Hi to you all!!
As you know, I haven't been able to work on my blog for quite a while, although I have tried to answer your questions for the last few days. Before long, I thought I might ask you this question. It might help me orient the direction of this blog. Maybe, it might be helpful to know what kind of lessons or resources I need to provide to you who are eager to learn Korean! :)
The questions are:
What is the reason for studying Korean?
What made you start studying Korean?
Why do you want to learn Korean?
Basically, the motivation or reasons for learning Korean?
And btw, all the best with learning the language!
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Just got interested because of the kdramas and when I learned the basics of reading,I became more interested because the alphabet is easy unlike Japanese.
ReplyDeleteYour site is very helpful. Hoping someday I can visit Korea and use what I've learned.
Thank you so much and keep up the good work. ^_^
knowing there is a site like this makes me more interested in learning ... very helpful ^_^
ReplyDeleteCheers! All the best with your learning! It's a continuing process, I also hope that you'd be able make some Korean friends to speak in Korean wherever you're living atm. And yeah, definitely come visit Korea! :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm a beginner and I learn because I like languages especially their grammar!!!(my friend said I'm crazy because most people hate grammars)
ReplyDeleteI think this site will be helpful in learning Korean's Grammar!!! ^_^
Hi Edmund!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment!
I love languages, too! There are so many different languages, sounds and letters in the world! (and grammars!)
All the best with your learning of Korean grammar~ :-)
I met a Korean lady who stole my heart and now I would love to learn to speak the language of her family. This is a great motivator and has spurred me to learn tons in a short time.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your blog and keep it going.
My reason for studying Korean is because I really enjoy learning new languages, and I find every aspect of Korean culture fascinating. I love Korean food, people, music, etc. I started learning Korean when my cousin (who lives in a Korean majority neighborhood) was watching a "Dong Yi" and showed me kpop. The moment she showed me all of that I became intrigued immediately.
ReplyDeleteI plan to major in Asian studies when I grow up, so learning Korean would be amazing. Moreover, I want to move to Korea so learning Korean would be great.
Overall my motivations: Kpop, Korean people, food, life, customs, history, and Kdramas
What is the reason for studying Korean?
ReplyDelete--> To be able to watch K-shows without relying on subtitles. It's frustrating that i need to wait almost 6months or longer to watch a fully-subbed show. Sometimes because the show is not popular, there won't be anyone subbing it too.
What made you start studying Korean?
--> SNSD's Taeyeon. She told me to study hard for it. Lol~
Well, my main target is to be able to listen and converse in basic daily conversation and NOT up to the standard of writing Korean essays.
I am quite interested in languages, and I wanted to learn another language that I liked (I learnt english because of school, so I wanted to choose a language that I liked).
ReplyDeleteAlso, i do have some korean friends living in korea that made me interested in the language.
Thanks for your blog, I was quite scared you stopped writting since it has been a few months with no news from you.
I started becoming interested in Korean when I met some Korean exchange students in college and one of them started teaching me some basic Korean. I have always loved learning languages and seeing how they're related to one another in some way no matter how different they may seem. Korean is the first language that I am trying to learn on my own with no formal instruction so even though it's more challenging, it actually motivates me more because I feel that any progress that I make is solely the result of my efforts and hard work.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your responses, Anonymous, firedude2222 and y. 源!
ReplyDeleteHope you get the most out of the resources available here! and make all your efforts count to grow in your knowledge and ability to communicate with others in Korean! :)
I live in Brisbane, Australia and over the last 5 or so years there has been a massive influx of Koreans into our city. I think mainly to learn English and a lot come out here to learn / work on a one year holiday visa. I started meeting a lot of Koreans and have even lived with a few so it made sense to start learning their language.
ReplyDeleteOh and of course Starcraft. ;)
because i like to learn korean and i feel like it's easy to learn and maybe because i watch alot of drama and i'd like to have korean friends and maybe i'll go to korea one day .
ReplyDeleteHi Luke. I've been coming to your blog for a while now and I just want to tell you thank you! Around 2005, I had the interest to learn korean because I'd heard a song by a Korean artist (SE7EN) and I was already learning Japanese so I thought I'd give Korean a try too. Unfortunately during 2005 there was hardly ANY korean grammar sites so I never go too far. Recently I've attempted to start back again so I just wanted to thank you. Now there are a little more useful Korean grammar websites, but this one continues to be one of the best!
ReplyDeleteTo answer your questions
My reason for studying Korean goes back to a class I had last semester. We were focusing on East Asia and my professor got so into discussing China and Japan that we never had much time to study Korean and it got me thinking about how people prefer to study/learn Chinese and Japanese but you hardly hear about anyone studying Korean. All of this actually motivated me to want to study abroad in Korea next semester to learn about the culture and history so this is why I'm learning Korean.
The above goes to the second question too, but also because I hard how similar Korean and Japanese's grammar are.
I want to learn Korean because I hardly know anyone who has actually studied it (I mainly hear of people studying chinese and japanese) and it makes me interested as to why more people don't study it. So i'm studying it to kinda discover the language. Plus I like learning new languages, I like challenging myself, and so far Korean has been a really fun challenge. Plus, I getting into the music/ dramas and it's always fun to know what they're saying.
Thanks again for the blog! This really helps out alot
Thanks, Belinda, for your comment! I hope you continue to make progress and yeah, learning a language can be a challenge but I think it's rewarding at the end because it means we have just enlarged the potential circle of friends with whom we can commnunicate. :)
ReplyDeleteAll the best!!
Hi G-ram
ReplyDeleteHopefully, you'd be able to talk to your Korean mates in Korean.
Have fun!
And, oh, Starcraft, I used to play it a LOT! lol
All the best~
Hi Tracy,
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for your reply!
Certainly, it seems that culturally, China and Japan are more exposed to the mainline media around the world.
But recently, through the Korean cultural influence, more people become aware of the language, culture and people of Korea.
Hope that you'd make good progress in becoming accustomed to Korean language, culture and people.
All the best! :)
Hi Anonymous
ReplyDeleteIt seems that the Korean dramas, music and other cultural influence + Korean friends, and people around your areas play a big part in motivating you to study Korean.
Cheers for your comment :)
at first I wanted to learn Korean because I like listening to kpop and I want to know what the kpop idols are singing instead of reading the translation.
ReplyDeletebut now I just want to learn it cause I love the sound of different languages and I hope to know a lot of asian languages cause I love how they sound (music,dramas,etc.)
Living in Japan for a few years, I have many korean friends learning Japanese with me. They are often speaking korean (obviously) together.
ReplyDeleteSo I'd like to try to speak korean, and knowing the grammar is a bit like Japanese made me start to study Korean.
And a last thing, the fact there are no Kanji.. is really great haha
(thank you for that very nice grammar guide)
I love everything about korea; the people, the music, the dramas, the language, and of course the food, so I'm definitely going to move there after college! Therefore, I need to learn korean, but it's not a need, it's a want. I also like learning lots of other languages ^__^
ReplyDeleteI need help here! These two are the same, right? 공부 해요 and 공부 hamnida? sorry, i don't have Korean fonts.. Please help me, Im so confused!
ReplyDeleteI study Korean because I want to be able to understand the music and TV shows, and I also want to be able to talk with my foreign friends.
ReplyDeleteTo Anonymous, Jujuo, Anonymous and 티아나,
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for your comments! :)
To Rino,
공부해요 and 공부합니다 mean the same, I study (or I'm studying).
해요 is a polite spoken form, and 합니다 is a polite written form.
Same here...mainly watching Korean Dramas day in and day out made me want to learn and understand the language more, it would be awesome if I could understand dramas without subtitles haha...
ReplyDeleteBut yeah, I'd love it if I could converse well in another language other than English!
It has also, in a way, helped me understand the English language more too. So that's great :D
It's quite enjoyable learning something you want to haha
there's a 할머니 at my church I want to talk to but she doesn't speak any English and I don't speak any Korean.
ReplyDeletecurrently studying korean at university level, and wanted to consolidate what i learn in class.
ReplyDeletei was first interested in the language during high school, due to the hallyu wave and the mass promotion of korean dramas and music.
Hi Luke,
ReplyDeleteI just want to speak comfortably with my Korean friends. At times I felt awkward when they tried to explain in English but having directly translated words from Korean. ^^
I have l lot of reasons.
ReplyDeletei like watching Korean dramas and some of them that have caught my eyes recently are not subbed in English, therefore i've decided to learn Korean to understand what is being said.
I'd also like to go to Korea some time in the future and it'd be really unfortunate if i couldn't talk to anyone just because i don't know the language.
Lastly i think Korean language is really something else with it's levels of polite speech. To talk differently to someone according to his age, status, work experience etc. is really complicated but also very interesting. I like the fact that respect is seen it the language itself to such an extent. That also motivated me to learn the language. I also have to say that the vowels and consonants look really pretty, not like letters in my language.
I have a passion for learning, especially when it comes to languages.
ReplyDeleteI am in contact with many Koreans and would like to be able to converse i their language. Most countries learn English (and more) but Americans may only faintly attempt 1 language. Also, a majority choose Chinese and Japanese; Korean is different. K-dramas, K-pop, culture, customs, respects, ideas, and technology are also reasons I'd like to learn. Planning on immigrating/dual citizenship one day.
여러분 안녕하세요! 내 이름은 알리고 우즈벡사람입니다.
ReplyDelete여기에 논평을 쓰고 있는 다 사람이 나처럼 한국어에 관심이 있는 사람이군요... 나도 이 website를 google에서 잧았어,다 논평을 읽고나서 너무 기뻤어.여기서 한국어에 관심이 있는 친구도 잧을수 있어서 너무 좋다.
Luke 대단히 고마워요 이 website를 만들어서,앞으로도 좋은 결과를 이루기를 바래요.
Just like that 여기서 한국어에 관심이 있는 사람이 많아서 " chat " 있었으면 좋은데요. 이 chat으로 한국어로만 얘기하면 배우고 있는 사람들은 빨리 한국어로 말할수 있거든요. Luke씨가 어떻게 생각합니까?
hey friends let's talk in korean... my e-mail : love_is_u@mail.ru
Hi Alli,
DeleteThanks for your comment,
There's no chat room as yet,
Not sure if you can recommend some kind of suitable chat room in this blog?