diff --git a/docs/howtostudykorean/theme/index.md b/docs/howtostudykorean/theme/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8f01882 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/howtostudykorean/theme/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +# Theme Lessons + +Although our regular lessons present all the grammar and vocabulary you need to learn Korean, they do not offer specific sentences or information tailored to a specific theme. You might be able to find some sentences related to school, some sentences related to weather, and some sentences related to transportation scattered across our various lessons, these are by no means organized in one place. That is… until now. + +The purpose of our Theme Lessons is to present you with sentences and vocabulary that you would come across in a specific situation. For example, if you were a student (or teacher) in a school, you might be interested in learning sentences and vocabulary that would be useful in this setting. + +The purpose of these Theme Lessons is _not_ to teach the grammar within the sentences provided. However, in order to understand most of the grammar within the Theme Lessons, we suggest that you complete at least Lesson 25 of our regular lessons. On top of this (especially for learners still in Unit 1 of our regular lessons), there will definitely be some grammar that you are not familiar with. My original goal was to have the Unit 1 Theme Lessons present sentences that only used grammar introduced in Unit 1. I realized that the grammar introduced until Lesson 25 is not sufficient to make a ton of natural sentences. + +Use this as an opportunity to maybe skip ahead to some grammatical principles that are more common but a little bit advanced. The most common grammatical principles that you might find in the Theme Lessons of Unit 1 that have not been introduced yet are: + +| \~는 것 | [Lesson 26](https://www.howtostudykorean.com/unit-2-lower-intermediate-korean-grammar/unit-2-lessons-26-33/lesson-26/ "Lesson 26: ~는 것 Describing Nouns with Verbs") | +| --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | +| 중 | [Lesson 33](https://www.howtostudykorean.com/unit-2-lower-intermediate-korean-grammar/unit-2-lessons-26-33/lesson-33/ "Lesson 33: ~중 (하는 중), (~중에)") | +| \~아/어서 | [Lesson 37](https://www.howtostudykorean.com/unit-2-lower-intermediate-korean-grammar/unit-2-lessons-34-41/lesson-37/ "Lesson 37: Because: ~아/어서") | +| 때문에 | [Lesson 38](https://www.howtostudykorean.com/unit-2-lower-intermediate-korean-grammar/unit-2-lessons-34-41/lesson-38/ "Lesson 38: Because: ~기 때문에") | +| \~아/어 주다 | [Lesson 41](https://www.howtostudykorean.com/unit-2-lower-intermediate-korean-grammar/unit-2-lessons-34-41/lesson-41/ "Lesson 41: To Give: 주다, 아/어 주다") | +| \~자 | [Lesson 44](https://www.howtostudykorean.com/unit-2-lower-intermediate-korean-grammar/unit-2-lessons-42-50/lesson-44/) | +| \~ㄹ/을래(요) | [Lesson 44](https://www.howtostudykorean.com/unit-2-lower-intermediate-korean-grammar/unit-2-lessons-42-50/lesson-44/) | +| \~ㄹ/을 수 있다 | [Lesson 45](https://www.howtostudykorean.com/unit-2-lower-intermediate-korean-grammar/unit-2-lessons-42-50/lesson-45/ "Lesson 45: I can, I can’t – ~ㄹ 수 있다/없다") | +| \~아/어 야 하다 | [Lesson 46](https://www.howtostudykorean.com/unit-2-lower-intermediate-korean-grammar/unit-2-lessons-42-50/lesson-46/) | +| \~ㄹ/을게(요) | [Lesson 63](https://www.howtostudykorean.com/unit-3-intermediate-korean-grammar/unit-3-lessons-59-66/lesson-63/ "Lesson 63: ~ㄹ/을까(요), ~ㄹ/을게요") | +| \~ㄹ/을까(요) | [Lesson 63](https://www.howtostudykorean.com/unit-3-intermediate-korean-grammar/unit-3-lessons-59-66/lesson-63/ "Lesson 63: ~ㄹ/을까(요), ~ㄹ/을게요") | +| \~는데 | [Lesson 76](https://www.howtostudykorean.com/upper-intermediate-korean-grammar/unit-4-lessons-76-83/lesson-76/ "Lesson 76: ~는데 and ~는 데 in Korean") | + +The list above is by no means complete, but by knowing the grammar introduced in Unit 1, and having a general idea of some of these more difficult grammatical principles, you will definitely be able to challenge yourself with learning some great sentences. + +In addition to the pile of sentences that will be provided, common words that relate to the particular theme will be given. All of the vocabulary words introduced in our Theme Lessons will also be introduced somewhere in our regular lessons. The purpose of these Theme Lessons is to organize all of the words (and sentences) that focus on a central subject. + +- [Unit 1: #1 – School](https://www.howtostudykorean.com/theme/school/ "(Theme) Unit 1: #1 – School") +- [Unit 1: #2 – Transportation](https://www.howtostudykorean.com/theme/transportation/ "(Theme) Unit 1: #2 – Transportation") +- [Unit 1: #3 – Eating](https://www.howtostudykorean.com/theme/eating-2/ "(Theme) Unit 1: #3 – Eating") +- [Unit 1: #4 – Shopping](https://www.howtostudykorean.com/theme/shopping/ "(Theme) Unit 1: #4 – Shopping") +- [Unit 1: #5 – Weather](https://www.howtostudykorean.com/theme/weather/ "(Theme) Unit 1: #5 – Weather") + +In time, we will continue to update more Theme Lessons to this Unit. + +In addition, we will eventually make Theme Lessons that fall under later Units. Theme Lessons under later Units will gradually be focused on more and more complex themes. + +#### Analyzing Korean Signs + +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpkY2PdR9aLO_V0LFnP3_cdapJBcuG3-O + +#### Sentence Practice + +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpkY2PdR9aLOKW0N5CqSDNJF7rVaQCwpX + +#### Dictation Practice + +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpkY2PdR9aLMLiZnUBQFJxvr2Bs4eMbI6 + +#### 20 SECOND LOOKS AT RAW KOREA + +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpkY2PdR9aLOiwxKcoih94VHS4wGvOmQx + +--- + +How to study Korean © 2026. All Rights Reserved. | [Privacy Policy](http://www.howtostudykorean.com/privacy-policy/) | [Contact Us](http://www.howtostudykorean.com/other-stuff/contact-us/) diff --git a/docs/howtostudykorean/unit-1/25-anybody-everybody.md b/docs/howtostudykorean/unit-1/25-anybody-everybody.md index ba7354a..12eaffe 100644 --- a/docs/howtostudykorean/unit-1/25-anybody-everybody.md +++ b/docs/howtostudykorean/unit-1/25-anybody-everybody.md @@ -321,8 +321,8 @@ vocabulary: en: dorm notes: The pronunciation of this word is closer to "기숙싸" examples: - - ko: 저는 기숙사에서 외롭게 **느껴졌어요** - en: I **felt** lonely at the dorm + - ko: 저는 **기숙사**에서 외롭게 느껴졌어요 + en: I felt lonely at the **dorm** - ko: 저는 처음에 저의 여자친구를 **기숙사**에서 만났어요 en: I met my girlfriend for the first time in the **dorm** @@ -353,9 +353,9 @@ vocabulary: audio: https://www.howtostudykorean.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Lesson25v29.mp3 en: South East Asia examples: - - ko: 우리는 **동남아시**아에 어디나 갈 거예요 + - ko: 우리는 **동남아시아**에 어디나 갈 거예요 en: We will go everywhere in **South East Asia** - - ko: 저는 6개월 동안 **동남아시**아에서 돌아다녔어요 + - ko: 저는 6개월 동안 **동남아시아**에서 돌아다녔어요 en: I wandered around **South East Asia** for 6 months - ko: 눈물 @@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ Common Usages: Example: -- 저는 기숙사에서 외롭게 **느껴졌어요** = I **felt** lonely at the dorm +- 저는 **기숙사**에서 외롭게 느껴졌어요 = I felt lonely at the **dorm** - 저는 처음에 저의 여자친구를 **기숙사**에서 만났어요 = I met my girlfriend for the first time in the **dorm** @@ -964,8 +964,8 @@ Example: Example: -- 우리는 **동남아시**아에 어디나 갈 거예요 = We will go everywhere in **South East Asia** -- 저는 6개월 동안 **동남아시**아에서 돌아다녔어요 = I wandered around **South East Asia** for 6 months +- 우리는 **동남아시아**에 어디나 갈 거예요 = We will go everywhere in **South East Asia** +- 저는 6개월 동안 **동남아시아**에서 돌아다녔어요 = I wandered around **South East Asia** for 6 months @@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@ When \~도 replaces \~나 in these cases, we get the opposite meaning. 아무도 When using 아무도, the sentence must be conjugated in a negative way or end with some negative word like 없다. This is counter intuitive for English speakers – because it makes us think we are saying a double negative. For example, the following sentence: -집에 아무도 있어요 _looks_ like it should mean “there is nobody at home.” However, as I said, a sentence with “아무도” should end in a negative way. Therefore, this is correct: +~~집에 아무도 있어요~~ _looks_ like it should mean “there is nobody at home.” However, as I said, a sentence with “아무도” should end in a negative way. Therefore, this is correct: - 집에 아무도 없어요 = There is nobody at home/There isn’t anybody at home @@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@ The difference between these two sentences is the same as the difference between - 저는 아무 것도 먹고 싶지 않아요 = I don’t want to eat anything/I want to eat nothing - 아기는 아무 데도 가지 않았어 = The baby didn’t go anywhere/The baby went nowhere -“아무 때도” _means “no time?” This doesn’t make sense. Instead, the word_ 전혀 _(introduced in [Lesson 34](https://www.howtostudykorean.com/unit-2-lower-intermediate-korean-grammar/unit-2-lessons-34-41/lesson-34/ "Lesson 34: Explanations for Difficult Words")) should be used._ +“아무 때도” _means “no time?” This doesn’t make sense. Instead, the word_ 전혀 _(introduced in [Lesson 34](https://www.howtostudykorean.com/unit-2-lower-intermediate-korean-grammar/unit-2-lessons-34-41/lesson-34/ "Lesson 34: Explanations for Difficult Words")) should be used._ It is possible to use other nouns after 아무. For example: @@ -1616,8 +1616,8 @@ However, by far the most common three things to use after 아무 are 거, 데 an I would love to provide way more examples, but many of the examples I want to make with 아무 (and the words it can create) use grammatical principles that you haven’t been introduced to you yet. The two most common grammatical principles that you haven’t learned yet that would be used in these situations are: -Making a command (introduced in [Lesson 40](https://www.howtostudykorean.com/unit-2-lower-intermediate-korean-grammar/unit-2-lessons-34-41/lesson-40/)), and -One can/cannot do (Introduced in [Lesson 45](https://www.howtostudykorean.com/unit-2-lower-intermediate-korean-grammar/unit-2-lessons-42-50/lesson-45/ "Lesson 45: One can/cannot – ~ㄹ/을 수 있다/없다")) +- Making a command (introduced in [Lesson 40](https://www.howtostudykorean.com/unit-2-lower-intermediate-korean-grammar/unit-2-lessons-34-41/lesson-40/)), and +- One can/cannot do (Introduced in [Lesson 45](https://www.howtostudykorean.com/unit-2-lower-intermediate-korean-grammar/unit-2-lessons-42-50/lesson-45/ "Lesson 45: One can/cannot – ~ㄹ/을 수 있다/없다")) Here are some quick examples using those two principles. The only reason I am showing you these is because I think it is likely you have learned about these either by looking ahead or by using some other resource. diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md index b15c432..d7ef961 100644 --- a/docs/index.md +++ b/docs/index.md @@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ hero: [Sound Rules](./ภาษาเกาหลีเรียนง่าย/1/04-sound-rules.md) +## [Themes](./howtostudykorean/theme/index.md) + +## Unit 1 + - [Lesson 1: Basic Sentences](./howtostudykorean/unit-1/01-sentences.md) - [Lesson 2: Particles](./howtostudykorean/unit-1/02-particles.md) - [Lesson 3: Verbs/Adjectives](./howtostudykorean/unit-1/03-verbs.md)