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Coding as a whole can be seen as quite daunting. When I first got started again, though, I realized that it was much like being in the "baby stages" (as I call them) of grammatical studying. That snapped me right back into it. As in... "Oh ! It's not working because I put the words in the wrong order. It's basically like talking gibberish to someone !"

Tumblr's Friday Explainer: Indictment.

For no reason, no reason whatsoever, absolutely none at all, we have decided to take you good folks with us on a little lesson in law. And no, not bird law, The Law; criminal law, to be precise. Every day is a school day, after all, so we figured there was no better time than this, the 31st, the last day of March 2023, to give you a little schooling on "Indictment". It is an important step in the legal process, and you never know, it may come in handy: you yourself may fancy yourself as a hotshot lawyer, or maybe you just can't get enough of crime dramas such as Better Call Saul, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Boston Legal, or indeed Suits. It could even give you a helping hand navigating the noisy, complex world of #us politics. You know. For example.

Well, curious critters, at a basic level, an indictment consists of a formal written list of what a suspect is accused of. An indictment, it is important to remember, is not a conviction—instead, it means that a prosecutor may move forward with criminal charges. Gosh, isn't that interesting!

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Today’s Korean class (10) : Finding my own dream is too difficult to me.

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A : 나만의 꿈을 찾는 건 나한테 너무 어려운 일이야.

B : 나도 그렇게 생각해. 알지, 그건 너의 평생에 걸쳐 다뤄야 할 것이야.

A : 무엇부터 시작할 수 있을까?

B : 지금 당장 할 수 있는 가장 작은 일부터 생각해보자.

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A : Finding my own dream is too difficult for me.

B : I think so. You know, it is a stuff that you have to deal with in your whole life.

A : What can I start with?

B : Let’s think about the smallest thing that you can do right now.

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*Word Explanations

꿈 = dream

나만의  ~ = my own ~

어려운 = difficult

나에게 = for me

평생 = whole life

다루다 = deal with

시작 + 하다 = start

생각 + 하다 = think

가장 작은 일 = the smallest thing

Memorizing and learning the Korean alphabet is one of my most frequently asked questions. Today let’s review strategies on how to master hangeul (한글)!

First, it’s useful to set up the alphabet in a table like this where you have consonants (자음) on the left side going from top to bottom, and vowels (모음) at the top of the page from left to right.

Most Korean alphabet sheets are set up this way and I’ll be using the first 3 consonants (ㄱ/g, ㄴ/n, ㄷ/d) and first 3 vowels (아/a, 야/ya, 어/eo) in the following examples to demonstrate why as well as why this makes learning the alphabet easy.

Let’s take the first consonant ㄱ(g) and first vowel 아(ah). Right away we notice that the intersection of those letters is 가 (ga). We know this because:

ㄱ(g) + 아(ah) = 가.

This can be done with the following consonant as well where we see that:

ㄴ(n) + 아(ah) = 나.

This can be repeated for all 14 consonants as you move vertically down the line.

So, if you know that ㄱ(g) + 아(ah) = 가(ga), do you know what sounds make 갸? Yes! Because just as we got:

ㄱ(g) + 아(ah) = 가(ga), the same rule applies where

ㄱ(g) + 야(ya) = 갸(gya), and ㄴ(n) + 야(ya) = 냐(nya).

“So how should I practice?”

Well, now that we have the basics down, you can learn the alphabet quickly by practicing writing out each consonant and vowel combination together 10 times saying them aloud as you write.

First write down each consonant:

ㄱ(g): ㄱ ㄱ ㄱ ㄱ ㄱ

ㄴ(n): ㄴ ㄴ ㄴ ㄴ ㄴ

ㄷ(d): ㄷ ㄷ ㄷ ㄷ ㄷ

etc.

Then write down each vowel:

아(a): 아 아 아 아 아

야(ya): 야 야 야 야 야

어 (eo): 어 어 어 어 어

etc.

Then put them together:

가(ga): 가 가 가 가 가

나(na): 나 나 나 나 나

다(da): 다 다 다 다 다

etc.

Within no time you’ll have mastered the alphabet and will be able to read anything you see!