#korean practice

1.27.2026 — Early prep before class tonight. Lots of new vocab I will record and promptly forget.

Silent 겹받침 (double consonants)

ㄹㄱ, ㄱㅅ, ㄴㅈ, ㄴㅎ, ㄹㅁ, ㄹㅍ, ㄹㅅ, ㄹㅌ, ㄹㅎ, ㄹㅂ, ㅂㅅ

ㄹㄱ:ㄱ

✧읽다 is pronounced as [익다]: To read

✧닭 is pronounced as [닥]: Chicken

ㄱㅅ:ㄱ

✧넋 is pronounced as [넉]: soul, spirit

✧몫 is pronounced as [목]: portion, share

✧품삯 is pronounced as [품삭]: wage, pay for manual labor work

ㄴㅈ:ㄴ

✧앉다 is pronounced as [안따]:to sit, to sit down

ㄴㅎ:ㄴ

✧많다 is pronounced as [만타]: to be a lot

ㄹㅁ:ㅁ

✧삶 is pronounced as [삼]: Life

✧닮다 is pronounced as [담따]: to resemble, take after, look like

ㄹㅍ:ㄹ or ㅂ

✧읊다 is pronounced as [을따] or [읍따] : to recire (a poem)

ㄹㅅ:ㄹ

✧외곬 is pronounced as [외골]: single-mindedness

ㄹㅌ:ㄹ or ㄷ

✧핥다 is pronounced as [할따] or [핟따]: to lick

ㄹㅎ: ㄹ

✧싫다 pronounced as [실타]: To not like, To dislike

ㄹㅂ:ㄹ

✧넓다 is pronounced as [널따]: to be large, spacious, roomy

✧밟다 is pronounced as [발따]: to step on, to trample

ㅂㅅ:ㅂ

✧값 is pronounced as [갑]: Price

✧없다 is pronounced as [업따]: to not have

But if a word ends with double consonants and is followed by ㅇ 이응 then both consonant are pronounced:

✧삶은 is pronounced as [살믄]: the life …

삶은 계속 진행돼요 Life goes on.

✧싫어 is pronounced as [시러]: i don't like

싫어요? Do you dislike it?

✧읽어요 is pronounced as [일거요]: i read

보통은 신문을 읽어요. I usually read the newspaper.

✧많아요 is pronounced as [마나요]: there's a lot of ...

모르는 게 너무 많아요. There are a lot of things that I don't know.

✧닭이 is pronounced as [달기]: the chicken

물과 양념을 넣고 닭이 익을 때까지 끓여요 Add water and seasoning and boil until chicken is cooked.

✧앉아 is pronounced as [안자]: I sit down

앉아도 될까요? May I sit down?

✧값이 is pronounced as [갑시]: the price, cost

값이 얼마였는지 기억이 안 나요 I don't remember how much it cost. I don't remember its cost/price

✧넓어요 is pronounced as [널버요]: to be large, huge, spacious

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06.05.22 // dop 6/100

another day, another tuition class! man, i gotta start getting up earlier in the day so i can make them last longer. i end up studying at 11pm onwards, when i really don’t need to be doing this to my body right now.

I found this book thrifting a while ago and I told myself that I would read it one day, now I’m finally starting.

I wonder how it got to the place I found it, looking brand new among really old books all in Spanish.

I still remember it was at $15 USD hahaha

How To Say "I've been learning Korean for..."

You've probably been using 동안 + 배우고 있다, right?

When you want to talk about the amount of time It has been that you have been studying Korean ❌don’t use 동안 & 배우고 있다. There’s a specific grammar that you’re supposed to use here to illustrate the amount of time you have been studying.

(으)ㄴ지

Indicates how much time has passed since some situation or action occured and can be translated as “Since”. You’ll see a few different verbs attached to this, It can be said in a variety of ways.

(으)ㄴ지 ~되다

(으)ㄴ지 ~넘다

(으)ㄴ지 ~안 되다

You will hear this when Koreans ask you “how long have you been studying Korean?” or “How long have been here?”.

Ends in Vowel or ㄹ = ㄴ지

Ends in Consonant = 은지

Questions You May Get Asked:

한국어를 공부한 지 얼마나 됐어요?

How long have you been studying Korean?

언제부터 한국어를 공부했어요?

When did you start studying Korean?

Examples Of How To Respond:

한국어를 공부한 지 1년 됐어요.

I have been studying Korean for 1 year.

한국어를 공부한 지 6개월이 되었어요.

It’s been 6 months since I began studying Korean.

More Examples Of This Grammar:

이 회사에서 일한 지 세 달 됐습니다.

I've been working for this company for three months.

점심을 먹은 지 한 시간이 지났어요.

It’s been an hour since I had lunch.

이 휴대폰은 산 지 하루 만에 고장이 났어.

This cell phone broke down a day after I bought it.

민조 씨가 집으로 간 지 한 시간이 넘었는데요?

It’s been over an hour since Minjo went home?

우리는 만난 지 이 년 되는 날에 결혼하기로 했어요.

We decided to get married two years after we met.

민준이는 담배를 끊은 지 이제 한 달이 되었어요.

It's been a month since Minjun quit smoking.

그 책을 읽은 지 오래돼서 내용이 잘 기억나지 않아요.

It's been a long time since I read the book, so I don't remember the contents well.

밥 먹은 지 얼마 안 돼서 배가 안 고파요.

I'm not hungry because I just ate not long ago.

FINAL NOTE: