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You ask. You ask everyone. 

Email the secretary of the department you’re interested in and ask her if there is a summer research program for students. You’ll get put on a mailing list. Maybe you’ll find out about a meeting scheduled for the next week that you didn’t even know about.

I met the president of the ENT student interest group. Asked her if she knew anyone doing laryngology research. I immediately got a name and an email address for a 3rd year resident doing research. Sent the email asking if she was working on anything. Accepted to the project. Cake.

Met a fellow when I was shadowing. Updated her on my Step 1 score and she immediately started giving me tips and followed it up with the name of a doctor here at my institution in pediatric ENT that she did residency with. Told me to look her up and ask her about research. Just sent out that email.

If you’ve really got guts, email the head of the residency program at your school. Tell them you know research is important for matching. They’ll hook you up with residents and you can churn out case reports for them. 

So many times you guys ask me “How do I get involved in XYZ?”

The answer is that you just go for it. You talk to people. You insert yourself where you need to be. No one is ever going to get mad at you just for asking. The head of our residency program actually complimented me on going out of my way to find extra research to do. Seriously.

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Careful : use Mon when the noun starts with a vowel. Here are a few ideas :

Make sure you master the basics.

Select a few French novels, find a summary (from the back cover or Google) and write it down. Syntax isn’t a lottery : this is a great way to identify how sentences are made and how many elements there are.

Read read read. As much as possible (I would recommend you stick with the books you’ve already read in your first language at first) : classic works, the news, websites/social media… 

Download Lingolden for Google Chrome and use Reverso a lot.

Write book or movies summaries, letters, lists, anything (you can always ask me to take a look at your work). 

재촉하다 - to hurry; to urge

배회 -  loitering; roaming

내쫓다 -  to force out; to drive out

남겨주다 - to consign

졸지에 - suddenly; all at once

매정하다 - cold-blooded; cruel

조연 -  supporting role

놀래키다 ( 놀래다) - to surprise

알차다 -  substantial

Hello, everyone! Back again with another “What’s the difference??” post. This time we’re going to look at choice words in Korean. This post is actually inspired by a question someone asked on Reddit about the difference between seven (seven!) decision/choice words. I answered the question very briefly, but now I’d like to look at the words in more detail. 결정하다, 정하다, 마음먹다, 결심하다, 고르다, 선택하다, and 취하다… what’s the difference? Let’s find out!

결정하다 (決定)

We can consider 결정하다 as a pretty standard word for “decide.” You can use this when you make pretty much any sort of decision.

내년에 일본 여행 가기로 결정했어요. (I decided to travel to Japan next year.)

대학교 가서 뭘 공부할지 결정했어요? (Have you decided what you’ll study at university?)

정하다 (定)

정하다 is not so much as “decide” as it is to “set” something, like guidelines, rules, a meeting time, or something like that. 

동료들하고 의논해서 연수 날짜를 다음 주 금요일로 정했어요. (After consulting with my coworkers, we set the training date for next Friday.)

정해진 시간에 만나서 같이 출발합시다. (Let’s meet at the decided time and depart together.)

마음먹다

마음을 먹다 is a phrasal verb that is used to express making up one’s mind about something. There is a nuance of difficulty here, like the decision was not made lightly, or perhaps that you were hesitant or nervous beforehand and just decided to go for it.

태형 씨는 마음먹고 태국에 이사가기로 했어요. (Taehyung made up his mind and decided to move to Thailand.)

마음에 걸리는 할 일이 있으면 계속 끙끙 앓느니 차라리 마음 먹고 해버리는 게 낫다. (If there is something that you have to do weighing on your mind, it is better to just make a decision and do it than complain about it.)

결심하다 (決心)

결심하다 is similar to 결정하다 but has a stronger sense of conviction about it. It’s also similar to 마음먹다, but with less hesitation and more firmness. We could translate it in English as “to resolve, to determine.”

아이가 태어났을 때 유찬 씨는 가족을 위해 금연을 결심했고 이제 담배를 안 피운 지 거의 5년이 됐어요. (When his child was born, Yoochan resolved to quit smoking, and now it’s been almost five years since he last smoked.) 

너무 오랫동안 마음에 안 드는 일을 하던 효정 씨는 더 좋은 직을을 찾기로 결심했다. (Hyojung, who had been doing work she hated for too long, set herself to finding a better job.)

고르다

고르다 means “to choose” or “to select.” You can use it when you pick something.

나는 아무거나 좋아서 네가 골라. (Anything is fine with me, so you choose.)

오늘 중요한 면접을 봐야 돼서 옷장에서 가장 예쁜 원피스를 골라 입었어요. (I have an important interview today so I chose the prettiest dress in my closet to wear.)

선택하다 (選擇)

선택하다 is very similar to 고르다, with the small difference that it sounds a bit more… academic? formal? I’m not saying it’s a particularly formal word, but it is approximately the Hanja equivalent of 고르다. It’s pretty normal for Hanja equivalents to sound a bit ~fancier~ than their native Korean counterparts.

옵션들 중에서 하나를 선택하세요. (Please select one of these options.)

돈을 아끼려고 더 저렴한 걸 샀는데 사용해 보니까 잘못 선택한 것 같아요. (I bought the cheaper one to save money, but having tried it out I think I chose wrong.)

취하다 (取)

Lastly, we have 취하다! This word means to choose in the sense of taking up or enacting something. For example, you can use this verb when you talk about enacting a policy, taking up a particular stance on something, and so on.

네오나치들은 백인 우월주의 자세를 취한다. (Neo-Nazis take a position of white supremacy.)

질환관리본부 바이러스의 확산을 막기 위해 급한 조치를 취했다. (The Center for Disease Control took emergency measures to stop the spread of the virus.)

With practice, you can make the right choice (haha) between these verbs every time!

This masterpost is requested by @piiess

As we continue to commemorate World Mental Health Day, let us continue to remember that “It’s okay not to be okay.”

Dealing with mental health while studying

Saving your grades from a mental health crisis by @smartstudy

Chronic illness + studying by @studysenior

Coping with mental health by @overstudies

A few bad feelings and how to beat them

Tips for surviving college (with a mental illness) by @annafreuds

Healthy body, healthy mind staying fit while exercising the brain by @scolae

Stop glorifying unhealthy study habits by @thestudyingnightowl

Studying with mental illness by @linamstudies

Studying with mental illness by @harlostudies

Studying with a mental illness by @student-succulent

Helping your mentally ill friends through exam periods: masterpost by @celeztialstudies

Managing mental illness as a student by @medkip

Mental health and university how to deal with a bad week a masterpost

How to (realistically) study when your mental illness doesn’t want you to by @midiluc

Autism

How to cope with loud fireworks if you’re autistic

Burnout

How to deal with study burnout by @eintsein

How to avoid education burnout by @neuroticmedblr

Tips for avoiding burnout and staying motivated by @coffeesforstudiers

Burnout 101 by @polcry

Overcoming burnout while continuing to study by @rewritign

Avoiding burnout by @acdemic

Eating disorder

Recovery record

Dyslexia

Dyslexia masterpost by @izzystudies

ADHD

Studying with adhd by @glowsoleil

Apps for disorganised +/or ADHD students by @studiix

ADHD resources by @psychlu

Depression

Study tips whilst dealing with depression by @sdklfhdsdkfjhg

Studying with depression by @rannedomblr

Studying with depression by @notquitenightingale

Struggling with depression while in school by @inactivegardenum

Depression/executive dysfunction cleaning tips by @dormouse11

Depression tips by @lesbiananabray

Advice for severe depression and anxiety and executive dysfunction by @urie

Advice for dealing with long term depression and anxiety by @13chancess

Things I never knew about depression until I finally had a doctor explain the disease to me by @academicfeminist

Tips for someone who also battles with depression by @bloggerforstudentprogress-blog

Bullet journaling with depression by @littleninjastudies

Anxiety

Coping with anxiety by @hufflepuffwannabe

Coping with anxiety by @sheisrecovering

Coping statements for anxiety by @onlnecounsellingcollege

Anxiety attacks aren’t always hyperventilating and rocking back and forth by @ugly-bread

Anxiety distraction games by @peachou

Anxiety masterpost by @dotgrids

Why doing something relaxing does not help with your anxiety by @merrybitchmas91

Living and studying with anxiety by @hayley-studies

Dealing with test anxiety by @studybuzz

Study sounds by @studyquill

Mood disorder

What is a “mood disorder” anyway? by @battle-with-bipolar

Meditation

Meditation and focus

Selfcare

A very brief guide to self-care by @ejlandsman

Some self-care/mental health tips for the upcoming school year by @badvogues

Ways to practice selfcare by @librarystudies

Resources

Apps for your mental health by @highlightcrs

Mental illness apps by @recoverywarriorx

Some reminders

Mental health is just as important as physical health by @cwote

Don’t let your mind bully your body

There’s a difference between: pushing yourself and pushing yourself pass your limit by @chibird

Your life can look so different, so much better, in just a few months. keep going by @studyblr

Reminder: you can’t change the past and worrying makes you suffer twice. we all forget that once in a while.

Remember that time you thought you wouldn’t survive? Well you did and you can do it again

You aren’t a problem that needs to be solved

You are not unloveable

Mental health first, everything will follow

I may not be there yet but i’m closer than i was yesterday

Everything you feel is real

Allow yourself to recover

You matter

It’s a disorder, not a decision

Its okay if the only thing you did today was survive

Focus on the good

Stop beating yourself up. You didn’t do anything wrong

Hey, it’s not your fault

You don’t have to justify your emotions to anyone

Never apologise for how you feel

Other masterposts by me 

Selfcare

Apps for students

Literature

Ace your essays

Chinese

FROMIRELANDTOKOREA’S LESSON MASTERLIST

Seeing as I have a masterlist for ALL of my posts, including resources, books, etc (find it here) I wanted an organised lesson one! I hope this will help everyone!

HANGUL/READING:

Lesson 1: Hangul Basic Consonants Pt.1 Lesson 2: Hangul Basic Consonants Pt.2 Lesson 3: Hangul Basic Consonants  Lesson 4: Diphthongs Lesson 5: Aspirated and Double Consonants Lesson 6: Batchim Pt.1  Lesson 22: Batchim Pt. 2 NEED TO KNOW:

Lesson 17: How Korean Age Works Lesson 18: Levels of Politeness in Korean

VOCABULARY:

Lesson 7: Hello, Thank You, Goodbye, Yes and No Lesson 8: I’m Sorry Lesson 9: Please, More, a Little Lesson 14: Native Korean Numbers and Uses Lesson 16: Sino-Korean Numbers and Uses Lesson 19: Days of the Week Lesson 20: Months Lesson 21: Body Parts Lesson 23: School Subjects Lesson 24: School Vocabulary Lesson 25: Family Lesson 42: Today, Tomorrow, Now etc. Lesson 58: Vegetables Lesson 59: Fruit Lesson 60: Emotions Lesson 61: Food and Drink Lesson 68: Sports Lesson 69: Places in Town Lesson 79: Animals  Lesson 80: Clothes  Lesson 84: Sickness Pt. 1 Lesson 85: Sickness Pt. 2 Lesson 86: Sickness Pt. 3 Lesson 93: Transportation Lesson 94: Halloween  GRAMMAR: Lesson 10: It Is, What is It? Lesson 12: This Is, What is This? Lesson 13: This, That, It, Thing Lesson 26: Have/Don’t Have Lesson 17: 15 Useful Verbs Lesson 27: Present Tense Conjugation Lesson 28: Past Tense Conjugation Lesson 29-32: Future Tense 1 2 3 4 Future Tense Meanings and Examples 1 2 3 4 Lesson 33: How to Form Korean Sentences Lesson 34: Don’t + Verb Lesson 35: Topic/Subject Marking Particles ~은/는 + ~이/가 Lesson 36: Topic/Subject Marking Particles ~은/는 + ~이/가 Pt 2 Lesson 37: Object Marking Particle ~을/를 Lesson 38: Want To -고 싶어요 Lesson 39: Location Marking Particles ~어디, ~에, ~에서 Lesson 40: Negative Sentences Lesson 41: Negative Sentences with 하다 Lesson 43: Who? Lesson 44: Why, How, How much? Lesson 45: From - To - , From - Until - Lesson 46: Therefore, So Lesson 47:  And, With ~하고, ~(이)랑 Lesson 48:  But, However, ~그렇지만, ~그런데 Lesson 49:  To/From Someone Lesson 50: Plural Nouns Lesson 51: Telling Time Lesson 53: -지 마세요 (지마) Lesson 54: -(으)세요 Imperative Lesson 55: -아/어/여 주세요 Lesson 56: -도 Too, Also, As Well Lesson 57: -만 Only Lesson 62: Can, Cannot - (으)ㄹ 수 있다/없다 Lesson 63: Present/Past/Future Progressive Lesson 64: A bit, Really, Very, Not really, Not at all Lesson 65: Changing Nouns into Verbs -는 것  Lesson 66: Counters 개 + 명 Lesson 67: To Be Good/Bad At Lesson 70: Have to, Should, Must Lesson 71: Still, Not Yet Lesson 72: Already Lesson 73: (으)로 Lesson 74: If, In Case Lesson 75: Let’s Lesson 76: Pronouns + Possessive Pronouns Lesson 77:ㄹ/을 것: Lesson 78: Doable/Worth Doing Lesson 81: (으)ㅂ시다 Lesson 82: 처럼 Like Lesson 83: More….Than Lesson 87: 좋다 vs 좋아하다 Lesson 88: -ㄴ가 Lesson 89: 다, 더 - All, More Lesson 90: Behind, In Front of, Beside Lesson 91: Written Descriptive Form Adjectives Lesson 92: Before -ing Lesson 95: To be Similar to/The Same as -같다 Lesson 96: To Care/Not Care Pt.1 Lesson 97: To Care/Not Care Pt.2 Lesson 98: Connecting Verbs Lesson 99: Might, Perhaps, It’s Possible Lesson 100: To Want 원하다 PHRASES:

가다 ; to go

오다 ; to come

먹다 ; to eat

보다 ; to see

사다 ; to buy

있다 ; to be (there)

없다 ; to be not (there)

자다 ; to sleep

하다 ; to do

놀다 ; to play, to hang out

멀다 ; to be far

가깝다 ; to be close

살다 ; to live

도와주다 ; to help

쉽다 ; to be easy

어렵다 ; to be difficult

눕다 ; to lie (down)

춥다 ; to be cold, to feel cold

덥다 ; to be hot, to feel hot

귀엽다 ; to be cute

싫다 ; to hate

찾다 ; to look for, to find

입다 ; to wear, to put on

잡다 ; to grab, to catch

열다 ; to open

[Korean Expression] 양해를 부탁드려요.

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Hello. This is the Korean Grammar Doctor.

안녕하세요. 한국어 문법 의사입니다.

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I have met some people from English speaking countries who introduced themselves at the meetup, saying “I am sorry. My Korean is so bad. 미안해요. 한국어 잘 못해요.” I have also met some Koreans who said this. “I am sorry. My English is bad.”

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It seem Ok, but I think that it is not a professional way to ask for other’s favor or understanding and it is hard to give a confident and memorable impression in the first place.

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As I mentioned in one of my former posts, you don’t have to say sorry that much in Korea. If you do something wrong, you can simply say 죄송합니다.’ and go on. You don’t have to say sorry for your mistakes unless your mistakes harm or bring bad things to someone. Saying sorry for every trivialities might give most Korean people this kind of impression that you just want to evade unfavorable and disadvantageous situations without sincerity.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/Korean/comments/ajl9jg/tips_for_korean_learners_you_dont_have_to_say/

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If you want to ask someone’s consideration for your lack of Korean proficiency in more polite and professional way, I suggest saying ‘양해를 부탁드립니다.(=부탁드려요) / 이해해 주세요. / 양해 좀 해 주세요 / 이해 좀 해 주세요.’

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양해 / 양해하다

- 다른 사람의 사정이나 잘못을 이해하고 너그럽게 받아들임.

- An act of understanding others’ situation or fault, and taking it broad-mindedly.

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For example, you can say like

- 한국어를 잘 못해요. 양해를 부탁드립니다.

(Literal) My Korean is not that good. I’d like to ask for your consideration

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- 저는 한국어 말하는 거 아직 힘들어요. 이해해 주세요.

I am still struggling with speaking Korean. Please understand me.

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- 저는 한국어 이해하는 거 아직 힘들어요. 양해 좀 해 주세요.

I am still struggling with understanding Korean. Please understand.

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- 한국어 아직 배우고 있어서, 한국어 잘 못해요. 이해 좀 해 주세요.

I am still learning Korean, so I can’t speak Korean well. Please understand.

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If you have any feedback or questions, please let me know. Thank you.

The Korean grammar doctor will always be at Korean learner’s side! Stay TTTempting!

한국어 문법 의사는 언제나 한국어 학습자 곁에 있습니다! Stay TTTempting!

Hello. This is the Korean Grammar Doctor. 안녕하세요. 한국어 문법 의사입니다. 

Several days ago, I came across a complaint post on Hellotalk, about Koreans who asked her too personal and uncomfortable questions in the first meeting, like dating relationship, marital status, salary, whether or not she lived alone in Korea or such. Also, most Koreans have received these kinds of questions from unfriendly relatives every 설날 and 추석. I am sick of them.

I would like to introduce some tips how to avoid these kinds of questions, and on the other hand, inform you that this method doesn’t always work out because Korea is a hierarchy society where elder people mostly have initiatives to answer questions in almost every relationship. If you have conversations with elder people who enjoy playing its hierarchy, it wouldn’t able to work out well.

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Expressions.

(with smile and laugh) 하하. 노 코멘트 할게요.

- Haha. No comment.

Tip: Koreans tend to laugh when they want to evade unfavorable situations and refuse overwhelming requests politely.

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답변하기가 / 대답하기가 좀 어려운 질문이네요.

- These questions are hard to answer.

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어떻게 답변해야 할 지 모르겠어요. 너무 개인적이라서요

- I don’t know how to answer these questions, because they are too personal.

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그런 질문은 좀 불편하네요. 괜찮으시다면 다른 질문 해주시겠어요? / 혹시 다른 질문 해주시겠어요?

- I am uncomfortable with these questions. Would you mind asking other questions?

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너무 개인적인 질문이네요.

- This question is too personal.

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괜찮으면 우리 다른 이야기할 수 있을까요? 이런 질문은 좀 불편해서요.

- Would you mind talking about other topics? I am uncomfortable with these kinds of questions.

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제가 이런 질문에 좀 민감해서요. 양해 부탁드려요.

I am sensitive with these questions. I need your consideration.

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If someone is clingy to the uncomfortable questions

다시 한번 부탁드려요.(= 다시 한번 부탁드릴게요.) 그런 질문 하지 말아주세요.

- I ask your favor again. Please do not ask this question.

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Unprofessional reaction.

이 질문은 못 들은 것으로 하겠습니다.

- I will pretend as if you haven’t asked this question.

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답변할 가치가 없는 질문이네요.

- This question is worthless to answer.

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이런 질문 왜 하시는 거예요?

Why do you ask this question?

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If you have any feedback or questions, please let me know. The Korean grammar doctor will always be at Korean learner’s side! 한국어 문법 의사는 언제나 한국어 학습자 곁에 있습니다.

-자마자 means “as soon as ___”

Conjugation:

First remove 다 from the verb, then add -자마자 to the verb stem. 

For example, when using 보다 first remove 다 leaving you with 보 (the verb stem.) Now you can add -자마자 to 보 making 보자마자.

Examples:

집에 오자마자 잠들었어요 - I fell asleep as soon as I came home

도착하자마자 전화할게요 - As soon as I arrive, I will call you

보자마자 마음에 들었어요 - As soon as I saw it, I liked it

More ways to learn:

Lesson by HowtoStudyKorean

Lesson by Talk to Me in Korean

Lesson by Eggbun/Medium