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Building Your Vocabulary Puzzle
Consider this analogy.
Learning new vocabulary, whether it’s in our native language or in a second language is a lot like putting a puzzle together. But there is a key difference.
In our native language, we already have a good understanding of the structure of the puzzle. Plus, it’s already mostly assembled. When we discover a new vocabulary word, we can quickly identify distinguishing bits of…
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A Note About TOPIK Registration in Korea
A Note About TOPIK Registration in Korea
I hope everyone in Korea is surviving the typhoon well enough today.
Today is the first day of registration for the 85th TOPIK (in Korea). The last time (a year ago?) I tried to register for TOPIK, it wasn’t even the last day of the registration period and EVERY SINGLE available location for TOPIK II was already filled! (Except Jeju, which had a few spots left – but I had no capacity to take an…
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More of What Matters Most
More of What Matters Most
This is just about the 10th anniversary of this website.
But rather than celebrating this milestone with a BIG post, event, or announcement, I’d rather just whisper it into cyberspace. “Happy Birthday!”
Over the years, my work on this website has gone from highly active to highly inactive. There was a period of time when I was posting new content daily for over a year. And now, my posting comes…
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Types of Korean Verb Conjugations
Types of Korean Verb Conjugations
One of the most difficult parts of learning Korean is learning all the different verb endings and conjugations. This post provides a simple cheat sheet for the most basic verb conjugations.
This page will continue to be modified and updated as needed.
The examples presented below are related to giving (주다) and apple (사과).
Formality:
Informal low (1): 반말 – The lowest form, used among close…
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Update to Grammar (and other Content types)
Update to Grammar (and other Content types)
Right now, I’ve completed KIIP Level 5 (not the test), and should be able to get a Level 3 or 4 in TOPIK – but I haven’t actually taken the test in years.
However, I have recently been presented with a very unique [new opportunity] in which I want to challenge myself to use Korean as much as possible. Therefore, preparing myself for this challenge, and preparing and organizing my own study…
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Welcome to 2021~
I’ve been working on updating this blog’s design for at least 3 years now. The work tends to go in spurts. I’ll get in the zone for a few weeks and get a lot of progress made. Then, I get busy with [other things] and get away from it for a while – sometimes months.
There’s still [much to do], but I pretty much got sick and tired of the old site design, and just decided to pull the trigger on…
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Seollal is your second chance at New Year's Resolutions
Seollal is your second chance at New Year’s Resolutions
One of my favorite parts of living in Korea is the celebration of the Lunar New Year. This gives me a bit of a runway to get my New Year’s Resolutions going.
After all, the holiday season is quite busy. I may consider New Year’s goals at that time, but I don’t usually have enough space or thinking time to actually make good on my plans.
I often have many false starts and small failures…
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Practice Korean Reading with Comics
Practice Korean Reading with Comics
One of the ways I’ve begun enjoying practicing Korean reading more these days is by reading my son’s comic books with him.
One of the most fun things to do it to read the Korean sound effects (onomatopoeia) in such a way that the sounds I make with my mouth sound like the actions that are supposed to be happening in the story. This is especially fun with some of his Pokemon or…
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Beautiful Bonds: People who spread Korea to the world
Beautiful Bonds: People who spread Korea to the world
Our second giveaway of 2019 is a large 620-page book featuring interviews with 35 special people who have done much to spread Korean culture across the globe. The book features pop stars, musicians, artists, adventurers, farmers, politicians, athletes, writers, translators, doctors, CEOs, chefs, and more.
It was reported on in more detail in The Korea Herald hereand the full list of…
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2019: The Year of FREE Stuff!
2019: The Year of FREE Stuff!
Hi everyone! Thanks for being a reader of Key To Korean.
Let me say that I’m sorry I haven’t been more active here in recent years. I’ve been working 2-3 full-time jobs at a time, but I’m finally slowing down a little and looking to do some major upgrades to this site in 2019.
Let me also say, “Happy Birthday!” to my son.
Today is my son’s 8th birthday, and as a gift to YOU on my son’s…
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Happy New Year! Are you ready?
Happy New Year! Are you ready?
Happy New Year! Are you ready?
New Year’s Habits
Everybody has some habits associated with the New Year:
Staying up until midnight
Cake, drinks, watching a movie, etc
Watching the clock and counting down the time
Fireworks / cheers / a kiss at the stroke of midnight
And so on
But regardless of your New Year’s countdown habits, you likely also have habits related to the days leading up to and…
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Site restructuring (2019)
Over the next few months, I’m going to be doing some cleanup on this site to prepare for the “next stage” in its life. A few things I’m going to focus on:
Site(s) cleanup – a few people have found a place to create subsites of this one. This is a feature that is not yet (supposed to be) available, so those sites will be deleted. In the future, I may allow paying membersto create their own…
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My Top Twelve Eats in Jeonju
My Top Twelve Eats in Jeonju
One of my friends is coming to Jeonju for a short trip soon, and since Jeonju is famous for its food, I thought I’d put together a list of my top twelve favorite eats here. We’ll imagine that this trip takes place over two and a half days and I’ll provide suggestions for good eats along the way.
While there have been (and are now) plenty of other great eats in Jeonju, some of them have been…
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#food#gastronomy#Jeonju#restaurants#고기#도너츠#막걸리#맥주#모주#백반#비빔밥#설렁탕#순대국밥#순두부#순두부찌개#전주#초코파이#칼국수#콩국수#콩나물국밥#팥빙수#한정식
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Thoughts are Things
Truly, “thoughts are things,” and powerful things at that, when they are mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence, and a burning desire for their translation into riches or other material objects.—Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
I recently had the pleasure of reading the book Think and Grow Richby Napoleon Hill again. The first time I read this book was in 2006, when I had first come to…
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#Arnold Schwarzenegger#definite major purpose#Hugh Jackman#impact#Napoleon Hill#The Rock#things#Think and Grow Rich#thoughts
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New Year's Goals Shouldn't Be About the Goals
New Year’s Goals Shouldn’t Be About the Goals
Every New Year, most people around the world like to take stock of their lives and consider new goals (or resolutions) for the upcoming year. But, there are a couple of problems with the way most people approach New Year’s Resolutions.
Common Problems
Not writing your goals down (you are 42% more likely to accomplish them if you do)
Forgetting to create balanced goals (for all aspects of your life
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KIIP Grammar - Level 4
KIIP Grammar – Level 4
한국어와 한국문화 중급2 Publication Date: 2013.12
The following is a list of all the Grammar Points covered in the KIIP Level 4 classes. The list is provided for quick reference.
Your book may be slightly different than the one I used if you’re accessing this list after 2017 (already on publication version 2).
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KIIP Grammar - Level 3
KIIP Grammar – Level 3
한국어와 한국문화 중급1 Publication Date: 2013.12
The following is a list of all the Grammar Points covered in the KIIP Level 3 classes. The list is provided for quick reference.
Your book may be slightly different than the one I used if you’re accessing this list after 2017 (already on publication version 2).
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