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GoldFibre
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 Message 393 of 532
10 April 2009 at 10:46pm | IP Logged 
TAC 2009 Day 100

Tonight I started reading 무지개 원리 (Blessing of the Rainbow), which is an adult level inspirational book. It was a gift from one of the conversation partners I used to meet up with who had been reading it herself. When I first received it the contents were pretty impenetrable, so I was surprised that I could understand so much of it now without a dictionary.

Edited by GoldFibre on 10 April 2009 at 10:47pm

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GoldFibre
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 Message 394 of 532
11 April 2009 at 3:35pm | IP Logged 
TAC 2009 Day 101

Did a bit more Keroro this morning. I'm going to a going-away party for my Korean friend tonight. It should be fun and good practice!

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여기는 폴 무슨 일인가? 뭣이...?!
緊急事態! 未確認 飛行物體가 高速으로 成層圈에 突入...! 落下 豫測 地點은...
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GoldFibre
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 Message 395 of 532
13 April 2009 at 12:35am | IP Logged 
TAC 2009 Day 102

I did some vocabulary, but haven't put the sentences in SRS yet. It was a lazy day, so I will have to make up for it this week.
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GoldFibre
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 Message 396 of 532
13 April 2009 at 11:58am | IP Logged 
World of Warcraft history in Korean!

Edited by GoldFibre on 13 April 2009 at 12:08pm

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GoldFibre
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 Message 397 of 532
13 April 2009 at 10:48pm | IP Logged 
TAC 2009 Day 103

I finished going through Keroro volume 4 and can now do a quick comparison to see my improvement.

Unknown words:
Keroro vol 1: 819 (4.55 per page)
Keroro vol 4: 614 (3.41 per page)

That's a pretty dramatic change of 25% fewer unknown words from one volume to the next. I am clearly learning a lot of vocabulary.

What I have been doing is writing down every word I don't know, even repeated words, until I fill up a page in my notebook (35 words). Then I look them all up, write down the Hanja and definitions, and then enter the ones that have good sentences into the SRS (usually about 10-15 sentences). It's simple, but effective.

This is definitely going well. I might stick with the Keroro series for comparison purposes, since it is motivating to see that kind of progress. It's also my most entertaining material on hand.

Best card:

基本的 人權의 尊重!

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 Message 398 of 532
14 April 2009 at 8:23am | IP Logged 
TAC 2009 Day 104

I made some short term goals for speaking ten days ago:

GoldFibre wrote:
TAC 2009 Day 94

Things I want to improve in the near-term when speaking:
- Being more aware of and using the proper speech level
- Using explanatory endings more naturally (-거든, -는데, -잖아, -네, 등등...)
- Quoting/verifying sentences correctly

I have definitely improved on the speech level aspect, made a little progress on using the endings appropriately, and not improved at all when quoting. These are going to remain my goals for now, but I may need to put some active effort into the last one since I'm pretty clueless what to do when the situation arises. With the other two goals I know what I need to do, but I usually think of the right form a second after I finish my sentence.
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 Message 399 of 532
14 April 2009 at 11:31pm | IP Logged 
TAC 2009 Day 104

I began doing the vocabulary in Keroro volume 5. I'll start giving the answers and definitions for my card of the day since it is likely that hardly anyone can actually read the mixed script.

Best card:

Q
이것들은 時限兵器야. 主人이 누군지 모르지만 지금은 우리의 障碍物에 不過해!

A
시한병기주인장애물불과

D
시한(時限)[명사]어떤 일을 하는 데의 시간의 한계.
【예】예정된 시한을 지키다.
장애―물(障碍物)[명사]장애가 되는 사물.
불과(不過)[부사][하다형 형용사]《주로 수량을 나타내는 말 앞에 쓰이어》 그 정도에 지나지 못함을 나타내는 말.
【예】우리 군사는 불과 삼 천이다./그것은 일시적 현상에 불과하다.

Edited by GoldFibre on 15 April 2009 at 11:28pm

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 Message 400 of 532
15 April 2009 at 11:30pm | IP Logged 
TAC 2009 Day 105

I worked in Keroro volume 5 and am going at a good pace so far.

Wow, 400 posts in this thread.

Best card:

Q
遺書는 썼나, 타마마. 이도 닦았습니다!

A
유서

D
유서(遺書)[명사]유언을 적어 남긴 글.


Edited by GoldFibre on 15 April 2009 at 11:41pm



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