#ttmikbeginner

So I came across this article on Soompi. And considering the amount of k-dramas i’ve passively watched. It’s time to get a grip on the most used vocab!

Part Two: HERE

CUE THE FLASHCARDS!  

and a bonus!

I’ve gotten a couple messages asking for a masterlist! And for the sake of easy access/organisation: here it is!

*for future reference the masterlist link should be under my profile pic on my homepage!

KOREAN LESSONS

main series lessons: 

Greetings/Basics

L1_Hello & Thankyou

L2_Yes & No

L3_Goodbye/See you! 

L4_Sorry 

L4.01_Excuse me!

L12_Sayings to start and end a meal

Identifying objects

L5_What is it? It is...(to be)

L6_What is this? This is...

L7_Descriptive Modifiers: This, That, The 

Topic + Subject Markers

L9_Topic & Subject markers 

L9.01_Topic marker nuances (with Jin) 

L9.02_Topic marker nuances (with Namjoon)

L9.03_Subject marker nuances 

Conversational: affirmations/negations/asking

L8_NOT (it’s not, that’s not)

L10_To HAVE, to HAVE NOT

L11_To give, asking for something

L13_To WANT

Tenses

L14_Present Tense 

L16_Past Tense 

Work/Occupations

L15_What work do you do?

Locations/Time

L17_Where?

L18_Location marking particles 

L19_When 

KOREAN VOCAB

K-DRAMA VOCAB

PART ONE

PART TWO

K-SERIES: TOPIK flashcard vocab (integrated context method)

part one

Verbs with BTS:

part one

part two

Korean body parts with Taehyung:

part one

part two

part three 

Test yourself reviews:

Lessons 1-12

Lessons 13-19

K-DRAMA Vocab

A short lesson!

Also a list of helpful verbs from the TTMIK LESSON

오다 [o-da] = to come 왔어요 [wa-sseo-yo] = came / to have come

있다 [it-da] = to be, to exist 있었어요 [i-sseo-sseo-yo] = was / to have been

보다 [bo-da] = to see 봤어요 [bwa-sseo-yo] = saw / to have seen

BT21 어디에 있어요? [eo-di-e-iss-eo-yo?]

If you want to know the location of something, or you’ve lost something eg. All the BT21 characters. And want to know where they are, you can ask ‘where is *insert pronoun/noun*?”

In Korean the word for WHERE or WHICH PLACE is:

어디에 [eo-di] 

And the location particle “TO” is: 

에 [e] 

Okay! Let’s try asking where different members of BT21 are, and using some location words in reply. 

1.  Q: Koya 어디에 있아요? [where is Koya?]

A: 탁자 위에 있어요 [On top of the table] 

2.  Q: Chimmy 어디에 있아요? [where is Chimmy?]

A: 탁자 아래에 있어요 [Under the table]

3.  Q: TATA 어디에 있아요? [where is TATA?]

A: 탁자 옆에 있어요 [Next to the table]

4.  Q: RJ 어디에 있아요? [where is RJ?]

A: 탁자 뒤에 있어요 [Behind the table]

5.  Q: Cooky 어디에 있아요? [where is Cooky?]

A: 탁자 앞에 있어요 [In front of the table]

With the location word “where/which place” you can also make other sentences! By placing “어디에” in front of the verb you want to do. 

Like:

Where do you want to go? 어디에 가고 싶어요? 

or 

Where do you want to eat?  어디에 먹어 싶어요?

yay! another lesson, let’s look at how to say the word “when”

It’s simple to use, there’s no particles that need to be attached. 

and the structure follows: 

when + verb or

location + when + verb

Let’s have a look at some examples shall we?!

Imagine you were asking Jimin when he did his last VLive. 

Imagine you were at the airport and ran into J-Hope

Or maybe this conversation between Namjoon & Jimin?

Or asking a sleepy bunny?

Or a sleepy honey bear? 

Pretty easy right? 

I’m trying out a new format with vocab introduced at the beginning of the example, and then a question and answer format to contextualise the language better! 

Also here are some useful nouns to do with time/times of day 

(if you can’t count in Korean or say the time yet like me....ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ) 

오늘 [o-neul] = today

어제 [eo-je] = yesterday

내일 [nae-il] = tomorrow

지금 [ ji-geum] = now

아까 [a-kka] = earlier (today), a while ago (today)

나중에 [na-jung-e] = later

Remember how this old thing, was a thing:

Do you wanna be on your way to crafting poetic, nuanced sentences in Korean?!  Like the king of lyrical poetry Kim Namjoon does? Well look no further my friend. To an RM vLive (with fake subs ofc).

This is an example of how we can be using 은 and 는 as topic markers to pick out different words to create varying emphasis and switch around the topic. Purely by moving the position of the topic marker! How cool hey? Confusing AF but COOL. 

So a neutral sentence like in eg.1: 

오늘 날씨 좋네요. = “The weather’s good today”

(o-neul nal-ssi jot-ne-yo)

Can become a sentence that focuses on TODAY, by placing the topic marker after the word “today” 

오늘은 날씨 좋네요. = “The weather’s good TODAY” 

(o-neul-EUN nal-ssi jot-ne-yo)

OR can become a sentence that focuses on THE WEATHER, by placing the topic marker after the word “weather”

오늘 날씨는 좋네요. = “The WEATHER’s good today”

 [o-neul nal-ssi-NEUN jot-ne-yo]

Aand we are back! With the next grammar lesson. How to conjugate verbs into the present tense.

Seems pretty straightforward hey? Eeehhhh.... for the most part it is. But also NOT. LOL JKS. 

Let’s start with the verb “to go” we all know it well.

as you will see with the rest of the examples, its not just a matter of tacking on the ending onto the verb stem. But sort of blending it with intuitive common sense.

Like one “a” obviously looks weird next to another “a” so it makes sense that we end up with a blending of the vowel sounds. 

Let’s try another verb “to eat”

again, the spoken sounds become blended. But note that because there aren’t two written vowels next to each other. The written language stays the same, and follows the ‘rules’

Now the verb “to see”

Now see this time, not only the spoken language has evolved in sound. But the written language has also adapted to accommodate for the blended sound.

And again it’s because we have that awkward vowel next to a vowel. “o” next to “a”.

And another verb “to be visible”

Again the vowel next to a vowel, “i” - “eo” is just too hard to pronounce. So the written and spoken language has likewise evolved

And the last example “to do”

Again, the blending in the spoken and written language. 

A couple other cool things with the verb “하다" is that you can use it to make new conjugated verbs in the present tense. Simply by adding a noun in front. 

As TTMIK says: 

* Here, please just remember that this verb, 하다 is very versatile. You can add a noun in front of it and you can form new verbs.

studying = 공부 to study = 공부하다 cleaning (the room) = 청소 to clean = 청소하다 cooking = 요리 to cook = 요리하다

And there we have the present tense! It’s not exactly complicated, nor is it easy. There’s a lot of adapted nuances that don’t really follow the rules. But the more you expose yourself to the language! And practice saying aloud, and writing your verbs in context. The easier it will become! (i hope. i’m more saying to myself than anything ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ)

So a couple lessons back we learned how to conjugate verbs into the present tense. Well today we’re gonna have a blast from the past. And learn how to conjugate verbs into the past tense! With BTS!

So essentially the past tense ending, is the same as the present tense conjugation. Except there’s 써 sandwiched in the middle! Let’s look at it like this:

Easy hey! Okay now let’s look at some examples! :)

1. TO BUY

Remember when taehyung bought hoseok a flamingo?

Pretty straightforward, what about this one:

2. TO COME

Remember when Jimin and Jungkook came to Jin’s room to film his sugar gliders?

hehe triple J is pretty 귀여

Btw a sugar glider is: 날다람쥐의 일종 [nal-da-lam-jwi-ui il-jong].                Or “flying squirrel” in Korean 😅 

3. TO WRITE

Remember when BTS wrote down their thoughts in diary entries for summer package?

Looking at their diary entries, makes me genuinely concerned about my ability or lack thereof, to read Korean handwriting in the future...

4. TO EAT

Remember when the maknae line ate pizza in Hawaii?

5. TO CATCH

Remember when Jin ‘caught’ a fish in Malta?

6. TO USE/COMPOSE/JOT DOWN

Remember when RM composed EVERYTHINGOES, in the 3 days when he had to return from Bon Voyage 1 early?

*note this is an irregular verb. So it’s verb stem changes when it’s conjugated into present tense. And likewise into past tense. And probably all the other tenses too tbh. 

the end 쓰 becomes 써

7. TO WAIT

Remember when Jimin waited for Jungkook to finish filming because he didn’t want him to be alone. (But JK really just wanted to finish his drawing 😂) 

*note another irregular verb where the stem changes when conjugated. 

the end 리 becomes 려

8. TO be cool. Awesome

Remember BTS’ danger era? It was cool.