kangmi: learning korean

Stackz

I’m told that the latest version of Stackz handles Chinese and Korean in addition to Japanese.

Posted by kangmi on November 8, 2004 at 8:00 PM0 comments

The day after

How does one express “I haven’t been grateful for presidential term limits since 1988” in Korean?

Posted by kangmi on November 3, 2004 at 10:47 AM9 comments

홈피

Just so I don’t assume something that’s not true...is 홈피 Korean for “home page”?

Posted by kangmi on November 2, 2004 at 4:03 PM23 comments

제가 투표했어요

제가 투표했어요.

I got all emotional about it, too, realizing this morning as I waited in a longer-than-usual line that a hundred years ago it wouldn’t have been an option for someone like me. I was absorbed in these thoughts when I caught sight of 장경, someone I first knew back in Korea. I was surprised not only to see her (I didn’t know she was still in the area), but to see her voting, as I didn’t know she’d become a citizen. But it’s been ten years now since she came with her husband, and I knew by our warm conversation that we were both thinking of a past that no longer existed, either for her or for me.

Posted by kangmi on November 2, 2004 at 2:15 PM3 comments

A few notes

- The gingko leaves background is used with the kind permission of artist Wendy Brockman. She’s got some beautiful botanical prints at her site.

- The last episode of 아름다운 유혹 was broadcast on Saturday, and I watched it on Sunday. All ended mostly well. In a few weeks I hope to start watching another program. Suggestions are welcome.

- Just in case, 인선 loaned me her 주민등록 번호. However, I was able to register at Daum without it. I’m working on Naver, but I’ve run in to a glitch that I need to identify. For good measure, I registered at EBS yesterday.

Posted by kangmi on November 1, 2004 at 2:52 PM0 comments

In other worlds…

Joel passes level 4 of the Korean Language Proficiency test, and Gord gets a vocabulary lesson from a taxi driver.

Posted by kangmi on November 1, 2004 at 9:10 AM0 comments