If you want tips on korean speaking youtubers: Yoonsun Korean englishman Jolly The world of dave Billy Korean Korean Unnie Conversational Korean Seemile
As a person that has been learning korean for a year plus, Heres some tips for beginners!! -i HIGHLY recommend talk to me in korean !! It has romanizations and a pdf and a podcast to read along or if your more audible or visual learner!! And they have a youtube channel !! - notebook definitely!! I make a 'important vocab' area for each lesson so it becomes familiar by sight. - you will NOT be fluent in ONE year!! No matter how hard you study and practice,people take in differently so dont get down on yourself!! - amino is great for finding partners to teach/learn and have a conversation with!! - for when you start writing learn the normal default letters and when youre more comfy you can change how theyre written,make sense? -for English learners a English sentence is written SVO (subject verb object) ex: i like kpop. Korean is SOV (subject object verb) i kpop like. - write down a word on your hand that spoke out to you or a lyric from your favorite song!! And for pronunciation practice say the lyrics. - note down any small word!! - for pronunciation practice, read in romanization or split up the structure. Ex: 안.녕Dont depend on it!! Once youre comfy - FANCHANTS are always helpful!! Thats it for now , good lucky out there !!
Same!!! I'm Mexican and my first language was obviously Spanish but shit hit the fan when I moved over to the u.s when I was young and I started to learn English. Now I know more English than Spanish and where I live now a lot of people prefer to speak Spanish but here I am like 안녕하세요 bitches!!
A super useful playlist to look for is Korean with Jenny from the seemile channel. Her teaching style is top notch and really accessible for English speakers. Once you can read Hangul proficiently this is by far one of the best resources out there.
It’s pretty horrible at translation. My students try to use it and most of what it translates is nonsense, especially from Korean to English. You must be very literal when you use mechanical translation. Choose vocabulary and expressions without multiple meanings because apps like Papago will usually select the wrong meaning.
@@sittingstill3578 Papago is actually the most accurate translator, according to MANY people. Most of the time it takes care of context and it gives you the meaning of the words separately in the bottom too so you can check if it says what you want it to say. It also allows to change from honorific to informal
issa potaeto I didn’t know about those features. Could be a useful tool in that respect. However, the individuals who have used it to communicate with me seem to produce nonsense with it. I checked with a few expressions and with single expressions it can translate the gist decently. However if you use any complexity, all nuance is lost and usually makes translation useless. Personally, I have found Google Translate to be more effective when trying to communicate through a translator app. I also keep NAVER around if I’m teaching new vocabulary because it seems to cite lots of meanings for words. Even NAVER has lots of mistakes and I have received quizzical looks from my students when I show them the supposed meaning in Korean. Context is so important to understanding many terms which is a short coming in the Korean education system where students are encouraged to learn vocabulary rote. Honestly every interaction with Korean dictionaries and English textbooks is riddled with errors or oversimplification. USE THESE RESOURCES WITH CARE OR THEY MAY EMBARRASS YOU. Remember that the nuance and usage of these words/phrases is likely different than you expect.
Being a Kpop fan has helped me so much. For another example: In one lesson of Talk to Me in Korean, they teach you about -고 싶어요. And in that lesson, they mention that 보고 싶어요 (literal meaning: I want to see) is often used to mean I miss you. The light bulb in my head flipped on and I remembered the Spring Day lyric, 보고 싶다. Those are the best moments when you feel like you're making progress.
My dad just started to learn korean because he really like to watch kdramas and I often hear him saying words or expressions that he just heard. I think it's a good way to practice the pronunciation of korean ^^ Also english is not my first language so I tried my best writting this^^
Before becoming a kpop Stan, I've always been interested in learning other languages because my dream job is to do something that includes traveling and I want to be able to communicate with everyone. I have to say, this has been a little rocky for me but I'm getting there and I'm like 9 months late but this really helped me, thank you
A Matan The best way for me to study Spanish is on Quizlet. It’s a app where you can quiz yourself. I also like to re-write my notes twice to keep them in my head. Make sure to look over them at least 5 times a week!
A Matan The way I use quizlet is I use the Spanish’s word and then the English translation. I like to use the Test section and don’t stop until I’ve gotten all of them right. That’s really the only website I use besides Kahoot. And no problem! It’s easy to reply!
Heyy Nina! I was wondering if you could do a notebook flip through or a tutorial on how you take notes! It would be nice since you seem really organized and since I’m attempting to learn more korean, it would be nice to have a base for my notes
vxCece15xv I don’t know if you have heard of her but there is a channel here on RU-vid called Korean Unnie. She has a lot of lesson type videos and a series she’s doing right now on a little more in depth of the pronunciation and rules of Hangul. It made everything make sense for me 😊.
One tip for people who need daily remainders: Take a sticky note and put it on objects in your room (or house if you live alone), you can then put write like chair in korean and then put it on your chair or put computer in korean and put it on your computer. That way you're reminded of your vocabulary and your need to study korean, where ever you go. Also advance tip: change your phone's primary language (including weather app, siri, google voice, etc) to korean. BUT only if you're the advance. If not you would probably struggle and end up accidentally deleting something.
youre so right, i tried learning japanese before i found korean and jesus.. japanese really confusing be me with the 3 different alphabets. i only can read hiragana still!! ㅋㅋㅋㅋ.. korean is a lot easier in comparison, at least with reading and writing imo
That’s fun because the advices you are giving us to learn Korean, I used them to learn English (watching series in English, listening to English songs, watching video twice, once with and once without subtitles...) Sure, it was easier for me because English and French have the same alphabet plus we learn English at school but yeah.. Anyways, thanks for the video!
I’ve been listening BTS’s songs for a month now, i’m literally obsessed with them and thought about learning korean, since i taught myself english before i think that if i have the motivation i can do it, so this video comes pretty much in handy rn lmao hope i can achieve learning french AND korean now that i have some resources thanks to this video ✨
I have seen like thousands of video on study tips to learn korean and every video had same tips but yours was different and its the first time I thought that I didn't wasted my 13 minutes THANK YOU 감사합니다
also to anyone this may help: a korean asmr cooking channel called “HANSE” always lists directions and ingredients for the dishes and drinks they make in korean on the screen as they use the instruction or ingredient:) i think that would be super helpful to watch to assist with food & cooking vocabulary
just a small tip from me! If your first language is not English, you can watch kdramas or kmusic with english subs so that you can study both language at once. Of course use this technique if you are good at those languages.
I personaly keep a journal in which I write my day in korean. And whenever I learn a new lesson I try to fit it in my writing (like past, present, future, hours, transition words...) Helps me revise. And because I write about my days, it makes me use words related to my life (if that makes sense) And if I don't have time to study that day, at least my brain thinks in korean for a few minutes that day. :)
this is completely unrelated but i have always been so conscious and insecure about my hair but after watching nina's videos, i am starting to like my hair. thank you nina ♡
i have actually done most of the things you mentioned and it does help a lot, but another thing i think helps too could be sticking little papers with the name of things around you (chairs, bed, bag, shoes) with the translation in hangul (you can also write the pronunciation below the hangul in case you're still getting familiar with the alphabet, but once you learn it, it is better to only write the hangul so you practise your reading on direct korean writing and don't relay on translations). you can read it out loud or just in your brain but the whole point is to get more familiar with vocabulary and korean writing :)
It's so helpful that you do videos like this. I'm also very interested in the korean language. I just started now so... wish me luck guys! :3 (good luck if you're learning korean too!)
my tips! -listen to ttmik podcast while I go to school! they are really entertaining and the lessons are short. -practice vocabulary with quizlet, songs and forvo -talk to myself! ok this one might seem dumb but it helped me a lot when i was learning english, and whenever you wanna say something and don't know a word ot two, search it on a dictionary/translate app, helps a lot to learn vocabulary you will use.
Thanks for the tip! Downloaded papago, google translate, a million apps for learning korean! Just started 4 days with the website u gave and it is really helping... and the notebook is intelligent coz it totally helps! 😍
jk • 전국아 I just noticed and I thought I should point out! If Your name was supposed to say “Jungkook” you spelt it I correct 🥺 정국 - jungkook 전국- jeonkook If not then sorry!
I watched this a while back, and I used most of your tips and you have no Idea how much these tips have helped me grow faster in learning Korean thank you so much (and I still need to use the tip to expand my vocabulary like I expand my grammar lol)! I have a tip also, if you have a PC or VR headset, definitely get VRChat, there are some Korean servers, and most of the people are veyr welcoming to people who don't know there langauge, and even if you don't talk because your to scared to (no worries I used to be like that) its good to just listen to there casual conversation they are having.
One thing that I would recommend for expanding your vocabulary is using words based on frequency lists. If you learn the 10,000 most common words in Korean you will understand basically anything. You can later learn more niche words.
This video was made last year so you probably won't see this but.. Thanks to these great tips, I have recognised the same phrase multiple times in a kdrama and after writing it down, I notice it more often and have learnt it straight away! being able to recognise a Korean word gives me motivation to learn more so thank you Nina :)
oop- im also in kinda the same situation, i speak spanish but it's not perfect obviously, it was my first language buuut english tool over when i started school although i still speak spanish on a daily, it isn't hard in fact it's similar to english in grammar and sometimes also in spelling but not always, either way learning korean while being bilingual is gonna be hard asf
Best video instruction I've seen on 'How to' learn Korean! Two points I appreciated: 1. Study AND speaking/talking out loud is important. 2. Your notebook of vocabulary were the most meticulous I've seen. I thought mine were pretty good until I saw the detail in yours. THANKS! Well done. It will help me adjust my methods accordingly.
the method that you use to learn korean is the same that i use to learn english (i'm brazilian, portuguese speaker) by the way, your videos helped me a lot with this. I gonna try the same with korean, LET'S GET IT!
Something I found really interesting studying children's early English literacy/development was that even young children learning to speak English as their first language must first begin to distinguish words in sentences, and then syllables, and individual sounds, etc. I was really fascinated when I first learned that, because even though it seems obvious, how we did it isn't something we really go back and think about when we've already learned our first/only language. The exact same thing applies to learning Korean, and any other language though! First, you've got to familiarise yourself with the natural sounds in that language, and then begin to identify where words begin and end. Then you'll start recognising words, and understanding what they're made up of. I'd already done it by the time I realised, but it's so true that in order to start, you've first got to have exposure, and be able to discern words from sentences in an unfamiliar tongue. We often kind of throw ourselves in the deep end, but it's important to keep this in mind too!
helpful tip for the how to study korean website, if you click on the word translations in the vocab section sample sentences come up which are so helpful.
omg i'm studying korean and how come i've never thought of breaking down korean lyrics in songs.. i tried it today and i know a lot more korean than i thought, and it's SO motivating to learn new words?? and its so much more fun to sing along to music so thank u so much for this tip omfg
Thank you! I'm learning Spanish in school (it starts early this year, so i have a few weeks left), but I want to learn Japanese at home. I'll definitely apply these tips to my studying! I'm going to be in 7th grade soon... good luck me😌👍
I've been learning Korean for almost a year now and for people who would really want a tutor the website Verbling is really good. You can look for tutors of different pay and experience for a lot of different languages but I think the Korean teachers are the best. They are also independent people that just use the website so there are also some better and less good teachers.
