꽃 flower잎 leaf꽃잎 petal나무 tree하늘 sky구름 cloud나비 butterfly새 bird해 sun (native word)태양 sun (sino word)단풍 fall foliage (changing leaves)구경 to look at for entertainment (actually “sight seeing”, but it can refer to enjoying non-touristy things) ________________________ Native korean words tend to be more commonly used in speaking than Sino korean words. 해 is used whenContinue reading “밖 (the outside)”
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Temperature in Korean
Koreans (and everyone else except Americans ?) use Celsius instead of Fahrenheit How to Read the Numbers: Decimals are read like we do in English. The number before the decimal is read as a whole number. The numbers after the decimal are read individually. Read using SINO KOREAN numbers (일 이 삼). The decimal isContinue reading “Temperature in Korean”
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Winter Weather Vocab
진눈깨비Sleet 진눈깨비가 오다For sleet to come 진눈깨비가 내리다For sleet to fall 눈이 오다For snow to come 눈이 쌓이다For snow to pile up(means it is sticking to the ground) 눈이 내리다For snow to fall 눈송이Snowflake 눈보라Blizzard 눈보라 몰아치다For a blizzard to strike 폭설Heavy snow fall 폭설이 내리다For heavy snow to fall 첫눈1st snowfall 첫눈 오다For theContinue reading “Winter Weather Vocab”
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Magic Vocab Set
수리수리 마수리 abracadabra 마술 magic (real world magic) 마술사 magician (real world) 마정석, 마석, 마수석, 코어, 정수 Something (typically a stone) that increases a mages power / enhances magic. “The terminology is different per author” (from this naver answer) 마법 fairytale type of magic 마법사 wizard, witch, mage, sorcerer etc 마녀 witch (magic woman) 지팡이Continue reading “Magic Vocab Set”
Sending Love
This was originally made for SF9 Amino regarding their participation in Kingdom. ☆~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~☆ IM ROOTING FOR YOU (GROUP)! There are several ways you can express your love and support, we will talk about 3! ☆~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~☆ 1) (name) 화이팅 / 파이팅 화이팅 / 파이팅 are konglish for “fighting”. It is a word of encouragement that someoneContinue reading “Sending Love”
Say Speaking
sayspeaking.com is a website that offers korean tutoring. In my opinion it is too pricy, but overall I had a good experience. I am pleased to see that they fixed the website so it now works on portrait mode. The tutoring sessions last for 55 minutes and are done by video call. The tutor typesContinue reading “Say Speaking”
Preventing the Virus
Learning with Tiktok (Group: OnlyOneOf Fandom lyOn) 1) Wear a mask 예방하다 to prevent 마스크 face mask -> this is the kind of mask you use for health purposes while 가면 is more like a halloween or other kind of mask 착용하다 to wear (a formal word used for anything you wear. In casual situationsContinue reading “Preventing the Virus”
TITLE TRANSLATION 귀환자의 마법은 특별해야 합니다
From what I can tell, the official translation (or at least an agreed upon translation) is “A returner’s magic should be special”. So here’s the breakdown with my personal translation! . 귀환자 is defined as “a person who leaves a place and returns back to where they’re originally from” -> In English, this is aContinue reading “TITLE TRANSLATION 귀환자의 마법은 특별해야 합니다”
모자라다 VS 부족하다 VS 모자르다
모자라다 VS 부족하다these are synonyms They are like inadequate vs insufficient. They are similar and included in eachothers definitions. From what ive seen id say: 모자라다 insufficient(because I’ve seen it dealing with quantity which is what insufficient is) 부족하다 inadequate(whereas this is both quantity andquality) EXAMPLEWe dont say “an insufficient person”, we say “an inadequateContinue reading “모자라다 VS 부족하다 VS 모자르다”
In the mood for / craving
ㄹ 기분이 아니다 not in the mood for 고 싶다 in the mood for doing 이/가 땡기다 in the mood for (food/drink) ㄹ 기분이 아니다not in the mood for Add ㄹ to verbs just like you would for future tense~ 공부할 기분이 아니에요I don’t feel like studying / I’m not in the mood to studyContinue reading “In the mood for / craving”
Satyanghae Korean 