Culture Notes
Beyond the dictionary: exploring the unspoken rules and nuances of language.
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Musings 수필
KOREAN · CULTURE
Single's Inferno and the Language of Attraction
A breakdown of the specific Korean vocabulary and social protocols used in Single's Inferno.
GUIDESFlashcards and the Science of Vocabulary Retention
Why Spaced Repetition Systems (SRS) and active recall are the only ways to beat the memory loss effect.
Japanese 日本語
N5
Something's There ある・いる What You Do, Where You Cross を Wherever, However で Which Way へ・に From Here to There, and Not a Minute Later から・まで・までに Right Now, and Ever Since 〜ている What I'm Dying To Do たい Please Do This 〜てください Shall We? ましょう Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere でも How Is It? どう On My Wish List ほしい Top of the List 一番 This or That か Still, Already まだ・もう Right? ね Plenty of It, Not Much of It 多い・少ない I Know, I Get It 知る・分かる What Happened Next それから What You're Into, What You're Not 好きだ・嫌いだ One Thing, Then the Next て Go Ahead, or Don't You Dare てもいい・てはいけない I'm Telling You よ Not All That あまり Whose Is It の After Doing This 〜てから Skip That Part 〜ないで That's Why ので Just This Much だけ I'd Bet On It だろう・でしょう Take My Advice ほうがいい The Way to Do It 〜方 That Said けれども First This, Then That 前に・あとで Here's the Plan つもり Because から
N4
Give and Take あげる・くれる・もらう Well, Actually... が About That Time, About That Many ごろ・くらい On My Way There, On My Way Back 行く・来る Left That Way 〜てある Did It Happen, or Did You Do It 自動詞・他動詞 Spotting It, Asking About It が・は Looks Like They Want It がる Getting Into It, Wrapping It Up 〜はじめる・おわる What I Want From You 〜てほしい I Can't Tell If 〜かどうか Could Go Either Way 〜かもしれない Coming This Way, Going That Way 〜てくる・〜ていく Giving It a Try 〜てみる No Way Around It 〜なければならない Because It Didn't 〜なくて Even Though のに Only This, Always That しか・ばかり It Has To Be はず That Much, and No More ほど Sometimes, and I've Done It Before ことがある What You're Capable Of ことができる It Was Decided, I Decided ことになる・ことにする All Along, or Right in the Middle 間に・間 If That's the Case なら No Doubt About It に違いない Piling Up Reasons し At Your Command させる I Heard That そうだ Looks Like It そうだ Too Much of It すぎる Making It Happen, Watching It Happen する・なる For the Purpose Of ため（に） If It Happens たら Doing This and That 〜たり〜たりする Even If ても Side by Side と Every Single Time と As Far As I Can Tell と思う One Hand on This, One Eye on That ながら Not Anymore なくなる On the Receiving End られる Turns Out You Can られる・える From What I Gather らしい Done, For Better or Worse 〜てしまう Getting It Ready Ahead of Time 〜ておく The Book I Read 私が読んだ本 The One They Call という Things Like This and That とか Perfect Timing ところだ Playing the Part として While It Still Is うちに A Breeze, or a Struggle やすい・にくい This One, Not That One より・ほうが〜より That Settles It 〜ようと思う Speaking Up, Speaking Down お〜になる・お〜する It Seems Like ようだ Almost Like ように So That It Works Out ように Doing Favors 〜てあげる・てくれる・てもらう If Only ば・ばよかった Not Just This, But Also だけでなく〜も I'll Take That Instead 代わりに Making It a Thing こと Left Just as It Was まま As Many As, Not Even One も This One Too, That One Too も〜も Where It Sits, Where It Happens に・で Going Somewhere to Do It に + 行く・来る・帰る The Thing Is んです Watching It Happen の The One That Is の When This Happens 時 Well Then それでは・じゃあ And, Or Something Like It と・や As for Me, It's は〜だ Speaking Of, Here's the Thing は〜が The One Who Is のは〜だ
Korean 한국어
TOPIK I
Nice to Meet You 만나서 반가워요 It's Not That 아니에요 Yes, Teacher -세요 This Is My Family 은/는 Old News, New News 은/는 vs 이/가 Counting Won 일, 이, 삼 Where Is It? 있어요 Whose Is It? 이/그/저 What Are You Doing? 을/를 해요 I Like It, I Don't 좋아해요 One, Please 하나 주세요 What Day Is It? 무슨 요일이에요? What Time Is It? 몇 시예요? How's the Weather? 날씨가 어때요? With a Friend 하고 I Can't, Not Won't 못 vs 안 I Want To -고 싶어요 Shall We? -ㄹ까요? Already Done -았/었어요 Heavy, Light 무거워요 Here to Eat -으러 가요 Dressed for It 입다 vs 신다 This Way -로 가요 Once a Week -에 한 번 Just So You Know 혹시 What Kind? 무슨 vs 어떤 Because -아서/어서 Going To -ㄹ 거예요 A Big Bag 큰 가방 When It Counts -습니다 Planning To -려고 해요 Then What -ㄴ 후에 More Than -보다 But -지만 Have To -아/어야 돼요 Before That -기 전에 And Then 가서 봐요 I Can, I Can't -ㄹ 수 있어요 Right Now -고 있어요 To You 에게/한테 Since -니까 The Song I Like -는 What Do You Do -가 되다 It's Called -라고 해요 Or -거나 vs (이)나 Every Time -마다 When -ㄹ 때 Decided -기로 했어요 Good For This -기 좋아요 Can't, Formally -지 않아요 While -면서 Right? -지요/죠
TOPIK II
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