Nick is a someone who enjoys exploring new and different things. 2 years ago when he met his Korean friends he decided to go for it and learn Korean. Now he is struggling with the language while sharing an apartment with his Korean roomie.
Every language has its grammar rules and every language has countless exceptions to those rules. Korean is no different and today we are going to start a little trip exploring Korean irregular verbs. Irregular verbs are important since they are often often used verbs.
Last recipe I shared with you was my own recipe for kimchi jjigae. I hope you loved it. Now I am going to share with you one of my latest creations: rabokki (라볶이). Rabokki sounds complicated, but it is a simple dish which combines ramyeon and tteokbokki into one heavenly dish.
These days when learning a language it is pretty simple to download a free app on your smartphone or visit a website to get started. However, a good textbook still seems like a good thing to have. One of the books I use to learn Korean is Korean made Easy for Beginners.
One of the first posts on on this site was about NAVER. I wrote a short summary of everything that is connected to this verdant giant. One of the applications connected to NAVER is Line. Line is popular messaging application around the world and I hope to meet you there.
We love talking to each other and we love talking about what others are saying. In technical terms we would say that is quoting someone. In Korean there are a few ways to quote someone and today I am focusing on the indirect quotation.
I am a difficult person when it comes to eating. I do not enjoy eating a lot of things, but sometimes I taste something and I immediately wonder where that thing has been my entire life. One of those moments was when I first tasted gochujang (고추장), Korean red chili paste.
Many months ago I started attending a small Korean class at the Korean Cultural Center in Brussels. Now that journey is nearing its end and like often with classes it can only end one way: exams! Exams are upon me and today I have my first Korean writing exam; followed next week by a Korean listening exam.
When you are interested in a country, you are also interested in its food. Same goes for me and I have been exploring the wonderful world of Korean food. A lot of the foods I discovered were simply delicious, but nothing sparked my love as much as Kimchi Jjigae.
Did you ever wonder what it would be like to live as a North Korean defector in South-Korea? I think many of you have. Now a new web comic called 로동심몬 (a play on the North’s newspaper 로동신몬) gives you a glimpse into this unique situation in a humorous, yet compelling way.