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I think that music is one of the hardest things to understand, sometimes I strugle to understand songs even in my firts language (portuguese), I believe that the melody is what make it so hard to
I think so to~ Sometimes when I listen to K-Pop, I can't tell if something they said was in Korean or in English 🙈😬 I think the pitch of their voices also makes it challenging~
@@NataliaGarza True I tried to listen to BTS with Korean lyric but their pronunciation is so much different on how I learn to read the alphabet.
Oh thank you. Glad to know I'm not the only one... After listening a song in my native language, I often have no idea what the song is about....
It’s hard to understand English songs for me and I’m from California 😂 Sia, for example...I have to look up they lyrics to get most of it and she sins in English!!🤣 Plus, singers and rappers either shorten words or lengthen them which makes them sound entirely different from speaking 😩
And thats why i am practicing my reading with bts somg lyrics😂
Girl how do you not have like 8723783789132 subs already? Your videos are adorable and fun! I'm glad you mentioned you haven't improved that much in writing cause I can totally relate, I feel pretty stagnant. Maybe writing is kind of like a base skill and we just build up vocab and speaking faster than writing? Idk. Thank you for sharing your progress!!! 💕 💝
Writing skill also comes from lots of reading, And by reading i mean novels and non fiction books (dont really feel like manga would be good for improving your writing)
Haha thanks for the compliment~ 🥰🙈💕
It's true~! My reading level is soooo much higher than what I can actually write~ It's like text message writing? ✅ essay writing? ❌ Haha I feel like it just come with practice~ Practice I have not been doing haha We'll see what happens~ 🤓💕
Can't believe Lindie is commenting here
You have so many books and I would love a video that like reviews them and gives your opinion on the book💕
Haha I plan to~! I just want to work through more of them first~ I don't want to just be like "I bought this last year... but still haven't used it" 😂😂😂
As a languages student I feel this... I bought a novel in Russian back in November and I have so far read about two pages of it... Though that’s partly because I left it halls back in March...
I was your 100tg like. Sorry, had to say it👉🏻👈🏻
@@NataliaGarza Where did you find SO MANY READING BOOKS??? I'm struggling right now to find books in Korean. I'm looking everywhere online but I can't find any. Do you have any site recommendations?
@@RosieYoungUrs4ever if you want to find an ebook i think kakaopage is okay. If you didn't live in korea you can download it on google chrome. There is a free novel to read if you wait for a certain time. And they did give you cash too
I mean I've been learning korean for about the same amount of time with barely any significant progress (cause I'm lazy lol) but I've been studying a lot lately and i already see improvement. You're literally one of the people that keeps inspiring me to get better so thanks so much.
That's me with Japanese and German~ I want to improve,,,, but I'm too lazy to study often enough to improve~
Yay~! I'm glad you're seeing improvement now~! Hopefully I'll see you in more study sessions 😉💕🙈
@@NataliaGarza I can help you with German. I picked up Korean after years of Japanese, so it's a journey 😁
i love how realistic your skills are! i think we all low key want to be fluent in like a year when you’re learning your first language but i really enjoyed when you said how speaking korean makes you happy because that’s the level i want to get to! when i get to talk or interpret spanish it brings me so much joy and that’s why i study languages
Haha yes~ I want to be fluent already, but... at the same time.. then I wouldn’t need to study anymore and that’s half the fun 😂😂 RIGHT!!?? It makes me so happy~ it’s like the fruit of all our hard work and effort!!
This was actually really encouraging for me because I only started learning Korean "seriously" kinda since the beginning of the lockdown and I'm really impatient (I'm also learning spanish and I could watch series without subs after less than a month) but now I feel like I'm probably progressing at a normal pace since after so much time you still find difficulties understanding some things so I need to be more forgiving to myself lol
I am learning spanish as well. I reintroduced Japanese after trying it a few weeks ago. I also tried Koran and Chinese and I think I will add one of the two even though I on the fence for learning polish or Russian. ha ha. sweet dilemma
I'm also learning Korean and Spanish, lol. This video was great for me because I switch hobbies fast and lose interest and become impatient when I'm not suddenly fluent in 5 weeks 😭
1. your bookshelves are beautiful
2. Your skills are goals. I know the feeling of not being where you want to be after years of study but you're at such a good level and still working to improve! That's so inspiring! Keep going and you'll achieve all your goals for sure!!
Hehehe thanks~ I wish I had gotten a bigger one TBH~ Also, you're complimenting my bookshelves when I know yours are amazing~ 🙈
I hope so~! I'm just moving like a turtle these days lol Getting better everyday, but not by much 😂
I don’t know if this is the case, but the children’s book issue I think is somewhat common - I have a friend whose really good at Chinese (I envy him so much) but he still can’t read children’s books because a lot of them are full of idioms, or rhyming and just generally really hard to understand without having been raised there. Love your videos - every time I watch I feel so motivated to learn languages :)
I think Chinese relies on idioms more than Korean, but I wouldn't be surprised if that's why I have such a hard time understanding the stories 😭😭 I think for me it's very random vocabulary that I've never had the need for~ For example, I'm currently reading Alice in Wonderland and now know random words like "hole," "vest," and "pocket watch." 😂 Hopefully the more I read, the easier the stories will become~! Also, I'm now jealous of your friend too~ 😂😂
My main goal for learning Korean is for when I get to actually travel there and I want to be able to speak to locals.. so I can get to her level I'll be happy
“My ability to express myself in writing korean. Where is it?” “Things I cannot understand? Children’s books~” 😂😂 I’m dead. This is so funny but also so frustrating. But honestly I don’t even speak Korean and I can tel your level is so, so high, I’m so impressed! Obviously by your speaking but also the fact that you can even conceive of writing academic essays 🤯 I can’t even imagine that with Chinese atm haha keep it up!!!
LOLOLOLOL Brooooooooo I can barely write an essay~ haha I’m not writing academic essays yet~ just trying (and failing) 😂🙈🙈🙈 hehe but thanks for the compliments~
AND ONG I DIDNT KNOW YOU HAD STARTED UPLOADING OUR VIDEOS TO CZcams!!
Natalia Garza hahaha you’ll get there though!! Such goals 🤩 also i just thought I’d post them on CZcams if I already made them for insta but I wanna make CZcams-specific vids soon so this is more just me dumping some stuff on my channel until then😂
LOL I see~ I hope you make some Chinese-related content~ I know we've talked about this before, but there are only a few Chinese language content creators~ Plus, your videos are amazing~ #ChineseGoals haha
4.5 YEARS! DID I HEAR THIS RIGHT! I thought it would take a year at most to learn a language. 😩😩 I’m screwed for sure. But I love how committed you are!
i mean it really depends what your goals are for that language/how much time u spend/exposure(having korean friends) but I would say to be pretty good in a language it would take 3-4 years lol
A year would be good to cover the basics only. Maybe speaking wise you'd progress faster but it honestly depends on your tenacity and environment.
I've been living in Tokyo for a little over a year and I still suck at speaking Japanese, am getting better, but still suck.
And I'm intermediate level. 😩 But I've only been studying for 2.5 years so I still have a long way to go.
It also does depend on how you learn a language. There are many ways to learn a language. My favorite is just diving into speaking and listening in pure Korean right away with lots of hand jesters and pictures. Having a teacher speak only Korean and learning as a child learns languages
If you think about it, 2017 was 4 years ago. Start now. You'll get there.
@@NatashasArt jesters?
Cuteness overload starts from : 8:24
😂This actually really motivated me
this might not be something you're into, but if you have time, can you make short vlogs where you speak in easy korean w/ subtitles? i don't know where to start with engaging in spoken korean i tried vlogs but they all speak so fast w/o subtitles so i need something n this wld be really cool!! anyway it's okay if not tho you inspire me a lot ✨
Oh i think this idea is pretty cool. Lately I saw a youtube Asmr Video and in it someone spoke korean and made english subtitles as well. Cause he was talking really slow it was kinda helpful. I know its a bit late, but maybe I can help you with that :)
I seriously have no idea how to start at first I get motivated and excited then when I set to study I don’t know where should I begin
Start by Learning the Korean alphabet first, this will help you with pronunciation it will make your life easier.
I love your mindset when it comes to speaking!! Speaking is always my weakest skill in whatever language I am learning because I feel so ashamed of myself whenever I make mistakes and I actually actively avoid speaking to people (GREAT strategy I know lol). Going forward I'd love to try and think about it in a similar way as you do because I feel like that will help me a lot :)
Thank you for this video!
I used to lowkey avoid speaking too~ Basically if the person spoke English better than I spoke Korean, then I wouldn’t even try speaking in Korean. It wasn’t until I realized it was self sabotage that I actually started speaking and improving~ Now it’s hard to get me to stop talking 😂😂 Like I could spend half my iTalki class just talking about random stuff with my teacher instead of learning the new grammar structure or something 😂
Don’t be too hard on yourself~ You won’t feel comfortable speaking in your TL overnight~ It takes time~
I love the honesty. I think you’ve achieved a ton in 4.5 years. And why inflate that when what you’ve done is impressive. Great video :)
Lovely video😊thank u for inspiring me to keep on studying and I'm pretty proud i could understand close to everything you spoke in korean after 8 moths of self-study so now i also feel more encouraged because I feel like I've really made progress😋love from Finland 🇫🇮
Awwww!! I'm happy that you could understand my Korean!!! That's amazing progress in such a short amount of time~~! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I've been studying (rather half-heartedly tbh...) for about five years now, and it's encouraging to see that we're at a very similar level! Here's to our continued progress :)
I’ve been following you for a really long time and it’s really encouraging to see how much your Korean has improved🥰
Haha I feel like I haven't improved that much though 🙈🙈 Haha Thank you for sticking with me~ Hopefully I'll be able to make more content that encourages you~ That really is why I make videos 🥰
@@NataliaGarza you definitely have😊
Hi Natalia! Watching your videos inspires me to continue learning Korean. Thank you for that! 화이팅!
It's been just over 4 years since I've started studying Korean. I was lucky enough to be able to take the first 2.5 years of Korean at University, but since then I've only been self-studying. Well, I say self study, but I've been extremely lazy in studying the way I know I should after I graduated. So I'm a bit disappointed in my current skill level. I feel like it should be way higher had I kept up better study habits.
That being said, I feel you on the children's books. I bought one after studying for 1 year and realized it was way above my level still haha. Also, I was trying to study to take the TOPIK II exam, and those advanced reading questions get super academic while the advanced listening questions are basically academic lectures or presentations. Studying for that made me realize how much my vocabulary is holding me back more than anything else.
I couldn't take the TOPIK exam this year due to COVID cancelling it in my area, so for my peace of mind I stopped studying for it, too haha. Too much stress. But I still meet with an italki teacher once a week for a 1 hour conversation of free talking. I'm not sure if I've noticed any improvement, but I do enjoy talking in Korean when I get the chance.
Also for fun, I made sure the subs were OFF when you started speaking in Korean to talk about your speaking skills. I would say I understood about 99%. There were one or two words I wasn't sure I knew, but it didn't really keep me from understanding what you were intending to say.
I'm sure what I'm trying to say other than I have some similar experiences in trying to gauge any growth in my Korean skills.
i love you natalia! u encouraged me to learn korean and i really love it bcs i really need a study buddy :) love u!❤❤❤
🥰🥰🥰 I'm glad that I can encourage you in your studies~! 💕
This is so encouraging, I feel the same way but about Japanese; I started learning Japanese a month ago but would like to learn some basic Korean for when I hopefully get to visit Korea some day. So tempted to just quit my job and join a school so I can study full time but hey ho, in this economy, maybe not.
I am so happy that I found your channel! I'm only a month into learning Korean and as I look more into sentence, verb conjugations, etc it seems really scary and challenging but I am determined to stick with this and to continue learning. I'm learning for 2 reasons, we are going to Korea in 2023 and I want to know Korean well enough that I can carry on a conversation on my own and not have to rely on a translator so much and also because I LOVE Kdramas and I'm tired of having to read the subtitles and then look up at the screen to see what is going on. I love your channel and you are my motivation to keep learning.
The fact that I could understand most of your Korean makes me motivated to start studying again!
I actually studied Korean for a year and a half and I stopped for like a year but now I’m picking it up again.
I really enjoy your videos, thank you so much!
Oooooh~ I'm sure whatever you may have forgotten will come back quickly!! 💕
This was fun to watch thanks for your honesty you are super encouraging
awh you are amazing well done you should be so proud!
You are such an inspiration and I absolutely adore your voice when you talk in Korean. You can feel how much you enjoy it 💜 I started watching your videos in 2017 and girl it's been a journey. Looking forward to seeing you being absolutely fluent and confident in your skills.
Omggggg you’re an OG subscriber haha I’m sorry for all the bad videos you’ve seen on my channel 😂😂 I’m looking forward to being fluent too~!! Hopefully it’ll happen sooner than later~~!!
You crack me up!!! Love this video~ it's so true, no matter how "long" we learn, it's all relative and depends on many factors, greatly. A lot of parents teach their kids to speak Korean, as in little babies have Korean tutors to teach them to speak fluent Korean. So little kids books are really difficult 😬. They're not always for fun, usually it's "educational fun". A few of my students have Korean comic books that teach them various subjects (like Detective Butt series, Kakao Friends series, etc.) One gave me a book to borrow and I could understand nothing 🤣.
As for listening, I went through this phase a few years ago when I watched all kinds of legal dramas and I absorbed all this vocab related to legal proceedings even though I still couldn't use any of it🤣 Need to get back into listening to different kinds of material!
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Hahahahaha yes “educational fun” 😂😂😂 I want to be able to enjoy “educational fun” too~~ 😭😭 one day~ for now I will struggle LOL
Omggg yes~ I know a few crime related words kuz I love crime dramas haha as you learned from our convo last week 😂😂 but yeah~ I need to watch other types of dramas or something to learn words I can actually use 🤓🤓
I've been studying the same amount of time, so I really appreciate your honesty! I'm not the only one not perfect!
I'm happy to hear I'm not the only one~! Of course~ I don't want others to have unrealistic expectations~
Your video really came in the right time .. i have been learning korean for 6 months right now .. i made a really good progression .. but these days i am seriously thinking to give up .. i keep questioning my self .. why am i learning ? .. i should perfect my english instead .. thank you for sharing your progression with us .. 화아팅 ❤
Love your bangs!! :)
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I’ve been self studying Korean for 3 years and I relate to you so much!!!! tysm for this 🥺🥺🥺 I have seen so many people who are advanced setting unrealistic expectations for people who are trying to learn or are beginners... I can say by experience that is so discouraging to see how there are so many people who “learned” in so little time. Hard to not let it get to your head but gets better after a while. It was so refreshing to hear your experience and where you stand with the language 🥰
I thought I was the only one who struggles with children books. There literally the HARDEST thing to understand lol. I ask native speakers and they haven't even heard of some of the vocab in the books. Btw you have inspired me so much, I'm always so exited when you upload new videos
화이팅!!
Wahhhh when you whipped out that casual confidence in speaking Korean I did a double take 👀👾 You’re doing so well, Natalia! I literally look forward to the day I can speak with such ease. I also love all the resources you use! Thanks for breaking everything down so nicely 🥰
Awwwww thanks Kae~ I made a few mistakes during that short monologue though so don't be too impressed 😂😂 Yeasss~ Check them out~!! I love them so much~!! Lemme know if you want to know more about any of them~ I can send you pictures of the table of contents and stuff~
You speaking Korean makes me so happy and motivated!
I really loved this video and your Korean sounds really natural!! small mistakes are always a part of learning so I find it amazing that you didn't try to memorize an entire speech in perfectly correct mistake-free Korean that could be misleading. I'm so glad you didnt do that and that you allowed yourself to show us how you naturally speak and how happy and honest you sound!!
Took me 8 years to get Level 6 so fighting!!
8 YEARS!!!! omg good on you, honesty I could never do that I really hope you achieve your goal but, do u have any tip to learn Korean maybe fast… or is that but a bit much ?😅😅???
@@Malaak_adnan6578 I think learning fast is a real motivator, but you shouldn't depend on it. I've been "studying" English for over 11 years now, and I've just gotten to the point, where I can read most semi-scientific papers and write stories in English. I'm still horrible at real life conversations though, because I rarely have to use English in my everyday life. So, I think you can improve relatively fast during the first few stages of learning a language, but the fine tuning takes a whole lot of time.
@@Smiuley that’s awesome how you’ve studied more than 11 years to learn English, I totally agree with you, and yes, learning fast is huge motivator. And thank you for the advice. I kinda did quit learning Korean but seeing comment; learning English for more than 11 years is super impressive, it does makes me wanna start learning again but it does take up a lot of courage to get that motivation back to start again. I also do try to you know watch a lot of Korea drama to get me to where I am like learning simple phrase like “ thank you” etc, sometimes I think to myself, if I was going to learn korean, is it really worth it, and I don’t even know when will I ever speak it. Because I’m still in high school and I still have a lot ahead of me in life, however sometimes I do think that it is waste of time but then I realise that learning new thing makes me enjoy life especially things you’re passionate about. I think your comment did boost my motivation to try again and not give up so I want to thank you!
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I'm glad I found your channel! I've been studying Korean at university for 3 years and half and I sometimes feel like stuck in intermediate level ( I've been using Ewha 3-1 and 3-2 too) although I had done some translations for uni like some parts in certain novels or some academic papers but I want to say,that your video encouraged me even more.Thank you!
Ps: (Sorry for my English,it's not my first language)
I'm so glad to see another person still struggling after so long studying. I've been studying for 4 years and just spectacularly failed the topik 2. Tried to push myself and it didn't work. I guess learning languages is just a commitment that'll take a good few more years 😅
OMG!! I use italki for learning Mandarin as well. I really think it is an awesome resource.
I think, the more you read Korean children's stories the more you become familiar with the vocabulary they use. 아이들의 이야기 더 읽으면 읽을소록 그 이야기에서 쓰는 어회에 더 익숙해질 것 같아요. BTW, do you recommend watching vlives for studying Korean or Korean language comprehension?
I love your channel!
Ok I’ve found out that time means nothing 😭
I’ve been learning Korean for 3 years and I’m still a beginner 😅🤧
한국어 잘해요! 😆 Your korean is excellent!!
ㅎㅎㅎ 아직도 서툴러요~ 🙈
한국말 얘기하실 때 발음이 너무 좋아요! 😍 You're already so good at Korean! 화이팅입니다ㅎㅎ
🙈🙈🙈🙈 감사합니다~ 아직도 서툴러요~ ㅠㅠ
I just started learning Korean and I was able to sound these out! Yay!
Thank you for sharing a very honest opinion about your korean learning journey!! 저도 공감할 수 있습니다! Being stuck in between level for too long is probably the worst thing coz its holding me back from achieving my fluency target.
I love the intro lol i genuinely enjoy videos like this!!!!
Hahahaha I really get those questions tho!! Haha I have more videos planned~ Hopefully they don't take me as long to edit though LOL
@@NataliaGarza my offer to read feedback for you is always on the table ! If you ever need me for anything i'm always here !! Excited for future content as always !!!
Is that your bookshelf in the back? It's so pretty I thought you were in a bookstore or library at first. Would love to see a bookshelf tour. Btw love the new hair! :)
Haha definitely my bookshelf~ I'm working on finishing more books before giving y'all a bookshelf tour~ I want to offer insight into the books so that it's not like a giant haul~ I switch between different resources so much depending on what skills I want to focus on, that it makes it hard to give proper reviews haha
hehe thanks~ 💕
Thank you for making this video. My Korean progress is really slow compared to other languages I am learning (since they are closer to my native language). This frustrates me sometimes, but this video helps me to set realistic goals for myself.
I'm glad this video helps you in some way~ I feel frustrated with my progress in Korean sometimes too~ I'm only just starting to use upper-intermediate materials and I feel like I should have started using them a long time ago~
i 100% relate to what you said about the listening, i also have been learning korean for 4.5 years(i've been watching your videos for years now) and i'd like to say that i understand about 98% of shows/dramas or even webtoons in korean as long as they're not about politics or crime, or i'll feel really lost, also what you said about children books are soooooooo true, i think the reason why they're so hard to understand is because most of them are tradition or are fulktales
"how do i say this in English??"
-> a mood lmao
i like the band "treasure" lately cause i can actually understand their songs while listening (compared to my mains where i have to research and sometimes still cant understand haha... kpop can be sooo hard)
your videos are inspirational ^^ im gonna have to check out some of these books, i need more
한국어 열심히 공부하시나 봐요! 저도 3년 동안 공부하고 있는데 나타리아 씨 처럼 한국어 실력이 원하는 만큼 향상시키지 않았어요. 말하기 능력을 늘리기 위해서 italki 수업도 받고 있고 한국말로 유튜브 영상을 만들고 있어요. 포기하지 말고 유창하게 되도록 화이팅하세요!
U are my inspiration 😊
Thank you so much for all your helpful videos they have motivated me a lot!! Btw how old where you when you start learning Korean?
I love this video so much and your hair looks so cute 😊I’m so happy you made this video too , I started self Learning Korean for 3 months now! And I wanted to ask if you go to uni or did go what did you study , I’m really curious.
Natalia님 한국말 아주아주 잘하시네요~ 저도 그렇게 잘 하고 싶어요! 덜 바쁘면 되게 좋을텐데요...
아무튼 항상 수고 하시고 홧팅하세영~^^
ㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎ 아뇨~! 아직도 서툴러요~! 시실 이 영상을 편집하면서 틀림을 많이 찾았어요 ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ 하지만~ 계속 공부하려구요!! 더 잘 할 수 있게!! Tasfia 씨도 화이팅~!! 💕
@@NataliaGarza 같이 화이팅해요 ㅎㅎ
@@NataliaGarza ㅋㅋ 저도 영상을 편집할 때 그렇게 해서 그 마음을 알아요 ㅋㅋㅋ
와우 여기 글을 쓰신 분들 모두 한국어를 정말 잘하시는군요. 이런 식으로 마치 한국사람처럼 자연스럽게 글을 쓰는 것이 쉽지 않은데 정말 대단하시네요. 저는 영어를 오랫동안 공부했지만 지금도 이렇게 자연스럽게 글을 쓰는 것이 어려운데, 부럽네요. ^_^
계속 즐겁게 공부하실 수 있기를 바랍니다. 화이팅!!
I’m that one person who can’t understand anything... 😅😂
Those korean Harry Potter books 😭❤️
안녕하세요 ❤
안녕하세요~
I love this video. (I'm new to your channel). I started learning Korean February of this year and I don't know much. I have learned 한굴 and some batchim but not all of it. I'm a little intimidated by the speaking part of Korean. I like some of those books you use. I will have to look up Yonsei! I'm in Korean class and I also like ttmik. Yonsei is new to me!
Hi and welcome~! Yonsei has a ton of great resources for Korean learners!! The hard part is getting your hands on them when you live outside Korea! 😭
@@NataliaGarza Well, that's a bummer. I might just have to stick to my class and TTMIK books. Your videos are pretty helpful too. 😊
This video made me feel so discouraged, but I feel like is something I needed to hear (thank you) the fact that it's been four years of self-study. Is it even possible to learn korean to the level of watching k dramas without subtitles or to have a conversation with someone by self studying? I know it's also going to depend on the person but is it possible? I want to learn Korean through self-study because I have no other way (that is how I found this channel on youtube). Is it going to be possible without an initial interaction with people? But reaching the end of the video made me feel proud and happy again, to hear how she expresses her thoughts speaking in Korean, it made me regain my hope.
I would have travelled to Korea if I knew to speak this fluently like you, but then also you say your not so correct. Well thanks for such a good video . You're my motivator in learning Korea.. 💜💜💜💜💜
Hi Natalia! Thank you so much for sharing your progress and all of your resources! I was wondering if you knew anything about the Korean classes offered at the YMCA, or elsewhere? I've heard that those are a thing and wanting to ask if you had any personal experience with them (or know anyone who does!) Thank you so much~!
Thank you so much Natali for sharing your progress and experience in leaning Korean with us. It does help me a lot on what to expect. I'm only 5 months into self studying Korea.
I can really related when you find speaking Korean make you happy. For me, just being able to read Hangul and understand Korean at my beginner level, make me happy. I really don't know why but I'm so glad that you find joy when immersing yourself in Korean as well.
I'm thinking of getting " Learning Korean with BTS", do you recommend it? Thank you so much for spend time and effort making the video. It really motivate me :))
P.S I love both Jimin and J-Hope so ... :)) Can you give me the link where you brought Chimmy top? It looks so cute.
Awesome
It sounds like your Korean was a little ahead of my Japanese at the same time. I remember when I started and people thought it was cool and asked me similar questions. I got into Japanese knowing I was looking at 6+ years to reach a level I’d be proud of. Watching people’s faces when I said that to them was very interesting.
My freind is 1 and a half years learning Korean but me just this year and also your video help me more learn Hangul and I totally understand on the part I couldn't speak Korean only or like oppa,food and other I don't know how I understand I'm only a begginer
Don't hate me, but I was watching some of your videos and thinking about subscribing.. then you said you are a Hobi and Mang bias, yeah no hesitation in subscribing then, haha. Looking for forward to watching all your old and new content! 💜
when you were speaking and those two or so words were missing, that effort you made, like closing your eyes and trying to fetch the right word in Korean... that's the single most efficient way of language learning. mainly if you are surrounded by Korean speakers that cannot understand English. Your head will hurt but your speaking skills improve so much. That's the equivalent of marathoning for the brain. You're doing amazing!
It's funny that people ask if you can understand sm after 4.5 years.... it's just like you're a 4.5 year old kid learning english you wouldn't be understand deep metaphors and crime dramas either aha
Just wanted to say your hair looks so cute
🙈🙈🙈 thank you~
HAMSBDJS U PLAYED THE GUILTY SECRET. I LOVE THAT WEB DRAMA🥺💜
niceee video. ive been watching your channel to help with my korean learning. i really like the mang pencilcase in the thumbnail. where did u get it from ❤
I got it while traveling in Korea last year~ But I believe you can get the same on on the 10x10 stationery website~!!
@@NataliaGarza thank youuuu 💕
우아... 한국어할때 한국인 같아요 너무 신기해요 ㅋㅋ 제 말은 진짜 특성 잘 살려서 얘기하시는 것 같아요 노력 많이 하셨을 것 같음 ㅠㅠ
I really have trouble when it comes to speak Korean, I can understand what the other person is saying but I'm really slow while I'm finding what words to say and in what structure. Do you have any tips?
How many hours per day have you dedicated and how consistent have you been? I am trying to learn Spanish but I always fall off the wagon, so to speak, and I'm not consistent enough to really learn it. But when I see how far you've come along with Korean, a language that is far more challenging, it makes me feel like I should get my act together!
So inspiring journey. Hope I can also speak korean, btw I'm also studying hanguel
Oh how fun~ The beginning can be really hard, but it's also the most rewarding because you're learning so much so fast!!
Just from you saying that you understand GOT7's songs, you are pretty good at Korean. Because they have some really deep and creative lyrics. Keep going and learning.
Also I wanted to know whether you are an Ahgase ?
한국어 발음이 정말좋아요 ㅋㅋ 정확하게 다 이해할수있게끔 말씀하시네요. 문법적으로도 단어선택도 그정도면 어느 한국인과도 대화하는데 문제없으실거같아요 ㅋㅋ
And can I please ask..if I want to do my masters in SK , am I gonna have to do the module in Korean? Because I am planning on doing that
Hey Natalia, I started learning Korean and Hangul two months ago and i made sure to watch videos about mistakes to avoid before learning. Right now, i'm on grammar rules and just grammar in general (including natural sounds to make and how to speak like a native). But my question is, because i haven't reached that level yet, why do Koreans (and you as well as other native English speakers) speak Korean with such a high pitched intonation, even if you may naturally have a low pitched speaking voice as an English speaker? I hope this is not such a dumb question since I'm still a beginner ha ha. Your answer would reallyy help me out.
PS, I love your channel!
I love your personality. I have been thinking of learning either Japanese or Korean after Mandarin, but I don't know if I would be able to use it. 😅😅
Awww thanks~ hmmmm yeah choosing between the two would be a very personal decision~ if you wouldn’t have the opportunity to use it, then you’d have to make sure you’re invested in the culture of history of either Korea or Japan~
@@NataliaGarza Thank you. How do you use your Japanese and Korean?
I kind of feel like you're the most honest youtuber I've ever seen
Wow~ thanks~ There's no point in lying about my abilities haha You would be able to tell what I can and can't do~ 😂
@@NataliaGarza hehe~ it's so fun to watch your videos they're becoming my routine slowly haha
안녕하세요 ㅋㅋ 지나가던 한국인인데 한국어 스피킹 정말 잘하세요~~🥰
Wow you speak Korean nattalliaaa very well good luck
Natalia looking so beautiful
Thanks~ 🥰
I love learning Korean.
Me too! It makes me really happy even though it can be difficult at times~
@@NataliaGarza It can be, listening makes it easy. Reading is another thing 😆
So if you asked me how long I've been learning Korean for... I'd have to say I started learning in 2013 lol but it's not been my priority. I did do a small course in uni though but that was extracurricular with beginner level korean. I can read and get the gist of things and same with listening. But when I write I have to look things up obsessed with getting the perfect sentence. My speaking isn't there lmao though I did talk to a Korean grandma once and she said my Korean was good haha. But I know I need to just practice but damn there's just no time and I tend to consume Korean content passively and not actively... I think I should just rather make habits learning small things each day and doing it that way.
Will you do a Q&A video?
I feel weirdly proud that I was actually able to read and understand your BTS essay. I definitely wouldn't be able to write like this right now though, even though I know all the grammar and most of the vocab in there. I feel like writing is always that one skill that's just lagging behind.
I just had a question when studying Korean and you are like the only CZcamsr that checks your comments. My question has nothing to relate to your video but has to do with this Hangul symbol “ㄱ” in particular. In words/phrases, it both makes two different sounds, “g” and “k”. Is there a certain spot in words that it particularly makes one or the other sounds? Like how can you tell that symbol makes a “k” or a “g” sound when pronouncing the word?
From experience and hearing lots of words and phrases where natives say it you will get the feeling of it naturally.
Crestguard Thanks!
I don't know of any official rules for "ㄱ." I thought about this for a few days and I realized that any pattern that I thought could be considered as an unofficial pronunciation rule had too many exceptions, so I think I'll just have to say that you'll start to know when "ㄱ" will be pronounced more like a "g" or "k" once you've has enough exposure to the language.
After a few months of study, I was able to "feel" whether the "ㄱ" in a new word was a "k" or "g" sound, so I wouldn't stress about it too much~ Honestly, I learned most Korean pronunciation rules/patterns by just doing a lot of listening!
Think about how kids books are written in English! Especially fairy tails! They're written to be fun for the kids and there's a whole different style, so they wouldn't necessarily have the most used or natural language! It makes sense that kids books would be harder :)
What app were you using? It looked like it may have been a dictionary or translater
songs are the most difficult thing to understand, i’m planning on studying Korean in the near future, meanwhile i’m trying to improve my English skills (4th language for me after Arabic, classic Arabic, Hebrew). i can set and watch an entire comedy show or interviews without subs, but when it comes to songs i struggle to understand without lyrics at least
I use subtitles for everything. I was born knowing 3 languages (Canadian English, Japanese, and Spanish) and I still use captions for anything in that language. I'm learning Korean, and I think I'll stick to that path and use the Korean captions on songs lol.
can you please tell me, how are your knowledge about korean language in your 2 years of learning?
Wow you have so many books. I wanna get textbooks but they’re so expensive online
i think i'm sort of the opposite. i can understand spanish very well and write term papers in spanish, but dialogue is really hard for me if it's with a native speaker. i can speak spanish very well on my own or around my non-spanish speaking family but when it comes to native speakers it's like my brain can't compute lol
me throughout the whole vid: NOOOOO T.T
me after i heard you speaking Korean: there’s hope XP