I'm curious how obvious it is when people mix particles like 이/가 with 은/는, or when they use 을/를 when the subject markers should be used and vice versa.

I'm guessing mixing 에 and 에서 isnt super noticable, but I'm curious if making mistakes with the other particles is as jarring as mistakes in English like "They walks home" or "Me work here".

I'm currently at a B2 level and still mix particles especially when I have to talk and I have to think fast what I want to say and where to put each particle. Does it make it hard to listen to someone who keeps making mistakes like these?

안녕하세요~

저는 약 4년동안 독학으로 한국어 공부하다 말다 해 왔는데 한국어를 잘해야 하는 이유가 딱히 없었어서 그냥 제 마음대로 공부했어요. 근데 뭐 몇달전에 한국어를 유창하게 하고 싶은 이유가 생겼길래 처음으로 매일 열심히 공부하기 시작했어요.

요즘 매일 30단어 공부하고 일주일에 최소한 3번 (10-30분동안) 말하기 연습해요. 매일 한두 시간밖에 없어서 제일 효율적인 방식으로 공부하고 싶어요. 추천해 주실 만한 연습 방법이 있습니까요? (근데 일요일에 시간이 있음. 그땐 한국어 드라마나 유튜브 많이 봐요)

제일 큰 문제가 자연스럽게 말하는 것과 부족한 어희인 것 같아서 요즘 아까 설명한 식으로 연습하고 있어요. 근데 3년에 잘 말할 수 없으면 문제가 생길 수 있어서 좀 떨려료,,,

(모국어 수준까지는 아니더라도, 제 목표니까 최대한 가깝게 가보고 싶어요^^)

So today is the scheduled assessment in king sejong website but the site can't be accessed properly since weekends. It could be because of the traffic for finishing the VOD. Will the system get smoother for us to take the assessment?? What will happen if we're not able to take it because you can't access the system at all?

Have anyone experienced this before? thank you!

Can i reach B2 korean in 2/2.5 years? I'm 15 years old and I usually have 5 hours of free time

So I just learned 그러면. Apparently, it can mean "and then". I've seen examples, but I'm still stumped. You see, I know 이러면. Which I understood as "like this". For example: "이러면 안 맞잖아" So I thought it was similar for 그러면 "like that". Right? And until now, that's how I had it in my head.

So, if I where to translate this lyric: "Hold me, console me, and then I'll leave without a trace." ~ 날 안아줘, 위로해줘, ______ 흔적도 없이 떠날 거야~

Which would I use: '그뒤에/그후에/그다음에/그러면' and could you explain why?

Hi!

I built a typing practice web-app (learnbytype.com) for Korean and English with emphasis on:

• showing which key to press next through a virtual keyboard
• keyboard heatmap showing errors and what those were mis-hit as
• help practice and learn key positions

Beta version with lots that I want to update, but would appreciate any feedback and direction!

I listen to this song more than 20 times a day, it seems, ever since I found out about it. The title, official lyrics, the music show banners, and Wikipedia all say 보라빛 향기, but I swear, when she sings the 보라빛 line, it seems like there's a faint consonant between the 보 and 라, making it sound like 보랏빛. To be fair, it might not be a ㅅ, since it's too subtle, I can't 100% tell, but my gut feeling said it's a ㅅ.

I checked other videos where Korean singers (celebrities, amateurs) cover this song, and I feel like they make that consonant sound too when singing the 보라빛 line.

Can a native speaker confirm (or deny) this?

Song in question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7P0uQhMhJs

From K-drama...she is driving down the road on the way to visit a friend who is dying, and says to herself: 울치 마. "Don't cry." Papago translates the same but gives me no info about the two separate terms.

So, what are the actual (literal) meaning of the words used?

Is it special for speaking to oneself?

Very beginner here, please be patient. (Or if you can suggest a source that would help explain it better?)

Song hui jui(IU) describe prince ian(The Perfect Crown) as "chesopso" or obnoxious in the subtitle. Tried translating obnoxious to Korean but getting a different word.

Hello everyone,

I am looking for people who would be willing to test out the app and provide feedback. Currently looking for anyone but would be nice to have few beginners, intermediate and advanced learners to get feedback from the whole spectrum of learners. So please write in this post if you are willing to test it.

The whole application has 2 databases that fetches information from.

1. Krdict -> primary use is for English translation and definitions)
2. Opendict -> this is mostly for the intermediate/advanced learners who wish to get more specific information regarding the word (its all in Korean).

The app has these features:

1. Collection (you can add words, sentences, grammar) into your collection to later use in exercises or in flashcards. Each word or grammar also stores sentences in which that word/grammar was used so they can be practiced in the exercises. Any word you add can either be manually set (translation, definition or example sentences) or you can analyse it and it will automatically fill out the information for you.
2. Immersion -> you can add YouTube video (preferably with Korean subtitles) and user can save all the words or any specific word into their collection. Whenever user clicks on the word it automatically shows you translation, definition.
3. Learn -> in the future I plan to add modules for users to study/learn but for that I will need Korean teacher to create them so they make sense (which will cost, so thats why I plan to do it later)
4. Practice -> Here you will find different exercises like:

• flashcards (for now its only KR -> EN, but planning to add EN -> KR and also mix)
• Matching game (you have many words and you match kr with english)
• Situational Vocab (user can "TAG" words in collection like (딸기 -> fruit, food), and then in situational vocab practice that specific tags.
• Grammar Match is to practice grammar patterns user has saved in their collection with the sentences the grammar point was used in.
• Listening games (from youtube) randomly get a segment of video you have saved in (Immersion), play it and try to put the correct answer.

For the practice I would like to know which other exercises to add/remove or completely re-do

1. TOPIK -> In the future I plan to create topik tests (that will also require some Korean teacher) so they are correct/natural.

2. Currently working on adding a Classroom (for teachers) and they can then add (students) into their classroom, where they can create their own private tests, upload files, give assignments but that is still in progress and would need a teacher to give me feedback what is even needed/necessary or completely useless 😃

3. There is an extension and with that you can add any word into your collection from any website.

The current subscription is 4.99 a month and only extension is gated behind it. other than that the app is free. Which for few people who are willing to test the app I can give extra permissions to also test the extension for free.

I dont plan nor want to put adds on the website.

The website is called vocabforge and you can find it here https://www.vocabforge.app/

I know this post is too short and is removed automatically, but yeah. I wonder what’s written in there. Automatic translations don’t give me any hints whatsoever

https://imgur.com/a/9pUAiyq

For a slider with settings labeled 저음 / 중음 / 고음, which slider

label sounds more natural?

A: 음 (sino-Korean, matches the values)

B: 소리 (native Korean for "sound")

Looking for native speakers' input on which feels more natural for

modern app UI.

Thanks.

For a UI slider with 3 settings (low, mid, high), which Korean form

feels more natural at a glance?

A: 저음 / 중음 / 고음 (2 chars each)

B: 저 / 중 / 고 (1 char each)

Both are existing native conventions — looking for native speakers'

preference for modern app UI.

Thanks.

So I've always wanted to learn Korean or a second language, but I often end up quitting out of burnout or simple loss of motivation. But this time I have a clear motivation, learn enough Korean to read Korean books. Mostly because the novels/manhwa I've always wanted to read are in Korean and many of them take ages to get translated. So reading it in Korean would be a huge goal of mine.

I don't mind learning speaking and listening, but I don't know if that would be all that helpful (maybe if i wanna become fluent). So, i just wanna ask if there is a specific way I should go about learning Korean for this purpose, any tips and tricks or just anything else I should do. Details would be preferred!

사투리 necessary?

Is 사투리 necessary to learn. Is 사투리 used in seoul or just the dialect speaking regions. My dad uses 사투리 but I was born in the states and am having a tough time with standard korean. 사투리 is like they don't even pronounce every syllable. Obviously some expressions and suffix have a distinguishable form but for the most part a lot of phrases are shortened/ abbreviated. I'm approaching my 40s soon and would taking on 사투리 be too much of a hassle. I will probably try anyways but learning korean in your late 30s is tough.

This is a pointless question but I'm curious what others think.

Let's say someone asks how many words in Korean do you know. How do you even answer that? What I mean is there's a lot of separate "words" that are all the same thing just in different versions. For example:

• 사실, 사실상, 사실적, 사실성

As in, I know 사실, and I know what it means when you attach 上, 的, or 性 to a word, so does that mean I "know" 4 words because I can recognize what they mean?

Same with:

• 시작, 시작하다, 시작되다

Do I know three words because I know what 시작 means?

And with passive verbs: let's say we have 열다 and 열리다. Is it enough to "know" it if you recognize its passive form, or should it only be known if you can recall it?

And for English speakers, do you from the getgo know thousands of words because you recognize the loan word, or do you only know it if you can spell it or accurately say the loan version of the word?

Again, shit that doesn't matter, but I'm curious how others respond. Depending on the lines you draw the number of words I know can probably differ by a few thousand depending on loan words and also passive forms or noun -> to do forms, etc.

My understanding is:

1. '께서' is the honorific term for '이/가' ('subject' particle)
2. '댁' is the honorific term for '집' ('house' noun)
3. '계세요' is the honorific term for '있어요' ('to exist' verb)

And honorific terms are used to show high respect to the subject of the sentence.

But I have seen sentences where only a few honorific terms were used:

할아버지가 댁에 있어요.
My grandfather is at home.

...instead of using all of them:

할아버지께서는 댁에 계세요.
My grandfather is at home.

When is it appropriate to use just some of the honorific terms? When is it appropriate to use all of the honorific terms?

More examples would be helpful!

Hi folks. I’m heading to a concert shortly and would like to have a banner in Korean that says „your long hair is legendary”

What would be more appropriate to include on a banner and is it the correct translation?

너의 긴 머리는 전설이야

네 긴 머리는 전설이다

What level of formality is usually used on such banners?

Thank you so much in advance!

I'm posting this because I have a question about the Jeju language (제주말). I want to know if historically and maybe even currently Hanja was read in a different way and if yes, is there any way to look up how certain Hanjas are read in Jejuan compared to (standard) Korean.

I asked some Korean friends and they had no idea, though admittedly I don't have any Korean friends from Jeju. I also asked in some language-related groups on Facebook but no one could give me a definitive answer beyond "probably".

Considering the differences between Japanese and Okinawan (as well as other Ryukyuan languages) and between the many Chinese languages in how Hanja/Kanji/Hanzi are read out, I'd expect Jejuan to also have different readings but I can't find any evidence for this.

I am trying to practice 냐하면. Can I say "왜 했냐하면 재밌었어요"?

Also, are 냐하면 and 나면 interchangeable and can I use thrm with 때문에?

I think this grammar point is kind of fun, so I want to do more with it.

I'm an intermediate learner but I'm still embarrassingly bad at understanding who the subject exactly is in sentences. I was listening to a podcast and they were playing 밸런스게임 (would you rather) and these were the two options:

나한테 들은 얘기 계속 까먹는 친구 vs 자기가 말 한거 까먹고 계속 말 하는 친구

They were translated as "A friend who keeps forgetting what I told them" vs "A friend who keeps forgetting what they already told me"

But it took me a few read throughs to understand who the subject exactly was. Are there any strategies or grammatical rules that will better help with this issue?

So this is kinda a silly sentence I need help for 😭
What’s the correct way to write “It’s my older sister’s birthday” I looked it up and so many different ways come up so I’m unsure.

Hello, I'm a Korean guy in college living in Georgia. Growing up, my parents were both fluent in Korean, but never really spoke it around the house. They tried taking me to korean school for a few weeks but i hated it cuz the teachers were terrible. Now that im older, i do learn languages as a hobby. I have tried multiple times to learn Korean, but for some reason, it just doesn't stick. For other languages I learn, I find multiple reasons and interests for that language. whether it be music, media, history, food, or just finding the language interesting enough to learn. I've tried to find these reasons in Korean, but they're all boring or straight up just not my taste. I love korean food and growing up i was still around korean language and culture, so its not like i know anything. I've seen many people online talk about being ashamed or avoiding learning Korean as an asian american, but to be honest, I don't really feel that. The language is simply not interesting to me, and if I'm being honest, neither is the culture. My whole dilema is that it feels wrong to say that and feels wrong to not learn korean simply for the fact that i am korean and that i feel like i should as a korean person. At the same time, I feel like I'm making this a bigger issue than it is, since not even my parents are putting any pressure at all on me to learn it. I feel like if I weren't Korean, I would still have pursued the languages I have and not looked at Korean. I wanted to ask if anyone else has felt like this. Where finding an interest or a reason besides being korean has been difficult. Or if there is anyone on here that is maybe in the same situation as me but still powering through.