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한국어교원 개인 자격 신청 기간이 되었다. 알람을 맞춰 놓고 신청 기간을 기다렸던 터라 되자마자 바로 신청함. 나중에 해커스에 연락온 걸 차근차근 봤는데 신청 과정이 구버전이었다. 새로 바뀐 순서는 좀 다르지만 별로 어렵지 않게 다음 단계로 바로 진행할 수 있다. '교육기관 선택'을 누르면 내가 학점은행제 기관이 쭈욱 뜬다. 그 중 내가 공부한 곳을 클릭하면 된다. 나는 해커스에서 공부했기 때문에 해커스(구 한울) 누르고, 확인 후 다음 단계 클릭. 학력에서 '부터'란에는 성적증명서에 나와 있는 날짜 중 제일 빠른 것 입력하고, '까지'란에는 학위 수여하는 날을 클릭하면 된다. 나는 8월 후기 학위수여라서 저렇게 했다. 그러면 이제 개인정보를 입력할 수 있다. 이것저것 맞는지 확인하고 주소 입력하고 천천..

Korean has 14 basic consonants and 10 basic vowels. ㅏ,ㅑ,ㅓ,ㅕ,ㅗ,ㅛ,ㅜ,ㅠ,ㅡ,ㅣ All vowels are pronounceable by themselves. However, all Korean letters should have a vowel and at least one consonant, so writing only vowels won't create words. To form a vowel a letter, you must write a consonant ㅇ which has no sound. The following words made only vowels. If you want to practie this with worksheet, please..

Hanguel has 21 vowels. Vowels, unlike consonants, can be used alone to form syllables. Vowels are formed with ' · ', 'ㅣ,' 'ㅡ' representing the sky, the human, and the earth respetively. In general, they are divided into monophthongs and diphthongs. In the picture above, 8 vowels (ㅏ,ㅓ,ㅗ,ㅜ,ㅡ,ㅣ,ㅐ,ㅔ) in the first line are monophtongs. Your mouth shape does not change when you pronounce these vowels..

If you decide to learn Korean but do not know where to start, learning Korean alphabet is a perfect way to begin. Let's start with consonants. There are 19 consonants in Hanguel. Even though they have their own sound(peonetic value), they are not able to be make sound alone but must be used with vowels to form syllable. ㄱ,ㄴ,ㅁ,ㅅ and o are the very basic consonants out of 19 consonants. The shpes ..

When you describe someone who is easily duped or cheated in Korean, you can say '팔랑귀'. It is a combination word of '팔랑'+ '귀'. '팔랑' means 'flutter' and '귀' means 'ear', so it means 'someone whose ears are too thin to easily fluttered with someone's advice or opinion. You can also say '귀가 얇다(ears are thin)', or '습자지 귀(ears as thin as writing papers). 🐻어? 이거 샀어? (Wait, did you buy it?) 🐹어, 어제.(Yeah..

There is a common phrase '김칫국 마시다.' in Korea, which means 'counting one's chickens before they hatch.'. It can be used at something good news or circumstances. Originally it comes from the old saying, '떡 줄 사람을 생각도 안 하는데 김칫국부터 마신다.", means 'Someone doesn’t even think about giving you a rice cake, but you already have drunk Kimchi soup.'. An interesting fact is, when this saying was made, Kimchi s..

'ㅘ' is a combined Korean vowel. It is combined with the biasic vowels 'ㅗ' and 'ㅏ'. It is diphthong, sounds /wa/. Simply think you pronunce 'ㅗ' and 'ㅏ' at the same time or 'ㅗ' first and then 'ㅏ' very quickly. It is very similar as 'twice[twais], quiet[ˈkwaɪət]' in English. Technically, 'ㅘ' can be written with any other consonant, but Korean words with 'ㅘ' vowel are quite few. Consonants 'ㄷ,ㄹ,ㅁ,ㅌ ..

'ㅟ' is combied Korean vowel. It is combined with the biasic vowels ㅜ and l. Technically it is a monophthong, but allowed to pronounce as a double vowel. Originally, it sounds /y/. You can make your lips look like '우/u/' and pronounce '이/i/' with your tongue. Nowadays, many Koreans(including me!) pronounce this vowel both ways, simple vowel /y/, and /wi/ as similar to 'twist, whistle'. I just use..

'ㅚ' is combied Korean vowel. It is combined with the biasic vowels ㅗ and l. Technically it is a monophthong, but allowed to pronounce as a double vowel because it is hard to pronounce. Originally, it sounds /ø/. You can make your lips look like '오/o/' and pronounce 'ㅔ/e/' with your tongue. Nowadays, most of the Koreans(including me!) pronounce this vowel as /we/ as similar to 'weather'. I just u..

These are the Korean words for human body.

These are Korean words for the office stuffs.

These are Korean words for the washroom. 🧼 Tip : Usually, Korean does not have face towel, bath towel, or bath sheet in their home. We only use hand towel.