42. Priorité n°1 : 한글 (Alphabet coréen) - Consonnes de base
Je vois que certains d’entre vous aimeraient apprendre le coréen depuis le début. Vous aimez la Corée, alors vous aimeriez aussi parler la langue. Tant…
41. 목 말라요 I am thirsty; 자음동화 Consonant Assimilation II - Nasalization; 서른, 아홉 (Thirty-Nine, 2022), Ep. 8
To correctly say a simple but important phrase such as “I am thirsty” in Korean, you would have to understand another phonetic process called 비음화…
40. How to Become an Alchemist of Korean Particles -이/가, -만, -도, -은/는, etc., etc.; Alchemy of Souls 환혼 (2022), Ep. 1; 눈동자 - 조용필 The Pupil of the Eye
Korean is an agglutinative language. Words are formed with morphemes such as verb stems and particles glued together like a string. There are a plethora…
39. Our Blues 우리들의 블루스 (2022) Ep. 8; How to Apologize Correctly in Korean; How to Pronounce 받침 ㅅ, ㅆ, ㅈ, ㅊ, ㅌ as [ㄷ]; Consonant Assimilation I - 격음화 (Aspirates)
Online or offline, we humans are by nature a social animal. For many of us, the quality of our interpersonal relationships is the single most…
38. Ma chère, reviens à moi encore 그대 내게 다시 interprétée par 변진섭 ; Réponds-moi 1988 (2015) - À la recherche du temps innocent
Ah, la nostalgie. 추억. 회상. 그리움. 향수. La saveur douce-amère de se souvenir et de regretter toutes les choses du passé est l’une des bonnes…
37. Whalien 52 by BTS; 고래 사냥 Whale Hunting by 송창식; 고래, 돌고래, 고래고래 소리지르다; Mimetic Adverb
In 2015, two years after their debut, BTS (방탄소년단: 방탄 Bulletproof; 소년 Boys; 단 Band) sang about a whale (고래) in their single release “Whalien…
36. Adjective Basics: Attributive vs. Predicative Forms; 평화 Peace
There is no adjective declension in Korean. In other words, the ending of Korean adjectives do not change according to the gender or the number…
35. Before and After; Connecting Particle -고; Concession Particle -도; Causation Particle -서; 음악이 끝나기 전에 (Before the Music Ends) by 거미 Gummy
A. Before and After – Time Clauses It is amazingly simple to say basic time expressions “Before …” and “After …” in Korean. You need…
34. How to Swear in Korean - Entry Level Invectives; 신의 (Faith, 2012), 기상청 사람들 (Forecasting Love and Weather, 2022), 하나뿐인 내편 (My Only One, 2018)
Swearing in a foreign language is the first step to fluency, they say. Whether such a theory is valid or not, real Korean ladies and…
33. Invitation to Winter Ocean; Two Different “When” - 때 vs. 언제; 겨울 바다 (Winter Ocean) by 이해인
English, among other languagues, uses the same word “When” for two different purposes, namely, i) when you ask questions, and ii) when you say a…
