Korean has its own language family called Koranic. The Koranic language consists of mainland Korean plus the dialect on Jeju Island.
There are many dialects in Korean and Jeju is the most significantly different. Korean taught in classrooms and used by Koreans today was formed a few hundred years ago.
Korean has nine different dialects. It has some similarities with both Japanese and Chinese. Korean is similar to Japanese in terms of grammar and sentence structure.
Korean is a phonetic language, meaning that you can sound out the individual letters to make words. It has an alphabet with individual sounds for each letter, and the letters are read from left to right and top to bottom. There are 14 consonants and 10 vowels in the Hangul writing system.
In order to learn Korean, all you need is dedication and patience. In fact, to do anything all you need is the dedication to keep you going and patience to stay calm while failing.
There are multiple ways of learning Korean:
The Korean language has certain rules for pronunciation when specific letters are combined in the third/final letter in a syllable/character and the first letter of the following syllable/character. This is the first step of achieving the milestone of learning Korean.
The wider vocabulary you have at hand, the easier it will be for you to speak the language fluently. Familiarize yourself with as many simple Korean words as possible. Whenever you come across any new word, jot it down. Create your own dictionary and keep it handy always. You can also attach little labels to items around the house in the Korean language. This way you’ll end up learning without even knowing it.
Until and unless you’re familiar with Korean grammar, you’ll not be able to understand the sentences or conversations with others. Write a list of verbs to learn and look them up in the Korean dictionary. Follow English grammar and take one topic at a time. Learning Korean might be difficult but not impossible.
A major portion of Korea lies in numbers. Learning how to count is a basic skill in any language. Counting numbers in Korean can be a bit tricky as they have 2 different number systems depending on the situations – The native Korean system and Sino-Korean, which originates from the Chinese.
This might come to you as a surprise but some of the most amazing action movies, novels, plays, and stories are Korean. Given the fact that South Korea isn’t short of amazing movies, you’ll surely have a great time getting your brain used to the Korean language.
“Oldboy”, “Memories of Murder”, “New World” or “Parasite” are just a few of them.
There are innumerous platforms offering short-term and long-term online courses in foreign languages. One such platform is Multibashi. Multibashi offers online classes that are taught by language experts to make sure that you’re in the right hands. Other than classes, YouTube is also an amazing platform to learn Korean from. There are thousands of videos about the Korean language which will help you begin in the early stages.
The best way to learn a new language is to dive deep into their culture. Luckily, the Korean culture is one of the most fascinating cultures in the world. Especially if you have never explored Asia before, the Korean culture will charm you completely.
Always remember that you might fail once or twice while attempting to learn Korean. But don’t give up. Take a day off, motivate yourself and try again.
Success always comes. It’s just a matter of time.
