(24) aigoo chamna

[hier]

I want to learn Korean. I'm tired of only knowing curse words, disciplinary words, and commands(since I hear them directed at me most of the time). Sure, I can call people stupid and tell them to clean up the ___(insert room/object here) or to hurry up and eat, but I can't ask them where the bathroom is(very essential) located. I find it funny that

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[aethyrkitten]

That's a beautiful dream, man.

See now, analyzed in a Japanese context, depending on where we sat, you could be elevating or lowering me. ;p

Important people always sat furthest away from the door, least important people sat closest to the door. It's largely ceremonial now, but it used to be so in case of assassination attempts, the important people are less likely to get hit. Fun, huh?

That's a fun dream though. Rock on. ;D

Hmn..

[the_mad_prince]

At least there are Korean and japanese language programs that you can buy in most book stores.. Dunno if they really help, but it's something. ^^v

Re: Hmn..

[everman]

Its hard to learn a language out of just books, you need atleast 1 native speaker to talk to take it from me. Other then that you can always do without the absolutely annoying classmates.

Re: Hmn..

[the_mad_prince]

This is very true, especially if one is taking a common language. >.>;;

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[lizthefrench]

I agree. I've been trying to learn Croatian out of a book, and while my reading comprehension is...eh possibly decent for the amount of time I've been studying, my listening comprehension is absolutely nil. When I was in Croatia, I couldn't understand anything people said to me in the language.

If you can get tapes, though, that might help. They usually talk slower than normal, and leave out the grammar, but you can at least hear the accent on some better known phrases.

On a side note

[everman]

This is just a reminder to myself to remember to tell you the dreams I had last night. So remind me. :)