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trying this again

hey guys im Mo! I’ll be trying this again, gonna try and hold myself accountable and use this blog finally as a way to track my language process.

bear with me as i get my blog up and running, looking all cute, adding my posts to tags, etc.  

if anyone is a native speaker/learning portuguese, asl, korean pls feel free to message me! I’d love to have some language partners to practice w!

any ling majors as well, pls like or reblog so i can check out your acc as well !!

thank u!! look forward to talking w you all!

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New Langblr/Studyblr

Hi everyone! I’m Mo. I made this acc forever ago and kinda forgot about it. Hoping to get back into this blog to help me keep track of everything.

If you’re a studyblr/langblr pls feel free to like/reblog this!

(looking for spanish, portuguese, korean, mandarin and french langblrs)

#studyblr #langblr #spanish learning #spanish #portguese #portuguese langblr #korean langblr #korean #korean learning #mandarin #mandarin langblr

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College Scholarships Masterpost 2016-17

I’ve compiled a list of average American scholarships (meaning no special racial, religious, organizational, or academic requirements) here, segmented by activity and then by deadline.

Please add to this if you find more!

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선인장 [seoninjang] “Cactus”

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Kanji: 弓

Meaning: bow, arch

Reading: ゆみ、きゅう  (yumi, kyuu)

About the kanji: since kanji has this square-style of writing, it’s difficult sometimes to make the drawing-meaning connection. However, I’ve recovered this one with a little bit of imagination. 

Just imagine 1 and 3 to be the wooden part of the bow (the bow without the string). Number 2 is the actual string which has that form due to an imaginary arrow. Once you finally see the kanji like that, it would be much easy to remember. 

Words using this kanji:

弓道 ： archery

弓状 ： arched

弓矢 ： bow and arrow

弓張り ： stringing a bow

洋弓 ： Western-style archery

胡弓 ： kokyu (3 or 4-stringed bowed Japanese musical instrument)

大弓 ： longbow

Example sentence:

インディアンは弓と矢で戦った。

indian wa yumi to ya de tatakatta

The Indians fought with bows and arrows.

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PASSIVE VERB SUFFIXES: 이/히/리/기

Passive and causative suffixes are 2 grammar points that I remember boosting my Korean listening and understanding. I’m gonna run quickly through passive here, focusing mainly on the suffixes, and do causative in my next post.

PASSIVE: Focus on the thing that undergoes an action, instead of what performs the action. For example: 개가 우체부를 물었어요. = The dog bit the mailman. (active) 우체부가 개한테 물렸어요. = The mailman was bitten by a dog. (passive)

A few things happen when a sentence becomes passive in Korean:

The object becomes the subject. (in the example above, 우체부를 –> 우체부가)

The verb changes from its active to passive form. (물었어요 –> 물렸어요)

The active subject becomes the passive “agent” by which the action happens. (개가 –> 개한테) The particle you use for the agent depends on what kind of agent it is. When you form the passive with suffixes, these are the particles you choose from: Animate agent: 한테, 에게, or 께 (in order of increasing politeness) Inanimate agent: 에 (문이 바람에 열렸어요. = The door was blown open by the wind.)

So we’re going to focus on suffixes, which you can use with about 150 different transitive verbs. But there are other ways to make the passive, which are briefly:

Verb stem + 어/아지다 With an ADJ verb, this means “becomes ADJ.” (예뻐졌어 = got prettier) But with an ACTION verb, this forms the passive. (자르다 = to cut –> 잘라지다 = to be cut) Easy! Some verbs ONLY become passive this way (주다 = to give –> 주어지다 = to be given). Some can’t use this at all.

하다 –> 되다 All 하다 verbs change to 되다. Super easy! Yay! (이용하다 = to use –> 이용되다 = to be used)

Okay, now finally, suffixes! The four suffixes are 이, 히, 리, and 기.The reason I focus on these is because they’re tricky. Like I said, about 150 transitive verbs fit in this category, although some of them aren’t common at all. Some verbs in this category can also become passive through the 어/아지다 change, but others can’t. But hearing and recognizing suffixes will definitely boost your everyday understanding, so they’re important to learn! There are 4 suffixes, and there are general rules for what verbs take which suffix. BUT there are lots of exceptions, so you basically have to just learn which verb takes what. 이: Verb stems that have no 받침, or verb stems with a 받침 that doesn’t change it’s sound when it comes before ㅎ (usually ㅎ, ㄲ, ㅍ).* *What does this mean? Think about pronunciation changes of certain 받침. (막히다 is pronounced 마키다, with the ㄱ sound before ㅎ changing to a ㅋ.) Some of the 받침 that don’t change before ㅎ include ㅎ, ㄲ, and ㅍ. Verb stems with these take the suffix 이.

보다 = to see –> 보이다 = to be seen

바꾸다 = to change –> 바뀌다 = to be changed

놓다 = to place –> 놓이다 = to be placed

섞다 = to mix –> 섞이다 = to be mixed

덮다 = to cover –> 덮이다 = to be covered

히: Verb stems with 받침 that does change it’s sound when it comes before ㅎ (usually ㅂ, ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅈ).

잡다 = to catch –> 잡히다 = to be caught

밟다 = to step on –> 밟히다 = to be stepped on

막다 = to block –> 막히다 = to be blocked

닫다 = to close –> 닫히다 = to be closed

잊다 = to forget –> 잊히다 = to be forgotten

리: Verb stems with ㄹ 받침, or irregular verbs that change their 받침 to ㄹ in most conjugations (듣다 –> 들어).

열다 = to open –> 열리다 = to be opened

듣다 = to hear –> 들리다 = to be heard

자르다 = to cut –> 잘리다 = to be cut

뚫다 = to pierce –> 뚫리다 = to be pierced

기: Verb stems with other 받침 that doesn’t change it’s sound when it comes before ㅎ (usually ㅁ, ㄴ, ㅅ, ㅊ).

담다 = to fill –> 담기다 = to be filled

잠그다 = to lock –> 잠기다 = to be locked

안다 = to hold –> 안기다 = to be held

씻다 = to wash –> 씻기다 = to be washed

쫓다 = to chase –> 쫓기다 = to be chased

Annnnnd here’s a list of 40 verbs that take 이/히/리/기. If I can make up a complete list, I might. Causative is very similar to passive, so that’s next.

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First Day of University

Today was my first day of university. Only had two classes so it wasn’t too bad. I was actually late to my first class. Not too late, but still. I’m pretty excited about my Korean class. Everyone seems so nice and genuinely interested in learning Korean as well. I have Korean five days a week so I’m hoping I can actually make some significant progress this semester. Maybe one day, if all goes as planned, I’ll be studying abroad in Korea. 

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