60. All Kinds of Korean Luck 한국의 온갖 복(福); 새해 복 많이 받으세요 Happy New Year!
When I was little, my father took us out to the 북악산 Bugaksan Mountain to watch the sunrise on New Year’s day almost every year….
59. Underneath the Stars (별빛 아래서) by Kate Rusby
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58. Simple Negation: 안 vs. 못; How to Diplomatically Turn Down an Offer or an Invitation; 경상도 사투리 Gyeongsang-do Accent; 종이의 집: 공동경제구역 Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area, Part 2, Ep. 9
The moment you are able to say what you want to do in a foreign language, you would also want to say what you don’t…
57. How to Say ‘I like …’ 좋아요 vs. 좋아해요; Negative Command -지 마세요/말아요 vs. Positive Request -아/어/해 주세요; 수상한 파트너 Suspicious Partner (2017), Ep. 12 & 22
If you like a foreign language, you should be able to say confidently “I like (something).” The challenge is that we humans have grammatically inconsistent…
56. How to Describe Tastes in the Real Korean Way; 당신이 소원을 말하면 If You Wish upon Me (2022)
Korean has a rich vocabulary including many single-word adjectives to describe various tastes, flavors, and textures of foods. Would you like to learn a few…
55. Rule of Vowel Harmony (모음조화); Even if -도; Whether … (or not) -든지 (말든지) / -든가 (말든가); 꽃피면 달 생각하고 (Moonshine, 2021)
I. Verb Conjugation for a Concessive Particle -도 From my previous articles, you may already know that -도 at the end of a verb means…
54. How to Say “Must/Have to” in Korean ~아/어야 한다; Rule of Vowel Harmony (모음조화); Korean Modernist Poem 목마와 숙녀 (A Wooden Horse and a Lady) by 박인환
Korea is one of the few countries on earth that did not experience colonization by the West and did not colonize other countries. Of course,…
53. How to Propose in Korean; 월수금화목토 Love in Contract (2022), Ep. 16
Marrying in Korea is not the easiest thing to do in your life, as you may have noticed in various K-dramas that vividly depict harrowing…
52. 숭덩숭덩 vs. ciseler; Another Korean Soul Food 된장찌개 Cooking Tip; Dialect - 충청 Chungcheong; 환혼 Alchemy of Souls (2022), Ep. 6; 된장 The Recipe (2010)
Long ago, I got very curious about European cuisine. So curious that I decided to learn it from real professionals in Manhattan, in the evening…
51. What to Say to Someone Who Lost a Loved One; Korean Funerals
Yesterday, headline news all over the world reported that at least 153 people were killed in a crowd surge at packed Halloween festivities at Itaewon…
