Korean Pronoun Part 2 - I, me - 제가, 저는, 내가, 나는

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I hope you have been keeping your motivation to learn Korean.  As I said, it feels difficult at first but that is because our brain is being fed with new information (and a lot of it!).

Learning Korean from a native speaker can often be like learning English from a native speaker (which is not a teacher) as well.  While native speakers get all the grammars perfectly well, there is a reason why language teachers are teachers, its because they know how best to explain things.  If you ask a native speaker why some things are the way they are, the answer you would probably get is, "its just is".

I'm not a (real) teacher but I would like to share what I found from my self learning when it comes to the above subject.  Even for a native speaker they would simply say, "its just is" or 그냥 (keu-nyang).


The question is, if 저 and 나 are 'I/me' and 제 and 내 are 'my/mine' in English, so why are there 제가 and 내가 and why is 저가 and 나가 not used?

If you feel that this is too long to read, you can skip everything and read paragraph*** but you probably will miss some conceptual points.  For the inspiring Korean speakers, this may be helpful.  Besides pure repetition and practise, understanding concept is best into being able to understand and remember this.  In fact, it would be helpful if one can pass it on to other new learners in the future.

Kdrama Words Drill: 50 Abstract Nouns

I started learning Korean knowing these list of words only after two years, while they were used in Kdramas and conversations ALL THE TIME!
 
Try to memorize them in a week.  Try to imagine you've just entered a new class with 50 new classmates.  You have to remember all of their names within a week.  If you don't get them all, don't worry.  They will appear again in the dramas.
 
Highlight the right hand side to see the English versions.
 

Korean Pronoun part 1; I, you, me, our, my, yours...

The use of pronoun can be omitted when not needed if the the listener is clear about who or what is being refered to in a sentenced for example, A can ask B "밥을 먹었어요?" (You've eaten?) and clearly the question is about B; the listener. In return, B can reply a plain "네, 먹었어요." (Yes, I have eaten.) without ever using '저' too, as it remains clear in this conversation that the subject is B.

Hangul Reading Practise: 20 Korean words borrowed from English

Not to reinvent the wheel, I will not post on how to read Hangeul.  Check out the blog links on the right to watch Hangul video lessons by KoreanClass101.  They are fun and easy to understand.  You can also install smart phones apps.  Just search for 'Hangeul'. 

THE BEST thing you can do for yourself to learn Korean is learn Hangeul!

I would like to post something on brushing up the reading skill especially with similar sounding consonants and vowels.  I think this is important because there are many words that sound almost the same but mean totally different.  If you are listening, you would want make sure you understand it correctly.

However, when I first starting learning, I wasn't able to find the right place to practise reading because I haven't arrived in Korea and I couldn't type Hangul to search the right website to start practising more.  So, I list here 20 Korean words borrowed from English so you can practise your first reading.  Can you recognize what are they in English? (highlight right side for English version)