Directions
Country Name:
US: miguk
England:young guk
Japan: yil Bon
Thailand: tae guk
China: jueng guk
Korea: han guk
Switzerland: se wis
France: pe rang se
Canda: kae na da
Australia: o-se-te-lae-li-a
City Name:
Chicago: shi ka go
New York: nue yok
Washington DC: wo shing ton dc
Seoul: seo ul
Tokyo: do kyo
Beijing: bei jing
Hong Kong: hong kong
Paris: pa li:
How to ask direction:
Oe-di: where
Where is Gottwald-> Gottwald oe di yae yo?
How do I get to Gottwald?-> Gottwald oe duk kae ga yo?
Oe duk kae: how, ga yo: to go.
To go straight: Jik jin ha sae yo.
Left turn: when jjok eo lo ga sae yo.
When jjok: left, ga sae yo: to go (for other person).
Right turn: O len jjok eo lo ga sae yo.
O len jjok: right
Eo lo: towards
Transportation:
Bus: beo se
Ta da: to take something, to ride on something
Subway: ji ha cheol
Airplane: bi hang gi
Bike: bike: ja jen geo:
Taxi: tak xi:
Useful Conjunction:
And: ge li go,
And then: ge da eum ae.
Cloth/shopping
Color
Blue: pa lang saek
Red: Bbal gan saek
Orange: ju hwuang saek
Black: gum jung saek
White: ha yan saek
Grey: huae saek
Green: cho lok saek
Yellow: no lang saek
Purple: bo la saek
Clothing
Cloth: ot
t-shirt: t she te.
Hoodie: hoo de
Skirt: se keo te
Shoes: shin bal
Dress shoses: gu du
Jeans: chung ba ji
Pants: ba ji
Hat: mo ja
Jacket: jam ba
Bag: ga bang
Umbrella: wu san
Scarf: mok do ri
Socks: yang mal
I learned several country names and city names. I can ask how to ask directions, how to guide the directions to others. In addition, I learned the vocabularies of colors and different clothing. Starting learning actual grammar, phrases and words that I can apply to daily conversation. Combined talking with Alvin Yang and learning materials on website, I learned that the sequence of Korean grammar is different than English or Chinese grammar. For example, if I want to say take taxi, I would say ‘taxi take’ in Korean. Usually, the noun will put in front of verb. Therefore, Korean can be easy to read because there are special markers that indicate what is the subject and object, and most of the time the verb is at the end of the sentence. Berbs almost always appear at the end of a sentence.
Example: Jinsoo eats rice. -> Jinsoo rice eats.
Mi Kyong watched a movie. ->Mi kyong movie watched.
I am Xiaoting-> I Xiaoting am.
I am a Chinese-> I Chinese am.
To be a successful self-directed learned, my strategy is that I learned vocabularies and sentences (mostly pronunciation part) from Alvin Yang, and for grammar and Korean character I found a lot of resources online for self-learning. If I have any confusion, I will ask for help from Alvin. I really like independent study, such as finding my interesting part and learning from this. It really works on me. I can learn what I learned effectively, and this learning strategy motivates me. The really interesting part when I met with Alvin Yang is that when he talked some vocabularies, and these vocabularies are similar to me because of watching Korean drama and listening music. I will keep on listening audio resources to get familiar with some pronunciation and vocabularies. For next meeting, I will improve conversation skills with Alvin. Now I can only speak by myself. If I talked with others in Korean, the reflection time to respond is long. I try to review all materials that I learned from last semester, and structure these topics to make a big organized chart in order to find each topic relationships.
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