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IronFist
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 Message 25 of 27
02 October 2012 at 5:49am | IP Logged 
Ordered the Sounds of Korean book.

There's another book of the same name coming out later this year by different authors :o
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Haksaeng
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 Message 26 of 27
02 October 2012 at 3:12pm | IP Logged 
The guy who writes the Mezzofanti Guild blog has just moved to Korea and taken a job as an English teacher, and is planning to learn Korean for the next year. In case you're interested, his blog is mezzoguild.com
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IronFist
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 Message 27 of 27
09 October 2012 at 4:17am | IP Logged 
IronFist wrote:
Ordered the Sounds of Korean book.

There's another book of the same name coming out later this year by different authors :o


Just got it on Saturday. I've only read the first 14 pages so far but I'm already liking the way it sounds.

It's like when I read other Korean books, I find myself thinking "yeah, but..." a lot. With this book, every time I have a "yeah, but..." thought, the next sentence addresses what I was thinking of.

It's like when they were talking about "a" and "e," I was thinking "yeah, but they're pronounced the same in most cases" and then the next sentence said most speakers will pronounce them the same.

I also thought it was interesting that the intro said Korean has 3 sounds that are similar to English K, three that are similar to English T, etc. Most other books describe them as "like the 'k' in 'king' or whatever." This book actually acknowledges that none of them is exactly like the English version (at least that's what I'm told from people who can actually tell them apart).

So I think if anything is going to get me to a point where I can understand spoken Korean and tell the difference between sounds that sound the same, it's going to be this book.


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