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던 and 았/었던
Today I will be posting about the similarities, differences, and usage of these two grammar points. I’m making this post to test my own understanding of what is, in my opinion, one of the most confusing aspects of Korean grammar. Also, some of the leading online explanations in English are lacking or have incorrect aspects…
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미래형 | Future Tense (ㄹ 것이다, -ㄹ게요, -겠, 아/어요)
I decided to gather my thoughts on these four grammar points and their many uses in a post. Disclaimer: I am not a native speaker and I may make a few mistakes or forget about an edge case usage, but I am confident that at least 95% of what I write is correct. I’m also…
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섹스 용어 | Sex Vocab (18+ post)
Here is a cute picture of a kitten. If you are not 18 or over, please press the back button ASAP. Here is a cute picture of 춘식. I will now assume that all of the 미자s have been filtered out, and we will procede to the list. I’m going to try to write as…
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ㄴ가/나 보다 vs ㄴ/는/ㄹ 것 같다
These two grammar points are the banes of many intermediates’ existences. Today I will attempt to explain the difference between them. I’m assuming you’ve already read other explanations online, so I won’t talk about how to conjugate them or anything like that. Anyway, in general, both are used when you make a guess about something.…
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카드 게임 용어 | Card Game Vocab
This is mostly vocab I picked up from playing the game 티츄 (Tichu). Some of it may apply to other card games. 티츄 is a 4인 전용 카드 게임 that is played in 2 teams of 2. You can play it online on a site called 티츄비. 라지 티츄: grand Tichu 라지 불러서 성공하면 점수…
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보드게임 용어 | Board Game Vocab (3탄)
For this next installment, I’m focusing on slang I’ve encountered while playing board games and terms related to KakaoTalk Open Chatting (카톡 오픈채팅), where you can find many board game clubs. Note that most of the slang is specific to board game communities (regular Koreans may not have even encountered it before), and some is…
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보드게임 용어 | Board Game Vocab (2탄)
Continuing from the first post, here are various nouns used in Korean board game communities. The last(?) post will focus on slang used while playing board games and in 카톡 오픈채팅 rooms. 콤포 | Game Components 콤포: game component 이 게임 콤포가 많아서 세팅하는 데 좀 걸리는데 예쁘죠? 토큰: token 어떤 지역에서 방어 깔았다고 표시하기…
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보드게임 용어 | Board Game Vocab (1탄)
Here is the first part of a list of board game vocabulary I learned while participating in a board game club in 평택 for an entire year. 장르 | Game Genres 주사위 굴리기: a dice-rolling game (ex: Yahtzee) 말놓기: a style of game that uses some kind of pawn (maybe chess? lol) 일꾼놓기: a worker-placement…