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It has been about a week, I think, since I officially started the Summer Language Challenge! As one of the ways I will practice my Korean this summer, I’ve decided to compile a vocab list of words I’ve looked up each week while I write my Daily Random Korean Writings.

I got the idea for the “words i had to look up this week” vocab lists from @hsingasong‘s post here! I loved the idea a lot, so thank you!!

please point out any errors you may find!!

NOUNS

케나다 - Canada

대학 - university

물리학 - physics

수학 - mathematics

물리학자 - physicist

여름 - summer

방학 - vacation

교사 - teacher, tutor

일 - job

아이들 - children

영화 - movie

일본 - Japan

가족 - family

머리 - hair, head

그들 - they, them

눈 - eyes

닫어 - word, vocabulary

색 - color

파란 - blue

하늘 - sky

바다 - sea, ocean

계절 - season

가을 - autumn

겨울 - winter

VERBS

묘사하다 - to describe

읽다 - to read

쓰다 - to write

시작하다 - to start

보다 - to see, to watch

듣다 - to hear

설명하다 - to explain

가지다 - to have

베다 - to cut

말하다 - to say, to tell

연습하다 - to practice, to exercise

좋아하다 - to like

환영하다 - to welcome, to give a welcome to

ADJECTIVES

곤란하다 - to be difficult

성가시다 - to be annoying

갈색 - brown

길다 - to be long

짧다 - to be short

곱슬곱슬하다 - to be curly

똑똑하다 - to be smart, clever

친절하다 - to be kind

성격이 좋다 - to have a good character, personality

재미있다 - to be interesting, funny

짜증스러워요 - annoying

운이 좋다 - to be lucky

놀랍다 - to be amazing, wonderful, astounding

자연스럽다 - to be natural

평화적이다 - to be peaceful

시원하다 - to be cool (temperature)

날카롭다 - to be sharp

빨갛다 - to be red

아름답다 - to be beautiful

아프다 - to be sick, painful

ADVERBS

많이 - lots, a lot

아주 - very, extremely

때때로 - sometimes

СONNECTIVES (? is that what these are called?) 

-기 때문에 - because

-도 - too, also

-와/과 - and

-지만 - but

-서 - so

I know it’s already halfway through summer (yikes) but here are some post ideas (inspired by @notglot‘s challenge) for documenting and motivating your language learning!

1) These ideas are meant for someone just starting out in a language and probably can’t read/write very much, if at all.

2) There is no time requirement. Complete one every day, every week, every two weeks - it doesn’t matter! This is meant to be flexible so you can set your own time limits within your schedule.

3) Tag your posts with #avaguavaslc so I can see what you’re up to! 

Have fun!

Post ideas:

Give an intro post of your goals/timeline

Describe your study plan and technique

Post a photo of you practicing the alphabet

Illustrate a word or group of words from your l.o.c. (ex. colors, flowers, food)

Create a masterpost with all the resources you’re using to learn

Give a recommendation for a song that’s sung in your language of choice

Write out a couple lines of song lyrics from your l.o.c. 

Give a basic introduction for yourself in your l.o.c.

Post about a cultural tradition associated with your l.o.c.

Give a recommendation for a movie that uses your  l.o.c. 

Post a photo of the supplies and notes you’re using

Post a photo of some of your favorite words to write

Post about why you are learning your l.o.c.

Post about a place associated with your l.o.c.

Post about a person who speaks your l.o.c.

Make or use a printable and post a photo or link about it

Give a shout out to some of your favorite langblrs

Post something unique you’ve learned about your l.o.c.

Does your l.o.c. have any “untranslatable words”? What are they?

Make a post teaching us how to conjugate in your l.o.c.

original post by @notglot here

who you are

im caspar, im 16 and i live in the uk. i love languages, but have just dropped spanish after gcse, but i want to learn more and travel the world and meet so many new people + cultures!

your target language

finnish 

why you are choosing that language

im half english half finnish, and whilst ive lived in the uk all my life and frequently visited finland, the extent of my vocabulary is ‘i want milk’ ‘lets go to the park’ ‘im hungry’ and ‘goodnight’ and ‘hug’, and i’ve never had a proper chance to pick up the language, i love love finland and i would like to study there for uni, so i figured this would be a good place to start

what your goal is

by the end of the summer i’d like to be able to understand the structure of the language, have a simple conversation with a native speaker (aka my mum) and maybe be able to read a childrens book in the language

how long you have for break/summer

about 6/7 weeks now, i go back to school on the 5th september

Hello! This is my intro post for @notglot​‘s Summer Language Challenge! I am learning a language this summer anyway so might as well do it organizedly!

who i am

I’m Ella! I’m 19, Canadian, and I study mathematical physics!

my target language

I am self-studying Korean! 

why i chose this language

I’d heard about how Korean grammar is very different from the languages I already speak and it really intrigued me before I even started studying it

Also I found the writing system very interesting, at first i was only going to learn the “alphabet” but then I found myself learning everything

my goal!

My goal is to finish Unit 1 of How to Study Korean (the website I am currently using to learn)

I’ve been learning a lot about the grammar but I am behind on its vocab lessons so my specific goal is also to know the vocabulary words in that unit!

(I have finished up to lesson 8, but do not know the vocab in those lessons off-hand)

I have also already started to write a (very short) paragraph everyday in Korean, so I will keep that up!

when my summer starts and ends

my summer has actually already started! 

so from today, june 21, to august 31!

오늘 저는 Kimi No Na Wa를 봤어요. 저는 이 영화를 자주들었어요. 제 친구는 그것 좋아하기 때문에 Kimi No Na Wa는 보고 싶었어요. 저도 좋아했어요. 저는 일본 영화를 많이 보지 않아요. Kimi No Na Wa를 좋아하기 때문에 그것 많이 보겠어요.

Which I believe says an approximation of: