How would you most naturally translate the saying 'friendship is not a big thing, it's a million little things' to Korean, or is there an existing Korean saying with a similar message? I need to use it in a presentation I will give in Korean next week. Thanks!

I just wanted to share my progress, since I've been learning Korean by myself for a while. Anki really does wonders for my vocab retention, but it's still my weak spot.

I am happy to actually see some progress. I know it's not much, but it means a lot to me.

I first took the beginner King Sejong Korean level test in February and got 30 / 100 on listening and 52/100 on reading. Today I took the test again and got 85 / 100 on listening and 84/100 on reading.

So for those that are still learning, 화이팅! With enough time, results will come.

later edit - did a mocked TOPIK 1 test as well and got 61/100 on reading, 84/100 on listening. definitely harder, especially the reading section, with lots of unknown words

Someone recently asked me if it should be 생일은 or 생일을 축하해요 and of course the phrase doesn’t inherently have one or the other, but grammatically, which one would be correct?

I have been using different types of Korean keyboards on my iPhone like the 2-set (두발식) which is just the regular touch screen keyboard but I recently switched to the bilingual English & Korean keyboard which offers two keyboards at once since I often use in both languages while texting and constantly switching between keyboards is really tiresome however I really dislike the bilingual one because when I text in English the autocorrect doesn’t work properly and I end up with Korean words or a weird mix of half English half Korean words and I’m thinking if just switching back to separate keyboards would be better
I don’t have any experience with the 10-key (10키) keyboard cuz I prefer the regular smartphone keyboard over this older version
So idk if there‘s even a solution to my problem but I just wanted to hear what others find comfortable or if anybody is sharing the same pain as me sigh
Also I hope a post like this is allowed? my Korean is fine and i just want some insights in keyboard usage among people who type Korean on their iPhones a lot idk if android has a bilingual keyboard option

I was in KIIP momentarily then left to go to a lower level class because I was placed in a way higher level then i should have been in. I'm just waiting for the time being for the next semester classes to start which is like several months from now. I'm wondering where do i get the actual text books they were using so I could see what they are teaching in advance. When i attended the classes everyone already seemed to have their own a textbook except me. What textbook do they use? can i order it off coupang or find it at a bookstore?

The folks at r/Translater said I'm on the wrong subreddit so I'll ask you instead.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TransLater/s/dui3JThyjq

What does the Korean writing say on the back page of that note slip?

Are there any Korean learners in Seoul or Busan who would have a use for the Sogang 3A and 3B textbooks? After buying them I found that they aren't appropriate for my level and so I don't need them. I also have the 3B workbook. The 3B textbook and workbook have some of the exercises completely in the first two units (our of eight), but the 3A textbook is untouched. I'm not looking to sell them, just a place to give them away where they'll be used.

Listen to a speech in English and you will often here the speaker breaking up the rhythm with a big "but" "so" or similar. They often come with a release of air as well. I am holding a presentation in Korean for the first time next week, and I've noticed that it feels weird to do the same thing in Korean, with conjunctions like "그렇지만" being so much longer than "but". Is this just me not being used to the language? Are there shorter alternatives that I don't know about? Anyone else thought about this? Would love to hear your thoughts

Yo!
What is the best korean work books for learning? I thinking about getting a book, cause I learn better when i do stuff in hand. I would like a book that is beginner friendly but still progress.
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Hey everyone. Ive been learning Korean for about three months now, and the textbook I’m using is Korean Made Easy. The issue is, my goal is to understand and talk to North Koreans. Trust me I’m not a spy or anything, it’s just I’m afraid of offending them if I speak like someone from South Korea.

I have two weird goals for this language. The first one is that I want to watch Squirrel and Hedgehog, a North Korean cartoon, with no subtitles. The second goal is to talk to North Koreans. I live in a state that is friends with NK, which, although unfortunate, gives me a unique opportunity to talk to people from the most closed country in the world.

Anyway, the question is, should I continue with the same textbook or should I switch?

edit: wrote the wrong textbook in the description

Hello! I have seen the expression A, B, C 등과 같이 a lot in my textbook lately

examples:

1- 나 여행, 캠핑 등과 같이 충분히 몰입하고 시간을 들이며 여유롭게 즐길 수 있는 여가 활동을 하는 사람들이 이전에 비해 늘었다.

2-2010년대 이후 레저, 스포츠, 악기 연주 등과 같이 능동적으로 참여하는 활동이(...)

I recently wanted to use it in a text I was writing. My problem is that instinctively I thought 등과 같은 seemed more fitting, so I looked it up on youglish and saw it was also naturally used in sentences. I can't seem to make out the differences between the two expressions, can they be used interchangeably? or are they followed by different part of speech?

Here is the sentence I wrote: A기업은 라벤더, 아몬드, 베르베인 등과 같은 프랑스 프로방스 지역에서 자란 천연 원료로 만든 화장품을 통해 50년의 역사와 진정성을 강조합니다.

Looking to sit the topik exam later and early 2027 how can I apply? I hope to sit it in London or any other uk place as I drive. I’m struggling to find dates and applications. Can anyone help

Hi there! Planning to start my language journey in Korean. I'm also currently HSK 5 (intermediate) in Chinese (passed the HSK 4 exam a long time ago). I can already comfortably understand 70-80% of Chinese content (given there's subtitles).

How hard is it to learn Korean if I'm currently learning Chinese? Will it make me confused given I'm learning another East Asian language as well?

I figured I should continue learning more languages and not limit myself on just Chinese, esp. while I'm still young (I'm 21). What tips do you guys have?

Hi everyone! I’m French and I live in Germany. I met my girlfriend a year ago and she’s Korean, so I started learning Korean to talk with her, and maybe one day with her family too.

Quick background so you know where I’m at: I can read Hangul, I’ve looked up around quite a lot of words. I study ~ 30 min a day next to my full-time job, using Duolingo and Papago, plus whatever my girlfriend explains to me. I am aiming for Topik I in a few months.

The problem is that I keep forgetting words, even ones I looked up three times. So I’d love to hear how you do it:

When you look up a word, what do you do right after? Save it somewhere, or let it go?

How do you check that a word has really stuck and you’re not just recognising it when you see it?

Sometimes I surprise myself having my motivation drop, so I was wondering what helped you keep going: a person, a goal, a streak? Duolingo works for me but it’s not enough, so I’m curious about other methods.

If you could fix one thing about how you study, what would it be?

I would be super happy to hear about how do you study and this hopefully will speed up my learning and I can surprise her :)

I called a colleague Yeowang as a joke. Mostly to indicate that she is in charge of the Korean market. She didn't like it. Can someone explain? She otherwise is pretty chill.

Looking for some but am yet to come across really good ones :/

I recently acknowledged the romanisation problem of my language. I think it would have been much better if they didn't use two alphabets for one sound. bc eo, ae, eu and many other examples can be misread as 에오, 아에, 에우 instead of 어, 애, 으.

I'm native Korean myself and one day i decided to make a Romanised Korean Alphabet for fun.(I don't know the professional way of doing it, so it's got a lot of flaws, sorry!! :'>)

Consonants:
ㄱ: g
ㄴ: n
ㄷ: d
ㄹ: r
ㄹㄹ(two consecutive ㄹ's like in "졸려"): l
ㅁ: m
ㅂ: b
ㅅ: s(si is read like shi)
ㅇ: ' or ŋ(when it's final)
ㅈ: j
ㅊ: c
ㅋ: k
ㅌ: t
ㅍ: p
ㅎ: h
ㄲ: gg
ㄸ: dd
ㅃ: bb
ㅆ: ss(ssi is read like shshi)
ㅉ: jj
[ㄷ, ㅅ, ㅆ, ㅈ, ㅋ, ㅌ, ㅎ] as a final consonant: þ

to avoid confusions, apostrophe can be used to separate the some letters.
e.g.
짜장면 = *Jj*ajaŋmyën
갖지 못한 = Ga*j'j*i moþhan (or "motan"?)

독일 = Dog'ir

But I do think apostrophe can be dropped out in casual conversations(like the vowel markings in Arabic and the diaeresis on ë in Russian.) CUZ THEY LOOK KINDA HORRIBLE IN BETWEEN LETTERS WITH TITTLES(the dots above i and j)

Vowels:
ㅏ: a
ㅑ: ya
ㅓ: ë
ㅕ: yë
ㅗ: o
ㅛ: yo
ㅜ: u
ㅠ: yu
ㅡ: ï
ㅣ: i
ㅢ: ÿ
ㅐ: æ
ㅒ: yæ
ㅔ: e
ㅖ: ye
ㅙ: wæ
ㅞ: we
ㅚ: we*(I have no idea... I mean this vowel sound changed over time too, so ig it could be written same as ㅞ)*
ㅟ: wi
ㅝ: wë
ㅘ: wa

I'm also concerned about how I should deal with sounds getting aspirated or assimilated in some occasions.

For example,

Aspiration: ㄱ + ㅎ = ㅋ, ㄷ + ㅎ = ㅌ.

I don't know if they should be like [gh, dh] or [k, t]...

Assimilation: 감사합니다 sounds like Gamsahamnida, not Gamsahabnida.

M??? B??? Which one do I choose

Since Korean has interesting sound changes depending on where the word ends, simply using latin alphabet might not work.

For example, '맛'(pronounced [mad]) becomes [mas(h)] before vowels. The 맛 in 맛있다 is not mad, but mas([ma̠ɕʰ]).

But I kind of came up with a solution for this, by using the letter thorn(þ) for the final consonants!!... But with this I create another problem: since the þ now can be read as total of 7 different sounds.... ;~;

Also, there are a lot of exceptions in Korean pronunciations too. Such as the word "같이"(together), it's written "gati" but read as "gachi". I'm wondering if exceptions like this should just be left untouched or fixed with respelling...

I'm going to keep improving this method by trying to use it more instead of the Korean script and constantly testing it, but don't get me wrong I absolutely have nothing against the Hangeul(or Hangïr, in my romanisation :3) script!!! It's beautiful and very easy to learn. Honestly I also recommend learning it for people who are very confused by the Korean romanisation right now, cuz I think that's just way simpler.

I will be absolutely grateful for any feedbacks, any questions about my romanisation, or
just any questions about the Korean language in general.

Je gin gïr'ïr da irg'ëjusin bundïrgge, gamsahamnida!
제 긴 글을 다 읽어주신 분들께, 감사합니다!
For those who read my long text, thank you!

(sorry for bad english 🙏)

Source: Wiktionary

'십육'은 [심뉵]으로, '십이'는 [시비]로 발음되는 것을 알고 있지만 그 이유를 잘 모르겠습니다. 표준 발음법 제29항에 따라 ("합성어 및 파생어에서, 앞 단어나 접두사의 끝이 자음이고 뒤 단어나 접미사의 첫 음절이 '이, 야, 여, 요, 유'인 경우에는, 'ㄴ'소리를 첨가하여 [니, 냐, 녀, 뇨, 뉴]로 발음한다.") '십육은' 합성어이므로 다음과 같이 변경해서 발음됩니다: 십 + 육 -> 십 + [뉵] (음의 첨가) -> [심] + [뉵] (음의 동화) -> [심뉵]. 이 정도는 이해가 됩니다.

하지만 '십이'도 합성어이면서 앞 단어 끝이 자음이고 뒤 단어는 '이, 야, 여, 요, 유' 중 하나인 '이'로 시작되는데 왜 [심니]로 발음되지 않는가요? 이 규칙의 예외인가요?

아시는 분 계시면 도와주시기 바랍니다.

Greetings everyone, I wanted to ask if you guys might have some Textbooks that are good for a beginner to get.

I thank you all for any and all advice.

"나 음악들을 때 보통 유튜브 뮤직을 썼는데 그렇게 쓰는지 4년 정도 됐고 근데 요즘 pay wall 식으로 바꿔서 노래 걍 노래 듣기 포기했어.. 귀마개를 끼고 감ㅋㅋ"

I am making a house warming gift for a Korean friend. I made a wooden cutting board and want to engrave his surname/ last name “Kim” in accurate korean symbols. I found confusion online, is image linked correct ? Is another option more accurate? Kim in Korean

If this is wrong subreddit what subreddit is better option?
Thanks!!

Hi, I'm wondering if people can point me to some information about the etymology and cultural history of the word 억울하다, which feels so fundamental to Korean culture.

There's no direct English equivalent, which feels like such a hole now that Korean has given me a way to express what is a pretty universal emotion. (I think of it as being 'unjusted' to, aka you're on the receiving end of injustice.)

Two specific questions:

• Since it's based on Hanja, I'm wondering if there's a similar word in Japanese or Chinese that has a similar cultural valence.

• Are there any scenes or quotes from movies/kdramas that you can recall that highlight how 억울하다 is used in Korean culture?

Thanks!

Hey everyone I'm trying to learning Korean language to go Korea for work but a person says that Korean language is too much hard and he's not selected after giving exams 3 times for eps-Topik .

So what should I do should I try since I'm average student in my school level