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안녕하세요

Thank you for dropping by on this site. My passion to learn 한글 (Hangul) is continuously burning. I put up this site in the commitment to learn day by day. Everybody seems to be wondering why I am into this. Do I have plans to stay in Korea? Am I one of the k-drama addicts? Well I wanted to visit Korea in the future (btw i already did and it was a fantastic stay) so it think it’s more appropriate to say to regularly visit in the future. I will also not deny loving the k-drama, infact even k-pop.

I think it’s the passion to learn Hangul that keeps me from enjoying every Korean movie or drama I watch. It is also the reason why I having been smiling listening to K-Pop. I would someday be reading about 한국 history and culture… the one written in Hangul I wish.

All the phrases and words in this blog are learnings that I got from reading several books and through my language exchange partners. And as additional source, I have enrolled my self in an extramural class on Korean Language in a university. I just aim to keep an on-line track of what I learn, these should not be taken as official reference for learning 한글 (Hangul). Maybe in the future I will be listing all these refence books and do some sort of a review. As of this time I am enjoying reading them while learning from native Koreans on how to speak the language. This is really too exciting for me. 감사합니다!

제인 (Jane)

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Hi Jane:

I think, questioning is always a good way to take the next step in solving and learning anything, thanks for sharing your ideas, i’m also learning korean and it’s really exciting.

go ahead, fighting!

Comment by Ricardo Pineda — October 17, 2007 #

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안녕하세요.
한글을 공부하신다니 무척 반갑습니다.
저는 한국인입니다.:)
인터넷 검색을 하다가 우연히 이 블로그에 오게 됐습니다.

Hi,
I’m glad you study hangul.
I’m Korean.
I just visited your blog as googling..

Comment by 택인 — January 23, 2008 #

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I’m a Filipino… It’s just i wanna learn korean language too but ’tis really hard. Can you give me an advice???????????

Comment by nelson — August 20, 2008 #

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hi nelson!
thanks for dropping by this site. i understand how you feel its really difficult to learn a new language especially if the writing style and grammatical structure is different. I think it takes a lot of passion and perseverance. Depending on your goal… if you want to speak than read and write then I suggest you fins a language exchange partner and start with a phrases. If you intend to read and write more than conversing then I suggest you get a good book (Elementary Korean is really good) and start with the basic. Learning the characters in Hangul is easy the pronunciation is not that difficult its really the sentence structure that is challenging. Goodluck.

Comment by janeybei — August 20, 2008 #

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Hi I just stumbled onto your site which I have feverishly bookmarked and am planning on revisiting time and time again for any updates. I’m half Korean and have never been able to fluently speak Korean. It is a wonderful yet challenging language! When I have free time I oftentimes write korean words on flash cards or just try to study the sentence structure in general and have made some progress. The best way to learn is to immerse yourself with the people, but for individual like me that can be hard to do but I am still trying to learn. I’m very glad you made a blog dedicated to learning Korean. Looks like I’ll be learning alongside with you.

Comment by Inkoseh — September 17, 2008 #

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안녕하세요.
저는앤입니다.
저는인하대학교대학관생입니다.
최승합니다, 한국말저금.

I tried my best to type and introduce myself in Korean but feel free to correct any mistakes I made.
I am at 인하대학교, doing an intensive one year Korean language course in preparation for my Masters next year and I came upon your blog while searching for an explanation in the differentiations of the particle markers used in hangul because I’ve been struggling in understanding the uses of them in my classes.
My 선생님’s have difficulty in explaining them in Korean let alone in English so I have nowhere to turn to.

But luckily, I found this.
So am very grateful. Hopefully, I can learn and understand more from here.
I just wanted to thank you personally for giving me one way or another help in my studies.

앤.

Comment by 앤 — October 18, 2008 #

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Hi.. i like all about korean.

Comment by Rica — November 5, 2008 #

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Hey just popped by your blog and what you are doing is awesome! I’ve always wanted to learn korean myself and your blog is very helpful:) And indeed i think it be great if you could name some good/easy/understandable learning korean textbooks as reference for others to learn or korean learning pc programns as well! Just a suggestion if you dont mind =] and if you could thanks a bunch, it save me heaps of time and money buying textbooks and programns. :)

Comment by J. — November 25, 2008 #

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Hi, Jane. Nice blog.

I’m learning Korean myself and currently trying my luck at Hangul basics. I hope to improve a lot. Will be checking out your blog for updates regularly.

Comment by CyNurse — January 25, 2009 #

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안녕하세요!

I think, we have some things in common, and the most obvious is our PASSION to learn Hangul!

I started studying the language last year, but i stopped because of my schedule in my work! My love of watching korean movies and shows make me study the language (I get tired of reading subtitle). I know how to read, already know some words, my problem now are constructing my own sentence and vocabulary and I’m getting there!

i have managed to get a very good book! if you want i can send it to you!

Hope we can help each other! I also planned to visit Korea in 2010!
you may ee me @ http://profiles.friendster.com/angelorodelas!

good luck!

Comment by angelo - 안젤오 — April 20, 2009 #

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- thanks for dropping by. i think now is the best time to go to Korea with the Cebu Pacific offer =) i wish i have time to go this year. what book are you reading? i have elementary korean and continuing korean.
  
  Comment by janey_bei — April 20, 2009 #
  
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wow,, i have elementary korean too but it’s a softcopy so, i have to print it all. my copy is not that clear! want to lend me yours! hahaha! XD…!~

Are you Pinoy too? If yes, then, MABUHAY! Ang saya naman! hehehe!

Comment by angelo - 안젤오 — April 21, 2009 #

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hey i live in korea been here for 6 months and i have 1yr 6months left and only know enough korean to get to the train station and few other thing to help me get around with taxis, but my girlfriend mostly just tells them were to go so i never really have a chance to learn because she can hardly speak english and i can hardly speak hangul, and i work with korean every day but they would rather learn english then teach me korean it seems, so i need something that will help me learn fast and easy.

p.s. im in the army so if i call learn hangul the better i will be able to preform my duties. and if you could e-mail me your respons please thanks.

Comment by raastad — May 29, 2009 #

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hello! (: wow i like your site! I’ve been self-studying korean for over a year already. ^^ Learning korean is my passion too. I’ll drop by often (:

Comment by Shanna — July 4, 2009 #

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hi! I am a Filipina who also learns korean language.. have you ever tried this site? e-campaign.kdu.edu? remember NOT to put “www”. this site can help you a lot. Good luck and God bless. ^^ salamat..

Comment by Chin — August 1, 2009 #

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can somebody help me to translate these:
1) 첫 인상으로 사람을 판단하지 말라는 말이 있습니다. 사람의 인상은 변하기때문입니다.

2) 한번 만들어진 나쁜 첫인상을 지우느라고 고생하는 것보다 훨씬 쉬우니까요.

i am learning kr language. but i have trouble understanding these sentences. pls help. thank u.

Comment by BOF_Fan — August 3, 2009 #

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- its very wrong to judge person with first impression. the second statement i am not sure its like because people impression change. reading it the two sentences are interrelated so this could mean it is very wrong to judge a person with first impression because people’s impression change.
  
  Comment by janey_bei — August 5, 2009 #
  
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Hi! I’m trying to self-learn Korean and I can say that your blog is very good for people like me. Do you know if is there something that compares Korean language with Japanese language when teaching it? Thanks a lot.

Comment by Cintia — August 5, 2009 #

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- hi cintia. i am not sure about Japanese language i read there are similarities but i am not really keen about it as ai have not read any language book about hirigana or kanji.
  
  Comment by janey_bei — August 5, 2009 #
  
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hey! i love your site, it’s so comprehensive…btw, are you filipino?(i’m from cebu!lots of koreans here) and i learned how to write korean first and now i’m learning to understand and speak what they actually mean (i actually love k-dramas and k-pop too)

it’s so nice to find other people who have passion for hangeul and korean language in itself…my friends tease me when i tell them about it..but i don’t care…it’s kinda nice to learn other languages other than english and my own…

Comment by rosmary — August 6, 2009 #

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- yes i am =) thanks for dropping by
  
  Comment by janey_bei — August 9, 2009 #
  
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Hi Jane, hi guys!

I’ve started learning Korean only a while ago, and, well, I realized I tend to learn a foreign language more easily by writing blog entries (That’s how I learnt English). Anyway, the flipside is that sometimes your readers are just your friends and they not always want to correct your grammar mistakes. One day I got lucky and found http://lang-8.com/, which is a blogging tool specifically designed for people who’re learning a new language. In fact, you get to blog and native speakers get to correct your entries. You, in return, get to correct theirs. It’s a win-win situation, if you ask me, cos the whole system is based on language-exchange partners. Just thought you guys might want to try this. Best of all? It’s *free*.

Comment by Sere — August 26, 2009 #

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hi there!
i stumbled upon your blog and am really amazed at your speed in learning the K language…
i’m just starting on it, and am treating it as an addiction.
well, it’s the best way to keep my passion in learning, you know.
there are just times that i want to give up on it…
oh, the irregularities! and everytime i think of how fluent i am with my tagalog and english (and visayan), i just get depressed. i am 23, which means it took me more than half those years to master my language.
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another problem is, i’m quite impulsive.
i want to learn fast.
and get frustrated whenever i realize that there is no FAST way in learning hangul! huhuhu!!!
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and i don’t have books!
what place on earth am i in? there’re no good korean books in our place! arg!
what could be worse than that, huh?
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i better stop now.
i’m blabbing…
help?

Comment by jobibee — September 11, 2009 #

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- I know how you feel… i have not mastered the language yet. i am not good at it conversational. it’s really hard if you don’t have someone to talk to. just keep on studying and practicing… cheers!
  
  Comment by janey_bei — September 16, 2009 #
  
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Hi there, I bought ‘Elementary Korean’ 3 years ago from SG Kino but had to shelf it aside due to other priorities. Recently, I’ve picked it up again and should complete it before the end of yr 09′. Glad to have chanced upon your blog. Keep up the good work!! =)

Comment by michelle — September 18, 2009 #

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Annyeong,

just like you, i really wanna learn hangul too. i almost used 3 reams of paper just to print modules i found in the internet. i am a nursing student and im very busy, i hope that i could read these modules during the semestral break. XD

now, i wanna find someone whom i can practice hangul with.

and i want a korean name who can give me one. XD

keep it up.

Comment by Jayvee — September 22, 2009 #

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- thanks for dropping by… i am pretty busy also these days so i seldom update this blog site. we can practice exchanging mails if you want in Hangul (not the romanized one). you don’t need to get a Korean name your name can be written in Hangul –> 제이비
  
  Comment by janey_bei — September 23, 2009 #
  
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HiHi!

I’m almost done with Elementary Korean but find it seemingly lacking in certain basic grammar points hence am undecided about purchasing the Continuing Korean as a follow-up. Also, I have compiled a list of books to be purchased from Korea. If you could spare the time, is it possible that you list the grammar points covered in ‘Continuing Korean’??

That would be much appreciated.

PS – Really like the multi-colored-pencils you put up..In fact it’s been my favourite desktop image!

Comment by miumiu — November 14, 2009 #

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- hi miumiu – continuing Korean is really a continuation of basics from Elementary Korean like more uses og verb in -고 form, some verb combination and new verbs like those in conditional form like -기 and -으면 form. There are also several lessons on clauses and modifiers which are very helpful and challenging… this I guess is key to making longer sentences. I have also noticed that most of Korean uses a lot of modifiers to form clauses in their sentences just like in English. Thanks for dropping by.
  
  Comment by janey_bei — November 15, 2009 #
  
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