Learning a Hard Language (My Korean Update)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 มิ.ย. 2024
- Hi Friend!
I thought it was about time I gave you an update on my Korean learning journey! I also sneaked in a bunch of tips for low-effort language learning, I hope you found them useful :)
P.S. I apologise for overexposed video, I noticed, and I took it on board :)
Hangul audio: www.tuttlepublishing.com/kore...
Korean is the most beautiful language ❤ good luck! A new language is never easy for anyone
First of all, the dislikes must have been accidental, who wouldn't like potato! As for Korean, it's been a while since I started Korean (couple of years), but I used the website Korean from zero, you can access the books with audio for free there. I also used Howtostudykorean, and for a physical textbook I used Vitamin Korean which I really liked, apart starting from level 3 (out of 6) the book was only in Korean and the jump was huge. As for Talk to me in Korean, their podcasts are great and they have a couple of books that are fantastic. But the 10 book series, I've never understood why people are so obsessed with it, I just don't think it's a very good series. If you love vocabulary, how about the podcasts "Story time in korean", "Korean sunflower", "Choisusu" etc.? They are extremely beginner friendly and in my opinion you can get the gist without knowing the grammar concepts, just from vocab.You got this and I am looking forward to your next videos :)
Thank you so much! I am going to check out every single thing you suggested this week!
One piece of advice I wish I knew when starting my language-learning journey:
Research the culture of your target language. It really helps with the context of words, the slang, grammar (sometimes), and helps with understanding various dialects.
Love that! Can't separate language from the culture! A great way to interact with modern culture, is to end up on the target language side of TikTok or Instagram. Learning culture through local humour is a bliss
안녕하세요!
I’m a Korean who is very interested in learning foreign languages and teaching Korean. I came across your TH-cam channel and enjoyed watching it.
앞으로도 포기하지 말고 재미있게 한국어 공부하길 바라요. 감자 귀여워요 ㅎㅎ
Welcome! What languages are you planning to learn?
@@sadbabypotatoI’ve studied Japanese for a long time and I am quite fluent because, as you already know, the word structure is very similar to Korean. I’ve been studying Chinese for about 2 years. I’ve also been studying English for a long time because it’s mandatory courses in school, but it’s challenging and not my forte😂 By the way, when it comes to textbooks, I recently went over ‘Vitamin Korean,’ which someone already recommended to you. In my opinion, it’s one of the good books. If you’re interested, check it out!
@@Han-yq4yv Yeah, English is definitely a different cup of tea if you've been surrounded by Asian languages :) I will check Vitamin Korean out, thanks
I was a bad potato too 🥔 neglecting listening really messed everything up as i became incapable of understanding anything without subtitles and unfortunately regular humans dont come with subs :(
That's quite a common mistake, so don't worry! Just go back to basics, when it comes to listening, do some beginner listening practice and build up from there :) You should also try reading aloud and maybe speaking to other people! I'm sure you can fix it in no time :)
You have to have the courage to be bad at learning your target
language until you are good.
Love that! Great advice
The solution to the “dont spend so much time with the language that you hate it or yourself” problem for me has been fanaticism. Fanaticism is second nature to me because i am an American and that is one of my people’s defining characteristics, but im sure other nationalities can learn it. I just convinced myself that the ideal is a me who knows german, and i think about how only cucks and the english even consider a concept as useless and morally bankrupt as “pragmatism”. I think “Fuck pragmatism, im an american. My ancestors sacrificed their lives over representation in government even though the government they rebelled against wasnt even tyrannical. They did it out of principle. If i cant spend at least 4 hours in this language today, i will have failed my ancestors, Jesus Christ, my nation, myself, my family, and my future children. Fuck failure, fuck pragmatism. If i cant live my principles, i have no right to call myself an american, or even a man. If i give in to the pragmatic satan, i will have failed” and then all of the sudden im super motivated to go right back to learning or listening or reading. I think there is probably an equivalent story most people could tell themselves, adapted to their own national history and values.
Wow, that's intense. But I am glad it works for you :)
Я слышу Русский.... я прав?
Вы про мой акцент?
@@sadbabypotato Да. Можно на ты :)