How to Learn Korean: Defining the Purpose of Learning Grammar

Vocabulary Korean vocabulary is basically composed of Chinese characters, inherent words and loanwords. Chinese characters account for more than half of the total. As the name implies, "Chinese words" are words transformed from Chinese (due to the neighboring relationship between China and South Korea from ancient times to the present, South Korea has been influenced by Chinese in many ways). The characteristic of these words is that one Korean corresponds to one Chinese character, such as "?" Corresponding to "learning", "school" and "?" Corresponding to "life" and "life" respectively, then "?" It is a "student". These words associated with Chinese characters form the basis for us to remember vocabulary and the fastest way to familiarize our brains with Korean. With a certain accumulation of Chinese characters, we can guess the meaning of a new word by associating it with the corresponding Chinese characters. Like "?" Corresponding to the "gate", contact the example we cited earlier. "(school)", then ""means "big school", which means "university", and "?" It is the "school gate". Such Chinese words are more common in Korean advanced vocabulary, and many words that Korean natives and western learners find difficult are simply a piece of cake for us in China. For example, the corresponding Chinese character is "kill two birds with one stone". I suggest that you get into the habit of recording Chinese characters from the beginning, and know which Chinese character each Korean character corresponds to. Although you will feel a little troublesome at the initial stage, you will soon feel that this is definitely a good way to get twice the result with half the effort, get a lot of rewards, and make you learn from others!

In addition to Chinese characters, Korean is mainly composed of inherent words and foreign words. Inherent words are authentic Korean native languages. These words are generally very short, two or three words, which are much easier to remember than the long list of words in English. You can remember them naturally after reading them several times. Loanwords refer to words borrowed from other countries except China. These words are mainly transliteration, and most of them are translated according to English, so they are very interesting to read. They are mostly high-tech terms and the names of new things. The advantage of this kind of words is that while learning Korean, they also help you review English, French and German ... The characteristics are generally long, and words with more than 5 words are basically foreign words, and the pronunciation is obviously different from other Korean words. But don't worry, there aren't many such words, just destroy one when you see one.

In the initial stage of learning, you don't have to distinguish which camp a word belongs to, no matter what means you take, just memorize them. But I suggest that you make a simple classification of the words you have learned in about one month after getting started, which is the first step, and then try to explore the characteristics of each kind of words. Since vocabulary is invented by people, it must conform to certain thinking rules. You can try to summarize yourself, or think of yourself as the founder of the language. This kind of thinking will make you look at vocabulary from a height. It will make you find a thin clue in the seemingly unrelated and vast vocabulary world. If you follow it, the road ahead will be much clearer. Even if you get nothing after thinking, this thinking process makes you deeply impressed with the words, at least you have remembered them.

Some students may complain that they can't remember the words after reciting them many times. This is very normal in the initial stage, because your brain has not adapted to this writing system. In fact, as long as your brain starts to adapt to this new writing symbol, memory will begin to become easier, which takes about one to two months. So give yourself more time.

Summary: Chinese words account for half of Korean vocabulary, which is the basis for us to expand our vocabulary and guess the meaning of new words. Inherent words are short and pithy, and you can get them by reading them several times. Loanwords are interesting to read, which can usually excite the brain, and can be linked with other foreign languages such as English to help memory. Phonetic

Korean is phonography, which means that when you see a word, you can spell it according to its composition, unlike Chinese, you don't need a separate pinyin system. The advantage of this phonography is that once you remember the phonetic symbols, you can read all the Korean, although you may not know a word. A Korean character is mainly composed of three parts, vowels, consonants and radio, and the radio is served by some consonants. Among them, there are 21 vowels, 19 consonants and ***4 phonetic symbols. Many of their sounds are very similar to Chinese, and individual phonetic symbols can be completely mastered after a period of practice. Generally speaking, after a week, it is not a problem to remember all the phonetic symbols and read all the Korean.

Compared with Chinese, Korean has stricter requirements on the tension of lips and oral muscles, especially on aspirated sound and tight sound. These sounds are not difficult to read. In the first few lessons of learning pronunciation, everyone can speak very well. The problem is that after learning the text, the awareness of pronunciation norms is relaxed. It is suggested that you should always remind yourself to review the pronunciation rules and consolidate your pronunciation within three months. If you haven't contacted Korean for five days in the primary stage, you must review it from the pronunciation. Because once the pronunciation is finalized, it will take a lot of time and energy to change it later, and the nonstandard pronunciation will also have a certain impact on your listening. I hope everyone can work harder in the initial stage and lay a solid foundation for the future.

In terms of pronunciation learning methods, I suggest you prepare a small mirror, watch your mouth shape and practice against the teacher's. Because the actions you feel are not necessarily the actions you really make, especially for your invisible lips and tongue. If you are embarrassed to look in the mirror in class, you can also go home and turn on the TV and find a Korean drama. Please pay attention to their lip changes while enjoying the beautiful plot. Now you should unify your movements with them. You can also find Korean friends to help you practice. It is recommended to find girls who speak Seoul (Seoul) standard language. Because girls' pronunciation is relatively clear, it is very suitable for beginners, and girls are more patient.

conclusion: as long as you practice hard, it is not a problem to speak standard Korean over time. Grammar

In the initial stage, the grammar of contact is relatively simple and won't cause too many questions. But at the intermediate level, grammar may become the most troublesome part for many students. Many usages with similar meanings, the application of honorific and semi-stylistic, the deformation of words under different auxiliary words, and the extremely long sentences are still incomprehensible after reading several times. No wonder many students regard grammar as "?" The first object of. However, the study of grammar is very important, which is the key for us to understand the structure of a foreign language quickly and quickly in a short period of time. Compared with Chinese, Korean grammar is indeed much more complicated. Opening any book that explains grammar will always make you look like a fog, and the explanation on how to distinguish similar endings will probably make you frown even more. So, in the face of such a powerful grammar empire, are there any secrets to break through? The answer is, of course. Here are a few tricks to help you succeed easily.

1. Get rid of the fear of grammar and face it easily.

since language serves people, it won't be so difficult that you can't learn it even if you try your best. And even if you don't use your grammar well, as long as the key words come out, the other party can still understand your intention, it's no big deal.

2. Look for rules in the complicated grammar.

I suggest you use the grammar of the first volume of Standard Korean as the basis. The grammar of each lesson in this book has a focus, which is basically not repeated, and it is very practical and will always accompany your learning process. Take them as the main line, insert the grammar learned in the future, and add the contrast of example sentences when comparing the differences. These tasks are for everyone to finish by themselves after class. Many students understand it very well in class, but when they go back, they neglect to tidy it up. After three days, they have almost forgotten it, and confusion will occur when they apply it. "Forgetting" is a very normal situation. Language learning is a process of repetition, but do you have a grammar manual that can help you quickly recover your memory when you forget it?

3. Understand Korean language habits.

For a Korean, judging his level of Mandarin depends on whether his conjunctions are flexible and appropriate, and how long his sentences are. If a logical meaning appears several times in a conversation or a sentence, he may choose different conjunctions to avoid repetition. There is little difference between these conjunctions, and which one to use first is sometimes entirely based on personal habits. After understanding the meaning of this grammar, you can read more examples. In the same situation, it's no problem if you can imitate it yourself.

At the same time, Koreans are used to the form of long attributives, such as this sentence: "Korean was founded by King Sejong in the Korean Dynasty, which has a history of hundreds of years." If you follow the habit of Korean, it will generally be written as: "The Korean language founded by King Sejong in the Korean Dynasty has a history of hundreds of years." This is one of the reasons why sentences are longer. For such sentences, we should try to find the head word, and those auxiliary words that usually make us most bored come in handy. First of all, remove the adverbial of time and place. These words usually have a? Then find out the attributive part and mark it, and then remove the adverb? ,? ,? ,? ,? , and with- ,-? Adjective adverb at the end, there is not much left. The second step is to determine the logical meaning of each part according to the meaning of the suffix. Generally speaking,? ,? ,? Words such as, are often signs that a sentence is divided into two parts. Finally, I would like to remind you that if the attribute in a sentence is too long, you can put it forward in translation and make it into a single sentence, which will facilitate the understanding of the sentence meaning.

4. Apply time therapy.

Sometimes, when you are really confused about some grammar, you can ignore it for a while, record it first, and continue the following study. After a while, you will often understand it and solve it. This is the magical power of time, which gives your brain a process of understanding, absorption and sublimation, and the correlation between different parts of language helps.

5. Make clear the purpose of learning grammar.

Grammar serves the language. Always learn grammar in context, and don't be afraid of making mistakes. Corrected grammar is often the most impressive, and it will never be a mistake again. Once the grammar rules are clear, find someone to practice and write an article to try.

conclusion: strategic contempt, tactical attention; Understand habits, find rules, grow in practice, and advance in mistakes.

The last method about learning a language, especially learning a new foreign language, is the well-known method of reciting, which is the oldest, most time-consuming, most painful but most effective. I believe everyone knows the benefits of reciting. It can help you build up a sense of language, understand the relevant context of sentence pattern application, form a system of many words at the same time, and exercise your memory ability ... Although this method is the most time-consuming at the beginning, it is the most time-saving and effective in the long run.

Reciting the whole course according to the text is only the first stage, and it is necessary to apply what you have learned and master it. Start with the sentence pattern replacement in the text. Try your best to replace words, even the simplest sentence patterns. Don't do it without knowing it. This kind of practice will strengthen the impression of sentence patterns in your mind, directly connect Korean with events, and reduce the participation of Chinese. Everyone must have had this experience, knowing that this sentence has been learned, but I can't remember how to say it. And the replacement exercise is to help you minimize this situation. Practice can be done with friends, or you can talk to yourself in the mirror, or you can practice in different roles in your mind.

At the initial stage of learning Korean, almost all people will find it difficult. If you open an English book at this time, you will suddenly find that you love English a lot and feel more cordial when reading it. This is what everyone has, a kind of rejection of new things. As long as you stick to it, after a month at most, when you go to see what you studied in the first week, you will feel very simple. This is the so-called introduction. Please find a Korean friend after getting started, open an original Korean drama and give it a try. Romantic and beautiful Korea has been opened to you.