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Why Korean Can Sound Vague (But Isn’t)

Thu, 2025-11-13 02:16

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.

What Jeremy bought with $100 at a Korean bookstore (Book Haul)

Sat, 2025-11-08 00:14

Last time we went to the bookstore Jeremy got $50 to buy whatever he wants. But I felt it wasn’t enough, so this time we doubled it to $100. Follow along with everything he picked and why. Maybe next time I should give him double?

(This is not a sponsored video and we paid for everything with our own money.)

(이)나 “No less than” | Live Class Abridged

Thu, 2025-11-06 01:29

My most recent live Korean class was about the form (이)나, and how it’s used to mean “no less than” and adds emotion to a sentence. I taught how it’s used in regular statements, and also how it can have a different meaning when used in some questions.