110: Learning Journal #6

[Jessica Kim]

This week, I wanted to learn how to​ ​differentiate​ ​the​ ​different​ ​alphabets​ ​in Korean that sounded the same and served similar purposes. ㅔandㅐ really confused me because they sound the complete same but are spelled differently. For example, 게 is crab while 개 is dog and 세 집 is three houses while 새 집 is new house. I realized that it was a matter of being exposed to these words over and over so that I know which one applies to what word. I asked the Korean TA to explain this for me but he realized that there was no rule differentiating the two. Thus, I think that this will be a long process where when I start reading articles, I will put a focus on words that have  ㅔandㅐ.