I feel like kdrama and kpop should be like a practice break once u have learnt quite a lot cause it really gives u a little boost of motivation when u hear something and realize that u know what it means without captions!😂😅
Thats me with english. Listening skills need dedication. Used to watch my favorite movie daily without understanding. And then BOOM!!! I am fluent now.
Hi, If you know your Hangul and have difficulty reading words and sentences, I suggest learning a few sound rules. It will make the task much easier. Let me know if I can help. ^ ^
i am acctualy starting to learn korean beacause of bts..they inspire me A LOT... someday i wanna understand what they are sayin without eng sub. and i also wanna uderstand korean ARMY...get closer...btw. I am Czech ARMY (EUROPE-MY COUNTRY IS NEXT TO GERMAN XD..JUST SAIN)
Me before learning hangeul: How can anyone read those circles, squares and lines??? Me after learning hangeul: Pfft, it's so easy, what do you mean it's hard-
@@abig6762 so basically 받침 is korean word that have endings 가 = don't have 받침 밤 = have 받침 덟 = have double 받침 And there's different ways to pronounce it like for example 같이 is pronounce kachi (the ㅌ becomes ch) It's really complex so i can't explained it to you but if you want to know more, there's a lot of explanation on google or youtube
I’m American Korean, and since my parents are divorced and I live with my dad I couldn’t practice/get help with my Korean since he doesn’t speak it (( I was raised and my first language was Korean )) but after I moved in with my dad I had to learn English and now I’m trying to refresh myself with my culture and language and I’m glad I came upon this video❤️
Interesting, I never watched K-drama or listened to K-pop and after 1 year learning Korean my listening, even though I practiced with our student's book listening practices, was really bad. My classmates were all k-pop k-drama fans and they just understood a lot more. Then in the summer of 19' I began my K-drama journey and the listening part improved a lot. Also sensing some newly learnt grammar in the k-drama I am currently watching has been a lot of fun.
F A C T S ~ ~ ! ! I actually pronounce things wrong when I try to read romanization~~! There’s just too much variation in how different resources romanize words that it’s not a good idea to use it~
i just started studying korean recently and i’m constantly either listening to korean podcasts, music, or watching kdrama and the other day i caught myself mumbling to myself in korean. it surprised me because i didn’t realize i learned the words. 💀
@@lifegoesok7221 not bad! i had stuff going on in my life recently so i wasn't able to study much, but it sticked! repetition is important! i can understand a lot now and i can use some words and phrases.
I dont know about tip #4 😂 all day I watch kdrama and listen to kpop like BTS and BLACKPINK and other kpop bands. That is how I kinda understand. When I watch kdrama I have caption on, and I have those habit that every time I listen to what they say and pause the video and repeat what they said and read the captions to understand what they said 😂 same thing for kpop i start singing korean and learn the whole lyrics in korean and English 🤣🤣 i love your video. So helpful!!❤
ahhhh~ that's a technique called sentence mining! haha if you do that, it's more like studying~ I'm specifically referring to the people that think they can just watch the drama and become fluent~ While I'm sure even that would work if someone were to do it for years, I'm just trying to emphasize that it's not the most efficient way to study~
7:00 I'd have to say that I learned Japanese by adding hours and hours of listening practice(music/anime/news/talkshows) in addition to my regular vocab/grammar study and it is extremely helpful. I think the big point is that you can't just ONLY do that because like you say it'll just go over your head.
Great advice thank you! 👍🤓✨I'm currently trying to find my motivation back cause I've been mostly reviewing and indeed it is not the most exciting though really necessary! I will apply your advice by setting a goal of making at leat 5 sentences for each grammatical point I'll review and see how it goes.
love ur bubble personality 😘😘💜 anyay wish me luck..just started learning koreans..like..really really..from zero. Thx for the advice..okay..hangul..it is
Hi Natalia씨~ I just became a new subscriber today and I've seen several of your wonderful, funny, and ecstatic videos ( your video on the 6 things you wish you knew before learning Korean was my favorite! ) My dad and I found ourselves LITTERALLY laughing out loud to several of your videos, and my dad never laughsㅋㅋㅋ Your videos are so well made, so cleverly deliviered that you have captured our hearts! My family and I have just recently started the Korean fluency journey ourselves, and love to know we are not alone on the Korean sea. Thanks for all your wonderful advice~ I've also created a CZcams channel to vlog our Korean study adventures at home and it has been doozy. If you are the least bit interested in seeing our family adventure please get back to me~ Again thank for creating such intriguing content!
Very good explanations and makes good sense. A bit discouraging, though, as I only want to understand Korean so I can watch K dramas. So many fabulous K dramas... Thanks, Natalia! Great video!
my dream is have a korean friends because i'm start learn korean and i need to speak with people for learn it moreeee so please if someone want to be my friend i'm here .
You always give such good advice~ I've been studying Korean for 1 year (my study is on a hiatus bc of uni u no) and I struggle getting past the upper beginner stage :( do you have any specific advice for this ?
Hmmm My advice to you would be to just continue learning vocabulary and grammar structures. Personally I could feel the jump once I learned... maybe.... 80 intermediate level grammar structures? I'm sharing the number with you because I want you to have a point of reference, but the reason I could feel the jump was because I was able to better express myself and understand others. Continuing to grow your vocabulary is also vital. At the time, I was studying about 100 words a week (not because I wanted to, but because I needed to for my classes). Oh! Also! I didn't remember all those words haha I would say I only truly learned about 500-700 of the words that I studied that year. In other words, I would say you just need to keep going! Continue to learn new words and grammar patterns, and eventually you'll realize you've hit an intermediate level. That's what happened to me. I felt like my Korean had plateaued for about a year until one day I realized I was intermediate lol (The year that I felt I was stuck was the year I was in Korea learning all those grammar structures and vocabulary words.)
i have the same problem, but I'm trying to writing and then I see the right answer. usually I do a lot of mistakes, but I think is better know your mistakes than write everything right and don't know what u did wrong
I found your video 2 weeks after I started my own journey to learn Korean. You are super funny and had me lol watching your videos. Please keep posting tips please.
Listening in the beginning just helps you to get to used to the language. I mean, it's not that beneficial, but i think it's also important if you like tired to learn grammar or new words or smth. So, don't underestimate listening in the beginning😂 Actually your video helped me so much, thanks!! Hope you're okay! ❤️
Would love to see a video on how you review as usually I feel like I just skim over everything and I'm not actually reviewing properly 😂 also I love your Totoro hoodie! 😍
Hmmmm interesting ~ Haha you’re not the first person to make this request today so it looks like I’ll have to add that video to my To-Do list~! Awww thanks~ I bought it on my first trip to 명동~! 🥰
I just found you and omg your korean is soooo good and so fast holy guacamoly! And besides that you're so cute and funny and entertaining and I'm definetly going to subscribe to your channel. Hell yes :D Have a great day
LOVE THIS VIDEO😤💜💜 started learning korean just to know what bts saying on vlive without engsub😢 and i want study in south korea so why not :3 tysm for this awesome video!!
한글 is definitely the best start :) ive only been studying it for just iver a month but at first i just started without really knowing what to do and hsd a bunch of apps, it was overwhelming because i was trying to memorise the words that were just appearing on my screen in letters i didnt know at all 😭😭 but then a week or two ago, i learnt 한글 and now i can read and write a little bit (like short sentences) because i learnt it :)
First, I stopped the video when you talked about learning German, just to make sure this is a video about learning korean XD (btw I'm a German so I'm sorry for my bad English skills lol) 1. Learned hangul... 2. can introduce myself, know basic sentences 3. Can understand really basic grammar lol Dont know what to do now, because I'm a stupid potato But thank you for the video, you're the best💕 * wup wup I am out
Did I mention German in this video?? LOL I don't even remember 😂 You're not a stupid potato~ You're a smart potato~ Just continue what you are doing~ Continue to study grammar and learn new vocabulary!I recommend How to Study Korean's website! It has amazing free lessons that include both grammar and vocabulary. Their explanations are very thorough as well! If you need something that also includes listening, which I highly recommend since you are a beginner, I would check out the channel "Mini Teaches Korean" and "Korean 언니!" I also recommend TTMIK if you don't currently use their CZcams channel to study Korean.
Hi! My name is Jasper, I'm a 15 year old from the south region in North America, and I've been procrasinating my desire to learn Korean for a couple months now and just tonight I got the motivation to be productive, Ive finally decided to spend the next couple hours learning tips and the alphabet an such. Point is you were one of the people I've found to look promising, Im glad my gut is good to me because after watching like 3 videos of yours Ive learned more tips about Korean than my Spanish teachers ever gave me in the two years I've (unwillingly) taken Spanish in middle school and highschool. I love your side commentary about your experiences and truth along your path learning Korean and studying abroad and I believe I will continue to learn a lot from you in the future!
I disagree with you with dramas for listening (and learning). I just started to study korean and it’s the third language that I’m learning. Although you can’t use ONLY dramas as a study tool, that’s how I learned English in the first place - just by watching Harry Potter endlessly when I was 12 and being curious with the dictionary (no internet at the time). So I’m doing the same with Korean, I picked up a drama as a study object and I’ll watch it all repeatedly again and again so I’ll complement my study. I do agree, though, that if you only watch, and don’t analyze and pause and go back a few seconds, it is useless lol. But if you watch the scene, go back, repeat the lines out loud, it’s actually really helpful.
I started learning Korean last summer, and I honestly did NOT review at all. I would just fly through lessons and call it a day. I ended up forgetting everything I learned. I was pretty inconsistent throughout that time too because of school, but recently I started to learn it again. This time I'm starting with 한글, and making sure that I review everything. I hope it works out, but your videos make me very motivated! Thank you! If anyone wants to be internet study buddies, please lmk too😭🙏🏻💞
I think that in the long run, kdramas actually do help!! I wouldn’t tell someone to study only from that tho lol but for me maybe 60% of the vocab I know is the things I picked up from kdramas! Don’t expect to learn the whole language that way but it’s a good thing to do if you are feeling unmotivated to listen to lessons and study grammar it always helps me get motivated again
I totally agree! I've recently started learning Korean in a more serious way, but I've been watching k-dramas for like 8 years, and I knew soo many words of the beginner level that it made it easier to move forward with the grammar, bc I didn't have to memorize everything from zero, if that makes sense.
Rosario DiBello yeah I get you! I’m the same way I had watched kdramas for a few years before I started learning seriously so it made starting out so much easier
I want to learn Korean as my 3rd language but I am struggling to learn by myself. I learned my first language, Spanish, because my parents were Mexicans and didn't understand English. I learned how to read and write in Spanish by myself to understand more things, which I'm not very good at. I learned English at school because it was important, it was a bit hard because most people at school knew Spanish so talking in English was rare. I learned a bit more because I practiced with teachers and non-Spanish speakers.so, learning Korean might be hard because I won't have someone that knows Korean to talk to me and I don't want to talk through online because I'm a very shy person. I am excited to try and learn. Wish me luck !!!
LOL I'm not try to attack you~! I just wanted people to understand what I am taking about~ haha If you speak basic Korean already, definitely learn words about cooking because it's your hobby~!!! Haha I'm glad you found my video helpful~😍
Natalia Garza Thank you! 🥰 I can speak basic, and read Hangul. I learned mostly from kpop songs and dramas, or fan chats. Until now I didn't started adding structure to the learning process. 🥰💜
Hi thank u so much for the tips before the quarantine ends ill try my best to learn korean the reason why I love speaking Korean cause I love kpop,kdrama and I love South Korea so much
i’m really glad i never wanted to use the romanization when i started learning, the first thing i learned was hangul and i used hangul to figure out how to pronounce the romanized words haha
Watching current era Kdramas (for fun) has helped me get some basic words down and there are quite a few now where I don’t “translate them in my head” and I realized I had looked away from the screen one day and I understood a sentence. Granted, it was a short one, but still. Accomplishment. 😂 Active listening isn’t purely for fun, but watching a scene with/without the subtitles and studying that way can be fun or at least a nice change from your regular studies (cause I’m bored easily) haha Kpop is harder cause they don’t pronounce words like you would irl (like any singers), but even though I wouldn’t call it STUDYING, it’s nice to be able to pick up words that you couldn’t before 😅
Me and my younger sister both challenged ourselves to learn a new language so she decided to learn Russian and I decided to learn either learn Spanish or korean. I'm probably gonna learn Spanish first because it's way easier to learn and it's kinda similar to French(I live in Canada so I've been learning French since I was 9) so I'm probably gonna learn Spanish and then move on to Korean because it's a lot more complicated.
I am here to learn Korean because I just recently discovered how much I really enjoy Kdramas because of how soothing the Korean language sounds to my ears! So my love for Kdramas and the Korean language turned into curiosity about Kpop and I only just discovered Exo and BTS in January of this year....( I am late to everything, story of my life!) Glad I finally discovered Kpop; just sad that I am joining the Exo-L and ARMY fandom so late in the game! But I look forward to catching up and learning a new language and culture along the way!
I started learning Korean like 3 months ago cuz I was bored in quarantine and I spent the most time on learning hangul and batchim....I really wanted to get it done with cuz I know I NEED to know it becauseee you just can't write or read or do anything if you don't know it. It was a struggle but now that I did it it's going much faster for real
I have an American accent when I speak Korean, but I am Korean-American. So sometimes people have difficulty understanding me when I speak, but they pretty much figure out from the context. It’s also interesting because I kinda speak naturally, but if I’m trying to write something, I actually have to think about how things are written.
There is an app called HelloTalk and you can talk with native speakers they can help you with their native language and you can help them with your native language
@@whyyougotliceinyourhead7483 lowkey how I was too but for me I don’t like to show my face to the public so all I do is I just don’t show my face and act like a completely different person😂😂💀
Your videos helped me so much.. regarding the tip 2, to learn relevant vocabulary... my main reason to learn korean is to watch kdramas without subtitles and listen to songs... so what type of vocabulary should i focus on to start with??
I believe you are smarter than you modestly try to appear to be... :) Great video! Many things you say - like the need to review - also apply to other things you want to learn imo.
I wish I could watch k drama with double sub titles, English on the top and Korean on the bottom because that could help learn a bit more while watching them
@@NataliaGarza Haven't studied since 2003 so I've forgotten practically everything! Going to give Korean a try and also try to get back into Japanese again. Thanks for replying!
Yeaaaaa watching shows is a lazy learning situation. they can be helpful though but you need to be actively learning not just, ya know, watching t with subtitles or listening. Like music for example, pick a song that has good grammar and not to much distortion (slower sad story based songs are good for this), find the lyrics and translate them, to understand the vocabulary and grammar. then sing along with the song making sure you remember and understand what's being said. In saying that, I haven't tried this method for Korean, only Chinese.
Only bts can motivate me to learn another language ngl and here I am :) Hangul: done Writing: done and you know whats next reading while also figguring out what it means
Her Background: *BTS POSTERS*
Her: "Do you trust me?"
Me: With every cell of my body
💜💜💜 😂
Is it sad I saw that poster and was like ARMY YEAH before listening to what she said so I had to go back 😂💜🌃
@@llawliet8164 YES YES YASSSS
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@@jesijewels 💜💜💜 🙃
Hangul: Done.
Writting In Korean: Done.
Reading Korean: Done.
Speaking Korean: Done.
Actually understanding what I'm saying:❎ Not Done.
Oof sameee☠️
@@chxseoceania1252 😂
Same 😐
same :D
@@phillix1109 huh
I feel like kdrama and kpop should be like a practice break once u have learnt quite a lot cause it really gives u a little boost of motivation when u hear something and realize that u know what it means without captions!😂😅
F A C T S ! ! This literally happened to me earlier this week!
@@NataliaGarza SAMEEEEEEE It just motivates so much
I personally agree with you xD
Ik I’m a little late but same I’m like sooner or later I’m gonna understand what their gonna say lol 😆
Thats me with english. Listening skills need dedication. Used to watch my favorite movie daily without understanding. And then BOOM!!! I am fluent now.
I already learned Hangul, but I still need an ETERNITY to read a word, let alone a whole sentence!
Hi,
If you know your Hangul and have difficulty reading words and sentences,
I suggest learning a few sound rules. It will make the task much easier.
Let me know if I can help. ^ ^
@@i2ikorean thanks for the advice!
@@Mikun_darling Ha we have that same first name!!
@@estherolufowobi8972 yes ahh and we both have "olu". We are Queen's and we are Nigerians how cool is this
I learnt Hangul last night. Now I have the same problem as you do but don't worry practice makes perfect.
i see those bts posters in the back 👀
hi army ✌️
Gotta keep my boys close haha 💜💜
@@NataliaGarza I noticed them and was like, "she knows what she is doing.... Time to subscribe!"
I can see three
Hi ARMYs love you allllll 💜💜💜
i am acctualy starting to learn korean beacause of bts..they inspire me A LOT... someday i wanna understand what they are sayin without eng sub. and i also wanna uderstand korean ARMY...get closer...btw. I am Czech ARMY (EUROPE-MY COUNTRY IS NEXT TO GERMAN XD..JUST SAIN)
Your awkwardness is so cute I just cant even 😂😂
LOL The sad thing is I don't even remember being awkward in this video 😂😂
@@NataliaGarza oof
Lmao
Jsjjsjsjs
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@@NataliaGarza ☠️☠️
Me before learning hangeul: How can anyone read those circles, squares and lines???
Me after learning hangeul: Pfft, it's so easy, what do you mean it's hard-
And then you learn about 받침 and your brain just go xbsjskdjfjmsn
@@kimjongdaeloml3237 true af i am learning batchim now but its so confusing my brain sukszjsjjs
Update: I am still stuck at batchim (14 June 2021)
@@kimjongdaeloml3237 wait I doint even know what 받침 is, should I be worried😂
@@abig6762 so basically 받침 is korean word that have endings
가 = don't have 받침
밤 = have 받침
덟 = have double 받침
And there's different ways to pronounce it like for example 같이 is pronounce kachi (the ㅌ becomes ch)
It's really complex so i can't explained it to you but if you want to know more, there's a lot of explanation on google or youtube
@@kimjongdaeloml3237 that looks scary, but thanks for explaining!
learning 한글 was the first thing i did! trust me , it makes things so much easier
Whats that?😅
@@whyyougotliceinyourhead7483 hangul/korean alphabet
i can agree
Yea for me i actually learn vowels first tho and can u tell me where u learn the hangul? I learned on google-
@@elly0217 you need to learn consonants, then the complex vowels and consonants. You can learn from yt or just any site that offers lessons.
Her talk me focusing on the poster in the back and be like bangtannnnn
I can't blame you~ They're beautiful haha
Me also I can't even hear you , becoz my focus is on the posters BTS💜💜
1:15 squares and circles lmao i learnt hangul today and i felt the exact same way
RIGHT?!!??!
Natalia Garza :)
I don’t understand the difference between romanization and hangul
@@cherrysIushie romanization is dumb, learn Hangul or perish
I’m American Korean, and since my parents are divorced and I live with my dad I couldn’t practice/get help with my Korean since he doesn’t speak it (( I was raised and my first language was Korean )) but after I moved in with my dad I had to learn English and now I’m trying to refresh myself with my culture and language and I’m glad I came upon this video❤️
I hope you are able to become fluent this year!
@@annamariereverie2920 awee thank you🥺❤️
I’ve decided to go back to learning Korean alongside Japanese and Spanish ☺️
@@dot805 me too
Same! Expext for Japanese. 💌
I've already learnt Spanish and I gave up on Japanese a long time ago, so one more language to go :]
Interesting, I never watched K-drama or listened to K-pop and after 1 year learning Korean my listening, even though I practiced with our student's book listening practices, was really bad. My classmates were all k-pop k-drama fans and they just understood a lot more. Then in the summer of 19' I began my K-drama journey and the listening part improved a lot. Also sensing some newly learnt grammar in the k-drama I am currently watching has been a lot of fun.
“This was suppose to be an English filter if you-, if you didn’t catch that”😂😂
She’s so cute😂
"a boy, or girl, or person u feel me?" I FEEL YOU 😂
Yup. That is my relationship with grammar! After 5 years I can comfortably say that I can speak Japanese but my grammar would say otherwise 😂😅
Lol 😂 my sister had to learn Japanese for school and that was the same problem with her
Bruh after learning hangul romanization is so hard to read lmao-
F A C T S ~ ~ ! ! I actually pronounce things wrong when I try to read romanization~~! There’s just too much variation in how different resources romanize words that it’s not a good idea to use it~
Omg saaame I used to be good at it now I’m like that romanization don’t sound right 😂
Especially in long words lmao i get lost in the romanization of them
@@insertnamehere4833 lmao yea same
Exactly, I get lost in the words ahah
I think watching kdrama is good when you’re taking a break because you kinda get a feeling for the language
I’m not allowed to learn Korean because my dad says I need to focus on my German-
Me: in the corner of my room in the dark learning Korean
Samee but I have to learn Spanish
Imfgdfrezc why would you even learn german ew
@Aaya Haroun um i never hated
@Aaya Haroun yea i hate the language but i was never hating on a person
@Aaya Haroun um yes. Comments are for opinions so i will :)
i just started studying korean recently and i’m constantly either listening to korean podcasts, music, or watching kdrama and the other day i caught myself mumbling to myself in korean. it surprised me because i didn’t realize i learned the words. 💀
How is your korean now?
@@lifegoesok7221 not bad! i had stuff going on in my life recently so i wasn't able to study much, but it sticked! repetition is important! i can understand a lot now and i can use some words and phrases.
@@day7936 it’s amazing that you can stay motivated.. congrats! I started a year and a half ago but since i wasn’t consistent i’m not good at all
@@lifegoesok7221 you got this! every person learns differently! so maybe try a different method?
Is there a website or app that you can use to learn?
The listening thing is very true before I even thought about learning korean hearing kpop it took me like 6 months to learn a word unintentionally
@@teleriferchnyfain thank you
I think that only works effectively for baby’s up to like 5 years old because that the language development stage 😅
i see the BTS posters in the back oviously i trust you lol
Lololololol 💜
한국어 열심히 배우시는 모습이 정말 보기 좋아요!! 응원할게요 👍👍
I dont know about tip #4 😂 all day I watch kdrama and listen to kpop like BTS and BLACKPINK and other kpop bands. That is how I kinda understand. When I watch kdrama I have caption on, and I have those habit that every time I listen to what they say and pause the video and repeat what they said and read the captions to understand what they said 😂 same thing for kpop i start singing korean and learn the whole lyrics in korean and English 🤣🤣 i love your video. So helpful!!❤
ahhhh~ that's a technique called sentence mining! haha if you do that, it's more like studying~ I'm specifically referring to the people that think they can just watch the drama and become fluent~ While I'm sure even that would work if someone were to do it for years, I'm just trying to emphasize that it's not the most efficient way to study~
"Want to learn Korean? Watch this" me: oh ok
7:00 I'd have to say that I learned Japanese by adding hours and hours of listening practice(music/anime/news/talkshows) in addition to my regular vocab/grammar study and it is extremely helpful. I think the big point is that you can't just ONLY do that because like you say it'll just go over your head.
Love your posters! 😭😭💜
I love your energy , thanks for this channel ❤️
Those tips are really necessary!! I loved the video. Thanks for share this 💜💜💜😁
I’m glad you find them helpful~!! 🥰
The best thing about reviewing is that its so satisfying when you get things right :) so it’s not that bad
Just wanna compliment cuz u deserve it
Beautiful tips from a beautiful person ☺️🥺❤️💜 giiiirrrrllll u gorgeous
There are actually some tips which are quite useful for upper beginner/intermediate speakers that we usually ignore... 고마웡~
Great advice thank you! 👍🤓✨I'm currently trying to find my motivation back cause I've been mostly reviewing and indeed it is not the most exciting though really necessary! I will apply your advice by setting a goal of making at leat 5 sentences for each grammatical point I'll review and see how it goes.
love ur bubble personality 😘😘💜 anyay wish me luck..just started learning koreans..like..really really..from zero. Thx for the advice..okay..hangul..it is
Hi Natalia씨~ I just became a new subscriber today and I've seen several of your wonderful, funny, and ecstatic videos ( your video on the 6 things you wish you knew before learning Korean was my favorite! ) My dad and I found ourselves LITTERALLY laughing out loud to several of your videos, and my dad never laughsㅋㅋㅋ Your videos are so well made, so cleverly deliviered that you have captured our hearts! My family and I have just recently started the Korean fluency journey ourselves, and love to know we are not alone on the Korean sea. Thanks for all your wonderful advice~ I've also created a CZcams channel to vlog our Korean study adventures at home and it has been doozy. If you are the least bit interested in seeing our family adventure please get back to me~ Again thank for creating such intriguing content!
the beginning was so fast i was like 👁👄👁
Thank you for your tips now I realise why I'm not improving my korean.Thank you very much please keep doing this kind of videos...
감사합니다~
How cute are you!😂😊 Thank you for the tips
Very good explanations and makes good sense. A bit discouraging, though, as I only want to understand Korean so I can watch K dramas. So many fabulous K dramas... Thanks, Natalia! Great video!
my dream is have a korean friends because i'm start learn korean and i need to speak with people for learn it moreeee so please if someone want to be my friend i'm here .
this woman is amazing. im in awe
You always give such good advice~ I've been studying Korean for 1 year (my study is on a hiatus bc of uni u no) and I struggle getting past the upper beginner stage :( do you have any specific advice for this ?
Hmmm My advice to you would be to just continue learning vocabulary and grammar structures. Personally I could feel the jump once I learned... maybe.... 80 intermediate level grammar structures? I'm sharing the number with you because I want you to have a point of reference, but the reason I could feel the jump was because I was able to better express myself and understand others. Continuing to grow your vocabulary is also vital. At the time, I was studying about 100 words a week (not because I wanted to, but because I needed to for my classes). Oh! Also! I didn't remember all those words haha I would say I only truly learned about 500-700 of the words that I studied that year.
In other words, I would say you just need to keep going! Continue to learn new words and grammar patterns, and eventually you'll realize you've hit an intermediate level. That's what happened to me. I felt like my Korean had plateaued for about a year until one day I realized I was intermediate lol (The year that I felt I was stuck was the year I was in Korea learning all those grammar structures and vocabulary words.)
I have trouble with the 3rd tip. Whenever I try to write sentences on my own, I have no way of checking to see if it's correct. Any ideas?
You can try the hinative app
i have the same problem, but I'm trying to writing and then I see the right answer. usually I do a lot of mistakes, but I think is better know your mistakes than write everything right and don't know what u did wrong
I really like this video because most of it is great advice for language learning in general.
Glad to hear that!
I found your video 2 weeks after I started my own journey to learn Korean. You are super funny and had me lol watching your videos. Please keep posting tips please.
Yes, ma'am~! Welcome to the family too~! ☺️
Listening in the beginning just helps you to get to used to the language. I mean, it's not that beneficial, but i think it's also important if you like tired to learn grammar or new words or smth. So, don't underestimate listening in the beginning😂
Actually your video helped me so much, thanks!! Hope you're okay! ❤️
That is true. Learning to read Hangeul helps a lot. So I am also starting a lesson for beginners on my channel.
Would love to see a video on how you review as usually I feel like I just skim over everything and I'm not actually reviewing properly 😂 also I love your Totoro hoodie! 😍
Hmmmm interesting ~ Haha you’re not the first person to make this request today so it looks like I’ll have to add that video to my To-Do list~!
Awww thanks~ I bought it on my first trip to 명동~! 🥰
so true....I've been watching Korean dramas for 5 yrs and I only know a handful of words...still a motivation to learn, just the basics...
I just found you and omg your korean is soooo good and so fast holy guacamoly! And besides that you're so cute and funny and entertaining and I'm definetly going to subscribe to your channel. Hell yes :D Have a great day
LOVE THIS VIDEO😤💜💜
started learning korean just to know what bts saying on vlive without engsub😢 and i want study in south korea so why not :3 tysm for this awesome video!!
한글 is definitely the best start :) ive only been studying it for just iver a month but at first i just started without really knowing what to do and hsd a bunch of apps, it was overwhelming because i was trying to memorise the words that were just appearing on my screen in letters i didnt know at all 😭😭 but then a week or two ago, i learnt 한글 and now i can read and write a little bit (like short sentences) because i learnt it :)
First, I stopped the video when you talked about learning German, just to make sure this is a video about learning korean XD (btw I'm a German so I'm sorry for my bad English skills lol)
1. Learned hangul...
2. can introduce myself, know basic sentences
3. Can understand really basic grammar lol
Dont know what to do now, because I'm a stupid potato
But thank you for the video, you're the best💕 * wup wup I am out
Did I mention German in this video?? LOL I don't even remember 😂
You're not a stupid potato~ You're a smart potato~
Just continue what you are doing~ Continue to study grammar and learn new vocabulary!I recommend How to Study Korean's website! It has amazing free lessons that include both grammar and vocabulary. Their explanations are very thorough as well! If you need something that also includes listening, which I highly recommend since you are a beginner, I would check out the channel "Mini Teaches Korean" and "Korean 언니!" I also recommend TTMIK if you don't currently use their CZcams channel to study Korean.
Ayee ich bin auch deutschh
Sometimes when I speak English I have like random accents lol 😂 (My main language is English)
Ikrrrr
Hi! My name is Jasper, I'm a 15 year old from the south region in North America, and I've been procrasinating my desire to learn Korean for a couple months now and just tonight I got the motivation to be productive, Ive finally decided to spend the next couple hours learning tips and the alphabet an such. Point is you were one of the people I've found to look promising, Im glad my gut is good to me because after watching like 3 videos of yours Ive learned more tips about Korean than my Spanish teachers ever gave me in the two years I've (unwillingly) taken Spanish in middle school and highschool. I love your side commentary about your experiences and truth along your path learning Korean and studying abroad and I believe I will continue to learn a lot from you in the future!
You can do it🥰🥰🥰
Thank you for these tips, it really helps 🤗
Glad it was helpful!
I disagree with you with dramas for listening (and learning). I just started to study korean and it’s the third language that I’m learning. Although you can’t use ONLY dramas as a study tool, that’s how I learned English in the first place - just by watching Harry Potter endlessly when I was 12 and being curious with the dictionary (no internet at the time).
So I’m doing the same with Korean, I picked up a drama as a study object and I’ll watch it all repeatedly again and again so I’ll complement my study.
I do agree, though, that if you only watch, and don’t analyze and pause and go back a few seconds, it is useless lol. But if you watch the scene, go back, repeat the lines out loud, it’s actually really helpful.
I started learning Korean last summer, and I honestly did NOT review at all. I would just fly through lessons and call it a day. I ended up forgetting everything I learned. I was pretty inconsistent throughout that time too because of school, but recently I started to learn it again. This time I'm starting with 한글, and making sure that I review everything. I hope it works out, but your videos make me very motivated! Thank you! If anyone wants to be internet study buddies, please lmk too😭🙏🏻💞
Yay another video~
You know it~ 😘
I just have to say, your sweatshirt is everything.
You are so cutee^^ Thanks for your advice ♡♡
I think that in the long run, kdramas actually do help!! I wouldn’t tell someone to study only from that tho lol but for me maybe 60% of the vocab I know is the things I picked up from kdramas! Don’t expect to learn the whole language that way but it’s a good thing to do if you are feeling unmotivated to listen to lessons and study grammar it always helps me get motivated again
I totally agree! I've recently started learning Korean in a more serious way, but I've been watching k-dramas for like 8 years, and I knew soo many words of the beginner level that it made it easier to move forward with the grammar, bc I didn't have to memorize everything from zero, if that makes sense.
Rosario DiBello yeah I get you! I’m the same way I had watched kdramas for a few years before I started learning seriously so it made starting out so much easier
Love your wall posters 💜💜💜💜
감사합니다🌻 that help a lot
I'm glad you were able to get something out of it~!
I want to learn Korean as my 3rd language but I am struggling to learn by myself. I learned my first language, Spanish, because my parents were Mexicans and didn't understand English. I learned how to read and write in Spanish by myself to understand more things, which I'm not very good at. I learned English at school because it was important, it was a bit hard because most people at school knew Spanish so talking in English was rare. I learned a bit more because I practiced with teachers and non-Spanish speakers.so, learning Korean might be hard because I won't have someone that knows Korean to talk to me and I don't want to talk through online because I'm a very shy person. I am excited to try and learn. Wish me luck !!!
My hobby is cooking and I do it everyday. I feel so attacked right now! 😂
Thank you for these very helpful tips. 💜
LOL I'm not try to attack you~! I just wanted people to understand what I am taking about~ haha If you speak basic Korean already, definitely learn words about cooking because it's your hobby~!!!
Haha I'm glad you found my video helpful~😍
Natalia Garza Thank you! 🥰 I can speak basic, and read Hangul. I learned mostly from kpop songs and dramas, or fan chats. Until now I didn't started adding structure to the learning process. 🥰💜
Hi thank u so much for the tips before the quarantine ends ill try my best to learn korean the reason why I love speaking Korean cause I love kpop,kdrama and I love South Korea so much
You can do it~! It will take time, but if you're willing to put in the work you can become fluent!!
Thank u so much😍
I just like your hoodies. And I can clearly see the bts poster on the background 💜💜💜
i’m really glad i never wanted to use the romanization when i started learning, the first thing i learned was hangul and i used hangul to figure out how to pronounce the romanized words haha
You are so cool😂😂 and helpful ❤️❤️
Watching current era Kdramas (for fun) has helped me get some basic words down and there are quite a few now where I don’t “translate them in my head” and I realized I had looked away from the screen one day and I understood a sentence. Granted, it was a short one, but still. Accomplishment. 😂
Active listening isn’t purely for fun, but watching a scene with/without the subtitles and studying that way can be fun or at least a nice change from your regular studies (cause I’m bored easily) haha
Kpop is harder cause they don’t pronounce words like you would irl (like any singers), but even though I wouldn’t call it STUDYING, it’s nice to be able to pick up words that you couldn’t before 😅
Me and my younger sister both challenged ourselves to learn a new language so she decided to learn Russian and I decided to learn either learn Spanish or korean.
I'm probably gonna learn Spanish first because it's way easier to learn and it's kinda similar to French(I live in Canada so I've been learning French since I was 9) so I'm probably gonna learn Spanish and then move on to Korean because it's a lot more complicated.
I love your videos!
I am here to learn Korean because I just recently discovered how much I really enjoy Kdramas because of how soothing the Korean language sounds to my ears! So my love for Kdramas and the Korean language turned into curiosity about Kpop and I only just discovered Exo and BTS in January of this year....( I am late to everything, story of my life!) Glad I finally discovered Kpop; just sad that I am joining the Exo-L and ARMY fandom so late in the game! But I look forward to catching up and learning a new language and culture along the way!
*Natalia*: tip number 4 is-
*Ad* The London mint office
lol idk why I wasn't learning Korean a year ago
LOLOLOLOL That ad tho 😂😂
I just find you so honest. New subbie lol
한국에 관심을 가져주셔서 감사해요 💕💕
저도 영어공부 열심히 해야겠어요 😂😂
OMG....those posters💜💜💜
This video is such good vibes.
Btw love ur hoodie its actually my fav cartoon anime character totoro :)
I love totoro too~ 🥰 I don’t know what it is about totoro, but i love him haha
I'm learning English. :) I think that your tips are good for me , too.
I just started learning today☺️
I definitely find it easier to read than to actually write in Korean. I’ve been trying to study for four hours a day. 📚
I started learning Korean like 3 months ago cuz I was bored in quarantine and I spent the most time on learning hangul and batchim....I really wanted to get it done with cuz I know I NEED to know it becauseee you just can't write or read or do anything if you don't know it. It was a struggle but now that I did it it's going much faster for real
칭찬합니다.
Actually because of quarantine, I have decided to make some videos. LOL ^ ^
우리 다같이 화이팅합시다!
My given name is Linda I feel attacked.
😬😬😬😬😬
I have an American accent when I speak Korean, but I am Korean-American. So sometimes people have difficulty understanding me when I speak, but they pretty much figure out from the context. It’s also interesting because I kinda speak naturally, but if I’m trying to write something, I actually have to think about how things are written.
I really wish I could have someone to practice Korean
Same here
There is an app called HelloTalk and you can talk with native speakers they can help you with their native language and you can help them with your native language
@@briseidabotello5518 my anxiety says no😭
@@whyyougotliceinyourhead7483 lowkey how I was too but for me I don’t like to show my face to the public so all I do is I just don’t show my face and act like a completely different person😂😂💀
@@briseidabotello5518 wow perfect timing 15 min ago i just downloaded HelloTalk but im still scared 🥲
you look reaally good with bangs
I'm glad I always want to rewiew everything all the time lol
Your videos helped me so much.. regarding the tip 2, to learn relevant vocabulary... my main reason to learn korean is to watch kdramas without subtitles and listen to songs... so what type of vocabulary should i focus on to start with??
thanks, muchas gracias por los consejos :)
Did anyone notice BANGTANSONYEONDAN oppa’s posters?
고마워, 언니.
I believe you are smarter than you modestly try to appear to be... :) Great video! Many things you say - like the need to review - also apply to other things you want to learn imo.
I wish I could watch k drama with double sub titles, English on the top and Korean on the bottom because that could help learn a bit more while watching them
This was rlly helpful thank youuu
Glad it helped!
I'm not even learning Korean, but this makes me interested now
My listening is what caused me to fail my JLPT, so yep tip 4 is vital as not everyone is going to speak slowly! Great advice
Oh nooo~ Hopefully you'll do better the next time you take it!
@@NataliaGarza Haven't studied since 2003 so I've forgotten practically everything! Going to give Korean a try and also try to get back into Japanese again. Thanks for replying!
Yeaaaaa watching shows is a lazy learning situation. they can be helpful though but you need to be actively learning not just, ya know, watching t with subtitles or listening. Like music for example, pick a song that has good grammar and not to much distortion (slower sad story based songs are good for this), find the lyrics and translate them, to understand the vocabulary and grammar. then sing along with the song making sure you remember and understand what's being said. In saying that, I haven't tried this method for Korean, only Chinese.
Only bts can motivate me to learn another language ngl and here I am :)
Hangul: done
Writing: done
and you know whats next reading while also figguring out what it means