So today in my Korean class we learned about another verb that means “beautiful” - 곱다 (gobda). However, there’s a slight difference in meaning between 곱다 and 아름답다 (aleumdabda).
According to my 선생님, 곱다 is an older, more archaic word that isn’t used very often anymore. However, when it is used, it conveys the idea of “simple” or “plain” beauty.
Alternatively, 아름답다 conveys the idea of a “distinguishable” or “shiny” beauty. (Such as the gif in this post).
I thought that might be something that other Korean learners would like to know. Happy studying!
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So I just turned in my video project for for Arabic 101....and I’m kinda scared I might fail lol. This lady wanted us to create a 7 minute video of us talking about ourselves....when we’ve only learned ONE VERB (to have) the entire semester and have spent the entire time working on the alphabet. The vocab she has given us is straight from the textbook and isn’t relevant to the project at all (words like “fence,” “plow,” “cotton”). She has never given a rubric for homework or this project so we don’t know how we’re being graded. Most of us had to use google translate/online dictionaries to list our likes and dislikes because we still haven’t learned basic vocabulary like colors, food, animals, etcetera. We’ve basically been teaching ourselves via Duolingo the whole semester.
The confusing part is that it seems like she cares??? Kinda?? I think it’s partly because this is her first time having to teach the class completely online. However, at the beginning of the semester she said we will only meet ONCE a week (instead of three times as per the course registration)... we had to push sooo many emails as a class to get her to have us meet twice a week. And it still seems like we’re going over the same stuff every single time.
If she’s the only Arabic professor at my university then I’m just not minoring in Arabic. This is ridiculous. I’m learning more from Duolingo anyway.
Why does Duolingo Korean think I need to know this many animal names? This is just, like, a lot of zoological information for an introductory language course. Shouldn’t I be learning to count? I really feel like I should know how to count before I learn the Korean words for raccon dog and magpie.
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I know I haven't been active in such a long time. I've been trying to figure out what my sophomore year is going to look like and I've been applying to internships so I haven't had time to be on tumblr much. As of now I will be learning online for this semester and then hopefully move on campus for the spring semester. But good news! I have started learning arabic and korean in a formal class this semester so I'm happy to start posting about that and asking questions. My Arabic professor is... not that helpful unfortunately 😓 so I've mainly been teaching myself.
So on that note, if anyone is a part of a korean or arabic groupchat either here on tumblr or somewhere else let me know if you'd be okay letting me join! I really need the practice. :)
Keep in mind that verbs ending in -ar are changed to -ado, and verbs ending in -ir/er are changed to -ido. Also it’s important to note that verbs are changed into adjectives, so if it’s being used as such make sure it matches the noun in gender and number. Example: La puerta está abierta (The door is open)
Put it all together:
Lo he visto = I have seen it
Has hablado = you have spoken
Present Perfect in Subjunctive // Presente Perfecto de Subjuntivo
sentence structure: ....que + haber [present subjunctive] + past participle
Haber conjugations in the present subjunctive:
yo haya
tú hayas
él/ella/usted haya
nosotros/as hayamos
vosotros/as hayáis
ellos/ellas/ustedes hayan
see the forming participles in the first section to review how to form the past participle.
put it all together (haber + participle)
es bueno que hayas hablado = it’s great that you have spoken
Perfect Conditional // Condicional Perfecto
sentence structure: haber [conditional] + past participle
Haber conjugations in the conditional:
yo habría
tú habrías
él/ella/usted habría
nosotros/as habríamos
vosotros/as habríais
ellos/ellas/ustedes habrían
put it all together
habrías hablado si hubieras ido a la reunión = you would have spoken if you had gone to the meeting
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Yayyy my first Korean post! I’ve started reviewing what I already know because I start in-person classes next semester. I’m so excited! I thought I’d start with something fairly easy - prepositions!
Vocab
위 - above / on
아래 - under / beneath
옆 - next to
밖 - out / outside
안 - in / inside
어디 - where
의자 - chair
책상 - desk
Structure for prepositions and for asking where things are
“where is X?” = X + 이/가 + 어디에 + 있다?
“X is/isn’t [location]” = X + 이/가 + place + preposition + 에 + 있다/없다
Examples
의자가 어디에 있습니까? = where is the chair?
의자가 책상 옆에 있습니다. = the chair is next to the desk.
의자가 책상 옆에 없습니다. = the chair is not next to the desk.
Spanish: Hypothetical Situations & Clauses with Si// situaciones hipotéticas y cláusulas de si
Hypothetical Situations
This is a fairly common occurrence that takes a lot of practice. In Spanish, it requires knowledge of the present subjunctive, the conditional, and sometimes the imperfect subjunctive.
It’s most basic form, the sentence structure looks like this:
Si + subject + past/present subjunctive + subject + conditional….
This roughly translates to, “If I were ___ I would ___.”
(Conversely, you could switch the locations of the subjunctive and conditional verbs if you want to express: “I would ___ if I were ___”)
Here are some examples: (subjunctive, conditional)
Si fuera presidente de los EEUU, recomendaría que la población se quedaran en casa. (If I were President of the USA, I would recommend that the population stays home)
Si pudiera, inventaría una cura para el cáncer. (If I could, I would invent a cure for cancer)
Clauses with Si
I often find myself confused of when I should use the subjunctive when using “si” (if), so here is a break down of three sentences with si and the tenses in them.
Si tengo el dinero, voy a ir/ iré (If I have the money, I will go) - The second clause isn’t in subjunctive because the subject for both clauses is the same.
Si tuviera el dinero, iría (If I had the money, I would go) - The first clause is imperfect subjunctive because it is describing a hypothetical situation, which triggers the second clause to be in the conditional.
Si hubiera tenido el dinero, habría ido (If I had had the money, I would have gone)
Spanish: Hypothetical Situations & Clauses with Si// situaciones hipotéticas y cláusulas de si
Hypothetical Situations
This is a fairly common occurrence that takes a lot of practice. In Spanish, it requires knowledge of the present subjunctive, the conditional, and sometimes the imperfect subjunctive.
It’s most basic form, the sentence structure looks like this:
Si + subject + past/present subjunctive + subject + conditional….
This roughly translates to, “If I were ___ I would ___.”
(Conversely, you could switch the locations of the subjunctive and conditional verbs if you want to express: “I would ___ if I were ___”)
Here are some examples: (subjunctive, conditional)
Si fuera presidente de los EEUU, recomendaría que la población se quedara en casa. (If I were President of the USA, I would recommend that the population stays home)
Si pudiera, inventaría una cura para el cáncer. (If I could, I would invent a cure for cancer)
Clauses with Si
I often find myself confused of when I should use the subjunctive when using “si” (if), so here is a break down of three sentences with si and the tenses in them.
Si tengo el dinero, voy a ir/ iré (If I have the money, I will go) - The second clause isn’t in subjunctive because the subject for both clauses is the same.
Si tuviera el dinero, iría (If I had the money, I would go) - The first clause is imperfect subjunctive because it is describing a hypothetical situation, which triggers the second clause to be in the conditional.
Si hubiera tenido el dinero, habría ido (If I had had the money, I would have gone)
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