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ds_fan
Joined: 07 Apr 2008
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| used to work for them, dont think the system works too well really, looks nice and that about it, still if you can download it free then go for it |
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nobbyken
Joined: 07 Jun 2006
Location: Yongin ^^
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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you can buy mine, I already downloaded it. Cost you $50. It was origianally $250 or something.
The only thing I have learned is cu-ke-dee means elephant. I really like that word. I am going to use it alot in Korea! I am going to call everyone elephants,! Cu-ke-dee, it just sounds fun!
Actually I am being serious, PM me if you want |
I think an elephant would wonder who you were talking to if you addressed it as that. Korean pet shop owners would never now what kind of pet you wanted either. 
Elephant is 코끼리, KohGgiRi.
코 Koh is nose! |
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ardis
Joined: 20 Apr 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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Go with Sogang, online.
http://korean.sogang.ac.kr/
I think you need IE for it, though.
If you're going with torrents, do pimsleur korean. Pimsleur uses too much "imnida" for my taste, but it's still good. |
It works with my Mozilla fine, but yeah, the Sogang website is amazing. It's well-presented and really helpful. My Korean has definitely improved by trying to do a lesson every few days. |
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jackson7
Joined: 01 Aug 2006
Location: Kim Jong Il's Future Fireball
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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| My mate and I used Declan's and both of us were better than conversational a year later. I personally have an affinity for languages, and got a lot of practice from my K-friends/girlfriends, but it was a great starter for the more simple grammar and I still use it for vocab from time to time (although of course vocab should be built on a daily basis, little-by-little...I'm a damn hypocrite). Only costs 65 bucks for the program, TONS of "flashcards" (a vocab learning program) and a crappy K->E->K dictionary that pales in comparison to the one on your cell phone. Still worth it in my opinion. |
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jkelly80
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Location: you boys like mexico?
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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| I second Declan's. |
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Newbie
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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| nolegirl wrote: |
you can buy mine, I already downloaded it. Cost you $50. It was origianally $250 or something.
The only thing I have learned is cu-ke-dee means elephant. I really like that word. I am going to use it alot in Korea! I am going to call everyone elephants,! Cu-ke-dee, it just sounds fun!
Actually I am being serious, PM me if you want |
That's so sad.
Have any Koreans laughed at you when you told them "cu-kee-dee" means elephant?
Elephant is "Kkoh-kee-ree" |
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nautilus
Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Rosetta Stone Korean? |
I know they claimed to have invented movable type, but this is ridiculous |
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i4NI
Joined: 17 May 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:43 am Post subject: |
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| NoDolan wrote: |
what's the point in learning korean when every korean you talk to thinks you're speaking english and won't understand a word you are saying no matter how much you practice.
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Stupidest post of the week lol
You're bitter at Koreans because your pronunciation sucks and they can't understand you? |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:09 am Post subject: |
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| Rosetta Stone Korean? |
I know they claimed to have invented movable type, but this is ridiculous |
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Brennan
Joined: 16 Mar 2013
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So... would anyone recommend learning the language before going? I've been to Japan and had a few issues (mostly outside of the tourist zones) but got along mostly fine with my lonely planet language book.
From what I've also read, schools do not want you to talk to the students at all in Korean, so it would be for day to day use. |
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War Eagle
Joined: 15 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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You only NEED to know:
The alphabet
Hello/goodbye
Give me....
How much...?
Take me to...
And the currency,
to get by successfully for a year. You will be able to learn all this within week 1 off the plane. Everything else is fluff. So really, up to you. |
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littletelly94
Joined: 02 Dec 2012
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Brennan wrote: |
So... would anyone recommend learning the language before going? I've been to Japan and had a few issues (mostly outside of the tourist zones) but got along mostly fine with my lonely planet language book.
From what I've also read, schools do not want you to talk to the students at all in Korean, so it would be for day to day use. |
Learning to read the language before would be a great benefit. I wish I hadn't waited 6 months to do that.
Knowing key phrases and basic grammar helps tremendously too. I went through the 3 levels of RS, and it does teach that at least. |
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