Archive for 'Vocabulary'
Kimbap: a Bite Size Korean Food Brings a Mouthful of Joy Posted by Kyung-Hwa on Apr 5, 2018
Have you ever tried Korean snack food called Kimbap (김밥)? Sesame seasoned bap (밥 – rice) and various ingredients rolled in dried gim (김 – seaweed), 김밥 is one of the most beloved snack to many Korean people. Growing up in Korea, I used to look forward to having my mom’s homemade 김밥 for my school…
Frequency Adverbs in Korean Posted by Kyung-Hwa on Mar 28, 2018
Is there something that you do on a daily basis or every week? Do you know how to describe how often you do something in Korean? This post is about frequency adverbs in Korean that explains how often something happens. Just like the English language, the Korean language also has many different types of adverbs…
Pure Korean Numbers: How to Count 1-100 in Korean #2 Posted by Kyung-Hwa on Mar 21, 2018
The last post was about one of the Korean numbering systems, Pure Korean numbers. I hope you had an opportunity to practice and master your counting skills in Pure Korean numbers. If you need to review Pure Korean numbers and their pronunciation, please follow this link, Pure Numbers: How to Count 1-100 in Korean #1…
Pure Korean Numbers: How to Count 1-100 in Korean #1 Posted by Kyung-Hwa on Mar 14, 2018
As I mentioned in my last post, Sino Korean Numbers: How to Count 1-100 in Korean #1, the Korean language has two different numbering systems, Sino-Korean and Pure Korean Numbers. This post will give you an opportunity to learn the other Korean numbering systems, Pure Korean numbers. If you are not familiar with or need to review…
Sino-Korean Numbers: How to Count 1-100 in Korean #2 Posted by Kyung-Hwa on Mar 8, 2018
Numbers play an essential role in learning a foreign language. Thus, learning to count in Korean will be a useful skill to acquire if you would like to expand your fluency in Korean. Korean numbering systems might seem complicated at first, but you will soon realize that they have patterns that repeat as numbering systems…
Sino-Korean Numbers: How to Count 1-100 in Korean #1 Posted by Kyung-Hwa on Feb 28, 2018
Korean language has two different numbering systems, Sino-Korean and Pure Korean Numbers. If you are not familiar with Korean numbering systems, this post will give an opportunity to learn one of the Korean numbering systems, Sino-Korean numbers. Sino- Korean numbers are derived from the Chinese language, and they are used to talk about phone numbers…
Korean Lunar New Year’s Day in 2018 Posted by Kyung-Hwa on Feb 14, 2018
Thursday, February 15 is Seollal (설날 – Lunar New Year’s Day), one of the most celebrated Korean holiday. If you are around Korean people, you will hear their excitement regarding 설날. This post will introduce vocabulary related to this special Korean holiday, so you will be able to enjoy the festivities with them and also…