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Princess and the Knight Story (part 2) | Intermediate Korean Reading Practice
A continuation of a love story between a princess and a knight who swears to potect her with his life.
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Sep 216 min read


짜증나다 vs 귀찮다 | How to say “annoying” in Korean
This is part of my THIS VS THAT series where I explain the difference between 2 words or concepts — today, that is 짜증나다 and 귀찮다.
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Sep 182 min read


Sick/Illness related vocab
In this lesson, I have gathered a ton of vocabulary relating to illnesses and being sick in general.
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Sep 1613 min read


V-느라고 = Because, Due to | Intermediate Korean Grammar
Usage:
Give a reason (1st clause) for a negative consequence (2nd clause)
Verb preceding -느라고 is always in the unconjugated form
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Sep 112 min read


자고 하다 Lesson = He/She/I Suggested..
The fourth and last part to my quoting series. We’ll learn to quote suggestions - “let’s..” type sentences
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Aug 263 min read


아/어/여 있다 Lesson
There are two separate lessons in this blog that you need to read to get the full picture. First I want to introduce you to the suffixes you need to know:
Irregular passive verbs with (-이/히/리/기-) suffix = to be V-ed
Irregular passive verbs with (-이/히/리/기) suffix are used to express a passive statement when the subject‘s action occurs because of an action directly/indirectly performed by someone else/something = to be V-ed
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Aug 244 min read


심심하다 vs 지루하다 | Which one to use
심심하다 and 지루하다 often get translated as the same thing in English - “Boring”.
It’s for that reason that you’ll hear many non-English speakers say “I’m boring”, when they want to say “I’m bored”. To prevent you from making that same mistake in Korean, let’s take a second to peep the difference.
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Aug 42 min read


V-(으)라고, 지 말라고 = He/She Said Do | Quoting Commands
Quoting lesson part 3. This time, we’ll learn to quote commands in Korean. Commands include the forms: 으세요, 지 마세요, and 아/어 주세요. There are 4 different forms to be aware of. (으)라고, 지 말라고, 아/어 달라고, and 아/어 주라고. Practice is also included.
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Jul 313 min read


A/V/N-겠 = I bet, Probably, Should be
겠 has 2 main usages. The first being a simple future tense one. In comparison with 것이다 ending, 겠 is focused more personally on intention.
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Jul 242 min read


다고 하다 Lesson | He said, She said.. in Korean
In today’s lesson, we’ll learn the basic quoting forms for verbs, adjectives, and nouns and their respective tenses.
Making indirect quotes in Korean can be a bit confusing, but only because there are different forms for everything.
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Jul 36 min read


Korean Dialogue About Summer
A short dialogue themed around Summertime AND a big list of words relating to Summer!
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Jun 292 min read


하지만 vs 근데 vs 그런데 vs 는데 | The Right Way to Say “But” In Korean
These words are similar, but can’t be used interchangeably. I’ll break down the usages of each word with lots of examples
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Jun 224 min read


Korean Dieting & Fitness Vocab | Korean Weightloss Vocab
In this lesson, we’ll be introducing vocab and expressions used often in context of dieting and fitness. First, I’ll introduce the full list and then show how those words might be used in context!
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Jun 192 min read


던데요 = I realized.., From what I saw.. | 던데요 vs 더라고요
던데요 is a very common Korean ending used when you're recalling or mentioning something you personally experienced, observed, or remember.
Translated as:
"I remember that...", "From what I saw...", "Actually...", "But I noticed that..."
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Jun 152 min read


Koreans Never Use “나쁘다”
안녕하세요 리더님! This will be a pretty short post. You can think of it as more of a a cultural post than a post about the language only. I don’t know if i’m the only one who has noticed this phenomenon, but I realized that Koreans will always try to avoid using the word BAD (나쁘다) if they can help it. Instead they often opt for just making a positive word negative - not good, for example. BUT WHY? This happens for several reasons: 1). Korean communication often values indirectness D
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Jun 102 min read


Cleaning Vocab in Korean
안녕하세요 리더님! Koreanstudyjunkie입니다~ In this lesson, we’ll be learning some useful words and phrases for cleaning in Korean. I’m going to also add lots of example sentences and a dialogue at the end to showcase how to use them! Typically, I recommend against learning from a random list on the internet. It’s not that effective for actually acquiring those words. It’s better to pull words from things you are watching or reading - context is key! How should you do it? If you still w
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Jun 86 min read


항상 vs 늘 vs 언제나 | Always in Korean
This vs That series | There are 3-4 ways to say “always” in Korean, but knowing when to use them can be tricky!
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Jun 34 min read


군요/구나 Lesson
This is used when you are realizing something, and (potentially) surprised by that information.
There’s no real direct translation in Engli
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May 293 min read


Is 있다 a verb or an adjective?
Is 있다 an adjective? Or is it a verb?
It seems like it should be obvious, but..
it means “to have” or “to exist”. You’d think..
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May 222 min read


How To Use 쯤, 약, 정도, 한 | Approximates Lesson
In English, when you want to talk about the number or amount of something which is not 100% accurate, or is a rough guess, words like ‘about
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May 143 min read
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