Back in the day when I first started learning a language, I told my friend for every flash card he showed me, if I got it wrong he could slap me. Boy, I learned those words quickly.
I found vocab always being better to learn first as it’s so frustrating to learn grammar and then realising you can’t actually use it outside of your example because you don’t know any words
Niamh Butler that how it is with me in German. I’ll understand the structure of the entire sentence... except for the verb at the end, without which none of it makes sense, lol. Wish I had beefed up my vocab more!
::star girl:: Learning Verbs is very useful but in German you have to conjugate the verbs in many different ways. It's not a problem if you still do mistakes. I think Germans understand you even if it's just broke German.. I'm a native german and sucks at it... i do many mistakes too but everyone understands me so try your best xD
Honestly your videos inspire me to become better in Korean. Your whole persona and attitude is so upbeat and great! Thanks for all the informative videos you put out~ ☆♡
L. Nguyen I recently learn hangul now i can read and write but same i don't know what i'm reading and writing. but now i'm gonna work on my vocab and will learn phrases too
Make a list about 500 most used vocabulary words in your native laguage then master it in korean. Then read the korean books, you'll be surprised how much you know.
My tips for paper flashcards: It's easier on the wrists if, when you turn the card over to the back side, you flip it top-over-bottom rather than left to right. In this way, the back of the card is actually upside down compared to the front. You can then flip it with your fingers to see the back instead of having to turn your wrist. Many office products stores in the US sell half-size cards and index card boxes (where you can store cards you've learned--just in case you take a two-month break and need to review everything). If the cards are lined, I like to write the Korean on the blank side in larger letters. When I guess cards correctly, I put them down on my thighs or on a table in such a way that I end up with at least two piles--putting every-other-word on the left pile and every-other-word on the right pile. If I get a word wrong, I move it to the bottom of the deck (but I keep each deck small). When I've guessed all the cards correctly, I put the two piles together and put the rubber bands back on them until next time. (Rubber bands eventually break, so I use two.) Big or thick rubber bands can bend the cards, so I use small, thin ones. By making two piles, I change the order of the cards every time I study. Otherwise, I'd start guessing a card correctly because they're always in the same order. This wouldn't be much different than studying a list on a sheet of paper. I have an extra pile off to the side where I put words that I feel I know well and can put away in the box (making the deck smaller). I personally prefer topical vocabulary books instead of frequency lists. This way, I can select a topic and prepare for it before the conversation. However, not many of them have been published for Korean. The easiest one to use, in my opinion, is "Korean Vocabulary for English Speakers - 9000 Words" by Andrey Taranov (also available for many other languages--get the paperback version, not the e-book). Other topical books are less easy to use, but include example sentences and/or frequency rankings--for example, "Essential Korean Vocabulary" by Kyubyong Park. I buy at least two topical vocabulary books for each language because every book is incomplete. Even so, they have long lists under each topic, so I just select a small number of words that I can imagine myself using. I don't worry about the rest of the words because I'll eventually encounter them while reading or listening to Korean and can learn them that way. If you're too shy or nervous to converse with anyone else yet, try finding a private spot and talking to yourself (thinking aloud) in Korean. Have an electronic dictionary with you to look up words you don't know and a pocket notebook and pen for writing them down (or save the words as favorites in the dictionary, if it has that feature). These words can then be your top priority to learn, as you know you'll need them again. If your phone is constantly online, use the Naver or WordReference dictionary. If your phone's internet connection is spotty, use an offline dictionary such as the one by eflasoft. My Korean has improved greatly over the past few weeks because I do this, coupled with a lot of grammar study.
this is really helpful! I'd like to add that I study my flashcards in phases: first phase is seeing the Korean and remembering what it is in English second phase is the reverse (I notice often when seeing the Hangeul, I'd have noticed a single character would remind me of the English, so when I did it the other way around I couldn't recall the rest of it) third phase is kind of optional, but it's saying a sentence for each one as you go. whenever I can get comfortably and quickly to phase 2 or 3, I "retire" my flashcards, and file them away so that I'm only ever revising ones I still need to learn.
This is very time consuming and i can't manage it because i had to focus on my studies too.but I thought that i can learn Korean in lockdown but I had to attend my online classes too!!so I really can't manage the time!if i worked continuously than I suffers from head ace! Learning Korean is my wish but it is difficult and time consuming to learn it!!!!!
If anyone's reading this and want to take an advice: I am currently finished with his book korean made simple 1(which I recommend, it's a great book), but i have upcoming exams, thus i just started to learn all of his 1,000 vocabularies with anki. I now know about 650 words of the 1,000, and although I recognize more words in sentences, etc., my Korean level has not improved at all, since i had to take a break from studying grammar. My recommendation is that, if you have time, learn the grammar and 15 words a day, like he recommended it, and find korean pen pals online. If you know the grammar, you can look up words online while chatting with your pen pals, but you would know how to use these words and express yourself with them. If you keep using korean, I'd say that you'll know the most important and frequently used vocabulary naturally after a while.
Even better focus lesson on grammer and more on sentence structures, common particles and question words. Then you will have a good basis of sentences as well as grammar but you will have learned it from real examples. Now you just have to fill in the blanks. Then revisit the grammer book and see how much you learned. I am practicing and learning from the real-life Korean conversations: Intermediate and Begineer books because they combine everything that I want to learn in Korean currently.
Billy Korean is the best channel for learning Korean language your video are really helpful for us I'm watching Billy Korean since 2021 and now I can speak 10% of Korean Thank you Billy Korean 😊😊
I did most of my beginning Korean study almost 13 years ago and I'm just getting back into it seriously, and when you wrote 배 my brain said "pear" but then you said "boat" and I was a little crestfallen until I went to check if it's a homonym. I was excited to find out I was correct
That intro was pure gold! Great video. Seriously: I have spent so much time memorizing useless words from vocabulary lists, but I didn't know how to find more relevant lists. Thanks for the suggestions, Billy. Also, I didn't know you wrote books. I'll have to check them out.
My goal - 10 words a day until my straykids concert(69 days as of right now) - basic conversational overall goal - fluency! (I'll come back and add more when time passes :))
One of the best videos I have seen on a rational approach to learning vocabulary! Truly inspiring and motivational. I have tried over and over to memorize big lists of vocabulary words without success. This is a much better approach..so many good tips here. Thank you, GO Billy Korean.
since im learning korean with interest in internet culture, im finding playing video games and watching videos in korean is helping me with specific vocabulary related to topics im interested in. a lot more applicable and memorable than 'umbilical cord' lol
Definitely very useful!! I get asked this a lot when someone's starting to learn Korean! What I did as a beginner is list down words I personally used at home. My first vocabulary list consisted of 20 things I see in my own room and house. Radio, TV, Bed, Chair, Toothbrush, Toothpaste, Clothes... Even if I didn't use these words all the time, when I used them with grammar, I could at least make sentences with them! I'm gonna share this video with my beginner friends :D
Postposition... I am not a native English speaker but I am at an intermediate+ level (I guess) and I don't even know what postposition means in English, let alone korean
Def agree on the timing to learn vocabulary. As a beginner I tried to start with drilling vocab with duolingo but gave up after 6 months because even if I knew the words, I couldn't understand or make simple sentences. I regained interest in learning a year later by translating lyrics since I thought that would introduce me to many types of grammar in a digestible format. I now, more or less, understand sentence structure but lyrics are not a very good way to learn vocabulary since their content (love, memory, sadness, time, etc) is repetitive and not likely to be used in daily conversations. I've started making index cards for more common and useful vocabulary recently. I also organize them by topic because I find it easier to memorize related words. My current goals are to learn around 10-14 new words a day, practice listening of learned words by watching korean tv, and to become conversational in 1-1.5 years.
An app I like to use is Tandem, it’s a chatting app where you can make friends and text people who can teach you a language you wanna learn and learn from a language you already know :)
You can use your foreign language book for learning korean, at the end of the chapter there usually is all the vocabulary that was used in it and then you can translate the words in naver vocabulary, there are also good sample sentences. And for remembering the vocabulary, the method that works for me is of course writing the word and pointing out at the thing or if I can't, I imagine it. I sometimes create a rhythm for a word or if it sounds similar to another word it's easier to remember
Or if I'm watching a Korean tv show and I spot an "interesting" word I translate it asap and revise it in my head hundreds times to be sure that I won't forget that word :D
I currently finished studying with my first Korean teaching book and am waiting for my second one to arrive with the post, so I thought I'd use this time to learn some more vocabulary since I'm so motivated lol. This is very useful. 감사합니다 선생님
I'm now at intermediate level now, for my level, i focus at some webtoon, i can try korean news but i'm not advanced yet and i learn so many vocabulary through kdrama, by also korean youtuber and by taking lessons with a korean teacher with whom i practiced speaking
Thank you soo very much! This lesson was surely needed! Can you plz start teaching a new word with examples in you every video so that we can remember and memorise the vocab? It would be great if you do so! 감사합니다 , Love from India!
I use mobile Anki, but I don't "copy-paste" words. I find them, make a list writing it and later add it to my Korean desk. And of course: I say these word out loud when repeating, record it once a week and listen to it. I was aware that copy-paste method will be quite useless, so I just figured out my own one and I think that overall it's not that bad ☺
My biggest difficulty with learning and applying new vocabulary is that the words I hear being used almost never sound or look like the word I learned. There are just too many conjugations and postpositions and quirks with pronunciation and how endings combine with the base and whatnot. I feel like when I'm studying with my language exchange friend, it's a lot easier for her to actually apply new English vocabulary because the words change form so much less often and in so many fewer ways. If she learns "eat" she can just say "eat", "eats", "eating", "ate", or "eaten". I learn "먹다" but then I have to learn an endless series of different forms and almost never even use "먹다".
I really like the no more than 15 word recommendation Billy. These days I get Korean two hour tutoring twice a week, and while my tutor and I do use text books and other supplemental material, a lot of what we do is free talking. Whenever I don't get something or slip up on a grammar point or word, she writes it down. I end up with a beautiful, often two sided piece of paper with words and phrases. Then, at the very end of our session, we'll run back through the words/phrases/or grammar points, and a couple of days later when I have time, I will add them to Anki. Often times my Anki decks will be this format: 1. Cloze Deletion Sentence (sometimes made by me verified by my tutor, or made by my tutor, or just taken from naver if it is a noun or I'm feeling lazy) 2. The Hanja (if applicable) posted from the bravader koreanhanjadic app, and maybe some word web stuff for words I struggle with 3. Example sentences from Naver screenshot if I have to keep marking it as "hard". 4. Maybe more wordwebs or example sentences of my own depending on how much I am struggling with it. Often times I find it better to use a new example sentence if I encounter a 'leech' as Anki calls it. Also, between my two tutoring sessions, my daily life, and what I come across on the internet (ugh my deck has so much internet slang), I have a word limit of 10 new words a day. 10 feels like I am making quite a bit of progress on Korean every week. I've been at this for the last 6 months and honestly, I can say that I am finally feeling like my conversations are getting more fluid, and are improving at a similar speed to when I was at Sogang. The biggest challenge is that people underestimate the time commitment it takes to REALLY improve at a language. I really think anything less than 10 hours a week and you'll get nowhere. People gotta understand that learning Korean is a COMMITMENT. The rewards, like working out, are worth it everyone. Just stick with it!
I wouldnt say you get nowhere wirh 10h less a week. of course its slow but slow progress is better than nothing. I study just 3h a week cause I have to work and have a family, but still I make noticeable progress :)
I use technology to enhance the learning experience. I wrote a python program that looks up a list of words on the national institute of Korean language dictionary and downloads information about them such as their part of speech and if available an audio sample. It’s a great thing to learn python and Korean at the same time
Can i be your friend pls cuz i need a penpal to help me speak korean im from the Philippines if you need someone to help you speak english i can help you pls
Thank you so much for this video! I’ve always struggled with vocab, not only in korean but in german and french too😭I’ve never thought of actually making hand made flashcards😂 Tysm💞
I actually finished your 3rd book. Only used the 3rd one though.. I really need to work on vocabulary, and now it's the only thing I work on besides speaking and understanding. I learn grammars when I run into them. I've bought books to read and watch videos. When watching videos and reading books there's a CRAZY amount I don't know, but I thought that constantly running into words would help me remember them especially because I study the hanja too. When I hear stuff and understand it, I feel as if I'm doing the right thing. Don't know if my method is great, but it's summer so I have practically unlimited time to write down words over and over again until I know them.. I do the notebook thing too. I've written down lot of words and maybe repeated some like 7 times before I really remembered it.. It's just a long journey I'll keep going on.
personally, I just use anki, but a lot of the words I go through I write sentences with those words using a dry erase board. I'm currently focusing on Chinese, so this really helps with the characters. It's also important to be honest when using anki. If you didn't know it, put that, so the word (s) can keep showing up so you can remember them eventually. This can also help with grammer, sometimes I'll be practicing vocab and will think of a sentence but can't think of how to translate it, so I'll have to look into some grammer points (or other related vocab words) and maybe write it down in my notebook.
Start with grammar first (preferably) Make your own vocab list (for intermediates) Frequently used korean word list 5-15 per day Make an example sentence for every new word Make paper flashcards
When I started learning German, the only German book I had available was ‘Im Westen nichts Neues’ which is a book set during ww1. So my vocabulary was filled with body parts, diseases, and weapons for trench warfare. Needless to say, the first time I tried practicing with actual German speakers they were all confused😂
I almost watch all of your video and here I am, still searching of how to memorize Korean verbs and nouns, 'cause I don't f know how to make korean sentence without knowing what that thing mean
sentence mining works for me, i would use one of the vocabs that i’m trying to remember and put it in a sentence, highlight the exact vocab and then i remember it
I’m gonna try making paper flash cards like you said! I hit a wall recently with learning vocabulary. I think taking my time by actually writing the words down will help a lot! Thanks! 😄😄
I trust my studying with him I just have to purchase the book soon I’m scared I really wouldn’t know where to start from although I have a little background . I hope it all works out Goooo Billy thanks a lot 🌟🌟🌟
A lot of people mention flashcards but that's too time consuming for me and i'm too lazy to make those and carry them around. For me, the best way to learn new words is by listening koreans speak and when they mention the word more frequently the better. It depends on the topic being discussed etc. Another good way is to just repeat it over and over again and try to use it in some sort of situation that I create for myself. Also, the more interesting the word, the better. I sometimes learn some useless advanced vocabulary just in case I might encouter some words and be able to understand but.. they are so quickly forgettable. Anyway, the best way for me is mainly by listening and having some visual representation of that word.
Thank you about the tip on checking the top 6000 words! I checked myself and I only know about 2000.... still a long way to go! But a good reality check!
So I hope!! This is gonna be my third language as well and I hope it's easier now than when I was just starting with the second one (English in this case)
Im half way done with first book now. Its pretty well done. It teaches Hangul and then some grammar, vocab, ect. Also has culture notes and he makes it really east to progress.
Alex Friedman exactly! I think the book goes at a good pace. Some pages have a decent amount of vocab. I have found myself spending a few hours just for the dedicated vocab pages. I believe it helps me learn the words better.
Yoongi's Tongue Technology The first book teaches you Hangul from scratch, has useful cultural notes, basic grammar lessons that are actually pretty core to Korean, and a large selection of vocab words that I find myself using everyday now to practice. Highly recommend the book to anybody wanting to learn Korean starting at a beginner or low intermediate level :)
I'm thinking of getting a notebook and just writing down the most important/common words and phrases on a subject per page. So for example, 1 page for the weather: hot, rain, windy, snow, etc. Another page for clothing: hat, shirt, jeans, shoes, etc. And another for animals: cat, dog, bird, monkey, etc. Not too many, but just enough to know a little bit about a lot of things. Would this be efficient or does this sound like a waste of my time? (Note: I started studying Korean 1 month ago, just finished Level 1 of TTMIK, and I'm able to make and understand simple sentences.)
if you want to learn korean this is what i do i go try learning chinese or other difficult languages for 1min and then come back to Korean i find that super easy foreal
안녕하세요. Thanks for your video. I started learning Korean a few weeks ago and discovered your channel today. Your tips are great and I think I will start making flashcard as I did when I was a kid and learned english (keeps me away from my smartphone and I will actually write korean) :D I am a person who is really bad at remembering vocabulary, so learning words I want to/I can use is a great tip because I can make sentences and throw them at my co-workers (who don't understand but it's still great to see their faces :'D)
I think you are right about learning grammar first. On my experience with english, I had classes in school but I felt like I could do the grammar exercises easily but when it came to writing compositions and/or trying to interpret a text I was very awful. I was like a machine doing all the grammar exercises but when it came to actually write by myself, I couldn´t. I don´t know how I started talking and writting in english and not just doing the grammar but I feel like without the grammar it would have been a lot more complicated. Because yes I knew some vocabulary words but how would I be able to actually built a sentence without the grammar ?? Have a nice day Billy :)
what would be the best method to build your Korean vocabulary if you already know Chinese? do I start with learning Hancha so I know how the Chinese characters are pronounced by Korean so it's easier for me to spot Sino-Korean words? some are pretty obvious like 太阳 - 태양 or 兄 - 형, some are harder but still noticeable like 歌词 - 가사 and then there are words that I would never be able to guess they came from Chinese. Or do I just learn vocabulary normally and if I notice it comes from Chinese then that's great and if not then oh well?
If you know TONS of Chinese, then I'd recommend learning those characters' sounds in Korean. Most often it'll only be 1 sound, but sometimes 2. However, not all words can be translated in this way - only many can be. It'll be beneficial (especially for memorization), but you also have to be careful that a lot of words simply won't make sense when translated this way.
Scrolling YT, seeing this, "Tfff, I don't need it", reminding myself that I want to write a letter to Jeongin from Stray Kids, clicking the video immediately LOL
Way humans learn is to copy what they hear, but to understand what they hear, is to hear the word whilst the object is infront of you. Basically, picture learning.
These videos are so helpful to me. I've been learning Korean for a couple months now, but I dont know the best place to learn grammar. Would textbooks be the best way to leanr grammar?
This video will help me a lot. Ive been studying Korean and I know how to read and write Korean words but I'm a bit slow reading it. And also idk the meaning of the words I'm reading
But I Need to know the alphabet and how to pronounce them and these forms they go in in order to make a sentence and start vocabulary (like the formal and informal versions of words/phrases)
Back in the day when I first started learning a language, I told my friend for every flash card he showed me, if I got it wrong he could slap me. Boy, I learned those words quickly.
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Good idea
I found vocab always being better to learn first as it’s so frustrating to learn grammar and then realising you can’t actually use it outside of your example because you don’t know any words
Niamh Butler that how it is with me in German. I’ll understand the structure of the entire sentence... except for the verb at the end, without which none of it makes sense, lol. Wish I had beefed up my vocab more!
::star girl:: Learning Verbs is very useful but in German you have to conjugate the verbs in many different ways. It's not a problem if you still do mistakes. I think Germans understand you even if it's just broke German.. I'm a native german and sucks at it... i do many mistakes too but everyone understands me so try your best xD
CookieCouple aww, thank you! Yeah, the rules can be quite complicated. It’s good to know even native speakers aren’t perfect at it, haha
I think it's better to learn vocab first, then learn how to use it
Yeah, I get what you mean. I was learning grammar, when I realized I couldn't even make sentences since I knew no words.
Honestly your videos inspire me to become better in Korean. Your whole persona and attitude is so upbeat and great! Thanks for all the informative videos you put out~ ☆♡
I know how to read korean, but i dont know what im reading.
Same here
How did you learn how to read ? I struggle with writing and reading because I don't understand the order
L. Nguyen I recently learn hangul now i can read and write but same i don't know what i'm reading and writing. but now i'm gonna work on my vocab and will learn phrases too
@@mctaetae7485 where do we find vocab list in Korean online?
Make a list about 500 most used vocabulary words in your native laguage then master it in korean. Then read the korean books, you'll be surprised how much you know.
My tips for paper flashcards: It's easier on the wrists if, when you turn the card over to the back side, you flip it top-over-bottom rather than left to right. In this way, the back of the card is actually upside down compared to the front. You can then flip it with your fingers to see the back instead of having to turn your wrist. Many office products stores in the US sell half-size cards and index card boxes (where you can store cards you've learned--just in case you take a two-month break and need to review everything). If the cards are lined, I like to write the Korean on the blank side in larger letters.
When I guess cards correctly, I put them down on my thighs or on a table in such a way that I end up with at least two piles--putting every-other-word on the left pile and every-other-word on the right pile. If I get a word wrong, I move it to the bottom of the deck (but I keep each deck small). When I've guessed all the cards correctly, I put the two piles together and put the rubber bands back on them until next time. (Rubber bands eventually break, so I use two.) Big or thick rubber bands can bend the cards, so I use small, thin ones. By making two piles, I change the order of the cards every time I study. Otherwise, I'd start guessing a card correctly because they're always in the same order. This wouldn't be much different than studying a list on a sheet of paper. I have an extra pile off to the side where I put words that I feel I know well and can put away in the box (making the deck smaller).
I personally prefer topical vocabulary books instead of frequency lists. This way, I can select a topic and prepare for it before the conversation. However, not many of them have been published for Korean. The easiest one to use, in my opinion, is "Korean Vocabulary for English Speakers - 9000 Words" by Andrey Taranov (also available for many other languages--get the paperback version, not the e-book). Other topical books are less easy to use, but include example sentences and/or frequency rankings--for example, "Essential Korean Vocabulary" by Kyubyong Park. I buy at least two topical vocabulary books for each language because every book is incomplete. Even so, they have long lists under each topic, so I just select a small number of words that I can imagine myself using. I don't worry about the rest of the words because I'll eventually encounter them while reading or listening to Korean and can learn them that way.
If you're too shy or nervous to converse with anyone else yet, try finding a private spot and talking to yourself (thinking aloud) in Korean. Have an electronic dictionary with you to look up words you don't know and a pocket notebook and pen for writing them down (or save the words as favorites in the dictionary, if it has that feature). These words can then be your top priority to learn, as you know you'll need them again. If your phone is constantly online, use the Naver or WordReference dictionary. If your phone's internet connection is spotty, use an offline dictionary such as the one by eflasoft. My Korean has improved greatly over the past few weeks because I do this, coupled with a lot of grammar study.
this is really helpful!
I'd like to add that I study my flashcards in phases:
first phase is seeing the Korean and remembering what it is in English
second phase is the reverse (I notice often when seeing the Hangeul, I'd have noticed a single character would remind me of the English, so when I did it the other way around I couldn't recall the rest of it)
third phase is kind of optional, but it's saying a sentence for each one as you go.
whenever I can get comfortably and quickly to phase 2 or 3, I "retire" my flashcards, and file them away so that I'm only ever revising ones I still need to learn.
Wow great tips and advice !! Will definitely implement them !
This is very time consuming and i can't manage it because i had to focus on my studies too.but I thought that i can learn Korean in lockdown but I had to attend my online classes too!!so I really can't manage the time!if i worked continuously than I suffers from head ace!
Learning Korean is my wish but it is difficult and time consuming to learn it!!!!!
"You can add a hundred words and then forget them."
Man, this takes me back to Spanish 1. Flashcards. Flashcards everywhere.
If anyone's reading this and want to take an advice:
I am currently finished with his book korean made simple 1(which I recommend, it's a great book), but i have upcoming exams, thus i just started to learn all of his 1,000 vocabularies with anki.
I now know about 650 words of the 1,000, and although I recognize more words in sentences, etc., my Korean level has not improved at all, since i had to take a break from studying grammar.
My recommendation is that, if you have time, learn the grammar and 15 words a day, like he recommended it, and find korean pen pals online.
If you know the grammar, you can look up words online while chatting with your pen pals, but you would know how to use these words and express yourself with them.
If you keep using korean, I'd say that you'll know the most important and frequently used vocabulary naturally after a while.
Even better focus lesson on grammer and more on sentence structures, common particles and question words. Then you will have a good basis of sentences as well as grammar but you will have learned it from real examples. Now you just have to fill in the blanks. Then revisit the grammer book and see how much you learned. I am practicing and learning from the real-life Korean conversations: Intermediate and Begineer books because they combine everything that I want to learn in Korean currently.
Billy Korean is the best channel for learning Korean language your video are really helpful for us I'm watching Billy Korean since 2021 and now I can speak 10% of Korean
Thank you Billy Korean 😊😊
I discovered you today and I really really love and appreciate your personality, your Korean ability, and your teaching!
I did most of my beginning Korean study almost 13 years ago and I'm just getting back into it seriously, and when you wrote 배 my brain said "pear" but then you said "boat" and I was a little crestfallen until I went to check if it's a homonym. I was excited to find out I was correct
That intro was pure gold! Great video. Seriously: I have spent so much time memorizing useless words from vocabulary lists, but I didn't know how to find more relevant lists. Thanks for the suggestions, Billy. Also, I didn't know you wrote books. I'll have to check them out.
your videos are like heaven
My goal - 10 words a day until my straykids concert(69 days as of right now) - basic conversational
overall goal - fluency!
(I'll come back and add more when time passes :))
I'm getting so much strenght from your videos, thank you so much Billy!
you are great. honestly the best korean teacher youtuber ive found. thank you
One of the best videos I have seen on a rational approach to learning vocabulary! Truly inspiring and motivational. I have tried over and over to memorize big lists of vocabulary words without success. This is a much better approach..so many good tips here. Thank you, GO Billy Korean.
since im learning korean with interest in internet culture, im finding playing video games and watching videos in korean is helping me with specific vocabulary related to topics im interested in. a lot more applicable and memorable than 'umbilical cord' lol
Definitely very useful!! I get asked this a lot when someone's starting to learn Korean!
What I did as a beginner is list down words I personally used at home.
My first vocabulary list consisted of 20 things I see in my own room and house.
Radio, TV, Bed, Chair, Toothbrush, Toothpaste, Clothes...
Even if I didn't use these words all the time, when I used them with grammar, I could at least make sentences with them!
I'm gonna share this video with my beginner friends :D
KOREAN IS SO HARD
Your books helped me learn most of the Korean I know! Thankyou!
Lol I saw formaldehyde on the list 😂🤣
Limestone and all the chemistry words lol😂
Postposition... I am not a native English speaker but I am at an intermediate+ level (I guess) and I don't even know what postposition means in English, let alone korean
Def agree on the timing to learn vocabulary. As a beginner I tried to start with drilling vocab with duolingo but gave up after 6 months because even if I knew the words, I couldn't understand or make simple sentences. I regained interest in learning a year later by translating lyrics since I thought that would introduce me to many types of grammar in a digestible format. I now, more or less, understand sentence structure but lyrics are not a very good way to learn vocabulary since their content (love, memory, sadness, time, etc) is repetitive and not likely to be used in daily conversations. I've started making index cards for more common and useful vocabulary recently. I also organize them by topic because I find it easier to memorize related words. My current goals are to learn around 10-14 new words a day, practice listening of learned words by watching korean tv, and to become conversational in 1-1.5 years.
Bro you're the best teacher I've ever met on youtube!
You deserve 1million sub's from kpop fans this was so help full. And I need a Korean friemd
Try using hello talk, You can find a lot of Korean speakers there.
An app I like to use is Tandem, it’s a chatting app where you can make friends and text people who can teach you a language you wanna learn and learn from a language you already know :)
@@alondranino423 tandem is so much better than hellotalk
That won’t work on my introverted self 😕
You can use your foreign language book for learning korean, at the end of the chapter there usually is all the vocabulary that was used in it and then you can translate the words in naver vocabulary, there are also good sample sentences. And for remembering the vocabulary, the method that works for me is of course writing the word and pointing out at the thing or if I can't, I imagine it. I sometimes create a rhythm for a word or if it sounds similar to another word it's easier to remember
Or if I'm watching a Korean tv show and I spot an "interesting" word I translate it asap and revise it in my head hundreds times to be sure that I won't forget that word :D
I love this teddy bear, so cute and creative lol, thanks for a great video
3:15 I find that writing things down first then put putting them into Anki helps me prevent that from happening.
i LOVE your sense of humor!
I currently finished studying with my first Korean teaching book and am waiting for my second one to arrive with the post, so I thought I'd use this time to learn some more vocabulary since I'm so motivated lol. This is very useful. 감사합니다 선생님
The sound editing in your videos makes me feel like I'm watching an old kung fu movie. It's great.
The very first video you made to study Korean vocab was creative, fun, and very helpful! 저는 그 방법으로 6 개월 동안 한국어 단어를 많이 외웠어요! 빌리 선생님 정말 고맙습니다!!
I'm now at intermediate level now, for my level, i focus at some webtoon, i can try korean news but i'm not advanced yet and i learn so many vocabulary through kdrama, by also korean youtuber and by taking lessons with a korean teacher with whom i practiced speaking
My native language is Spanish, I've already learned English and now it's time to start with Korean 🤞
Thank you soo very much! This lesson was surely needed! Can you plz start teaching a new word with examples in you every video so that we can remember and memorise the vocab? It would be great if you do so! 감사합니다 ,
Love from India!
I use mobile Anki, but I don't "copy-paste" words. I find them, make a list writing it and later add it to my Korean desk. And of course: I say these word out loud when repeating, record it once a week and listen to it. I was aware that copy-paste method will be quite useless, so I just figured out my own one and I think that overall it's not that bad ☺
My biggest difficulty with learning and applying new vocabulary is that the words I hear being used almost never sound or look like the word I learned. There are just too many conjugations and postpositions and quirks with pronunciation and how endings combine with the base and whatnot. I feel like when I'm studying with my language exchange friend, it's a lot easier for her to actually apply new English vocabulary because the words change form so much less often and in so many fewer ways. If she learns "eat" she can just say "eat", "eats", "eating", "ate", or "eaten". I learn "먹다" but then I have to learn an endless series of different forms and almost never even use "먹다".
thank you so much for this video!! i love your videos ㅠㅠ ♡
I really like the no more than 15 word recommendation Billy.
These days I get Korean two hour tutoring twice a week, and while my tutor and I do use text books and other supplemental material, a lot of what we do is free talking. Whenever I don't get something or slip up on a grammar point or word, she writes it down. I end up with a beautiful, often two sided piece of paper with words and phrases. Then, at the very end of our session, we'll run back through the words/phrases/or grammar points, and a couple of days later when I have time, I will add them to Anki. Often times my Anki decks will be this format:
1. Cloze Deletion Sentence (sometimes made by me verified by my tutor, or made by my tutor, or just taken from naver if it is a noun or I'm feeling lazy)
2. The Hanja (if applicable) posted from the bravader koreanhanjadic app, and maybe some word web stuff for words I struggle with
3. Example sentences from Naver screenshot if I have to keep marking it as "hard".
4. Maybe more wordwebs or example sentences of my own depending on how much I am struggling with it. Often times I find it better to use a new example sentence if I encounter a 'leech' as Anki calls it.
Also, between my two tutoring sessions, my daily life, and what I come across on the internet (ugh my deck has so much internet slang), I have a word limit of 10 new words a day. 10 feels like I am making quite a bit of progress on Korean every week. I've been at this for the last 6 months and honestly, I can say that I am finally feeling like my conversations are getting more fluid, and are improving at a similar speed to when I was at Sogang.
The biggest challenge is that people underestimate the time commitment it takes to REALLY improve at a language. I really think anything less than 10 hours a week and you'll get nowhere. People gotta understand that learning Korean is a COMMITMENT. The rewards, like working out, are worth it everyone. Just stick with it!
I wouldnt say you get nowhere wirh 10h less a week. of course its slow but slow progress is better than nothing. I study just 3h a week cause I have to work and have a family, but still I make noticeable progress :)
I use technology to enhance the learning experience. I wrote a python program that looks up a list of words on the national institute of Korean language dictionary and downloads information about them such as their part of speech and if available an audio sample. It’s a great thing to learn python and Korean at the same time
너무 재미있고 유익한 비디오네요^^
Billy I like your vedios so much
I’m from Korea
and I think you’re almost a native speaker of Korean!! I can’t believe it!!
Can i be your friend pls cuz i need a penpal to help me speak korean im from the Philippines if you need someone to help you speak english i can help you pls
My trick to learn :- Write 30 words and read them daily twice in day and in night... Read for 20 days and then you'll learn them by yourself
Thank you so much for this video! I’ve always struggled with vocab, not only in korean but in german and french too😭I’ve never thought of actually making hand made flashcards😂
Tysm💞
Idk why but the fact that I knew what 저는 meant as soon as he said it makes me so happy😂 (even though it’s one of the most simplest words in Korean)
I actually finished your 3rd book. Only used the 3rd one though.. I really need to work on vocabulary, and now it's the only thing I work on besides speaking and understanding. I learn grammars when I run into them. I've bought books to read and watch videos. When watching videos and reading books there's a CRAZY amount I don't know, but I thought that constantly running into words would help me remember them especially because I study the hanja too. When I hear stuff and understand it, I feel as if I'm doing the right thing. Don't know if my method is great, but it's summer so I have practically unlimited time to write down words over and over again until I know them.. I do the notebook thing too. I've written down lot of words and maybe repeated some like 7 times before I really remembered it.. It's just a long journey I'll keep going on.
Your videos are very helpful and you earned a subscriber 🌸
Thank you so much for your every new lessons.I had always learning such things I couldn’t understand things at lesson
Very helpful, brother Billy.
May God bless you!
personally, I just use anki, but a lot of the words I go through I write sentences with those words using a dry erase board. I'm currently focusing on Chinese, so this really helps with the characters. It's also important to be honest when using anki. If you didn't know it, put that, so the word (s) can keep showing up so you can remember them eventually. This can also help with grammer, sometimes I'll be practicing vocab and will think of a sentence but can't think of how to translate it, so I'll have to look into some grammer points (or other related vocab words) and maybe write it down in my notebook.
I really needed this! I know how to read and write it and structures but my vocabulary is very limited,,
Start with grammar first (preferably)
Make your own vocab list (for intermediates)
Frequently used korean word list 5-15 per day
Make an example sentence for every new word
Make paper flashcards
I think electronic flashcards might be a bit friendlier to trees than paper flashcards.
Good video and amazing tips. Thank you so much for your help
When I started learning German, the only German book I had available was ‘Im Westen nichts Neues’ which is a book set during ww1. So my vocabulary was filled with body parts, diseases, and weapons for trench warfare.
Needless to say, the first time I tried practicing with actual German speakers they were all confused😂
🙏 Thanks for the tip Billy! I just got my Korean Made Simple along with the work book 📚 😂
I almost watch all of your video and here I am, still searching of how to memorize Korean verbs and nouns, 'cause I don't f know how to make korean sentence without knowing what that thing mean
Thank you so much! I love your channel and this video is exactly what I need :))) ♡
sentence mining works for me, i would use one of the vocabs that i’m trying to remember and put it in a sentence, highlight the exact vocab and then i remember it
so many useful experiences to learn Korean, many thanks for great lesson
I’m gonna try making paper flash cards like you said! I hit a wall recently with learning vocabulary. I think taking my time by actually writing the words down will help a lot! Thanks! 😄😄
I trust my studying with him I just have to purchase the book soon I’m scared I really wouldn’t know where to start from although I have a little background . I hope it all works out Goooo Billy thanks a lot 🌟🌟🌟
A lot of people mention flashcards but that's too time consuming for me and i'm too lazy to make those and carry them around. For me, the best way to learn new words is by listening koreans speak and when they mention the word more frequently the better. It depends on the topic being discussed etc. Another good way is to just repeat it over and over again and try to use it in some sort of situation that I create for myself. Also, the more interesting the word, the better. I sometimes learn some useless advanced vocabulary just in case I might encouter some words and be able to understand but.. they are so quickly forgettable. Anyway, the best way for me is mainly by listening and having some visual representation of that word.
Thank you about the tip on checking the top 6000 words! I checked myself and I only know about 2000.... still a long way to go! But a good reality check!
Your videos are helping me a lot~ 고마워 ^^
Very useful. Making sentences really helps
I've already learned english, some people say that when you try to learn a 3rd language is a lot easier, I hope so haha
I'm brazilian btw :)
Como está o seu coreano? Também sou brasileiro
Your english is so good! Great job, you've worked hard.
So I hope!! This is gonna be my third language as well and I hope it's easier now than when I was just starting with the second one (English in this case)
Your Korean Books are so amazing. I am going to order the second book very shortly :)
FryGod what's in the first book
Im half way done with first book now. Its pretty well done. It teaches Hangul and then some grammar, vocab, ect. Also has culture notes and he makes it really east to progress.
Alex Friedman exactly! I think the book goes at a good pace. Some pages have a decent amount of vocab. I have found myself spending a few hours just for the dedicated vocab pages. I believe it helps me learn the words better.
Yoongi's Tongue Technology The first book teaches you Hangul from scratch, has useful cultural notes, basic grammar lessons that are actually pretty core to Korean, and a large selection of vocab words that I find myself using everyday now to practice. Highly recommend the book to anybody wanting to learn Korean starting at a beginner or low intermediate level :)
I agree with this. I'm currently learning from the first book right now.
I'm thinking of getting a notebook and just writing down the most important/common words and phrases on a subject per page.
So for example, 1 page for the weather: hot, rain, windy, snow, etc.
Another page for clothing: hat, shirt, jeans, shoes, etc.
And another for animals: cat, dog, bird, monkey, etc.
Not too many, but just enough to know a little bit about a lot of things. Would this be efficient or does this sound like a waste of my time? (Note: I started studying Korean 1 month ago, just finished Level 1 of TTMIK, and I'm able to make and understand simple sentences.)
if you want to learn korean
this is what i do i go try learning chinese or other difficult languages for 1min
and then come back to Korean i find that super easy foreal
I really like your videos.I believe this will be a big help for me especially that I wanted to learn Korean.New subscriber here 💚
안녕하세요. Thanks for your video. I started learning Korean a few weeks ago and discovered your channel today. Your tips are great and I think I will start making flashcard as I did when I was a kid and learned english (keeps me away from my smartphone and I will actually write korean) :D I am a person who is really bad at remembering vocabulary, so learning words I want to/I can use is a great tip because I can make sentences and throw them at my co-workers (who don't understand but it's still great to see their faces :'D)
와우!! Thank you so much!! 'English'를 '한국어'로 바꾸고 '한국어'를 'English'로 바꾸면, 'The Best Way to Learn English Vocabulary'가 되어서 한국인들에게 유용하게 될것 같군여. ha ha~
I think you are right about learning grammar first.
On my experience with english, I had classes in school but I felt like I could do the grammar exercises easily but when it came to writing compositions and/or trying to interpret a text I was very awful. I was like a machine doing all the grammar exercises but when it came to actually write by myself, I couldn´t.
I don´t know how I started talking and writting in english and not just doing the grammar but I feel like without the grammar it would have been a lot more complicated. Because yes I knew some vocabulary words but how would I be able to actually built a sentence without the grammar ??
Have a nice day Billy :)
SAYA SANGAT SUKA VIDEO INI. TERIMA KASIH BANYAK.
Thank you for the tips!
what would be the best method to build your Korean vocabulary if you already know Chinese? do I start with learning Hancha so I know how the Chinese characters are pronounced by Korean so it's easier for me to spot Sino-Korean words? some are pretty obvious like 太阳 - 태양 or 兄 - 형, some are harder but still noticeable like 歌词 - 가사 and then there are words that I would never be able to guess they came from Chinese. Or do I just learn vocabulary normally and if I notice it comes from Chinese then that's great and if not then oh well?
If you know TONS of Chinese, then I'd recommend learning those characters' sounds in Korean. Most often it'll only be 1 sound, but sometimes 2. However, not all words can be translated in this way - only many can be. It'll be beneficial (especially for memorization), but you also have to be careful that a lot of words simply won't make sense when translated this way.
DarkbloomTV im learning Korean and Chinese before Japanese
Yeah, another example is Banjang(Korean) and Panjang(Chinese)
Lol @ 4:51 i was laughing already when i read the subtitle... but it was double hilarious when billy laughed like that..!
Thank you for this billy!!!
'FInD A KoREaN FrIEnD'
ME: I dont have friends........
(ok I know that was lame AF)
PS: I love your videos.... flashcards is an awesome idea
Try using Hellotalk. You can find friends there. 😊
@@vlibrando2510 THANKS :)
HAHAHA, I ATE THE MONKEY, I FREAKING DIE
Scrolling YT, seeing this, "Tfff, I don't need it", reminding myself that I want to write a letter to Jeongin from Stray Kids, clicking the video immediately
LOL
Thank you
How do u not get much views, your videos are the best
4:47 this is so Duolingo lmao
this was helpful thank you so much ❤️😇
Way humans learn is to copy what they hear, but to understand what they hear, is to hear the word whilst the object is infront of you. Basically, picture learning.
Billy billy billy thanks sooo much
What is better to learn first vocabulary or Grammar?
5:33 oh. I was studying like 30 word in a day 😀
But i don't write vocabulary i don't remember by writing and memory flashcard don't work with me, i remember mostly by listening
Learning vocabulary is much more fun than learning grammar.
Thanks. A good idea about using cards 😊
i bought your book
it is amazing🤩
These videos are so helpful to me. I've been learning Korean for a couple months now, but I dont know the best place to learn grammar. Would textbooks be the best way to leanr grammar?
Brittany J Have you tried TalkToMeInKorean?🤔 (its an app btw)
Yes, books will be the best way to learn grammar (or some sort of professional classes).
For practice, try Duolingo free app. They also introduce basic grammar concepts, but not as systematically as TTMK
Lingodeer is the best way to learn Grammer
TALKTOMEINKOREAN IS THE BEST FOR GRAMMAR
*it's so helpful*
*thank you♥*
How do you repeat words? Have you any space repetition?
First time and thanks 🙏🏽
This video will help me a lot. Ive been studying Korean and I know how to read and write Korean words but I'm a bit slow reading it. And also idk the meaning of the words I'm reading
For now, I use a children books to learn new words ^^
But I Need to know the alphabet and how to pronounce them and these forms they go in in order to make a sentence and start vocabulary (like the formal and informal versions of words/phrases)
you're a great teacher :)
New subscriber. From Philippines😊
* convenient to have flash cards rather than phone app? hmmmm
But really loved all the other advice. Especially the anki app