I EMBARRASSED myself with my OLD Korean speaking videos (feat. Hyunwoo)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- I’ve been studying Korean officially since 2005, but I wasn’t always fluent. In fact, even after becoming mostly fluent, I’ve still been improving every single year through constant studying. So I sat down with Hyunwoo from TTMIK to watch some older clips of me speaking Korean and share how I’ve improved over the years. Thanks to Hyunwoo for helping out!
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Hyunwoo going "I came here to bully you. Why are you whipping out your best material right now...🧍🏻" throughout the entire video is SENDING me😭😭😭
Wu shi nu xing xibie wo hui shuo hanyu .ika nai wo laizi zhunguo.mei guanxi. 😂😂😂zuan xang,hu jia hu wei.
I agree with 현우 선생님 about the noticeable improvement between videos ~2016 and 2018! This is a great motivation for learners who feel stuck at a certain level, and don’t feel like they are no longer improving. That ‘step up’ moment that happens one day after accumulated input… is visualized here! Plus, kudos to you for sharing all those past moments! Not everyone would be brave enough to do that! 👍
Two of my favs!! Love this collab
Also I'm dying at the end:
"you sound weird"
"this is how I sound now"
"...I was just kidding about you sounding weird" 😭
I'm very curious to know what language Billy and Hyunwoo speak to each other in
We use English with each other like you see in the video, unless we're around someone else who prefers Korean in which case we use Korean.
@@GoBillyKorean Any particular reason for that, or it just happen that way from the start? :)
@@wowJhil I just use whatever language is easier for whoever I'm with. It depends on the person. Many of my friends prefer using English for various reasons, and others I've never even heard them speak a word of English before.
@@GoBillyKorean This has always fascinated me. When I first came to Korea (5 years ago), everyone spoke English to me, because my Korean was basically limited to "Hello/Goodbye and crudely introducing myself, lol), although I was always trying to speak Korean at my level, whatever that was at the time. I'm STILL sadly upper beginner, of course, but I feel like I'm finally starting to acquire some tiny aspects of intermediate level now - I can understand at almost an intermediate level some video dialogues that I listen to over and over again, but not much real conversation, because I can only hear that once, lol. But now I find that a lot of Korean people convert to Korean with me, intermittently, when they lack the English words. So we kind of sometimes speak a mixture of Korean and English - sometimes they know the English word we need and sometimes I know the Korean word we need. It feels kind of like a job promotion in some ways, and I assume that as my Korean gets better (my listening has specifically improved recently, thank goodness!!) I will get to converse more and more in Korean, I hope. 🙂 It feels kind of like an innate language negotiation thing that automatically happens between two people, and they end up using whichever language or mix works between them at any given time. Does that sound accurate?
@@fransmith3255 Yes, the more Korean you learn the more people may want to switch to Korean with you when they don't know what to say. It can be more relaxing to some people if they know that you can already speak Korean, if they're not confident in their English. But also in general, once you can have full Korean conversations you'll simply meet people who don't want anything to do with English.
EVERYBODY KEEP IT UP! Think about how you will feel looking back at old videos of you in 2022. Lets goooo!
These guys are FIRE, very good video and very funny and interesting since the beginning!
My two favorite Korean teachers :)
I think you're a great teacher Billy! You're willing to look at past videos to show a learning/process even tho it can be embarrassing. And Hyunwoo is also amazing! Such specific positive feedback. Also just fun to watch in general, you're both funny
This video is soooo encouraging for me!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO BOTH OF YOU! THANK YOU!
This is so funny XD
But now I am super curious to see how I will sound in the future years, this video was really inspiring :D
Hyunwoo has a very strong face
Like an angry teacher...lol
Well, I have also been learning Korean but I think the best way is to go there because the environment helps you get familiar with the language.
Billy looks better today than in his previous videos.
Yaye! SO much fun to see you together :)
I have been following TALK TO ME IN KOREAN since 2009.
I love you two together 🙌😂. Educational and fun.
Honestly the whole process of learning Korean is embarrassing. I’m so embarrassed speaking Korean and making mistakes. I freeze and forget everything I learn when I’m talking to someone. And then I’m afraid of sounding too American. Not only that but sometimes I want to use more intonation but I’m embarrassed to make a fool out of myself or maybe exaggerate it too much. Right now I’m probably not expert enough 😂
I read a good tip the other day, of using the Speech function of Papago to practice talking. You basically would say what you want to say and Papago transcribes it back to you. If it transcribed it back correctly, you know your pronunciation is probably really good, if not...well just keep on practising ❤
That way you can practice without fear of embarrassing yourself 😊
아니... 변진섭의 '희망사항'을 기타치면서🎸 부르셨네요!! 😲😲 변진섭 노래는 80년대 말에서 90년대 초에 유행하던 노랜데 이걸 어찌 아셨을까요? ㅎㅎ
결혼식 영상에는 빌리 쌤 아주 젊고(?) 풋풋하네요.😄
I love it when u two guys meet
0:21 That cut got me xD
Great video! Both of you are such nice people. I always learn a lot from both of you. 😎
Super iam really intrest in learning korean by suprajaa from 🇮🇳India
Yeah so true, i can sing a korean song perfectly without knowing how to translate it
Poor Billy got so embarrassed he even apologized
빌리 쌤 왜 늙지 않는 거죠.....????
고빌리 뱀파이어설ㅎㅎㅎ
4:35 had to time stamp this 😂😂😂
No cause as a learner myself, why do I feel embarrassed for Billy?😂
I've noticed that the mouth shape of most Koreans is different (I may be wrong though). It's like their teeth are more forward(?) I've also noticed that this is also the case for Billy. I was wondering if his mouth shape has always been this way or if it developed into what it is now.
Are you in Korea right now? I swear to god I saw your doppelgänger at 신논현역 today ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
What’s the name of the song you sang while playing guitar? I’ve definitely heard it before!
I figured it out by asking my 64 year old mom. It’s called 희망사항 by 변진섭 and it came out in 1989.
Here’s the link to the song th-cam.com/video/RtdWkVeQXOg/w-d-xo.html
This song is so fun! I learned a lot of vocabulary to describe my perfect woman. Ideally someone who can cook 김치볶음밥
I'm a subscriber to both channels. But I won't say who I subscribed to first. 😜
Billy blushed lol…
BIG QUESTION why does in 11:09 the giyeok in the beginning has a k sound but then the next one when he pronounced it had a g sound???
because giyeok just like ㅈ, ㄷ and ㅂ change their sound depending on where they are. when they are at the beginning they are more soft. in the middle they are more tough.
ㅂ, ㅈ, ㄷ, ㄱ are voiceless (like p, ch, t, k but without airpuffs) at the beginning of a word but voiced (like b, j, d, g) between vowels
"Boy meron akong translation!!" ✨
(Filipino viewers will get this)
최고의 한국어 선생님 두 분의 콜라보와 재미있는 대화 최고예요. 노래도 잘했어요. ㅋㅋㅋ
Nawww these 2 are so funny
우와 빌리 부모님도 보고 결혼식 영상도 보고 신기하다~ 청바지가 잘어울리는 여자~ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
❤💕
does anyone know what kind of laptop that is? It looks cool
It's the Eluktronics MAX-15.
"You can get good at a song without knowing the language." Every fan of Kpop is smiling right now. Most of us sing perfect Korean because we have listened to our favorite Kpop songs so many times. Of course we have no idea what we're singing, but close enough. :)
Hehe, I learned to sing the Korean National Anthem before I learned how to say Hello in Korean, lol! And I had to sing it at a public Korean war ceremony in front of many Korean people. Korean people were, as always, very gracious, but I think I was very bad at the pronunciation. A Korean person actually sang the Australian national anthem. She was lots better than me, lol - she could speak English. :-))
Korean or any language for that matter, I remember back in the day being so obsessed with English that I listened to a song a lot of times just using the booklet that comes with a CD. Everytime I look back I realized that it's the same thing I'm doing with Korean (and Japanese, because of Twice) but since this time the script is different I rely on my ears because romanization makes it harder for me.
So true. I can sing Goodbye by Park Hyo Shin in Korean and several BTS songs. I also can sing some Japanese songs. While I do have a very basic vocabulary of Korean words (hello, thank you, excuse me, my name is, and curse words etc..), do not try a conversation in either language with me.
Learn korean
4:14 I love how the book is hidden behind the screen but I know which one you're talking about 😂😂😂
14:46 “No, you sound really, really good right now.”
Hyunwoo always sounds to me like he immigrated to the US at about the age of eight and has lived here ever since-which is, of course, amazing because he’s never lived in the US for any length of time. As he himself points out, I can’t imagine how much better he could be-we’ll have to wait until he’s “50, 60 or 70” to see.
At the age of 8! That’s so specific😂but oddly accurate
Exactly! His English is sooo good, I'm always so impressed
@@charismarie6612 “That’s so specific😂but oddly accurate” Haha, yeah, seven or eight. Well, earlier than that and he probably wouldn’t have an accent at all; later than that (10, 11 or 12) and he could still speak almost “natively” but possibly (probably but not necessarily) with more of an accent.
You are so right. I think that’s pretty much valid to any immigrants. To me, Hyun Woo’s accent sounds like someone who immigrated at the age of 8-9 and speaks Korean with parents at home. I find that normally one won’t have much accent if they immigrated before 8. The best is that he actually has never lived in America before. Some people are just born with language talent.
“That’s going to stick in my mind for the next 3 years! Always nice to see you guys together!
I appreciate Billy's content because he gives us the perspective of a non native learning the language. Seeing at those old clips and the smile and the bright in his eyes is truly inspiring because he didn't care about doing it perfect, he just enjoyed the moment. Every time I see a video from him I can see the dedication both as a student and as teacher.
"you're just really weird here" LMAO kkkkk
"You sound worse" LOLOLOLOLZ
I really like when you bring guests Billy! I agree with you guys, when it’s not your language you always have room to improve. English is not my first language and I’m always studying it in some way, I also get people asking me why I’m still studying.
Also, I have to point out that I love Hyunwoo’s sense of humor.
I was like "Wait!! That's Hyunwoo!!!" I just found the Go Billy channel, but have been learning with TTMIK for awhile. It was kind of crazy to see the two of you together!! I learn so much from both channels - thank you both for all your efforts.
I love it when both of my favourite korean teachers collab
It makes me feel better to see how long it took him to learn
My two favorite Korean teachers, hands down.
I have been learning for nearly 4yrs now, and am nowhere near fluent. In fact, I feel very stuck, like I've hit a learning wall. I can't remember much of anything new...it's VERY frustrating. At best, I'd say I'm somewhere between beginner and intermediate level.
I watch K-Dramas all the time, but I'm not learning much because I'm reading what I'm watching to know what's going on. I've tried listening to radio shows, but I can listen for hours and haven't a clue what's being talked about. Any suggestions?
It matters a lot *how* you're studying. Just watching TV shows won't help make you fluent unless you're doing a lot of studying alongside of that so your brain has something to compare it to. Other things you can try are increasing how much practice you're doing, by finding some online Korean friends to talk with.
My favourite bit is 8:14 to 9:01.
When I was on my path to becoming fluent in Spanish, there were a few big helpers that jumped my learning to the next level. The ability to navigate my speech *around* the gaps in my language knowledge (both vocab AND grammar) was one of the skills I found accelerated my fluency hugely. I could almost feel my brain changing as I learned to do it. I feel like it's a skill that I think we could start practicing from day 1...using our already-known languages to talk about a given topic without using certain words or grammar.
I can hear that 현우 쌤 has improved now compared to his pronunciation in the early TTMIK podcasts. Back then he often pronounced words like he'd learned the vocab from a book, like saying closed as "close-ed", or pronouncing the vowel a in short-a form instead of long-a form.
Your comment is on point!!! I speak English and Spanish as well. I have been learning Korean for just a little over a year. Your statement, " I could almost feel my brain changing as I learned to do it "describes what I feel as well. Best to you on your language journey!
I love yall's videos together. Billy, you are seriously GOALS in every way !!! Thank you for walking us through your journey so far! As for 현우님, he is literally on the level of a native English speaker. Ion even know why he be playin like he ain't! I think as language learners or speakers of a language in general, there comes a point where refinement becomes the goal. I'm a native English speaker but I constantly seek ways to improve my oral and written abilities. That's just the nature of people who love languages, I suppose! Maybe there is a point where we could not get any better, but that point may be different for each one of us! Or maybe the limit does not exist! Who knows! But seeing people like yall inspires me to keep reaching for the stars.
Anyways, as always you both are such huge inspirations to thousands of people like myself. Thanks for being here on this journey with us! Wishing you all and your loved ones the best!
I'm learning Korean quite a time now and I feel I'm stuck in place.. Like, I repeat the same grammar over and over again and I am quite good in it. But I feel less confident and I don't know the know how how to practice efficiently the new grammar. And there is a lot grammar and I want to learn them all at once somehow 😂 Besides cuz I have a lot of time recently I learn vocabulary just to find out there are causativ verbfroms and more to learn and keep to remember and sometimes it's quite overwhelming and so many times stoping learning Korean but I really don't want quit but as a self learner it's so hard. It's somehow damaging my self-esteem how chaotic my learning style is 😂
I have to admit, I was mostly looking forward to Hyunwoo making fun of you ;)
Billy u are one of the KR teachers on TH-cam I am most grateful to. I learned a lot of my Korean pronunciations many years ago from your videos with the Teddy Bear. Billy샘 너무 감사합니다.
I am just a beginner now but I can build a few sentences. Whatever I don't know what kind of topic am i supposed to say when i practice speaking. :'(
very helpful for me. i need reminded to not cram in studying i need to actually speak the words that i know or even just random letters put together lmao practice!
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I'd love to see some of your really bad Korean! (i have an old one of myself lol)
th-cam.com/video/xrJbjbFiBKk/w-d-xo.html for reference lol
100 % fun!!!❤️❤️❤️
Once again. It's great to see you guys doing another video together. I'm looking forward to seeing more of them.
I've a story for you guys. It's when I was in highschool. I would practice my Spanish homework with my mom. She told me that the Spanish accent I was picking up didn't sound like Spanish. She said you need to find out where your Spanish teacher is from. Turned out that the teacher was from Scotland. So my Spanish was said with a Scottish accent. True story ㅋㅋㅋ.
Billy sir can you please suggest me some books for topik one exam preparation , books that covers full preparation of topik one exam
l liked this video 👍
Love a good crossover episode
TTMIK is AMAZING!! I love their books and videos 🥰🥰🥰🥰 thank you for hosting them today!!
Yep my favourite channels are this and TTMIK :))
i loved this video! i loved seeing your progress Billy! im making a note to self to record myself speaking korean! im already 3 years in but ill definitely start from now!
"That's gonna stick in my mind for three years"
"Yeah, I'm sorry"
🤣😂😂😂
Teacher B …there is no reason to feel embarrassed! u were a beginner as we are now watching your lessons ..you gave us hope that we will get better in Korean after …some time …….! Hyuwoo is a well known teacher and congrats to both of u for this video !
I have a few TTMIK books … I started with their Master Hangul book. I will look into purchasing the new book on pronunciation. TTMIK was my first, most basic resource to study Korean.
한국어로 더 말씀 연습해야 겠다.
I'm slacking lol
I did a video with hyunwoo back in 2006ish. It was very cringy, I never got any better.
Was he rude
Absolutely not. He's a great guy.
Honestly never would never imagine a Murica’ guy like you being interested in other cultures. That’s interesting
@@graciekattan6618 I'm not sure what kind of insult you ment that to be, but I deffinitely took it as one. You added nothing to the discussion, all you managed to do was make yourself look stupid. Good job.
I really enjoy learning here
This was so fun, thanks guys for this wonderful collab XD
Wait is this the first time hyunwoo and billy collab??? 🥺 my favorite teachers 💜
Definitely not. Just search TH-cam-either this channel or TTMIK. Billy and Hyunwoo have been in a lot of videos before this one.
yeah, there are several collab videos.
Is this video also in the TTMIK channel?
Not this video, but a different video.
Are you leaving Korea??
Right now I'm not in Korea. I'm in Korea about 3-4 months of every year, and I'm going back again soon :-)
What are you doing putting these vids out. LMAO
Humiliating myself.
@@GoBillyKorean You're a brave soul. I couldn't pull a video from yesterday and not be cripplingly embarrassed.
i have no idea how you became so fluent in korean and you can teach it. your the smartest amercian I know because its really hard for english speakers to learn korean. I know it was really hard for you to learn korean in the beggining and you were struggling but now look at you your such a pro. and you can even tell that google translate makes lots of mistakes i cant tell at all. If you have in person calsses i would obviously come to learn from you
I don't think I'm any smarter than the average person. You don't have to be super smart to learn Korean. Anyone can learn it fluently with just time and practice :-)
@@GoBillyKorean thanks billy your teh best korean teacher your livestreams and videos are super useful for me.