After many weeks learning the Korean language, Orchid and Liz have finally reached the end of their Beginner Level 1 class. The pair sits through a revision class with 선생님 while Rooster continues to catch forty winks . During class, we went through everything we learned, focusing on Korean numbers – both pure Korean and [...]
Orchid and Liz learn how to tell the time in class while Rooster whiles away time in Dreamland. They now share with you their adventures and misadventures with the Korean language in MYK 십! Boy, I’d sure like to meet the person who cooked up the way to read time in Korean. Which smart @$S [...]
While Rooster counts down the days to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Orchid and Liz wrestle with the larger Sino-Korean numbers. They now share with you their adventures and misadventures with the Korean language in MYK구! We’re going to do this quick so it will be less painful. You know, like ripping out a Band-Aid, you’ve [...]
Orchid and Liz dig deep into their Chinese roots to get a grasp of the Chinese-based Sino-Korean numbers while Rooster happily counts sheep – in Chinese, mind you – in her sleep. They now share with you their adventures and misadventures with the Korean language in MYK8…oh, excuse me, MYK팔 (pal)! Our usually upbeat 선생님 [...]
Since we couldn’t cram everything we’ve learned into our regular MYK series, we decided to share with you some interesting insights from class in this special MYK Tidbits entry. 1) 사이다 (saida = soda)While the rest of us know soda as any sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavouring, the Koreans typically refer soda to [...]
Orchid and Liz learn how to talk about location in their Korean language class while Rooster, who is currently back home in Malaysia (yay!), dreams of her return trip to Beijing. They now share with you their adventures and misadventures with the language in MYK 7! Recap and role play “안녕하세요. 오랜만이에요!” (an-nyeong-ha-se-yo. O-raen-man-i-e-yo = [...]
안녕하세요? 어떻게 지냈어요? I hope you are feeling fine on the eve of Chinese New Year! Are you all geared up for the reunion dinner with the family? Have a great time and make sure you toss that Yee Sang sky-high to symbolise prosperity in the Year of the Rat! Since everyone’s in a festive [...]
여러분 안녕하세요? (yeo-reo-boon an-nyeong-ha-se-yo? = Hello everyone.) Since there isn’t a Mind Your Korean installment today because there wasn’t any class, and taking into consideration Ladida’s suggestion, I’ve decided to come up with a quiz based on what we’ve shared so far. I hope you’ll take part in it for fun (sorry, we don’t have [...]
Orchid and Liz use their fingers and toes to count in Korean – while Rooster counts sheep in her sleep – in their latest Korean language class. They now share with you their adventures and misadventures with the language in MYK6!여러분 (yeo-reo-boon = everyone), put on your Dracula costumes because we’re going to make like [...]
Rooster takes a trip to Dreamland while Orchid and Liz learn how to converse in Korean in their language class. They now share with you their adventures and misadventures with the language in everybody’s favourite series, MYK5! Now that we’ve learnt our ABCs…sorry, I mean 가, 나, 다’s the class is ready to attempt simple [...]
by Liz | Tuesday, March 18, 2008
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