Saturday, July 31, 2010

A Little Something We Love to Do...

저 는 영화를 정말 좋아해요. 매주 한두번쯤 친구하고 같이 영화를 봐요. 여기 한장 영화 표 25,000 루피앟 쯤 이에요.

제 친구 도 너래 좋아해요. 그런대, 저는 안 좋아해요. 너래방에서 그냥 들어요. 친구하고 너래방 까지 도 재미있어요.

자요! :)
선생님, "에딭" 좀 주세요. 감사합니다.

Monday, July 26, 2010

"Indonesia's minority tribe uses Korean Alphabet"

I told you guys in the class that one tribe in Sulawesi, Indonesia uses Hanguel as their alphabet. Here is an article about it :)

"BAU-BAU, Indonesia, July 26 — The Indonesian government has approved a minority tribe's adoption of the Korean alphabet as its official writing system to transcribe its fading spoken language, officials said Monday.

The Cia-Cia, a tribe of some 80,000 people living in the city of Bau-Bau, located on Buton island in southeast Sulawesi, selected the Korean alphabet, called "Hangeul," to preserve its fading language last August. It has since offered a Korean language course in elementary schools."


You can read more about it here,



Hello, My Name Is...

저 는 아들린 이에요.

한국어 는 정말 촣아해요. 그래서, 매주 일요일 오후 열두 시에, 한국어 레슨 있어요. 제 여동생 도 한국어 촣아해요. 그래서, 동생 하고 같이 배워요.

우리 선생님 은 한국 사람 이에요. 하지만, 인도네시아 에서 일해요. 선생님 은 감사합니다!

지금, 카베 에서 공부 해요.


Sunday, July 18, 2010

Chapter 12 (Korean Made Easy for Beginners)

Reading Practice

오늘은 일요일이에요. 아침부터 날씨가 좋아요. 그래서 기분이 너무 좋아요. 매일 아침 어머니와 아버지는 커피를 마셔요. 그리고 음악을 들어요. 하지만 저는 커피를 안 마셔요.

일요일 점심에는 보통 친구하고 만나요. 같이 영화를 봐요. 이번 일요일에는 친구하고 안 만나요. 왜냐하면 친구가 아파요.

오늘 저녁에는 가족하고 식사해요. 토니로마스에서 저녁 먹고 노래방에 가요. 저는 노래를 많이 알아요.

Grammar

Connector (~고)

i.e. 저녁 먹어요. 그리고 노래방에 가요.

Dictionary Form Verb + 고

먹다. 그리고 è 먹고

Other examples

영화를 보고 집에 가요

콜라를 마시고 맥주를 마셔요

Chapter 13 (Korean Made Easy for Beginners)

Past Tense

Present Tense Form + ㅆ 어요
i.e. 먹어요 => 먹었어요

Action Verb
마셔요 => 마셨어요
운동해요 => 운동했어요

Descriptive Verb
비싸요 => 비쌌어요
아파요 => 아팠어요


Marker동안 “for” (Time Duration)

-Day

하루 동안

이틀 동안

삼일 동안

-Month

한 달

두 달

세 달

네 달

-Year

일년 동안

이년 동안

삼년 동안

사년 동안

Others (i.e. 1 시간 동안,)


Superlative “제일” the most

제일 좋아요, 제일 예버요, 제일 돈이 많아요

Comparison Using 더 “more”

~하고 ~중에 ~가/이 “더” ~

i.e. 미키마우스하고 도널덕 중에 미키마우스가 더 좋아요


Descriptive Verb + Noun

Dictionary Form

1) Descriptive verb ending in vowel

비싸다 가방

=> 비싼 가방

2) Descriptive verb ending in consonant

많다 가방

=> 많은 가방

Friday, July 16, 2010

안녕하세요, 저는 엘리자베스예요

안녕하세요 ^^
제 일음이 엘리자베스예요. 저는 장선생님의 학생이예요.
당신은 일음이 뭐십니까?
저는 희사원이예요 ^^ 장선생님은 도 제 사장님이예요. ㅋㅋ..
지금 저는 화장실에 있어요. ㅋㅋ.. 제 배가 많이 많아 아파요. ㅋㅋ....!! -.-'
그럼, 다음에 썰거예요 ..
안녕히 계세요...

학생 소개

제 한국어 학생은 모두 4명입니다. 모두들 열심히 공부를 합니다.
이름을 소개하겠습니다.

-엘리자베스
-아들린
-스테파니
-조아나

모두 여자 학생입니다. ^^; 다들 한국어를 배우는 이유는 다르지만 열정만은 다르지 않습니다.

모두 좋은 주말 보내세요.





-열심히: adv. zealously
-소개: n. introduction
-모두: n. everyone
-이유: n. reason
-열정: n. passion
-"다르지 않습니다" : It's not different

My reasons for studying a new language

Whenever I feel tempted to quit learning the foreign languages, I try to recall some of the reasons why I had started learning them

Reasons
-Make new friends
-Expand my circle and network

-Visit the country at least once a year : meet friends, travel, shopping, try new foods, visit exhibitions, see the trend

-Make guests/buyers from that country feel welcomed
-Understand the culture, history, fashion, trend, etc


I notice that people have a favorable opinion of me and treat me warmly when I start talking in their language. I feel very happy that I can cross that line of prejudice immediately and become friends.

우리들의 이야기

우리들의 이야기 "Our stories" are for my students, myself, and even for those who want to peak at how it is like to learn new language.

Please feel to write about anything you want. It can be in any form as well. It could be a short diary, self introduction, thought on food...whatever. Upload it first and I will revise it if you want. You can then reload it again. Don't even worry about making grammar mistakes, etc. Everyone here including myself is a student of new language. If you truly want to master a language, you have to go through this "tedious" repetitive process of making mistake and revising. Our brain was made like that. First, target only understanding 50% of the material we learned in the class, next 70%, then 80% and finally 95%. If you already get 50% of the material I teach in the class, think it as a success already. Now it's your turn. Do your homework, keep making mistakes, learn mistakes, review. By then, you will realize that you understand 95% of the material.

Also if you got any things (i.e. software for typing korean, good website, travel destinations, etc) please do feel free to share it.

I will also upload useful tips, grammar notes, essential words, dialog from Korean movies, etc.


화이팅!!! ^^

Perseverance and positive thinking

Mastering a foreign language is not an easy task. It requires time, money, commitment and most of all promise with oneself.

Most people learn foreign language diligently for a couple of years and stop. "Ow I have no time" "Ow I don't use it anyway" "Ow I am tired", etc. The list of excuse goes on. After a few more years, they forget most of the things they learned and only remember how to say simple greetings and thank you words. Well, there goes your time, money and effort you had put.

Based on my experience, it is very important to have a few strong reasons why you want to learn this new language. Whatever the reason might be. Sit down and think about it seriously. Otherwise sooner or later you are likely to find a few excuses and become quitters.

Mastering a foreign language is not as simple as learning how to cook instant ramen. It is not something that you can learn that quickly. It requires much practice and consistent resistance. And above all, needs perseverance and positive thinking. Hell ya, it is natural to find it hard and time consuming to learn the language. Don't feel shy. Remember how long it took for you even to master your mother language. You probably might have forgotten but probably your mom and dad have had to repeatedly say the words for a few years, starting with "mom" and "dad". You should rather feel proud that you are learning one more language that your other friends can't speak. I read it somewhere that most people (80% or also) can only speak one language, 20% can speak 2 languages, 10% can speak 3 languages, and less than 5% can speak more than 3 languages.

I myself was very shy when I started learning English. Especially when I encountered American friends. I always hesitated and murmured before I started speaking, because I didn't have confidence. My mind was full of crap. Ow how embarrassing it will be if he doesn't understand..Ow am I saying the right stuff? Is the grammar correct? Hmm what if he laughs me.. But from one time I start realizing that I am already better than that American friend. While Americans could only speak English, I could speak Korean, Indonesian and a little bit of English. The main point is have confidence! You are already better than 80~90% of people on this earth.