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Thursday, November 18, 2004

Total words: 99

여러분 안녕하세요 잘지내고있죠? 저는 호주 사람이에요 한국말를 2 년 동안 재미있게 공부했어요 이 웹페이지는 너무 좋을것같아요 여러분 우리같이 한국말을 열심히 공부합시다.

참 어제 재미있는 한자(chinese character)를 배웠어요.

車 (차) means car or cart

if you add a ‘bumper’ over the top of the car you have an armored car or army.

軍 (군) means army

if you add another little character meaning ‘advance’, you have advancing armored cars or an avancing army which meand luck.

運 (운) fortune, destiny or luck.

그런 한자가 재미있죠? 안이에요? ^^ 전 설명 절 못 해서 미안해요 ^^ 여러분 또 봅시다 하루 잘 보내요!

Posted by 호주소주 on Thursday Nov 18, 2004 at 12:26 PM in Korean Writing |
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Total words: 84

王音癡

Well, I just discovered that the index page does not display in IE, but it works great in firefox. Interestingly individual entries are accessible via IE. Could someone else confirm that this is happening not just on my computer. Anyhow I"ll be working to fix this, but since I work from 9am to 6pm today I’m not sure when I’ll have a chance.

On the off chance that you are reading this through RSS and do not have firefox, now’s your opportunity. GET FIREFOX

Posted by 王音癡 on Thursday Nov 18, 2004 at 10:03 AM in This blog |
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Total words: 449

oranckay

Greetings! I’m “Oranckay.” I joined somewhat on accident and only to comment, but before knowing what happened I’ve been conscripted into being an author with super duper powers. I like to say words like “super duper” because it reminds me of the fun things you can say in English.

I started learning Korean just over half a lifetime ago, literally, but I don’t consider the struggle over and the fact I’m very interested in the teaching of Korean as a foreign language doesn’t mean I think I’ve mastered it.

I’m not sure what kind of comments I’ll be making here but I do expect to relearn how one learns Korean by watching what goes on while doing my part for the so-called ‘외국인,’ that sub-group of humanity accounting for 98+% of the world’s population, by posting little tricks and resources I’ve run into over the years. I hope to be able to learn of other little tricks, resources, and personal insight from fellow members.

Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Total words: 70

ㄴㅇㄷㅇ ㅠㅇㅜㅌ

Trying to decifer Blinger’s name tag image, I learned a new grammatical construction of the day:

Verb+ㄹ 수 있어 = something you can do.

For example:
할 수 있어 = I can do~
김치 먹얼 수 있어 = I can eat kimchi~
문에 갈 수 있어 = I can go to the gate~

저는 오토바이 탈 수 있어요~ ^__^

I’m simply assuming Verb+ㄹ 수 없어 = something you can’t do…

Posted by ㄴㅇㄷㅇ ㅠㅇㅜㅌ on Wednesday Nov 17, 2004 at 12:51 AM in Korean around me |
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Tuesday, November 16, 2004

Total words: 135

ㄴㅇㄷㅇ ㅠㅇㅜㅌ

I was asked to explain them, so here’s the basics:
* Anything containing ^^ is a happy face
(the longer the ^_______^, the happier)
* Anything involving ㅡㅡ is expressionless
(I keep thinking it means sarcasm or unhappiness, but my Korean friends think I’m an idiot for thinking so).
* Anything using ;; indicates sweat or stress
(^^;; <--happy but stressful -_-;; <--그냥 stressful)

My coworker did an actual lesson on it where the kids explained them to her. Apparently their handphones all have them listed out (though mine doesn't). They would explain them to her and then look on their handphone suprised to find that they meant something different from what they thought. The moral of the story is that they don't know either...they just use them in context.

Here's a few links for more info:
http://philip.cotsford.org/blog/2004/06/korean-emoticon-guide-rough.htm
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=28881
http://united-states.asinah.net/american-encyclopedia/wikipedia/e/em/emoticon.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon