The Fluency Chronicles: TTMIK Lvl 1 Lssn 17 Past Tense / -았/었/였어요 (했어요)

Annyeonghaseyo Yeorobun,Blast from the past verb conjugation time this go round. Similar in formular to present tense. a__, eu___, & yeo__. but this time  the addition being "sseo-yo" instead  of "yo". so:verbs with the vowels ㅏ or ㅗ  = _____    았어Everything else =  었어요verbs ending in 하   =      였어요 Easy Peasy, which ends up essentially being just adding -sseo before the -yo of what ever it's preset tense is. ex.놀다 [nol-da] (Verb stem =...

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The Fluency Chronicles: TTMIK Lvl 1 Lssn 16 Basic Present Tense / -아요, -어요, -여요

Annyeohaseyo Yorobun,I've been doing something a little different lately. It seems the language learning standard is audio  then text. But my dark and twisty lil mind has been making progress doing the opposite. working though the text first seems to be the ticket so far, so I'll keep it up for now.I've been looking forward to conjugating verbs. In the past when I've failed miserably at translating songs, much of it had to do with being in the dark in this area. I learned how to express events are happening now from this...

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Are you there Korean? It's me Bella.

Thought I'd share my so called game plan for my studies currently. As part of my new years resolution, I'm spending at very least an hour engaged in language study related activities every day ( no matter what ) and 1 hr listening to spoken Korean.I'm using the TalktomeinKorean.com lessons + different youtube vlogs and Elementary Korean as my core sources. I'm supplementing with translating simple unknown sentences I encounterRosetta stone for the vocal pitch recognition ( though I must admit It's not what I expected, but...

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I've got a new way to walk. Walk. Walk.

I've decided to pursue my Passions (learning Korean, enjoying Asian media + food, and a mixed bag of other pursuits) without mercy this year. I'm going to be, say, do, try, & learn what I want; making excuses to none. No more hesitating from uncertainty, not voicing something because I suspect I'll sound silly. No more paitiently waiting for this language to happen to me. Starting now I plan to 'go out and happen to it. On the 'not language' front I have equal determination to Attack life so this blog will now also...

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It's Friday I'm in Love..... Fried Shanghai Nian Gao ( Stirfryed Sticky Rice Cake)

Scoff if you will butt I'll be dreaming about these satfyingly chewy mouthfulls of heaven. . My Friend K stirfryed some for me (with ginger,garlic, scallions, faux chicken, greens, peppers, and shitake mushrooms tonight) and it blew my mind. I will definately be buying some of these babies on my next shopping trip. What it looks like in Clark Kent form Here's  a promising recipe from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uknurAAN8YM See...

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Feel my heartbeat travelling to the beat. Love the symphony

I made a break through in Korean just now and had to share. I still feel like a clumsy ogre when I speak out loud. but I realized I was drawing the syllables out to long and the breathe holding trick  only worked to a point, and well it also made me look foolish lol. I especially started having problems when I had the bright idea to learn the lyrics to my favorite songs as a way to improve vocab, pronunciation, and...

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Boiled Flower Punch

I adore Sorrel. So much so, I'm tempted to start snatching up and boiling every flower I see. I'll refrain since I dont want to end up as a cautionary news report. "Entusiastic young foodie posions herseIf to death, due to obsessively making random flower teas" lol.I have really fond memories of buying it from vendors at street fairs as a child. Now as an adult I can appreciate the mature flavors and health benefits more. So without any...

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