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I’m starting a new Korean analysis series all about the group MONSTA X, a 6-member group consisting of 셔누, 민혁, 기현, 형원, 주헌, and 아이엠. I’ll post one new episode each week, starting with the first video which is about 셔누.

In this series I analyze what makes the members unique, and focuses on how each of them speak Korean – including their voice tone, intonation, filler words, dialect, as well as their handwriting.

• Read more about Why SHOWNU’s Korean sounds so MATURE | MONSTA X Analysis (1/6)
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Sometimes I felt frustrated when learning Korean, or I felt like it was a bit pointless to keep going. I asked Forrest what he does when he feels this way, and we shared how we overcome this sort of feeling, and what reasons people say for giving up learning the language.

• Read more about When Learning Korean Feels Pointless | What to Do
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I met up again with “한국어 한 조각” and we shared what makes Korean a “high context language,” and how it doesn’t often need pronouns, subjects, articles, and plural nouns. We also shared advice for how to better understand sentences with these limitations.

• Read more about Why Korean Can Sound Vague (But Isn’t)
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