Language learning tip: listen to radio in your target language just in the background, while you’re playing video games, driving, out walking, whenever. It just helps, even if you don’t understand. It helps with pronunciation and accent, and it gives you great satisfaction as your ability improves and you begin to understand it!
You can just google, for example, “french online radio” and you’ll find tons of options.
Good luck!
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grant me the serenity to kill you with a brick, the courage to kill you with a brick, and the wisdom to kill you with a brick. amen
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if I were benoit blanc and got invited to an island where everyone was friends except for me and then the rich man asks me what I’m doing there I would start crying that’s so embarrassing
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I am a friend to all cats. Yes even the mean ones. They have their reasons.
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where in the time loop are you? a rushed uquiz by yours truly. god bless
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Reblog and tag the person you reblogged this from with what kind of magic you think they’d perform. Ex. Fire magic, ice magic, Necromancy, etc
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mental illness made me so desperate for joy that i forgot it was this simple… feeling the ocean against your skin… a really good guitar riff… sun on your back… holding the door for a stranger… a cold shower on a hot day…….. the world is like a cradle and i am just a little baby. eyes wide open there is so much to see
(via hyperbolicgrinch)
People have repeatedly asked me why I’m so scared of driving and quite frankly I think I hold a normal amount of fear towards driving. I think most people could stand to be a little more scared of driving tbh
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Korean Idioms That Are Too Relatable
말은 쉽다
Literal translation: Words are easy.
Actual usage: Easier said than done.
Rather than being taken literally as “words are easy” think of this Korean expression as having the same meaning as the English “easier said than done.”
If a task is easier to talk about than to do, then the words to speak are formed much easier than the action of accomplishing the task.
Dialogue Example:
A: 살 빼는게 뭐가 어려워.
B: 해봤어? 난 힘들던데.
A: 그냥 매일 운동만 하면 돼
B: 그래.. 말은 쉽지
A: Losing weight is not difficult at all.
B: Have you tried doing it? It is really hard for me.
A: You just have to exercise every day.
B: Yeah… It is easier said than done.
잘난 척하다
Literal translation: to pretend to have been born and brought up well
Actual usage: to brag
This Korean idiom is used to brag about anything and everything: yourself, your skills, your parents, siblings, money, etc.
Since no one likes someone who brags or shows off a lot, if someone says “잘난 척하다” to you, it’s never a good thing.
Dialogue Example:
A: 헐! 대박!
B: 왜 왜? 좋은 일 있어?
A: 한국어 시험에서 최고점을 받았어
B:와~ 진짜 대박이다
A: 뭐 이미 예상은 했지!
B: 잘난 척 하긴!
A: Wohoo! I’m amazed.
B: Why? Something good happened?
A: I got the highest mark in my Korean test.
B: Wow! That is amazing!
A: I’ve already expected it!
B: You’re bragging again!
병주고 약주다
Literal translation: to give disease and then give medicine.
Actual usage: to say something hurtful to someone and then to say something nice to cover it up.
Saying something without thinking almost always causes a problem, whether it is making something worse or hurting someone’s feelings. Often times, people try to fix the problem or cover up the damage.
This Korean idiom can also be used if a person says something hurtful, then quickly tries to come up with something to cover up his/her thoughtlessness; however, it is already too late.
Dialogue Example:
A: 파마했어?
B: 어, 어때? 좋아?
A: 난 생머리가 더 잘 어울리는 거 같아. 어, 근데, 옷도 샀어? 그건 잘 어울리네.
B: 됐어, 병주고 약주냐?
A: Did you curl your hair?
B: Yeah. How does it look like? Do you like it?
A: I think you looked prettier with straight hair. Did you buy new clothes too? It suits you well.
B: Forget it. Are you trying to comfort me after you hurt my feelings?
놀고 있다
Literal translation: to be playing, to be hanging out.
Actual usage: to be not working at the moment; what you’re doing or saying is pathetic.
놀고 있다 can be used in two different ways: neutral and negative. In a neutral context, it is used to express that someone is doing the opposite of working, such as “playing around”, “fooling around”, “not working” “not focusing on what he/she has to do” or is “jobless”.
For a negative context, it is used when you are making fun of or laughing at someone for trying too hard to accomplish something, or the way they are going about is meaningless and childish.
Dialogue Example:
A: 뭐해?
B: 내일 수학시험때문에 공부하고 있지
A: 그런데 TV는 왜 켰어?
B: 그냥 심심해서. 공부하면서 보려고.
A: 놀고 있네~ 하나만 제대로 하세요
A: What are you doing?
B: I am studying for my Math test tomorrow.
A: Why is the TV on then?
B: I was just bored. I am studying while watching TV.
A: Get out of here. Focus on one thing!
MASTERLIST
(Korean-Learning Content)
Here Is A List Of Most Of The Content I Have Made So Far. (you can only add 100 links per post, so I have to make a second part I guess🤡. I’ll link to it in this post whenever I finish doing that.)
Note: these are in no particular order. It’s kind of all over the place, but it should still help you out😂
Beginner Topics
7. What’s Next After Learning Hangul?
Korean Grammar
는데, 은데, 인데 Lesson | All Usages
Masterlist Of Beginner Korean Grammar
How To Ask Questions In Korean
(으)러 가다, (으)려고 하다, 기로 하다 Lesson
Korean Dialogues & Conversations
1. Mini-Korean Conversation | Topic : Coffee | #1
2. Intermediate Korean Convo | Topic : Amusement Park | #2
3. Korean Conversation - Grammar-Focused | Topic : Haircut | #3
4. Low-Intermediate Korean Convo | Topic : Meeting For The First Time | #4
5. Grammar-Focused (ㄹ때, 지 말라고, & 어/아야 겠다) | Topic: Kids On Their Phones | #5
6. Beginner Korean Conversation + Lots Of Beginner Grammar Covered | Topic : Deciding Where To Eat | #6
7. Beginner Korean Conversation | Topic : Drawing
8. Korean Convo | Topic : Karaoke | #8
9. Intermediate Korean Dialogue | Topic : School-Related | #9
10. Beginner Korean Dialogue | Topic: Birthday presents
11. Short Beginner Dialogue | Topic : meet up
12. Beginner Korean Conversation | Topic : Taking Pictures
13. Intermediate Korean Dialogue | Topic : The Best Way to Make Ramen
14. On The Phone With My Girlfriend
15. Sending A Text To The Wrong Person
Reading Practices & Stories
Reading Comprehension Test | Topic: small talk
Story About Friend Moving Away
Listening Practice
Beginner Listening Practice #1
Vocabulary Lists
1. Jobs & Occupations List In Korean
4. Night-Themed Vocabulary List
7. Mini-Vocabulary List - Weather
8. Common Korean Verbs > Short Video
9. Mini-Vocabulary List - Nature
10. Language Learning Vocabulary
15. List Of Adverbs
16. Commonly Confused Korean Words 1
17. Commonly Confused Korean Words 2
18. Commonly Confused Korean Words 3
20. Korean Homonyms
22. Korean Love Words | words & phrases w/ 사랑
23. 지금 vs 이제
24. 알아듣다 vs 이해하다
25. Korean Synonyms
28. Korean & Japanese Words (part 2)
29. Hair Vocabulary
30. Shapes In Korean
Korean Numbers
1. How To Count From 1 to 1000 using Sino-Korean Numbers
2. The Difference Between Sino & Native Korean Numbers
3. Korean Numbers Quiz > 1 to 100
4. Korean Numbers Quiz > 100 to 1000
Idioms & Phrases
2. 김새다 = Ruin The Fun | Idiomatic Expression #1
3. 어쩔 수 없다 = It Can’t Be Helped | #2
4. How To Say Ignorance Is Bliss | #3
6. 기가 막히다 ~ “to be at a loss for words” | #5
7. 기가 죽다 ~ lose confidence/less energy and feel depressed | #6
8. How To Say I Don’t Care | #7
9. 말도 안돼요
10. Motivational Korean Quotes
11. Idioms That Are Too Relatable
12. Korean Break-Up Lines & Quotes
Tongue Twisters
1. Mokdong Royal | Short Tongue Twister | #1
2. 경찰청 ~ Police Headquarters | #2
3. Longest Korean Tongue Twister + Breakdown | #3
4. 3 Short & Fun Korean Tongue Twisters
5. Short Korean Tongue Twister: Moon
Korean Culture
2. Difference Between North & South Korea
Interesting Random Topics