During the first week, we learned about the different holidays in Korea. I learned about Korea's Independence Day (Samiljil), Memorial Day (Hyunchoongil), Constitution day (JaeHunJul), and the day Korea was founded (GaeChunJul), which translates to the day heavens opened. While learning about the different holidays, I learned vocabulary words specific to these holidays and and also learned some basic Korean history as well and we talked about how Koreans celebrate these certain holidays.
I also learned how to say biblical terms in Korean. Joora and I went over the Lord's Prayer in Korean and I learned new vocabulary words. Because I knew the Lord's Prayer in English, it was easier for me to define the words in Korean, but it was interesting because many of the words were specific to the bible. For example, the word forgive in Korean is yong-seo, but in a biblical context, it could also be sa-ha-da.
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