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Language learning – Sofie to Korea

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Korean language and Hallyu blog. Learning a language is more than just memorizing words. Many people spend years of their lives studying a language in school, only to find that when they have to speak the language in real life they cannot. This can be a discouraging experience for many people causing them to just give up language learning all together. Manage to teach myself a decent level of Italian which is still quite sufficient for getting around on my rare visits to the beautiful country. With Frenc...

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Mastering Korean double consonants – Sofie to Korea

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Korean language and Hallyu blog. Mastering Korean double consonants. Mastering Korean double consonants. Ideally, you should sit across from a native speaker and have them tell you if you just said 카, 까, or 가. The bad news is that most Korean learners do not have a native speaker by their side at all times. The good news is that they almost always have a smartphone. Make sure your phone’s keyboard is set to 한글. Open the notes app. Tap the microphone button. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window).

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New hot 한-중 couple Song Seung Heon and Liu Yifei speaking the universal language of love – Sofie to Korea

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Korean language and Hallyu blog. New hot 한-중 couple Song Seung Heon and Liu Yifei speaking the universal language of love. New hot 한-중 couple Song Seung Heon and Liu Yifei speaking the universal language of love. To promote their upcoming movie “The third way of love” in which Song Seung Heon plays a. At some point during the show he took the microphone, looked Liu Yifei into the eyes and said:. 8220;제가 그럼 당신을 돈으로 살 수 있나요? 8221; – Can I buy you with money? 8221;, causing everybody to laugh out loud. ...

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Resources – Sofie to Korea

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Korean language and Hallyu blog. Talk To Me In Korean. I finished levels 1-9. I study them in random order by topic, and make notes of useful words and expressions. TTMIK’s News in Korean. This is a great resource for acquiring new vocabulary. Awesome resource for practicing naturally spoken Korean. (Read my review here. Books I’ve bought and read (published by TTMIK. The Korean verbs guide vol. 1 2. My weekly Korean vocabulary book vol. 1 2. 100 Korean idiomatic expressions. My Daily Routine in Korean.

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Video post: My first interview in Korean – Sofie to Korea

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Korean language and Hallyu blog. Video post: My first interview in Korean. Video post: My first interview in Korean. Last Sunday marked my one year anniversary with Korean. I cannot believe it’s already been a year. In some ways I feel like I’ve just started, and in other ways it feels like I’ve been studying it my entire life. Kindly invited by Jeremy from MotivateKorean. Here’s the video. Enjoy! Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). July 31, 2015.

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Song Seung Heon is dating (…a girl who now needs to learn Korean) – Sofie to Korea

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Korean language and Hallyu blog. Song Seung Heon is dating (…a girl who now needs to learn Korean). Song Seung Heon is dating (…a girl who now needs to learn Korean). Since this is indeed a mixed language. According to Song Seung Heon this scene was shot on the very first day of filming. Talk about instant chemistry! The new couple in a scene from their joint movie “The third way of love”. Posing casually together for a magazine spread. You can almost tell he’s thinking “she’s mine! What does this mean?

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A helping hand for TOPIK 쓰기 – Sofie to Korea

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Korean language and Hallyu blog. A helping hand for TOPIK 쓰기. A helping hand for TOPIK 쓰기. If I have to … I would choose …. V-(으)라면 N-을 를 꼽고 싶다. In my opinion/From my point of view. An most importantly/above all. There are some/no/many cases where. Due to … there are some/many times where I can’t. A/V-(으)ㄴ/는 탓에 -지 못할 때가 있다/많다. In order to do … I’m thinking about…. V-기 위해 V-(으)로 생각이다. This is because, when you cannot do …, it isn’t…. V-(으)ㄹ 수 없다면 N이/가 아니기 때문이다. I believe the thing called … is …. Enter you...

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My favorite Korean skincare products – Sofie to Korea

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Korean language and Hallyu blog. My favorite Korean skincare products. My favorite Korean skincare products. In general “외부적인 아름다움” (outer beauty) seems a very important concept in Korea, and all subway stations had several full-figure mirrors where busy Koreans would hurriedly check their appearance before entering or exiting the train. I even saw people doing this after having spent half of their subway ride staring into their huge handheld mirror. A Myeongdong shopping street. My all-time favorite BB ...

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New medical suspense drama Yong Pal – Sofie to Korea

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Korean language and Hallyu blog. New medical suspense drama Yong Pal. New medical suspense drama Yong Pal. My reservations for Yong Pal soon faded as I read more about the plot and watched the teasers, and I quickly knew that I would. 심리적 외상 후 스트레스 장애 Post-traumatic stress disorder. 이식 Transplant (can be paired with words like 심장: heart, 신장: kidney, and 간: liver). 혈압 Blood pressure (note that in medical terms, 혈 is used instead of 피). 주사기 Syringe (a shot is 주사). Have any of you watched it? August 16, 2015.

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How to become a better Korean conversation partner – Sofie to Korea

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Korean language and Hallyu blog. How to become a better Korean conversation partner. How to become a better Korean conversation partner. I’ve compiled a short list of useful expressions you can use to become a more interesting and attentive Korean conversationalist:. All said with rising intonation – equivalent to the English “Really? 네, 맞아요 (Yes, that’s right). 이해가 가요/돼요 (I understand). 상상이 가요 (I can imagine). 그렇군요 (Oh, I see). 안타갑네요 (What a shame). 처음 알았어요 (I never knew this). 가: 오늘은 전심에 피자를 먹었어요.