google drive of free korean language learning resources
hi everyone! because i put tutoring on hold while i am working full time but still want to provide help to those who want to start learning/want to practice their korean, i am continuously compiling material for free learning :)
resources are totally free!
most are typically aimed at children (which is great for beginners!!)
hangul practice
vocabulary building
printable/downloadable
example of scans:
example of grammar breakdowns:
i will be adding material over the coming weeks and continuously as i come across material! updates may be frequent or slow down at times.
note: resources are free, and they’re totally free to share and use! but please do not repost without credit, and because i buy these from my workplace with my own money and spend time scanning them and cleaning them up and organizing them, please consider tipping me as much as you’d like ♥️
here is the link to the drive! (sorry, can’t hyperlink on mobile currently)
enjoy, and thank you in advance! have fun and feel free to ask me any questions—i am a korean studies grad and was a tutor for the beginning korean classes at my university. i am happy to help however i can!
the Aurebesh isn't very great from a conscripting perspective. not only because it's a fucking cipher (a mere font to write in English, with English nonsensical spelling rules) but also because all letters are blocky squares.
Which us fine because this isn't the focus of Star Wars, it's purpose isn't to work well linguistically or practically, it is to set an atmosphere and pretend it's not English
Chinese, Japanese and other syllabic scripts work that way because each symbol stands for a while syllable, not an individual sound. and English has syllables with massive consonant clusters like scratch
an alphabet needs many tall, thin letters like l i r q r t p d f h j k l b
if all letters are fat and wide like ლ then any text occupies far too much space and is overly long. and larger chunks of text consume exponentially more space, paper, ink, digital pages, stablishment titles, etc, not to mention being annoying to read
the simplest solution is to create thinner versions of each letter, making them thinner and thinner until it's a totally different alphabet
a different solution that preserves the blocky feel is to combine letters together into ligatures, like in Hindi, specially for common words and consonant combinations, so, fusing E and R into a single ER letter, for example.
to illustrate, this is "Republic" in canon Aurebesh:
and this is "Republic" after combining some letters:
we could go more aggressive and combine more than two letters, but speakers would have to know all ligatures, but that's fine, Hindi speakers learn hundreds or millions of letter combinations and they're not random, they are intuitive
now with Skywalker:
of course, i'd still prefer to make an alphabet which actually makes sense
real life example: Korean
if we wrote English with the Hangul, Republic would be 러풉맄
안녕하세요 여러분! Hi everyone! Here is yet another Hanja lesson that I posted on my Instagram a while ago. This one is about 무--I hope it's useful! Let's start :) 시작해 볼까요?
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So I’m learning Korean through a few different apps. One of them being good ol Duolingo
this strange strange fellow that we all know and love
And the lesson I’m on is all about integrating numbers into sentences.
And from what I’m gathering, there’s “counter words” that go after numbers to signify that they’re there to showcase how much of a particular object there is.
And I’m absolutely flabbergasted by how specific they can get.
I call this presentation… my brain is dying help me: a saga
(A little rant about goals [feel free to skip ahead]:
If you don’t have a goal in mind, you more than likely won’t be able to learn a language. It’s important to have goals so you can work towards them… do you know how satisfying it is to see yourself fulfill a goal that you set?
However, if your goal is too extreme, you also are likely to not succeed in your target language. Maybe your goal is to become fluent in 1-2 years… and so you’ll study for a year, and you’ll see that you’re not at all fluent. You’ll probably think: “Why am I not fluent? I studied so hard to get no where near what I wanted.” But you did get somewhere, your ambitions were just too strong.
It’s important to set small and achievable goals and if you want to set a big goal like “Become fluent in _____,” don’t set a specific time frame. Allow yourself to slowly work towards the big goal. The small goals will still satisfy you while you work towards your bigger goal.)
한국어 (Korean)
Get to TTMIK level 4
Get to HTSK Unit 2
Aquire more vocabulary
Become conversational - actually practice introductions
Study some more Korean Culture
Practice reading and pronunciation
Don’t forget to continue practicing listening comprehension and writing
Improve handwriting
Study past TOPIK questions just for some practice
Understand Peppa Pig?
Español (Spanish)
Review everything
Improve listening comprehension
Learn more vocabulary specific to me
Be able to understand (complete) YouTube videos
Don’t fail Honors Spanish 3 EOC exam
Go from B1 to B2
Actually choose a dialect/accent because can’t keep going just speaking a mix of every Spanish dialect
Get more comfortable with speaking
日本語 (Japanese):
(If that’s not how you type “Japanese” in Japanese please lmk 😅)
Completely learn Hiragana
Completely learn Katakana
Learn as many Kanji as possible
Study Japanese culture
Practice reading to get as good as possible before starting grammar and vocabulary
Start grammar and vocabulary???
Improve handwriting (god it’s so bad)
Find resources/podcasts/music/YT channels to practice listening comprehension
Valentine's Day is just around the corner! It's the perfect time to start learning some new and romantic Korean phrases to express your love for that special someone. Here are some lovely Korean phrases to add to your vocabulary:
1. 내 발렌타인이 되어 줄래? (nae balrentaini dweojulrae)
(Will you be my Valentine?)
2. 나랑 사귈래? (narang sagwilrae)
(Will you go out with me?)
3. 사랑해 (saranghae)
(I love you.)
4. 내 곁에 있어줘 (nae gyote issojwo)
(Stay with me.)
5. 난 네꺼야 (nan nekkoya)
(I'm yours.)
6. 넌 내 전부야 (non nae jonbuya)
(You are my everything.)
7. 우리는 천생연분이야 (urineun chonsaengnyonbuniya)
(We're meant for each other.)
8. 하늘만큼 땅만큼 사랑해 (haneulmankeum ttangmankeum saranghae)
(I love you to the moon and back.)
9. 진심으로 사랑해 (jinsimeuro saranghae)
(I love you from the bottom of my heart.)
10. 시간이 지날수록 더 사랑해 (sigani jinalsurok do saranghae)
(I love you more as time goes by.)
11. 제 사랑을 말로 다 표현할 수가 없어 (je sarangeul malro da pyohyonhal ssuga opsso)
(Words can't express how much I love you.)
12. 행복하게 해줄게 (haengbokage haejulge)
(I will make you happy.)
13. 키스해도 돼? (kisseuhaedo dwae)
(Can I kiss you?)
14. 앞으로 우리 오래오래 예쁜 사랑하자 (apeuro uri oraeorae yeppeun saranghaja)
(Let's love each other for a long time.)
15. 나랑 결혼해 줄래? (narang gyolhonhaejulrae)
(Will you marry me?)
Spread the love and share your favorite Korean Valentine's Day phrases in the comments! 💕🇰🇷
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안녕하세요 여러분! This week's lesson is a Hanja one, this time a little but about 후! You can find this lesson on my Instagram here as well. I hope it's helpful :) Let's start!
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Also in honor of Hangul Day, look at this adorable Korean inspired jewelry from 도도엣~! The artist is so sweet and her pieces are super cute 🥰 (I wear my little ㅂ every day)