Uncommon Lines

December 18, 2018

Compilation of February and June to July spreads (2018)

House Art Prints

Art Crop on Etsy

❝what exactly are you here for?❞

❝to see with eyes unclouded by hate.❞

i recently had the pleasure of seeing my first studio ghibli movie: princess mononoke! the art style was so beautiful and i loved the message that there is not always a clear villain or hero— more than one cause can be just 🐺 (featuring a gorgeous san/ashitaka illustration by @sorscia)

8.6.18 // 10:55 pm

wow its been a while! I’m really sorry for basically going on like a six month hiatus but I’m back hopefully for a bit longer lol. I recently made a complete blog revamp so check that out if u wanna. anyways have a great day wherever u are :))

This is probably one of the most common questions that beginners ask when learning 한글. Just like every beginner learners, I went through this as well which is why I decided to study pronunciation rules too. I created this post to help clear up any confusion.

When ㄹ is located at the beginning of a word, it sounds more like an R.

Example: 라디오 (ra-di-o), 레슨 (re-seun), 로맨틱 (ro-man-tik)

When ㄹ is located between two vowels, it sounds like an R.

Example: 다리 (da-ri), 사랑 (sa-rang), 어렵다 (eo-ryeob-dda), 모르다 (mo-reu-da), 노력 (no-ryeok), 매력 (mae-ryeok)

When ㄹ is located at the end of a word, it’s pronounced more like an L.

Example: 딸 (ddal), 아들 (a-deul), 월 (weol), 달 (dal), 칼 (khal), 연필 (yeon-pil), 교실 (gyo-sil)

When ㄹ is followed by a consonant or followed by another ㄹ, it sounds like L.

Example: 딸기 (ddal-gi), 힘들다 (him-deul-da), 몰라 (mol-la), 살자 (sal-ja), 고릴라 (go-ril-la)

When ㄹ comes after any consonant except ㄴ, ㄹ is pronounced as N.

Example: 생리 (saeng-ni), 국립 (gung-nip), 능력 (neung-nyeok)

When ㄹ comes before or after an ㄴ, both ㄹ and ㄴ are pronounced as ㄹ.

Example: 한류 (hal-lyu), 신라 (sil-la), 신랑 (sil-lang), 달나라 (dal-la-ra)

Disclaimer: Hope this helps but remember not to rely too much on romanizations and listen to the sounds properly as well.

Hello everyone! For today’s vocabulary, I’m going to show you guys the different body parts in Korean. Enjoy! :)

앞 - front 머리 - head 목 - neck 어깨 - shoulder 팔 - arm 가슴 - chest 겨드랑이 - armpit 배 - stomach / belly (not to be confused with pear - 배)

뒤 - behind / back 등 - back 옆구리 - side 허리 - hips / lower back / waist 팔꿈치 - elbow 

앞 - front 손 - hand 손가락 - fingers 손톱 - fingernail 손목 - wrist (directly: hand neck)

뒤 - behind / back 손바닥 - palm

다리 - leg 엉덩이 - butt 허벅지 - thighs 무릎 - knee 정강이 - shin 종아리 - calf 발목 - ankle (directly: foot neck 발 - foot

앞 - front  발가락 - toes 발톱 - toenail 발등 - top of the foot

뒤 - behind / back 발바닥 - sole

Example Sentences:

1. (내) 머리가 아프다! - My head hurts! 2. 등을 긁어 주세요. - Please scratch my back. 3. 손가락 두개 - two fingers

As always, I hope this was helpful! If there is any confusion or questions, don’t hesitate to message me! I am always here to help :)

I have an imaginary friend who’s just moved here from Japan and needs me to translate everything that everyone is saying

Okay so, another app I wanna ask people about! It’s called Kawaii and is a Japanese learning app. As far as I saw, it does so by a story in which you are a transfer student and you meet two people who will help you. The classroom is for Japanese lessons, in the arcade you can play games for vocabulary etc. and you can collect stamps for achievements. The lessons for Hiragana & Katakana seem to be free, however, Kanji etc. you have to unlock by purchasing “books” for your lessons, but it seems you can get necessary coins by watching videos too?

Anyway, I think the story approach is cute even tho I haven’t seen much yet. I will try do go through Hiragana & Katakana and see if finished lessons unlock anything and how the story progresses! It seems to have something to do with a fox…

♡ in korean, it is important to use the correct sentence structure, or your sentences may seem really confusing :

-> in english : Subject Verb Object -> in korean : Subject Object Verb

now, let’s look at some examples!

we are gonna use this simple sentence : “i bought a book”, in korean it would be : “i a book bought”

저는 책을 샀어요 책 = book 샀어요(past tense) from the verb 사다 = to buy it’s really different, right?

⚠ the object ALWAYS comes BEFORE the verb, and the verb is ALWAYS at the END of the sentence. ⚠

♡ locations are also used BEFORE verbs :

“저는 학교에 가요” i go to school 학교 = school 에= location particle (to) 가요 (present tense) from the verb 가다 = to go

“저는 학교에서 공부해요” i study at school 학교 = school 에서 = location particle (at) 공부해요 (present tense) from the verb 공부하다 = to study

“저는 집에 잤어요” i slept at home 집 = home 에 = location particle (at) 잤어요 (past tense) from the verb 자다 = to sleep

⚠ you can put the time before or after the subject though :

both of these sentences mean “today I will eat at home” :

before -> 오늘 저는 집에서 먹을 거예요 after -> 저는 오늘 집에서 먹을 거예요 오늘 = today 집 = home 에서 = location particle (at) 먹을 거예요 (future tense) from the verb 먹다 = to verb

“tomorrow, i will study at school” before -> 내일 저는 학교에서 공부할 거예요 after -> 저는 내일 학교에서 공부할 거예요 내일 = tomorrow 학교 = school 에서 = location particle (at) 공부하다 = to study ~ㄹ 거예요 (future tense)

♡ adverbs are added before verbs : 저는 열심히 공부해요 I study hard 열심히 = hard

and finally, adjectives work the same way as they do in english! just put them before the noun they describe :

매운 라면 = spicy ramen 매운 = spicy 라면 = ramen

예쁜 여자 = beautiful woman 예쁜 = beautiful 여자 =  woman

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Basic - 기본 ♡ Hangul - 한글 (한국어 알파벳) ♡ Korean Numbers -  한국어 번호 ♡ Calendar -  달력

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Vocab - 어휘 ♡ Christmas - 크리스마스 ♡ New Year -  새해 ♡ Grocery Shopping - 식료품 쇼핑 ♡ Korean Onomatopoeia -  한국어 의성어 ♡ Clothes - 옷 ♡ Animals - 동물들 ♡ Idol Phrases - 관용구 ♡ Fruit - 과일 ♡ Veggies - 채소 ♡ Spring - 봄 ♡ Body - 몸 ♡ Family - 가족 ♡ Korean Slang / Shortened Expressions ♡ LGBT+ Vocab - 엘지비티 ♡ Korean Homonyms - 한국어 이의어 ♡ Summer Vocab - 여름 어휘 ♡ Birthday Vocab - 생일 어휘

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Korean Culture - 한국 문화 ♡ Korean Age - 한국 나이 ♡ 안녕하세요 vs 여보세요 ♡ Shoulders in Korea  ♡ Batchim - 받침 ♡ 당신 vs 너

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Grammar - 문법 ♡ Conjugation - 동사  ♡ Particles -  문법적 입자 ♡ Counters -  복수형 

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Helpful Asks - 질문들 ♡ FAQ ♡ 이다 Conjugation ♡ “Is this right?” Korean Translation ♡ “How are you?” Korean Translation ♡ 이에요 / 입니다 Uses and Rules ♡ 행복하다 - meaning ♡ 난 네 블로그를 사랑해 - I love your blog ♡ Why did he say 언니??  ♡ Korean Spacing ♡ Am I a Koreaboo? ♡ Why is it -서 instead of -고? ♡ Korean Texting Abbreviations ♡ Sentence Structure ♡ Gender Neutral Korean Titles ♡ Difference between 저/제/저의 and 나/너/나의 How To: ♡ Staying Motivated / Focused ♡ Study Grammar! ♡ Improve Handwriting ♡ Improve Pronunciation ♡ Not Struggle with Hangul Recommended: ♡ Textbooks ♡ Apps ♡ Websites ♡ Tips for Beginners ♡ Webtoons

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About Me ♡ Introduction -  자기 소개 ♡ 깜작이야 vs 감자탕 ♡ How I got my Korean Name ♡ My Study Routine ♡ My Face ♡ SK101 IG & TWITTER ♡ 10k Follower Special - About Me

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Reading Comprehension ♡ Little Red Riding Hood - 빨간 모자        Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 3 || Part 4 ♡ Diary - 일기        Part 1 || Part 2 ♡ My Friend Jiyeon        Part 1 || Part 2

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1. KOREAN INTERNET, TEXTING SLANGS

ㅋㅋ ♡ “kk” sound of giggling/laughing

ㅠㅠ, ㅜㅜ ♡ crying/sad eyes

흑 ♡ sobbing sound

ㅎㅎ (하하) ♡ “haha” sound of laughing

ㅍㅎㅎ ♡ “puhaha” sound of laughing

ㅇㅇ (응) ♡ uh, yeah

ㅇㅋ (오키) ♡ okay

ㄱㅅ (감사) ♡ thank you

ㅊㅋ (축하) ♡ congrats

ㄴㄴ (노노) ♡ no

ㅈㅅ (죄송) ♡ sorry

ㄱㄷ (기다려) ♡ wait

ㄱㄱ (고고) ♡ gogo, let’s go

ㅂㅂ (바이바이) ♡ bye bye /or/ ㅂㅇ (바이) ♡ bye

ㅅㄱ (수고) ♡ good job

ㅇㄷ (어디) ♡ where

 ㅗㅗ ♡ 🖕🏼 lol

ㅎㅇ (하이) ♡ hi

ㅎㄹ ♡ hello

ㄱㅊ (괜찮아) ♡ it’s fine

ㄷㅊ (닥쳐) ♡ shut up

ㅡㅡ ♡ to express displeasure

2. SHORTENED WORDS

낼 (내일) ♡ tomorrow

짐 (지금) ♡ now

담 (다음) ♡ next

첨 (처음) ♡ first

넘 (너무) ♡ very

좀 (조금) ♡ a little

울 (우리) ♡ we

걍 (그냥) ♡ just

어케 (어떻게) ♡ how

글고 (그리고) ♡ and

젤 (제일) ♡ most, best

먄 (미안) ♡ sorry

짱나 (짜증나) ♡ annoying

글쿤 (그렇구나) ♡ i see

열공 (열심히 공부해) ♡ study hard

재밌다 (재미있다) ♡ to be fun, interesting

알써 (알겠어) ♡ i understand, get i

몰겠어 (모르겠어) ♡ i don’t know

올만이네 (오랜만이네) ♡ long time no see

While language learning apps and websites such as are plentiful online, places to practice are less easy to find! Here’s a few you can try out, none of which are limited to just one or two languages:

Chat

HelloTalk (iOS/Android): an app with 100+ languages that lets you chat with native speakers of your target language from around the world with voice + text. It’s the one most geared towards just conversation!

WeSpeke (iOS/Android): an app and website with probably the largest variety of languages at 130, with text, audio, and video chat.

Conversation Exchange: this one’s a little different, as it not only allows you to get a pen pal and has text, video, and voice, but it also lets you meet up with native speakers in your area to practice!

Speaky (iOS/Android): a web and mobile app which is pretty much social media for language learners! It has 110+ languages and you can make video/audio calls and message from your browser.

HiNative (iOS/Android): not exactly for chatting with people, but instead you can ask native speakers about their culture/language in your target language!

Read

Duolingo Immersion: lets you translate articles from your target language into your native language, or vice versa.

Readlang: read articles, books, and other texts online, with vocab support, and it will create vocab lists and flashcards based on the words you needed help with.

All You Can Read: a selection of magazines and news websites from 200 countries, offered in a wide variety of languages.

Worldpress: a directory of worldwide newspapers and magazines, sorted by country, region, and also political affiliation.

Listen

Live-Radio: a collection of thousands of worldwide radio stations in a multitude of languages.

Every Tongue: 7,000+ recordings of all different languages, readily available online.

Omniglot: a massive listing of online radio stations in languages from A-Z!

jasmine; what mythical creature do you wish actually existed?

lavender; soundcloud or vinyls?

primrose; what book does everyone right now need to read?

lunar mist; do you like wearing other people’s shirts/jackets?

bird of paradise; what was the best thing that happened to you this month?

gardenia; what’s a promise you’ve recently made to yourself?

lion’s fairytale; would you rather be the sky, the ocean or the forests?

whirling butterflies; would you kiss the last person you kissed again?

marmalade skies; do you plan your outfits?

apricot drift; how do you feel right now?

everlasting daisy; what’s the last dream you remember having?

queen’s cup; what are you craving right now?

lavender dream; turn ons/offs?

water lilly; when was the last time you cried? why?

lily of the valley; did the one person who hurt you most in your life apologize?

winterberry; do you bite or lick your ice cream?

honey perfume; favorite movie ever?

desert rose; do you like yourself?

snapdragon; have you ever met or seen in person a celebrity?

night owl; how many countries have you visited?

heliotrope; have you ever been in a castle?

creams and sky; what’s the craziest/bravest thing you’ve done?

lantana; what’s on your mind right now?

pumpkin patch; what’s your zodiac sign?

tulip; name 5 facts about yourself.

daphne; do you believe in karma?

queen of the meadow; ever been in love?

wisteria; whom do you admire and why?

angel’s face; what was your favorite bedtime story as a child?

remember me; did you make someone laugh today?

iris; do you believe in ghosts?

lilac; if you could go back in time which time period would you visit?

caramel kisses; would you want to live forever? why/why not?

primula; what makes you sad?

rain lily; was today typical? why/why not?

queen anne’s lace; who do you trust the most?

lady’s slipper; what did you have for breakfast today?

forget me not; do you have any regrets looking back in your life?

lunaria; what’s your favorite fictional universe?

violet; favorite tv show?

sunflower; share a favorite quote.

snowdrop; what does your ideal day look like?

tiger lily; do you have any hobbies?

peony; share a small random book passage that means something to you.

tea rose; what’s something you always wanted to do but were too scared?

honeysuckle; do you usually date people your age or older/younger?

sweet pea; who means the world to you? why?

love in the mist; best books you’ve ever read?

foxglove; who is your favorite cartoon character?

magnolia; coffee or tea?

crown imperial; would you rather be extremely rich or extremely loved?

snowflake; are you a dog or a cat person?

bell flower; what is your biggest addiction?

cosmos; do you ever think about the galaxy?

moonflower; what’s your favorite color?

freesia; do you have a good relationship with your parents and siblings? why/why not?

sundrop; are you a morning or a night person?

poppy; have you ever dealt with a mental illness?

clover; how would your friends describe you?

dandelion; do you consider yourself and extrovert or an introvert?

lilly; what’s something you love watching/reading but you are too embarrassed to admit you do?

anemone; describe yourself in 3 words.

lotus; best memory as a child?

angelonia; what is your eye and hair color?

dahlia; do you like crystals?

buttercup; if you could change one thing in the world, what would it be?

baby’s breath; what’s your hogwarts house?

calendula; biggest pet peeve?

blanker flower; would you rather go to a cocktail party with your best friends or stay home and read a book/watch a movie with your pet?

blazing star; share a secret.

carnation; would you rather live longer or happier?

petunia; who’s story is your biggest inspiration in life? why?

bluebell; do you wear glasses?

nymphea; forest or river?

orchid; do you like exercise?

pansy; do you like poetry?