Farmer treasure story
Busker busker song/ common idioms
These past two weeks, we analyzed another Korean folktale. It was about a farmer who had four sons who were uninterested in farming but were eager to make quick money. Therefore, when the farmer was about to pass away, he shared with his sons that he had buried treasure under the grape seed farmland. The sons, hearing this and wanting to strike it rich, picked up their shovels and dug for months across the entire land. However, when they did not find anything, they gave up. When grape season arrived, they saw that the land they were plowing had reaped a whole field of crops. They then realized the true treasure their father had wanted them to find: the value of hard work.
We also, similarly to Baby Shark, also listened to the Spring Blossoms Ending by Busker Busker. However, many of the vocabulary words were redacted, and we had to fill in the blanks. After listening to the song several times, we also learned about other vocabulary words we missed as well as some common idioms. It was cool to learn these idioms because many of them had meanings I did not expect. For example, there is an idiom that roughly translates to someone’s ear being too thin. This means that the individual listens to others’ perspectives too much and is easily swayed by what other people suggest they do. Another translates to your stomach hurting. However, this means that you are jealous. It was fun to learn these because it is one thing to learn what words and phrases mean. It is another to learn the indirect meanings and contexts of idioms.
Comments
I really enjoy the ways that Seonghye teaches. The Korean folktale is such an interesting story that kind of showcases the values of Korea of hard work. I want to incorporate reading stories into learning more Korean. Seonghye also recommended that I listen to Spring Blossoms Ending since she said that it is a song that "comes back from the dead" every spring. I really enjoyed learning idioms too! I love how funny some of them are but actually make some sense.