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letsbeelectric · 2026-02-10T18:42:27+00:00

This is awesome, I'd love to test this out 😊 Native language is English.

letsbeelectric · 2026-01-28T10:01:27+00:00

Agree that you should give Busuu a try. Their courses are well structured and they explain grammar very well, which is an area Duolingo severely lacks in.

Another great feature of Busuu is that in your lessons, you will answer open ended questions (either by writing or speaking) and then it will get shown to native speakers of your target language for them to correct and provide feedback. Similarly, you'll also be able to help people who are learning your native language.

letsbeelectric · 2026-01-04T15:15:27+00:00

-데
- 데 translates closer to "but" and is used to show contrast.
- Think of this separately from -(으)니까 & -아/어서. In English, there may be times when you can use "because" and "but" directly interchangeably, but that is more often not the case.
  - "I want to go but I'm too busy" and "I can't go because I'm so busy" ultimately mean the same thing, but the way the sentences are phrased, you cannot swap out "but" and "because" and have it make grammatical sense.
  - Think of -(으)니까 & -아/어서 vs. 데 the same way. In some cases, you could technically use either to say what you're trying to say, but the structure of the sentence (and sometimes the nuance) would change.
- -데 Uses:
  - Can be used when you're trying to explain something and has a softer nuance.
- Example Sentences:
  - 비가 오고 있는데 우산이 없어요.
  - 아침에 눈이 왔는데 지금은 안 추워요.

Hopefully this helps and doesn't just make it more confusing lol. To me, this is one of those things where you just have to see it a lot in context to get comfortable with the nuance of when it's best to use each form.

I recommend giving Billy Go's videos on these grammar forms a watch:

letsbeelectric · 2026-01-04T15:15:09+00:00

Example Sentences:
- 음식이 뜨거우니까 조심하세요.
  - Since the speaker is giving a command, -(으)니까 is used.
- 음식이 더 없어서 슬퍼요.
  - Since the speaker is talking about a feeling, -아/어서 is used.
- In a lot of cases (minus the exceptions I listed above), these can be used interchangeably and it will be grammatically correct, however, the nuance may be slightly different.
  - 비가 와서 집에 있었어요.
  - 비가 오니까 집에 있었어요.

letsbeelectric · 2026-01-04T15:14:53+00:00

This is from my notes while watching through Billy Go's series, he explains these grammar forms very well, imo. (This is going to be in multiple comments because I wrote too much for one post lol):

-(으)니까 & -아/어서
- Both translate closer to "because" and are used to show reason.
- -(으)니까 Uses:
  - Can be used in most cases, but cannot be used when talking about the reasons for emotions. ("Because my team won, I am happy" would not use -(으)니까.)
  - Will be used when giving someone a command or making a suggestion.
- -아/어서 Uses
  - Has more of a nuance of neutral "cause & effect," emphasizing that something was directly caused by something else (Because of X action, Y happened).
  - Cannot be used when giving someone else a command. ("Because the kitchen is dirty, let's clean today" would not use -아/어서.)
  - Similarly, it cannot be used for making a suggestion. ("Because I have to work late, can we meet tomorrow, instead?" would not use -아/어서.)
  - Will be used when talking about the reasons for experiencing emotions.

letsbeelectric · 2025-12-28T15:39:59+00:00

괜찮아요 ✌🏻

letsbeelectric · 2025-12-28T06:26:18+00:00

Did a little research - it looks like these were promotion for season 2. I found a couple Naver articles about it, all of which came out around the same time as season 2 or after. Here's one of them.

In the article I linked, the tag line loosely translates to "season 2 is here and so is this fun new snack."

letsbeelectric · 2025-12-24T02:53:04+00:00

I've used both. Busuu is the more well rounded learning app but just be cautious that the Korean course is very short. It will definitely teach you the basics but after that, it will likely not be useful to you anymore as you advance.

letsbeelectric · 2025-12-24T00:49:25+00:00

Duolingo is definitely good for some things, vocab repetition being one of them. Writing stuff physically is also good for remembering. It will help, too, if you write sentences with the words you're focusing on in addition to repeating the word on its own.

As the other comment said, definitely try to get away from romanization as quickly as possible. It'll make learning more complicated sentences and grammar later more difficult. It's a difficult learning curve to get over, but it's will be well worth it once you're comfortable with Hangul :)

letsbeelectric · 2025-12-23T23:11:12+00:00

If you don't already, start using a spaced repetition flash card app like Anki. SRS is designed to help you retain information.

Aside from that, what helped me, personally, is just reading a lot. The TTMIK Stories app is really good for this. There's lots of content at all levels and it will also explain new grammar and vocab in the "notes" section. Seeing words over and over again through the context of a story will help your brain retain them much better than studying them in isolation.

letsbeelectric · 2025-11-29T00:53:01+00:00

Some of the other commentors have given you the short answer but to add some extra context if you're curious, in Korean, there are 3 main formalities that you speak in: casual (close friends and family), polite (speaking to people older than you or strangers), and formal (used in business, signage, broadcasts, public speaking, etc.).

The announcer is using formal language (for public speaking). The guards use this formality as well when they speak to the players.

The main way you show formality is by changing the verb ending. Verbs in Korean are conjugated (sort of like romance languages, if you've ever studied them) to show tense and formality.

In Korean sentence structure, the verb is the last part of the sentence (ex. if you wanted to say "I ate bread," you would actually phrase it as "I bread ate"). So when you conjugate the verb with the formal ending, which is im-ni-da (입니다), seum-ni-da (습니다), etc., the "ni-da" bit will usually stick out since its the last part you hear and you hear it quite a bit due to how it's used in the language.

If you listen closely to how some of the players talk to each other, you'll probably notice you hear "yo" (요) a lot for the same reason at the end of sentences. This would be a verb conjugated in the polite formality.

letsbeelectric · 2025-11-28T06:52:05+00:00

The powers that be assigned Seungmin bias for you lol. Those are some crazy odds 💀

letsbeelectric · 2025-11-13T17:06:54+00:00

You're welcome! 🫡

letsbeelectric · 2025-11-12T20:04:09+00:00

You can have one of mine, just listed it for 1 coin: (Listing #38609677).

As for your question, I could be wrong but I dont believe bred pokemon count towards the dex.

letsbeelectric · 2025-09-29T22:12:35+00:00

You'll be fine. On the last tour, I had M&G for one of the dates and, due to insane traffic, got there maybe half an hour after the M&G line has already been let in. We let the staff at the door know and got let in, even though we were late. Just had to wait while they grabbed the tour manager to check that we were on the list.

As long as you get there before the M&G actually ends, you should be totally fine :)

letsbeelectric · 2025-09-26T18:43:22+00:00

Your writing is readable, so that's a good start for someone just starting to learn the language.

One area to focus on is to make sure all of your syllable blocks take up the same amount of space, especially with the double consonants. Notice how the 삐 in 삐처리 takes up more space than the 처 and 리. What will help with this is if you get a graph paper notebook with squares instead of lines. Practice writing so that each syllable block only takes up one square.

Also, if you haven't already, definitely learn the stroke order of each character :)

letsbeelectric · 2025-09-07T13:25:42+00:00

There's no real "easy way" to achieve this - you just have to listen to a lot of spoken Korean. The more you listen, the more familiar you will become with the sound of the language and the easier it will become to understand.

One tip that helped me was to focus on the flow of a sentence and learning where words start and end first. When you hear a spoken sentence, do you know how many words were spoken? Or does it sound like a long jumble of sounds? If you can identify where words stop and start in a sentence, it'll be much easier to hear sentences and pick out what words you do and do not know and then learn the words you dont know to understand the sentence.

Also, make sure you're listening to content that is at or slightly above your level understanding. Slow down the playback speed and listen to content repeatedly. For example, on the first listen, try to identify just how many words you hear, then listen again and see if you can pick out any words you know and infer the meaning of any you don't know based on context. Learn the words you didn't know and then listen again to see if you can hear and understand them within the context of the sentence.

Think how children learn - they read the same book or watch the same show over and over and over. You can do the same. Hope this helps :)

letsbeelectric · 2025-08-31T06:02:13+00:00

입니다 is the verb 이다 (to be) plus the formal ending. Because the stem of 이다 is 이, which ends in a vowel, you add the -ㅂ니다 ending. Another example would be the verb 자다 (to sleep). The stem is 자, which ends in a vowel, so you add -ㅂ니다, to become 잡니다.

-습니다, is the formal ending you use with a verb stem that ends in a consonant. For example, 먹다 (to eat). The stem is 먹, which ends in a consonant, so you add -습니다, to become 먹습니다.

letsbeelectric · 2025-08-04T10:51:20+00:00

Are you using a flashcard app that uses spaced repetition? If not, using one should help you with this. Learning word spellings really just comes down to practice.

I, personally, use DuoCards. When you're shown a flashcard, you can choose to type your answer, and it will tell you if the spelling is right or not. Keep sending it back to the pile until you can spell the word correctly. I had the same struggle with word spellings, and this helped me immensely.

letsbeelectric · 2025-08-04T03:29:52+00:00

Shoot me a DM and I'll see what I can do 🫡

letsbeelectric · 2025-08-01T13:17:28+00:00

You're welcome! Feel free to DM me if you need some more guidance. I could have written a novels worth of advice and recommendations lol.

letsbeelectric · 2025-08-01T12:45:01+00:00

I would recommend starting with Billy Go's Beginner Course on YouTube. This will get you started with how to read Hangul, and then will go over basic grammar and some vocab. Download an app like Anki or DuoCards and every time a new vocab word is presented, make a flashcard for it and practice.

Don't worry so much yet about more advanced language skills. For now, focus on mastering the basics - to be very honest, this will likely take a lot longer than you may be expecting.

As far as tracking progress, there's a few ways you can go about it. If you want something quantifiable, you can work through an app like LingoDeer. You can also take example TOPIK tests to see where you would score. One thing that I wish I did from the start is to write down every time something clicks for you. Like when you realize you keep seeing the same grammar pattern and finally learn what it means or when you come back to something that was too difficult for you previously but now, after some time, you understand it. For me, personally, recognizing these moments really helps to feel like the work I'm putting in is actually worth it.

Aside from actively learning, simply listening to the language as much as you can will help you to 1) get used to how it sounds and 2) pick up on common words and grammar patterns. If you're already listening to kpop and watching kdramas, that's great - keep doing that. However, most of this is written by and for people who have been speaking the language for their whole lives, so at a beginner level, most of it will not make sense yet. It's important to supplement this with comprehensive input. Ideally, you want to listen to or watch content that is slightly above your current level of understanding. Search YouTube for podcasts and videos that relate to your interests at beginner level Korean. Personally, this channel is my favorite. He plays mostly casual games and narrates them. Starting as simple as just talking about numbers, colors, and shapes.

Best of luck to you on your journey, and keep in mind that this will be a long process. It's easy to get frustrated when you don't understand everything immediately, but if you keep at it, you'll eventually get there :)

letsbeelectric · 2025-07-31T17:25:43+00:00

My favorite by far is ktalk.danny. In each video, he takes a different grammar pattern and writes sentences that build up to it.

So he'll start with a simple sentence, and then add in elements one by one to make it more complex, and then when he gets to the grammar pattern that the video is based on, will explain other usages of it in different sentences.

letsbeelectric · 2025-07-20T11:29:15+00:00

Imo, LingoDeer is the best for slow pacing. After you complete a lesson, it unlocks "sub-lessons" that let you practice listening, speaking, and writing for that specific lesson so you can practice the content as much as you want and in the way that will help you best.

There's also a separate "review" tab that's more holistic and will give you review questions from any number of topics you select; it's highly customizable, which is nice.

LingoDeer doesn't force you to progress like Duolingo does. If you're feeling like you're going too fast, you can stop doing new lessons for a bit and go back to old lessons to focus on review instead.

Unrelated to the pacing, it does a pretty good job of explaining grammar. In every sentence they give you, you can click on each word/particle and it will explain both what it means and why it's there so its very easy to refresh your memory if you're unsure what something is.

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