My goal for this week is learning how to describe things. Before, I had learned simple ways to describe things such as "It is big," "the car is red," and so on. But I wanted to expand that so I could describe memories, daily events, or purchased items vividly. Saying "I bought a brown bag" and saying "I bought a brown bag with studded straps and two large side pockets" is very different. Also, the ability to describe things can be useful when giving directions or discussing likes and interests.
So far, I have been working towards this goal by making lists of adjectives and also making lists of features that go with objects. For example, I know the word for book is 책 but then I search the names of different genres, page numbers, topic matter, etc. So now I can say "I bought a nonfiction book about space" rather than just "I bought a book." Also, if I go to a bookstore now I can navigate around the store better because I know the names of genres. Before, I had to skim the books in an area first before I could determine what they covered.
My next step is to go through a TTMIK series which has photos and provides sample responses. I will be using that to test my progress and learn about new sentence constructions and vocabulary.
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