People keep telling me that many Americans go to Korea knowing literally none of the language. I don't want to be that guy, so I've been taking lessons online. It's a great program, and it's cheap too -- just a buck for the first month.
I haven't been learning much in the way of grammar or sentence structure so far; I'm concentrating on useful phrases to start out. After a few weeks of that, hopefully I'll be ready to look at how the language actually works. In the meantime, I'll use this blog to take notes. Key phrases I've picked up so far. I'm sure my dear friends will correct me if I've typed something wrong! (Thanks in advance, Kristin.)
안녕하세묘 annyeonghaseyo - "Hello." (I also learned how to make my computer type in Hangul, the Korean alphabet. It's hard when you can't see at a glance what keys type what characters.)
네 ne - "Yes"
아니에요 anieyo - "No"
저눈 (name)-임니다 jeo-nun (name)-imnida "I am (name)."
반갑슴니다 bangapseumnida - "It's a pleasure to meet you."
감사함니다 gamsahamnida - "Thank you" (most formal sense; other forms of "thank you" are 고맙슴니다 gomapseumnida and 고마워 gomawo).
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