#langblrsecretsanta2017

Merry Christmas @tollpehely ! This is my present to you! I hope you have an amazing Christmas and New Year. Korean is a language I have enjoyed learning so I really do hope these resources are of good use to you.

A difficult aspect in learning a language is finding resources. Thankfully with Korean there are plenty. More than plenty actually. Personally, I use various resources just because some explain a certain grammar point better or sometimes I need to complement with other ones. I decided to make a list of my favorite resources and where to find them.

Note: The star is for something I highly recommend.

Grammar

★ How to study Korean - This website is great for really understanding the grammar. For some it’s too much but I like how detailed it is.

★ Go! Billy Korean - I like how simple his explanations are in contrast to How to study Korean. You can find his pdfs and lessons here or click here to download most of them up till lesson 91.

★ Korean Grammar in Use - One of my favorites just because it helps a lot when learning HOW to use the grammar. How to study Korean is great for understanding the grammar, but Korean Grammar in Use goes into detail. For example the conjugation charts are really helpful. I have the pdfs from Beginner to Advanced with the audio and answer keys.

Vocabulary

★ Memrise: TTMIK: The Korean Verbs Vol. 1 - A course with practice sentences for the most common verbs. You can also just use this as a guide for which verbs you should learn first.

★  Memrise: TTMIK: The Korean Verbs Vol. 2 - More useful verbs.

TTMIK: Word Showdown - This small pdf explains the differences between commonly used words. I recommend it.

TTMIK: Korean Slang Expressions Volume 1 - Like the name states, Talk to me in Korean shows useful slang expressions through a brief explanation, examples and sample Dialogue.

TTMIK: Korean Slang Expressions Volume 2  

TTMIK: Everyday Korean Idiomatic Expressions   

Listening Practice

Some popular Korean shows to practice.

The Unit -   Ex-idols who never got to shine, and current idols who want to make a name for themselves perform on stage to prove their worth. They will perform in front of Rain, Hwang Chi Yeul, Hyun A, Tae Min, San E, and Jo Hyun Ah. Will the young artists be able to impress the judges?

MasterKey -  Korea’s hottest celebrities come together for an exciting game show where they must use their sixth sense to find the one who’s lying and hiding the 'master key'! Can they find the liar?

★ Exo Showtime -  A South Korean documentary starring the boy group Exo that allows the fans to see behind-the-scenes of Exo's daily lives and how they act offstage. It’s one of my favorites and always will be. 

The Return of Superman -  Fathers may not be perfect.. but that's alright if they aren't perfect! There's nothing like a father's love to boost our spirits. The dads who used to spend all their time working have returned home on 'The Return of Superman'.

Fast Drama - I won’t recommend a specific drama since there are too many and everybody has their own taste. I did recommend variety shows because those are aimed towards a wider audience. Instead, I recommend this website where you can watch dramas. Note: You can use other websites for watching kdramas. Not this just one.

Reading Practice 

Learning Korean with Humans of Seoul - They break down the phrases, grammar points and words from the Facebook page ‘Humans of Seoul’. Really useful.

Humans of Seoul - Here you can find interesting Korean stories in Korean and English. 

Conjugation

Dongsa - I can’t even express how useful this website is. You can look up a verb to see its conjugations or look up a conjugated verb to see its “dictionary” form.

★ Tengugo - I learned hangul mainly from here and really recommend it. They have mini lessons, audios of how to pronounce each character and quizzes. It works without wifi so you can practice anywhere.

Apps

Lingodeer - I recommend this over Duolingo all the way. You can find  Studiousbees’s review on it here. I love this app and it’s a good way to get used to the basics, like Korean sentence structure which is different from a lot of languages.

Blog

Blogs are super useful for when you don’t understand a grammar point. I only recommended one blog since I prefer learning from grammar books and resources that come straight from native speakers, but their blog is seriously amazing.

This is a list of 52 french poems, one per week of the year. I found them all over the internet (I apologize for any inaccurate info) and themes go from children’s laughter to politics. The poems are organized by time period, and then by author name and title, with a link to the poem. This is my @langblrsecretsanta gift for the amazing @sennettyoung. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making the list. 

16th century

1. Louise Labé - “Je vis, je meurs”

17th century

2. Jean de La Fontaine - “La cigale e la fourmi”

18th century

3. Fabre d’Églantine - “Il pleut, il pleut, bergère”

19th century

4. Charles Baudelaire - “Spleen”

5. José Maria de Hérédia - “Les Conquérants”

6. Louisa Siefert - “Tous les rires d’enfant”

7. Marceline Desbordes-Valmore - “Les roses de Saadi”

8. Marceline Desbordes-Valmore - “Une lettre de femme”

9. Paul Verlaine - “Clair de Lune”

10. Stéphane Mallarmé - “Quelconque une solitude”

11. Stéphane Mallarmé - “Sainte”

12. Tristan Corbière - “Le poète e la cigale”

13. Victor Hugo - “L’art et le peuple”

20th century

14. Aimé Césaire - “Mot-macumba”

15. Aimé Césaire - “Nous savoir”

16. Alain Bosquet - “Célébrités”

17. Alain Bosquet - “Merci”

18. Andrée Chedid - “Ce que nous sommes”

19. Andrée Chedid - “La femme des longues patiences”

20. Andrée Chedid - “Liberté”

21. Anne-Marie Grosser - “Dans un coin, le sapin”

22. Christine Fayolle - “La rentrée de Poème”

23. David Diop - “Afrique mon Afrique”

24. David Diop - “Défi à la force”

25. Delphine Guichard - “Mes cinq sens”

26. Eugène Guillevic - “Durée”

27. Eugène Guillevic - “Étoile”

28. Géo Norge [Georges Mogin] - “Monsieur”

29. Géo Norge [Georges Mogin] - “Une chanson”

30. Guillaume Apollinaire - “Guerre”

31. Jacques Prévert - “Chanson pour les enfants l’hiver”

32. Jacques Prévert - “Confession publique”

33. Jacques Prévert - “Le discours sur la paix”

34. Louis Aragon - “Heureux celui qui meurt d’aimer”

35. Paul Eluard - “Liberté”

36. Pierre Reverdy - “Nomade”

37. Raymond Queneau - “Pour un art poétique”

21th century

38. Alain Kasanda - “L'instant d'avant”

39. Camille Case - “Le chant des sirènes”

40. Céline Renoux - “Par poignées de silence”

41. Chantal Couliou - “Crayons de couleur”

42. Clotilde De Brito - “Meus Pais (Mes parents)”

43. Édith Azam - “On sait l’autre”

44. Françoise Ascal - “[Je ferme les yeux et laisse le mot venir]”

45. Linda Maria Baros - “Le phacochère”

46. Lucas Ottin - “Tous les matins”

47. Lucie Taïeb - “[se cacher sous les mots]”

48. Maggy de Coster - “Poème acrostiche”

49. Mélodie Lauret - “Ma Lumineuse”

50. Nathalie Man - “Rouge Nation”

51. Nimrod - “[Tu poseras ton faix]”

a gift for @mazeballet, I’m your secret santa🎅🏻 happy christmas!

you requested something in a scandinavian language and from your blog I saw that you liked the series vikings (me too!!) so I hope you like this ☺️

I wrote the nouns in the definite article, the noun itself is the part that’s in bold

nouns

båten – boat

Danmark – Denmark

drottningen – queen

döden – death

havet – sea

hjälmen – helmet

historia (-en) – history

isen – ice

Island – Iceland

kriget – war

krigaren – warrior

kungen – king

Norden – The North

Norge – Norway

resan – voyage

rustningen – armor

Skandinavien – Scandinavia

skatten – treasure

skeppet – ship

skägget – beard

skölden – shield

snön – snow

svärdet – sword

Sverige – Sweden

vikingen – viking

yxan – axe

adjectives

dansk – danish

dödlig – deadly

gammal – old, ancient

historisk – historic

norsk – norwegian

stark – strong

svensk – swedish

This is my Langblr Secret Santa gift for @jolinedesigns. Dear Joline, I hope you like it and I’d like to wish you a very merry Christmas! (Also, thank you @languagesandfrens for looking this over!)

Drawing / Dibujo:

graphite pencil – lápiz de grafito (m)

colored pencil – lápiz de color (m)

blending pencil – lápiz mezclador (m)

marker – rotulador (m)

eraser – goma (f)

pencil sharpener – sacapuntas (m)

manikin – maniquí (m)

folder – carpeta (f)

Painting / Pintura:

watercolor – acuarela (f)

gouache – gouache (m)

oil – óleo (m)

brush – pincel (m)

varnish – barniz (m)

canvas – lienzo (m)

easel – caballete (m)

palette – paleta (f)

solvent – disolvente (m)

diluent – diluyente (m)

brush cleaning fluid – limpiador de pinceles (m)

frame – bastidor (m)

fixative – fijador (m)

paint stripper - decapante (m)

canvas clip - tenaza (para tensar lienzos) (f)

Digital art / Arte digital:

pen tablet – tableta (digital)

digital pen/pencil – lápiz/bolígrafo digital (o stylus)

changeable tip – punta intercambiable (f)

resolution – resolución (f)

pressure sensitivity – sensibilidad de presión (f)

Some more words / Otras palabras más:

to doodle/scribble – hacer garabatos

to sketch – esbozar, bosquejar

to shade - matizar

to erase - borrar

craft shop – tienda de manualidades (f)

colores sueltos – separate colors (m)

cajas surtidas – box sets (f)

@karyuukai I heard you liked birds so I drew some and added words in Swedish, hope you like it. Merry Christmas!

En fågel - A bird

En uggla - An owl

En fågelholk - A nesting box

En örn - An eagle

En kråka - A crow

En papegoja - A parrot

En fiskmås - A seagull

En kyckling - A chicken

En fågelunge - A chick

Ett ägg - An egg

Ett fågelbo - A bird’s nest

Merry Christmas @woaihanyu!! Sorry it’s late but I hope you enjoy your secret santa gift!

弹 // dàn // to play

吉他 // jítā // guitar

电吉他 // diàn jítā // electric guitar 

贝司 // bèi sī // bass

竖琴 // shùqín // harp

拉 // lā // to play (pull)

小提琴 // xiǎotíqín // violin

中提琴 // zhōngtíqín // viola

大提琴 // dàtíqín // cello

低音提琴 // dīyīn tíqín // double bass

吹 // chuī // to play (blow)

小号 // xiǎo hào // trumpet

长号 // cháng hào // trombone

笛子 // dízi // flute

打 // dǎ // to play (hit)

架子鼓 // jiàzi gǔ // drums

For @qsychology Merry Christmas! I was your langblr secret santa this year and I though I would do a mini translation and vocabulary list of the very appropriate ‘微白城市’ by Luhan (鹿晗)!

Chorus

倒数开始的时候 (The moment the countdown begins) 你的双手 let me hold (Let me hold both your hands) 挂满心愿的枝头 (The branches hung with wishes) I will always be with you (x2)

Pre-Chorus

You look so wow wow 路人都在回头看你 (Strangers turn their heads to look at you) Santa也乱了心跳 (Even Santa’s heart skips a beat) Let me take you out out 等待彼此眼中的烟火慢慢升起 (We wait for the fireworks to rise slowly in our eyes) 看雪在手中融化城市变白 (Watch the snow melt in my hands, changing the city into white) 把爱装进礼物等你来拆 (I take hold of love, put it into a gift and wait for you to open it) 愿望清单中你是我最想要的未来 (On my wishlist you are my most wanted future)

Vocabulary

金色铃 (Jīnsè líng) - golden bell

靠近 (kàojìn) - to be close to/move closer to

愿望 (Yuànwàng) - desire/wish

礼物 (lǐwù) - gift/present

满心 (mǎnxīn) - from the bottom of one’s heart

心跳 (xīntiào) - lit. heartbeat/palpitation - But here it means that your heart skips a beat.

烟火 (yānhuǒ) - fireworks

(many thanks to VisitNorway and VisitOslo for the descriptions below!)

Gamle Stavanger

Old Stavanger on the west side of Vågen comprises 173 wooden buildings from the turn of the 18th century. Most of them are small, white cottages. Stavanger has received several awards for its efforts to preserve Old Stavanger.

This was one of three pilot projects carried out in Norway during the United Nations' Architectural Heritage Year in 1975.

Old Stavanger is a popular living area and many galleries and handicrafts' boutiques are located in this part of the city. Here are also Norwegian Canning Museum and Stavanger Maritime Museum.

Oslo Opera House

Oslo's Opera House is located right at the harbour, with an angled, white exterior that appears to rise from the water. It invites its visitors to climb its roof and enjoy panoramic views of Oslo and the fjord, all year round. Large-scale windows at street level provide the public with glimpses of rehearsals and workshop activities. The building's interior is mainly oak, and the main hall is shaped like a horseshoe, reminiscent of classical theatres of the past. The opera is designed by the Norwegian architecture firm Snøhetta, and has received several prestigious awards.

Borgund Stave Church

Built around 1180 and is dedicated to the Apostle Andrew. The church is exceptionally well preserved and is one of the most distinctive stave churches in Norway. Some of the finest features are the lavishly carved portals and the roof carvings of dragons's heads. The stave churches are Norway's most important contribution to world architecture and Norway's oldest preserved timber buildings.

The North Cape

Imagine a place in the far north, where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Arctic Ocean and their frigid waters mix.

That place is Nordkapp – the North Cape – in Western Finnmark, Northern Norway. Here, the only dry land between you and the North Pole is the Svalbard archipelago, and the summer sun doesn’t set between the middle of May and the end of July. Many visitors enjoy watching the midnight sun or the sunset over the Barents Sea from the North Cape Plateau.

Geiranger Fjord

For nature lovers, the Geirangerfjord has plenty to offer. Experience the fjords and the waterfalls from one of the many available sightseeing trips, go hiking in stunning surroundings or experience the fjords from a new perspective in a kayak. Other popular activities in the area include fishing, rafting and cycling.

The area’s unique natural surroundings were created during a succession of ice ages, when glaciers carved out deep fjords and shaped the high mountains – and it is not a coincidence that the Geirangerfjord today often appears on lists of the most spectacular places in the world.

And some Norwegian songs for you!

Hjerteslag - Sang til Sonja

Lyse Netter - Prøva igjen

Razika - Verdens beste by

Marie Ulven - Snøkrystall

Oslo Ess - Caroline

Fjorden Baby! & John Olav Nilsen - Igjen og igjen

Svømmebasseng - Blå planet

DRØM - Bakom øyan dine

Anja Elena Viken - I morgen

Innertier - Ingen er sånn som du