I'm currently putting together a teaching resource for primary school pupils about different scripts/orthographies around the world. The task has 18 translations of 'languages are amazing/incredible' in various languages which have differing scripts. I've checked the translations with multiple online translation tools, but I'm well aware that these do not always catch the nuanced points that native speakers can, hence why I wanted to post here for advice.

Would this be a suitable translation for Korean, or is there a better alternative?

 언어는 놀라워요

Thank you in advance for any help you lovely r/Korean Redditors can offer!

I noticed that before another noun in sentence we can use just 적 or 적인. For example, 기본적 단어를 외워요 or

성공적인 하루를 보내세요. How to distinguish them and what is the most correct way to use it? I'll be thankful for help!

Hi everyone! On the 9th I’m going to see KARD in Barcelona, and I want to make a little sign for Jiwoo. 🥹

I saw a video where she mentioned that she feels a little insecure about her smile, but I personally think her smile is absolutely beautiful, and I really want her to know that.

I know she’ll probably appreciate it more if I write it in Korean. Even though they all speak some English, from the few times I’ve been able to interact with them, BM is obviously the most comfortable with it, while the others seem a little less confident speaking English. Also, I’ve been studying Korean for about year and a half now, so it would make me really happy to be able to make the sign in Korean. And since I’m seeing them in Barcelona, I feel like it might make it a little more special and surprising for them. 🥹

I have a couple of doubts about the wording, though. I have these two versions as my “finalists”, but I’m not sure if they’re written correctly or which one would sound more natural/better. I’d really appreciate any input from Korean speakers or anyone who knows more about this than I do!

지우! 웃는 모습이 너무 예뻐요! 앞으로도 많이 웃어주세요!

지우! 웃는 모습이 정말 예뻐요. 꼭 많이 웃어주세요!

Which one would you recommend? And would you phrase it differently to make it sound more natural or heartfelt without being too much?

This will also be my first time bringing a little sign to a concert. I’m aware that holding it up could block the view for people behind me. I’m planning to get there VERY early and hopefully be at the barricade, but if I feel like I can’t hold it up without bothering the people behind me, I simply won’t do it. Being considerate of everyone at the concert comes first!

Thank you so much for your help! 💗

안녕하세요 여러분, lately I've been kind of bored of my regular study materials so I've been trying to think of new ways to practice. I thought that trying to translate a native language song to your target language factoring in colloquialisms and tone was an interesting challenge so I gave it a shot here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CZwHmsEWTkv51bMJmFTIe84zbWuzDSZ_oRzn3hBst2s/edit?usp=sharing

The only downside to this is that you can only really check it with a native/fluent speaker and I don't have a tutor, so that's why Im asking around online. It's not the most efficient way to study but I think most resources hard focus on grammar and vocab, and this gave me a chance to test my knowledge of tone and context (or like how emotion affects sentence structure)

전 - Jun, 절-Jeol

Is it Jeolla-Do - with an "L" sound or is it Jun-La-Do with a distinct "N" sound.

Same for 문래동 in Seoul.

Is it Mullae Dong - with an "L" sound or it is Moon-Lae-Dong with a distinct "N" sound as written.

문- Moon, 물- Mool.

Im looking for some free korean workbooks that you know are helpful, i know some vocab more than grammar so i’m more towards the beginner level.

ebooks work for me too!!

Hi guys, I'm korean but i'm really bad at it. Just wondering, when speaking to cousins, do i have to speak formally or informally? How much does the age gap have to be if i need to speak formally?

사장님: 안녕하세요.
배달원: 미성빌라 A동 303호요.
사장님: 그거 한 동이라서 3호 라인이 없는데 거기.
배달원: 아… 302호요.
사장님: 조금만 기다려주세요.

I don't know how villas in South Korea are numbered.
I think because of "한 동이라서", "한 동" should refer to "A동"? What does 3호 라인 mean? 103, 203, 303, 403…? Why not 301, 302, 303…? Why "한 동이라서" so there is "3호 라인이 없는데"?

So what I don't understand is: Because it's A동, there's no 3호 라인. ?
You can comment in Korean, and I can use a translator. 너무 감사합니다.

Hello everyone, first of all, this isn't that important but I was curious about something. (For context, I'm a guy and I don't look feminine at all, you'll see why this matters soon)

So I've been learning Korean since December, and most of my learning has been through variety and talk shows (e.g 장도연의 사롱 드립, 이영지의 차린곤 취뿔도 없지만, MBC World's Idol Day in the life etc.)

Most of my favourite Korean celebs are women, some being: 장도연, 이영지, 허윤진, 나연 and so I spend all of my input learning listening to them speak and in turn, during my limited output study (when I speak to my tutor in lessons), I guess I'd imitate how they speak since, in a way, that's "all I know".

So I was curious, are there specific ways feminine and masculine people speak? Not because I wanna change it, I'm not really fussed, fluency is fluency (when I get there anyway) and I don't really care much for my masculinity.

If I keep my trajectory of watching these shows and copying how they speak, would there be any perception like: "He speaks very feminine-like" or smth like that?

Thanks for reading, I look forward to seeing your comments :)

hello. I'm 15 rn and i wanna learn Korean cuz I wanna move and work there to provide and help my family. I got this problem where I do not enjoy learning things structurally. For example, when I'm learning things in school where a step by step form of learning is the norm, I tend to just know things piece by piece cuz I can't understand the next topics cuz I'm still at the previous ones. But when I just learn things randomly its like i have more freedom to connect the dots. But I'm just learning Korean as a hobby rn. Can y'all gimme some tips on how to learn? There are times I forget vocabs that language learning apps like teuida teaches me, i also forget subject markers and particles at times and just hangs into digital immersion. pls help 제발요 ㅜㅜ

I’m not %100 sure if this is allowed here, but I don’t know where else to go for this! If there’s someone out there who is more fluent in Korean than me, could you please help me transcribe the narration from Jennie’s Fallen Angel music video? There’s a little girl in the beginning and end of the video and I would like to transcribe what she’s saying in Korean. I can make out some of what she’s saying but I don’t have it down all the way. Any help would be so appreciated! Here is a link to the MV as well.
https://youtu.be/s466YCiHfKw?is=a7x2KO9Xjyn__6hj

근데 형님 지금 어차피 엔딩이 그 임팩트가 좀 없어가지고
다시 수정하긴 해야 될거 같아요

You can comment in Korean, and I can use a translator. 너무 감사합니다.

I have a quick question about typing or writing some words in korean. I'm doing a booklet and I would need to write the korean word for it. For the word "thank you" do I write/type it as 감사합니다 or 감사함니다

I want to share it before it really goes away

Hi guys, I'm a Korean native and originally from 마산 (a small, cute city), about a 1-hour drive away from 부산. Personally, it's been over 10 years since I moved up to 서울.

I really had a strong accent when I just came to 서울. But over the years, I feel like I'm losing it. It's natural that your accent gets rusty and all, but it was quite sad that I don't really sound the way I wanted even if I want to. I realized this when I went to 부산 a couple of weeks ago. I don't know why but I really think that 부산 accents feel so compelling to me.

I think I mainly lost it during covid. The only person that I had lot of conversation with was my ex, and she thought 부산 accent sounds too too aggressive and kinda wanted me to speak in 서울 way.

Anyway, when I went around 부산, I thought about my original accent again. I listened carefully to how they sound and in what situation it comes out the most. it was really interesting.

TLDR;

부산 accent gets obvious when:

1. you say 반말 (informal)
2. you ask 질문 (question)

A few more things I noticed as well:

1. main difference from 서울 accent: 서울 usually raises the pitch and tone at the end sentence. 부산 often puts the pitch and tone down at the end .
2. 부산 accent sounds strong and emotional because of dynamic pitch/tone & shortened particles (어미). But they have some buffe, softer endings too (e.g. 했어예?, 봤능교?, 오이소, 드이소).
3. there's a certain ending like "-데이", which is not only a unique ending but also works like a suggestion ("I'm telling you").

I did a bit of research and found that 부산 사투리 gets especially obvious in. questions.

• Yes-no question: 부산 사투리 uses a special ending (-나, -가)
  • Seoul just raise the pitch at the end with normal question conjugation ("밥 먹었어?", "너 학생이야?", "지금 가?")
  • 부산 uses special endings:
    • "-나" for verbs and adjectives
    • "-가" for 이다/아니다 (아이다: southern form of 아니다)
• WH-questions, 부산 uses "-노" or "-고"
  • use "-노" with verbs and adjective. "왜 그랬어?" → "와 그랬노?"
  • use "-고" with 이다 / 아이다 (southern forms of 이다/아니다). "이름이 뭐야?" → "이름이 뭐고?"

Also, 부산 accent can sound strong but it has softer endings too.

• There are sentence endings that can make strong and dynamic intonation softer, friendlier, or more polite
• e.g. 했어예? (Did you do it?, 봤능교? (Did you see it?)
• e.g. 오이소 (come on it, please come), 드이소 (please have some, please eat)

You'll also hear "-데이" quite often

• it's a common 부산 accent ending. it adds emphasis and often connotes "I'm telling you", "Just so you know".
• e.g. "진짜 맛있데이" (It's really good, I'm telling you)
• e.g. "조심해야 된데이 (You gotta be careful okay?)
• "-데이" isn't just about meaning, it adds a emphasis and recognizable tone to what you're trying to say.

Hope it helps for somebody who's interested in 부산 accent! Let me know if you have more questions.

Hello everyone, I'm not sure and I apologize if I shouldn't be posting this here but, I've been self-studying Korean for over an year now, still not at a really advanced level, but I was wondering since I have a twin sister (and I'm a girl) would I have to call and refer to that twin as 쌍둥이 언니? 쌍둥이 자매? or just 쌍둥이? I'd appreciate any good explanation on this, thank you in advance.

For some background, I have a working proficiency in Korean.

However, in all my years until yesterday, I’ve never heard this word outside of the context of “pervert” or something along the line of sexual deviance. The context in which I heard it seemed like it meant more “perfectionist/OCD” or extremely creative/outside the box.

Does anyone know if it can be used in this context as well?

Edit: I think the closest thing I could think of is “freak”? Like it can be used to have a negative connotation, but also be used in a positive way to describe an anomalous person like “neat freak” or “freak of nature”.

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   1. I've found the normal dictionary definitions to not explain how and when to use a word, so there's additional explanations on how to use a word.
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   1. Some popular apps are bloated and rely on internet connections that make them painfully slow. I designed the app to be very fast to use and available without internet.
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   1. Hanja roots for Korean words exist for >60% of words, and I didn't see a good app that combines information for both.
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Hello! I hope you guys are doing well! I’m currently revising Hangul and I don’t know what comes next. Which books would be useful for me? Also, what would by a step by step plan to learn Korean? Ex: Hangul -> grammar -> etc.

I have:

vitamin Korean 1

Korean grammar in use 1

my weekly korean vocabulary 1

Korean made simple by go billy

talk to me in Korean 1 with the workbook

Please help!

Im russian(17F) and I realized that I want to study in Korea only a few months ago😅 Going into my senior year, want to apply to a spring semester(did I say it correctly?) and the only stuff I know is hangul, a few basic grammar rules and some basic words. How much hours should I study a day? Which resources could I use?🤔

Also I mostly know how to learn a language(I know 3 languages haha), but I won’t mind any useful tips!

Btw, my fav way to learn a language is to make it a part of my daily life, like watching movies in the said language, talking with ppl who speak fluently, consume a lot of content and try to use the language on random occasions. I think it will work with korean right?

Im aiming for at least TOPIK 3

고려해 보셔도 좋은 것 같아요.
고려해 보셔도 좋을 것 같아요.

Is there any difference in meaning between these two sentences?

You can comment in Korean, and I can use a translator.
감사합니다.

I'm confused on the korean number system. When would I use sino-korean and native korean. As far what I learned is that when telling time you use native korean for hours and sino-korean for minutes. In what situation would i use depending on the context

Hello everyone! I just started my journey with trying to learn Korean a few days ago (yay!) and while doing research I saw a lot about the dangers of romanization. I completely understand and agree with it for learning words, but I’m struggling to understand Hangul without SOME sort of phonetic spelling. My question is, is this considered romanization? And if it is how do I get around it when learning?

Thank you all so much and I would love any advice/learning materials you’re willing to give!

I've been passively studying Korean for 17 years and now I've decided to enroll in an actual class (from KCC). I got a 2A proficiency result from KSI but when I was being assessed, I think the assessor was disappointed(?). I totally understand the reaction because I can't speak very well. I can only use broken Korean whenever I visit Seoul. I really thought I will be disqualified with the application but for some reason I still passed. The assessor said my level is either at 1B high or 2A low.

My question now is, can anyone suggest a good app where I can speak Korean with an actual person and not a bear or a purple haired girl with an attitude. Help your girl out, I don't want to fail this class. 🥹🙏😭

감사합니다!!

열린 한국어 고급2. All of my searches just pop up with regular 을 줄 알았다. I have a feeling i am overthinking this but what nuance does 만 have?

First example sentence is

그 사람은 화를 낼 줄만 알았지 참을 줄은 몰라요

https://youtu.be/LkYEo_Md6b0?t=108&si=NovtDoXKri9O34R2 1:48

지금 - now
에 - at
도 - too
밀렸네 - 밀다push → (피동) 밀리다be pushed + (past tense) 었 → 밀렸 + (감탄사)네 = 밀렸네
지금 진영 휴게소에도 밀렸네 = now, was pushed at 진영 휴게소 too?

Also, why start with "지금(present tense) ", but "밀렸(past tense)"?

You can comment in Korean, and I can use a translator. 너무 감사합니다.