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Korean Months/Days/Time

2010-07-06T22:36:00.000-05:00

Okay, so just for practice, and just in case no one knows this, I plan on listing all of the Korean months, days and so on. Here we go!

First off are months, they're pretty easy for me to remember because they use sino-Korean numbers and you just add wol (월)to the end to signify months.
January-il wol 일웡
February-ee wol 이월
March-sam wol 삼월
April-sah wol 사월
May-o wol 오월
June-yu wol 유월
July-chil wol 찰월
August-pal wol 팔월
September-gu wol구월
October-shi wol 시월
November-Sihp il wol 십일월
December-sihp ee wol 십이월
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Days, really easy as well
워요일 - Monday (wol-yo-il)
화요일 - Tuesday (hwa-yo-il)
수요일 - Wednesday (soo-yo-il)
목요일 - Thursday (moh-gyo-il:::This is how I was thought to pronounce it, it could be moh-kyo-il since ㄱ is g/k)
금요일 - Friday (kuhm-yo-il)
토요일 - Saturday (toh-yo-il)
일요일 - Sunday (il-yo-il)
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Time! I find telling time in Korean to be easier than telling time in French!
시 is used as the noun counter for it, and it uses Korean-Korean counting..

1:00 = 한시
2:oo = 두시
3:00 = 세시
4:00 = 네시
5:00 = 다섯 시
6:00 = 여섯 시
7:00 = 일곱 시
8:00 = 여덟 시
9:00 = 아홉 시
10:00 = 열 시
11:oo = 열한 시
12:oo = 열두 시

It's 1 o'clock would be 한시예요
It's 11 o'clock would be 열한 시예요
I'm going to meet a friend at 7: 일곱 시에 친구를 만나요.

I don't know how to say like 'it's 1:30' since I haven't memorized Korean numbers past 12 in Korean-Korean and past 1-12, 100, and 1,000 in Sino-Korean. I am using Living Language Korean and it didn't give me huge numbers at first. Guess I have to go look them up but if anyone knows that will be of help!

Quick Korean

2010-07-06T22:06:00.000-05:00

Everytime I feel like I need to practice my Korean, or if I learn some new phrases I want to write a little something in Korean about it.It will more than likely contain errors that need fixing, though that's just apart of learning!

안녕하세요! 매일은 공부하고 꽂가게에서 바달을 해요. 일요일부터 목요일까지 일해요. 주중에 너무 바빠요! 회사에 버스를 타고 앞 시청역 내려요. 주말은에 일어나고 샤워해요 그리고 그럼 영화관에 친구를 만나요. 밤에는 살사 수읍에 가요!

내일 옷가게에 가요. 저는 바자가 시른 필요해요.

I learned most of this a while back but I was starting to think I'd forget them.

Les mots du jour

2010-07-06T21:49:00.000-05:00

Words in French that I don't know the English translation of (Les mots dans français cet je ne sais pas le translation anglais **If it's right**):

Ou'avec
On dirai
Par (I swear it meant 'by', I don't know I'm sure I've seen it before)
Crocher
J'aurais (similar to j'aimerais?)
Aucun
Moche
M'occupier (I'm guessing to be occupy onseself?)

And the sentence of Les mots du jour:
Je lui piquerai bein son corps. (read it on Y!A France).

Help, anyone!

French reflexive pronouns D:

2010-07-06T21:08:00.000-05:00

Well, the long daunting french reflexive pronouns/verbs that have been going through my head for about a week now are still pretty fuzzy. I ran across them in the verb book I bought called 601 French Verbs, which is published by Berlitz, and only cost around $16 dollars. I know all of them:
Me, Te, Se *for 3rd person plural as well*, Nous, and Vous. They are to French what possessive adjectives are to English. In addition to that they are placed before the conjugated verb form, though in the infinitive of a reflexive verb the reflexive pronoun precedes the infinitive (example: Je vais me laver:: I am going to wash myself)....Say whaattt?! Yep I froze confused right there.

Other than that they can also be used (according to Berlitz) to:

• Distinguish between to verbs w/ different meanings.
Example: Ma fille dort beaucoup and Ma fille s'endort à sept heurs.

Okay so I sort of get it, then we move on to the confusing part.

• To express recipricol action when the subject is plural:
Example: Les deux amis se parlent souvent--The two friends talk to each other often.

Me:........:crickets:........okay I understand point #1 but #2,yeahhhhh, no.

The most confusing part finally here!
• To express an impersonal situation in the third person:
Example: Comment ça s'écrit?; Cela ne se fait pas, both of these means How do you spell that? and That is not done.

Blehhh, French reflexive pronouns D:

I do find it helpful though how most french verbs are reflexive like:
s'endormir (to fall asleep), s'appeler (to call oneself), se munir (to provide oneself).

My question to ANYONE out there is this: Is 'se' used in all reflexive verbs even when conjugated? Like Je me laver, I'm guessing its infinitive was se laver, which means the reflexive pronoun changes when conjugated? Confusing? Haha, but hey I guess that's what I get for trying to study French on my own for now!

Me

2010-07-06T19:51:00.000-05:00

Well my name is Earl (blehh) but a few people call me Ed, so that is what I go by here. I'm 16 and really interested in languages, traveling, and some other not important stuff. I've been thinking lately if I should start a blog because I had no clue of what I'd write about, so I took the bold step to make one today. (thumbs up to me!)
I'm studying French and Korean now, but plan on getting into Portuguese, Yoruba, Mandarin, Arabic, and other languages too (if I have the determination).

I'll update as often as I can (sooo expect a post or more a day, lol). By saying that if you're wondering yes I have a life, but just like languages...it's complicated!

So 다음에뵈요! Until next time.

P.S. I stink at taking photos, so if you're expecting good ones here then think again! The one of me above is one of the goods one I have, and a good one is like one in every 1,000.