Archive for March, 2015
Beaches, Buddhas, and BBQ in Busan Posted by sasha on Mar 30, 2015
It may live in the shadow of the capital of Seoul, but Korea’s second city has a lot to offer. Hit the beach, hike to ancient temples, munch on fresh seafood, and enjoy some arcade games in Busan.
Learn Korean “Verb+는 것”- Nominalization #2 Posted by Soo on Mar 30, 2015
Today I am going to talk about the second way to switch from verb to noun. As I said last week, you have to know the way of change from verb to noun because Korean uses verb as a noun a lot. When they change from verb to noun, they remove 다 and then add 는…
Learn Korean “Verb+기”- Nominalization #1 Posted by Soo on Mar 23, 2015
There are three ways to do nominalization. Today you will learn one of them. Korean uses verb as a noun a lot, so you need to know how to change from verb to noun in Korean. When they change from verb to noun, they add 기 to make noun; it is one of the ways…
More Than Korea’s 2nd City – Busan Posted by sasha on Mar 20, 2015
After a few days of exploring all that Seoul has to offer – the palaces, museums, parks, and nightlife – we headed to the other side of the country to Busan (부산). With over 3.5 million people, this is the second biggest city in South Korea. Famous for its beaches, hot springs, and international film…
Korean Craft Beers Allowed to Play Fair with Hite, OB? Posted by Tony Kitchen on Mar 17, 2015
From Seoul to Busan, beer drinking in South Korea was always a steady pour from the usual suspects. Hite. Cass. OB Blue (Oriental Brewery). But starting next week, microbreweries will be allowed by law to sell their beers off-site from brewing locations, and will have their taxes lowered by nearly 15 percent. However, the road…
Learn Korean “From” Posted by Soo on Mar 16, 2015
You read and watched how to use “To” last week. Related with that, you will learn “From” in this week. There are a few way to say “From” in Korean: 한테서/han tae seo, 에게서/ae gae, 께/ggae. 한테서 is casual form and you will hear a lot when Korean speak without last syllable “서”. Most of…
Learn Korean “To” Posted by Soo on Mar 9, 2015
There are a few way to say “To and From” in Korean. Let’s learn “To” first, there are three ways to say “To” in Korean: 한테/han tae, 에게/ae gae, 께/ggae. 한테 is casual form and you will hear a lot when Korean speak. So, it is speaking form. 에게 is formal and you will see…