105 Learning Journal #3

[Ann Pongsakul]

Last week, I started learning how to say greetings as well as general phrases for introducing yourself such as I am American, I don't speak Korean well. I have only been learning how to say these in the formal way. While in general, it seems I just have to cut off the imnida or yeyo part and add eo at the end of sentences. But I think I will have to work on this through my grammar workbook that I have for Korean. One thing I noticed while forming the formal sentences is that to say I'm not British I have to say yonggooksaramee aniyeyo. Then to say I am not a doctor you say Choneuneuisagaaniyeyo. For the most part I could understand how the sentences come together, but the tricky part is knowing the "ee" and the "ga" that accompanies certain phrases and when to use them or not to use them. I also think of this having a language partner as well as using my grammar workbook for practice and explanations will help a lot. Mango, while it teaches you how to construct things, it does not seem to cover the minute details in grammar.