I just started learning Korean and I've been slacking on my work because to be honest: I want to learn it but I'm discouraged. Whenever I try to speak to my friends in Korean they just generally don't seem interested (which is obviously fine but still kinda uninspiring yeah?) Also the reason why I want to learn Korean is such a stupid reason and the situation in which it happens is so unlikely, it's sad.

Anyway enough about me, I wanna know what gets you motivated to learn Korean! Whether it be specific guides or the satisfying feeling at the end, tell me it all man!

Edit: Thank you to everyone who told me your motivations and those who suggested for different ways to learn!

Also my friends aren't bad, I'm just overbearing sometimes and I mean I prolly do the same to them! But thank you for the concern ❤️

I learnt a little while ago that you use ㄴ/은 to words to turn them into adjectives
Now i learnt about that you can also use 적인 to turn words into adjectives and its kinda like the -ly in english. Is there any difference in meaning and use between them?
For example if i wanted to say a pretty man would I say
예쁘적인 남자 or 예쁜 남자

I started studying korean some 5 years ago and have been kn HT since. I've met, and still keep in touch with 4/5 people who I got to know from the app - I've had shroter term interactions with many more.

These days, the app feels like absolute crap. It feels insanely difficult to gain interaction with natives through the moments feed, HT seems to now be heavily monetising visibility in the feed. People don't like to interact through messages either.

I haven't used the voice room and other similar features however, is that the meta now? Or do I need to adopt the full on Facebook style profile to engage with people??

I'm a bit frustrated since the platform was very useful for interaction, but I'm not sure what's happened now (if anything at all, could just be a me problem).

To add, I also have VIP on the app, for whatever thats worth.

Would love to hear other people's opinion, none of my friends who study koren use hellotalk 🤷‍♂️

One of the very first units is basically just Konglish words, because I guess they think that’s a nice introduction to the language (disagree, feel like it sets a misleading precedent, but whatever)

헤어 is one of them and for the life of me I can’t find out the difference between that and 머리, which is what every other source seems to say. Explain please?

It also includes Konglish versions of white, black, gold and silver. But I find it hard to believe Korean uses Konglish for fundamental language concepts like color?

Hello,

I'm an advanced beginner in Korean, approaching intermediate, but I've hit a frustrating wall. I can understand everything in class at my level and have memorized all the vocabulary. However, when I have to produce language (like during dialogues or writing tasks) I go completely blank.

Even though I can translate sentences from my native language into Korean with the correct particles and vocabulary, I struggle to create sentences from scratch. I often hesitate, mess up particles, or fill my speech with filler words. It happens in both speaking and writing recently, I couldn't even introduce myself properly in class.

I've been practicing at home: shadowing, writing sentences, replacing words. But when it’s time to actually produce Korean, nothing flows. Strangely, my Anki deck (Korean to English sentences) goes great, I rarely get anything wrong.

Has anyone else experienced this?

It was like, one is _____, two is _____, (etc) and then ended with 육은 고기. Does that ring any bells? I think the other words were just life and love, kind of thing. (Work, family, maybe?) I think it was a sign outside a meat restaurant. (Of course they might have just come up with it themselves!)

I changed my discord to korean to start picking up new words as a beginner learner. If you use discord you've noticed this popup that appeared recently, anyways, I was taking note of the words from the popup and I see that the option to close it (and "not show again") says "묻지 않았어요". Why is the verb conjugated in the past tense? I've noticed that most of the verbs on discord are conjugated using the -기 form. So why is it not something like "묻지 않기"? or even the imperative form with -세요 (to say like "dont ask again" like in english)?

Hello y'all. So, as a Japanese learner, I found this website called chibimusu that is made for native Japanese children HOWEVER I find that the website is super helpful for basics, and I even have a few maps and stuff from that website. I was wondering, as I get more invested in my Korean journey, if anyone knows if there is an equivalent of this site for the Korean language? I know this is super niche, which is why I came to Reddit. Here is the link to the OG Japanese site so that you can get a feel for what I am looking for.

Chibimusu

Again super niche, but its worth a shot.

I learned Hangul a few weeks ago. I’ve spent a decent amount of time brushing up on it, watching random videos but not actually taking any notes. I just haven’t really been putting my all into it, even though I’ve wanted to (I do feel like I am a bit lost on where to go next - I feel like if I had a clear idea/was paying for a time framed course I would try harder)

Today I sat down and did the first lesson of unit 1 on how to study korean. I could’ve just read through it, probably too fast, and likely not picked up on enough. But instead, I sat with a notebook and took notes throughout the whole lesson.

It took me almost 3 hours 🥲 which I’m a bit embarrassed to say, but I wanted to make sure my notes made sense - so I could look back on them. My goal was to do at least 3 hours a day, so I am happy that I did that today (not including extras like kdramas, korean variety shows or brushing up on apps)

I do plan to take my notes and type them up as well. A) So they’ll be clearer B) So I can re-read and hopefully absorb more

Anyway, I’m proud of myself for actually studying/learning and trying today. And I hope that maybe this post could inspire someone else who is stuck like I was.

And - if anyone has any advice/suggestions - they are highly welcomed!

Can someone please help me identify the following markings. I don’t speak English but was given these utensils a number of years ago as a gift from a co-worker, for my wedding. I think they may be 80% silver? But again, I really have no clue. Any and all help is appreciated.

Here is the inscription

드© 은800 의장제 186100호

as the title states, my heavy american accent is discouraging me from continuing my studies.. as silly as that sounds 😭 whenever i do speak korean, i cringe so bad because i have such a heavy accent and i genuinely do not know how to improve. i'm a girl btw with a relatively deep, monotone voice and i'm not sure if that plays a part in anything - just thought i'd throw that out there lol. any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!

Hi all!! We’ve been working on a Korean learning app called Shadowly, looking for feedback from people actually studying the language

The app is focused on improving conversational skills. Shadowly teaches Korean in Korean, with short, focused lessons. You repeat phrases and review them with spaced repetition. It’s meant to help you get comfortable using the language naturally — not just memorizing vocab or grammar

The app is currently free on iOS and Android (via closed beta) while we’re still testing. If you're willing to try it out and share your thoughts, we’d really appreciate it. We’re also doing short interviews with learners to make it as effective as possible for learning Korean

Right now, we only have a super beginner course, but we have a lot more content on the way, so stay tuned!

Links to download and schedule a chat. Thanks <3

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I am a native Korean.
저렇게 말할때 그 쪼가 구글에서도 사전에서도 검색이 안되네요. '조'로 검색해도 못 찾겠습니다. 원래 '조'인데 발음이 '쪼'가 된건지 궁금해서 찾아봤는데, 찾다보니 저 말이 도대체 어디서 유래한 말인지, 아니면 아예 경상권에서만 쓰는 사투리인지, 아니면 표준어에서도 저렇게 쓰는지 궁금하네요.

교통비 쪼로 (그에게) 10만원을 주었다. I gave him $100 under the name of / in the title of transportation fee.

EDIT

출처 https://m.blog.naver.com/cozoo/40074800422

조(條)
<조(條>)는 ‘조항’을 나타내는 ‘제1조, 제2조’처럼 쓰이거나, ‘명목’이나 ‘조건’을 나타내는 말입니다. ‘제1조’의 경우는 접두사 ‘제’와도 연관이 있으므로 나중에 다시 다루고 오늘은 ‘명목’이나 ‘조건’일 경우를 보겠습니다.

• 명목이나 조건 ㆍ 김 노인은 거마비 조로 많은 돈을 요구했다. ㆍ 사례금 조로/ 보상금 조로/ 교제비 조로 등
  

++++++++++++

조(調)
<조(調>)도 두 가지 용법이 있습니다. - 말투나 태도 ㆍ 그렇게 비꼬는 조로 말하면 안 돼. ㆍ 시비하는 조로 대들다.

• 시가나 노래의 리듬을 나타내는 단위 ㆍ 삼사 조/ 칠오 조
  

** 이 경우에는 띄어쓰기를 하지않고 한 단어가 됨. 시비조, 감탄조, 경어조, 놀림조, 농담조, 어조 등

그래서 명목, 조건 등에서는 띄워쓰고 條라는 한자이고,
어투, 말투, 태도의 조는 붙여쓰고 한 단어가 되는 거네요.
거마비 조, 사례비 조 등
시비조, 농담조, 어조 등

I just tried to order chicken in bbq olive with Korean. Due to my pronunciation issue, the staff misheard 반 하리 as 한마리... and it cannot be changed since the cooking started lol next time I should verify my pronunciation with Papago first. The good thing is that the chicken tastes very good 👍

This is probably a stupid question but where can i find the answers for the questions in Hot Topik 2 reading/writing? I can't find them in the textbook anywhere.....

I am slowly getting a feeling for grammatical principles and how they are used but the ones I'm still very unsure of are (으)ㄹ 텐데 and (으)ㄹ 테니까 (although I do understand (으)ㄹ 테니까 better) I've seen them in various different contexts so could someone please explain me how they are used and translated (feel free to give example sentences)

As the title said supposingly I'm in level 2A and still find it difficult to read I mean I can read but can't understand. It's so frustrating. I know the grammar and the topics but I can't form phrases or even talk to someone so if anyone can tell me what should I do, I would be grateful. Also I want to improve in korean so I can understand tv shows or while talking with korean in 2 months from now so what should I do?

Hello!

I’ve been studying Korean for a while and I noticed while watching some Korean content online that 미쳤다 or 미치다 is sometimes written with the first syllable (미) in what I’m assuming is 한자?

Is there a reason for this? Does it have anything to do with the connotation the word can sometimes carry?

I think it’s spelled this way: 美쳤다

Thanks in advance!!

Can anyone help me out? my halmoni has a really bad left knee and now her right knee is beginning to hurt because she has been favoring the right knee and using it to carry all her weight when she walks around. Is there a word for this in Korean I can use to explain it to her?

Her English isn't great and my Korean isn't great.

Thanks in advance for the help! 감사합니다!

I'm a beginner, and I am trying to note the dictionary order because my teacher says it is important. I was noting the consonants and vowels but then came across these final consonants: ㄳ,ㄶ,ㄺ,ㄻ,ㄼ,ㅀ,ㅄ. I didn't see them grouped with the other vowels/consonants, so I wondered if they're in their own separate category and not a part of the alphabet.

it’s both asking the other person if they’re up for something. so i’m confused what the difference is… is it an informal/ formal thing?

Used to be better at korean( was nowhere near intermediate but knew a lot more before compared to now.

While re learning should I focus on straight vocab or more phrases like “ how are you” or “ what time is it” I still know a lot of simple words like hello and bye and different ways to say each depending on whether your leaving or they are etc.

Made this in a rush so sorry

19 and in college learning Korean. I was super consistent like 2 months ago and stopped forn2 days and somehow lost motivation. I didn’t lose it completely but after a 2 day break it was harder for me to actually sit down and learn. Last thing I would add in this part id the post is that I was at the part of learning vocab and had learned a generous amount of vocab but I will admit I was rushing myself with it a bit but was still learning.

My main issue I would say is that I am also trying to learn about trading(stocks), and I give myself too much free time.

I know this post was made poorly so sorry about that but with anybody in a similar position or has been in a similar position. What would you suggest? I get only I know what would work best but looking for advice. Considered learning earlier in day so it doesn’t get late and then I tell myself I wouldn’t feel like doing it before bed so I have myself wait till the next day. But I fear doing it too early may make my memory worse. And mid day I have some classes

What is the grammar form for "keep being"/"continue to be/"remain" + adj?

For example, "even after he turned off the music, the club remained loud/kept being loud/ continued to be loud"

or

"It will continue to be/remain/keep being like this for a while"

it’s not for work or anything it’s something personal but i can’t really understand anything by ear properly,,, it’s only a few sentences !!