫솔	Toothpaste (Pronounced as: 칟쏠)
변좌	Toilet seat
화장지	Toilet paper
변기	Toilet
비누	Soap
세면대	Sink, basin
샤워 커튼	Shower curtain
샤워실, 샤워기	Shower
면도용 크림	Shaving cream
전기면도기	(electric) Shaver
샴푸	Shampoo
면도날	Razor blade
파우더	Powder
플런저	Plunger
향수	Perfume
손톱줄	Nail file (Pronounced as: 손톱쭐)
손톱깎이	Nail clippers (Pronounced as: 손톱까끼)
구강 청결제	Mouthwash
거울	Mirror
화장	Make-up
로션	Lotion
헤어 드라이어	Hair-dryer
솔빗	Hair brush (Pronounced as: 솔빋)
치실	Floss
컨디셔너	Conditioner
빗	Comb (Pronounced as: 빋)
목욕 수건	Bath towel (Pronounced as: 모굑 수건)
화장복	Bathrobe

Download as a spreadsheet

Korean through English Book 2

My Sunday Korean class, starts a new term next week, and yesterday we had a pre-term enrollment type session. At the end of the last term there was only one student - 'me' and we started the Sogang 2b book.  I enjoyed studying the first chapter and worked quite hard studying the vocabulary and completing the extra work book tasks.  But the new term sees new students and a change of teachers, I have been moved to a new group with a new teacher, which will be a conversation class.  I don't mind as it will be good to have some conversation practise.

The conversation class will be based on a 'new' book Korean through English by Sang Oak lee.  i was surprised to see the book on the table as I have this book although I never studied it.  I bought this book about 10 years ago, when I got home and checked the book my which  has written some translations for me in it, so at some point I must have attempted to study it. I think it was too hard at the time.  Now, it seems okay - there are lots of new vocabulary and it will be interesting to see how the conversation class is formed out of the book's text.  I am going to need to study a lot before each class to try and keep up with it.

Here is the vocab from our first lesson (Next week)

And here is the text we will use, for the conversation class - The text is quite short, first i plan to read it until I understand it, and then memorize some of the sentences, then try to write my own opinion sentences.  Lots to do before Sunday!!!

There is an English translation, but I am trying to read it - YET!

I will post about the class and my own writing work later...

You can download all pages as a pdf > Korean Through English Book 2  Page 13 <

주방 / 조리 Kitchen / Cooking Vocabulary

A vocabulary list for the kitchen / cooking from learning korean is easy

끓다	To boil
병	Jar, bottle | It has other meanings too
굽다	To grill meat, to roast, or to bake bread
컵	Cup
요리	Cookery, cooking
도마	Cutting board
물병	Jug
밀대	Rolling pin
체	Sieve | Has other meanings
후라이팬	Frying pan
쟁반	Tray
컵받침	Coaster
받침 접시	Saucer
찻숟가락	Teaspoon
찻주전자	Teapot
접시	Plate
그릇	Bowl
젓가락	Chopsticks
숟가락	Spoon
포크	Fork
칼	Knife
솥	Kettle
소스	Dressing, sauce
참기름	Sesame oil
양념	Seasoning, condiments, and spices
소금	Salt
부엌	Kitchen

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바다 - beach

지난 주말은 추석이었다. 나는 바닷가에 갔다.
Last weekend was Thanksgiving (추석) I went to the beach.

I found some beach vocabulary at  learning korean is easy

1. 요트 | Yacht

2. 젖다 | To be wet

3. 주말 | Weekend

4. 파도 | Wave

5. 물병 | Water bottle

6. 배구 | Volleyball

7. 저류 | Undertow

8. 파라솔 | Parasol

9. 쓰나미 | Tsunami

10. 해변용 수건 | Beach towel

11. 조수 웅덩이 | Tide pool

12. 조수 | Tide

13. 햇볕에 탐 | Tan

14. 수영하다 | To swim

15. 수영을 못 해(요) | I can’t swim

16. 서핑 보드 | Surfboard

17. 자외선 차단제 | Sunscreen

18. 선글라스 | Sunglasses

19. 햇볕에 | Sunburn

20. 일광욕을 하다 | To sunbathe

21. 태양 | Sun

22. 불가사리 | Starfish

23. 스노클 | Snorkel

24. 간식 | Snack

25. 해안 | Shore

26. 껍데기 | Shell

27. 상어 | Shark

28. 갈매기 | Seagull

29. 바다 | Sea

30. 스쿠버 | Scuba

31. 모래성 | Sandcastle

32. 모래톱 | Sandbar

33. 샌들 | Sandals

34. 모래 | Sand

35. 바닷물 | Salt water

36. 범선 | Sailboat

37. 암초 | Reef

38. 부두 | Pier

39. 펠리컨 | Pelican

40. 야자나무 | Palm tree

41. 구명조끼 | Jacket

42. 카약 | Kayak

43. 해파리 | Jellyfish

44. 섬 | island

45. 아이스크림 | Ice cream

46. 소라게 | Hermit crab

47. 모자 | Hat

48. 프리스비 | Frisbee

49. 낚시 | Fishing

50. 물고기 | Fish

51. 가족 | Family

52. 친구 | Friend

53. 게 | Crab

54. 작은 만 | Cove

55. 산호 | Coral

56. 조개 | Clam

57. 부기 보드 | Boogie board

58. 배 | Boat

59. 비키니 | Bikini

60. 비치볼 | Beach ball

61. 만 | Bay

62. 수영복 | Swimsuit, bathing suit, etc. Download the list as a spreadsheet

딱 걷기에 좋은 날씨 - Perfect walking weather

During my lunchtime walk today, I learned the expression "딱 걷기에 좋은 날씨".
Which means "Perfect Walking Weather"

At first I was quite confused as I misheard 딱 걷기 as 닭고기 (Chicken) Good weather 
- Oh how they laughed (at my expense (not really - just a bit)) 

But it seemed logical to me as on the first and last day of summer Korean people eat Chicken soup Samgyetang (See picture) so it kind of made sense that on a day like today "오늘은 날씨가 엄청 좋다!" ("Today the weather is really Good") that chicken would be involved somewhere...


So I got the expression explained and broken down for me...

Vocabulary

딱 = Perfect 걷기에 = Walking 좋은 = Good 날씨 = Weather

So "딱" - is a really useful word which can kind of be translated to 'perfectly'/'Properly'/'Suitably'


So I was advised to add this to the beginning other sentences/expressions

"딱 좋아!" = Perfectly Good!

And So on... which is 딱 좋아!

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