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[Qinella]

I learned the alphabet, both counting systems (the basics), some basic phrases and a few nouns in the month before I moved to Korea. I used to work in a bank, and during the slow times when others were talking or reading magazines, I was using my awesome Lonely Planet Phrasebook to prepare for Korea. We had three Korean customers, also, and they were very happy to help me out (and laugh very loudly at my mistakes) when they came in.

However, I wasn't very comfortable with reading until about two or three months in. In the beginning, I was still very, very slow at reading, and I'm not much better now. I've always been slow at English reading, too, though. I think it's because I sound out everything in my head, which they say you shouldn't do.

[Cheonmunka]

Thanks for giving me the opportunity!

���� King ������ judge/criticise �� doing/about to do �Ǹ��� rights to do ���� (none)

What was the other one? mmm
(����) ������ �ϴ°� �ߵ����ʴ�.
Basically 'not tolerating the judgements about the king.'
This is a wrong verb. Can't use it, I found out.

When my wife reads my stuff, she knows it's a foreigner writing it. But, it's good enough in its accuracies or getting the point across to not deflect from the meaning. So that's given me some confidence. I wrote a letter to the immigration office recently and they understod exactly what I wanted, so those times are cool.
Makes up for all the times that people actually try to discourage me.

Problem I reckon in doing stuff with Korean will be in the addressee, so whether you need a subject there, another affect will be the type of verb used. (�ߵ��) I think may be formal or may not even be used. Because I pulled it out of the dictionary I don't even know if it will be used, in this case. So, you see the dillemna from not having studied quite enough. And not crossing the peak of the mountain?

In everyday we would say and hear �������� ���� or better (�װ�) �� ���� / can't stand (it) for not tolerating something or someone.

Hey man,

Have fun in your studies.

[Mashimaro]

[out of context]

I've found that it's kind of a mixture with reading. With relatively high-frequency words and grammatical endings, I can recognize those pretty much instantaneously, but with words I've never seen before (even some English transliterations), it takes me longer to sound out than I'd like to admit. I think it's normal to process reading material in word-sized chunks, rather than one sound at a time, in any language.

Continuing with the theme of relating Korean characters to some visual cue, I was sitting at a stoplight one day and noticed that "hoe" (ȸ) looks like a man wearing a hat making an obscene gesture with his arm. Maybe someone will find that helpful.

[SPINOZA]

[ajgeddes]

[Cheonmunka]

Umm, I thought this was for an avatar...or signature.

I really don't think people will understand what you mean. You know Korea has set method of dialogue for any situation. I don't think anyone will see any sense in this statement as it's out of context and not relevant. You'd be better off (if you want to be the center of attention) standing up and announcing that you love Korea, thank you everyone for letting you live here. That may go down well.
Not something I'd do, however.

[SPINOZA]

[peony]

this will be a bit more complicated but you can say

���� ���̴� - i am (a/the) king

�� �볳�����ʰڴ� - criticism will not be tolerated
(bee-nan yong nop ha ji an ket da)


this might be fragmented, you should ask a korean co-teacher if its correct




edit: changed the �� -> ��

[little mixed girl]

[bignate]

[peony]

meh~ i didnt see my typo

its �� of course

[Wangja]

Who will admit to admitting it was too difficult for him/her?

[bellum99]

I have a reasonable level but then I just got sick of it. The koreans themselves don't help. I don't like having people laugh at me when I make a mistake and talk about me with each other, when I am there. At some point it just becomes depressing. I learned that I will never reach the mountain...the more I learned, then the more I forgot. It was almost impossible to go to the last stage in the learning.

I gave up!

[bignate]