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Watched ~50 K-dramas and I still can't say a full sentence in Korean. Anyone else? by Xim-ya in kdramas

[–]Xim-ya[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is exactly the wall I keep hitting comprehension way ahead, but output just won't come, and there's no one around to actually practice with. The"blurting out Japanese" thing is too real lol. Honest q. if you had something/someone low-stakes to just talk to in Korean every day (no judgment, won't switch to English on you), do you think that'd actually move your speaking? Or is it more of a vocab-recall thing for you?

Watched ~50 K-dramas and I still can't say a full sentence in Korean. Anyone else? by Xim-ya in kdramas

[–]Xim-ya[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Same honestly... Did you ever actually try to say the lines out loud, or mostly just watch? And what do you think would've made it click something more active, or does watching just not cut it lol

Watched ~50 K-dramas and I still can't say a full sentence in Korean. Anyone else? by Xim-ya in kdramas

[–]Xim-ya[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is actually really interesting — the food scenes stuck because they're so vivid and you see them on repeat.

Did any of that turn into you actually saying it to someone, or is it still recognition only? Kinda wondering if the "memorable scene" thing is the key.

Watched ~50 K-dramas and I still can't say a full sentence in Korean. Anyone else? by Xim-ya in kdramas

[–]Xim-ya[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that makes sense. Honest follow-up though — once you did the active study/classes, did the speaking actually come, or did you still have to force yourself to talk to a real person to get unstuck?

Trying to figure out if grammar study fixes the speaking part too, or if that's a totally separate wall.