Like the article said because Korean is a SOV language “…you learn all those annoying word endings,” arguably the hardest part of the language as it is simply completely foreign to my native language. To understand the endings I start off small, i.e. without the constrictions and complexities of the polite speech.
As far as references go, I think reference grammar can be quite useful. I studied Japanese so it is particularly useful in the fact that both languages are obviously not the same but are made up of the same components. Japanese is an SOV language as well, with what seems like an infinite number of endings. Because I already know a language similar to the one I'm learning now I can effectively understand how to approach this new language. Unfortunatley, I have learned that this is typically only achieved through concrete, relentless memorization.
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