TDOONG High School Study Hall @tdhssh@qoto.org
Korean study group for me and my pals.
Well, I have my computer more-or-less functioning again. However, along with many happy memories, I have brought a cold back from my trip. I will look at your idol list and prepare another lesson over the course of this week. It also time to organize our first (online) meetup! Expect some planning posts soon.
But, to keep your appetites up, I will share this tidbit I came across while filling some shocking gaps in my TWICE library.
According to whoever did this annotation to the lyrics of The TWICE Song, the ending "-지" (as begins "지효") can be used as a verb suffix to mean "*verb*, right?" Which our girls turn into a very witty piece of wordplay.
Just think: if we keep working at this, entire new kinds of puns will be available to us.
안녕하새요!
It seems everyone with an opinion is on board with using this website:
https://www.howtostudykorean.com/
Which is great because I know we all have that. My job then will be to step us through the lessons/assignments and mix enough stuff to keep us from reverting back to "following lessons on our own." I got some Talk to Me in Korean books for me and will post lessons/assignments etc. from there when I think they are interesting.
So let's do our first "sharpen your pencils" kind of warmup assignment(s).
I am a big believer in writing things down as a way to learn/remember them. That way you know they were in your brain at least once.
So, write down the Korean vowels and consonants, along with their romanizations.
And since we are done copypasting from google translate (except as needed for jokes, of course) set your keyboard(s) to be able to enter Hangul if you haven't already (the links aren't special, I just googled them):
Mobile: https://learning-korean.com/elementary/20210222-10675/
Windows: https://www.koreanfluent.com/cross_cultural/korean_keyboard/korean-keyboard-windows-7.htm
MacOSX: https://support.apple.com/guide/korean-input-method/welcome/mac (The layouts I run into on image search are the 2-set Korean version)
Ubuntu Linux: https://linuxreviews.org/HOWTO_get_Korean_input_on_Ubuntu
Other Linux distros: You're smart, figure it out.
Extra credit if you fill out the attached image with the Hangul character(s), the romanization, and whatever is on there on your normal keyboard.
Look for our first real lesson Saturday evening, Eastern America Time.
그때 만나!
환영합니다 !!
Roll call!
@momo ?
@ShaMyouiMo ?
@kpopncommunism ?
Toby La Rone?
@SuitedUpDev ?
@dogfox ?
@sakurako ?
Is there anyone whose name I did not call?
How I see this working is that I will get at least one text/workbook and post a lesson/assignment from it once at least once a week. I will sprinkle in little random stuff (translate this verse of such and so, read this weverse post aloud, etc.) just to keep it lively. Then we will post our answers and we can correct each other and ask each other questions etc. My Korean is probably the worst here, so it's a chance to learn through teaching!
Once we get going a little, I will do my best to get us together on skype (or w/e) about once or twice a month. Especially if we finish a chapter or something.
Hashtags and stuff I expect will happen as we need them.
As happy as I am to commit light-to-moderate copyright infringement, I think it would be easier on everyone if we use a book we have in common. @kpopncommunism speaks highly of Talk to Me in Korean, but I want to give people a chance a suggest others. If we settle on a book you don't have, don't worry, I can spot a few of you guys a copy of something.
That's my plan, any suggestions are welcome!
Korean study group for me and my pals.
