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| The Real CZ Senior Member United States Joined 5430 days ago 1069 posts - 1495 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean | Message 537 of 844 24 February 2012 at 8:58pm | IP Logged | ||
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Wow, the weeks are starting to go by quickly. Well, spring break is coming up and I
only have one midterm to prepare for (had exams in some of the other classes already.) I originally had two midterms to study for, but I dropped a class since it sucked. So, with that, I'll have some more time for Korean. I signed up for an account over at HaruKorean. It's a great site and I like it. I haven't used it for the past two days (yesterday I spent some time at the Marines recruiting office and ate at a Korean restaurant after that, so I didn't feel like doing anything for the rest of the day.) I've always started going through some of Talk To Me In Korean lessons, mainly the Iyagi lessons, but I also check out some of the regular lessons to see if there are any grammar points they covered that I haven't or the ones I'm weak on. Started doing the scriptorium from my grammar book again. I find that the scriptorium is the best way I learn grammar, so I'm going back to it. Started reading webtoons on Naver and Daum again. I've set a limit on myself that I can only look up 5 words per chapter. I may start doing that with articles to make myself read more. I may initially bump that number up to 10 for articles dealing with politics, economics, science, sports, etc. I'm still doing intensive reading in one of my novels, but I usually only go through that a paragraph or two at a time since I'm writing down a lot of words. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| The Real CZ Senior Member United States Joined 5430 days ago 1069 posts - 1495 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean | Message 538 of 844 04 March 2012 at 2:14am | IP Logged | ||
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I haven't done much studying this week because of Kara's Speed Up PV.
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| Warp3 Senior Member United States forum_posts.asp?TID= Joined 5316 days ago 1419 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Korean, Japanese | Message 539 of 844 04 March 2012 at 5:51pm | IP Logged | ||
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By PV I assume that means it is a Japanese release? I was actually very disappointed in how little time they spent promoting "Step" last fall in SK then went right back to Japanese promotions. Yes they are doing great in Japan (especially compared to the other Korean groups) and need to leverage that advantage, but that doesn't mean you spend *that* little time on a new release in your home country. I still rank them as my favorite group, but if they keep that crap up, they'll get bumped by groups who actually pay more attention to their Korean market. Edited by Warp3 on 04 March 2012 at 5:51pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| The Real CZ Senior Member United States Joined 5430 days ago 1069 posts - 1495 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean | Message 540 of 844 04 March 2012 at 7:10pm | IP Logged | ||
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Koreans don't pay attention to Kara that much.
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| Warp3 Senior Member United States forum_posts.asp?TID= Joined 5316 days ago 1419 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Korean, Japanese | Message 541 of 844 04 March 2012 at 8:38pm | IP Logged | ||
Really? It didn't stop them from hitting 1st on several charts in South Korea once again with their latest single. ;) I agree that there are several other groups that out-perform them in SK (including most of the SM Entertainment owned groups), but Kara can still pull in big numbers there and has a significant fan base there. My complaint was that they only performed for maybe 2 weeks tops then stopped completely, even while their song was still steadily in the top 5 on the charts for weeks afterward (and in the top 20 for a couple months afterward). Most groups perform for *at least* a month, if not a full 2-3 months per single. Don't get me wrong. Japan seems to absolutely love Kara and they would be stupid not to take full advantage of that fact. They just need to be careful about taking their Korean fan base for granted and losing what standing they do have there. Plus a lack of focus on Korean will also keep them from taking full advantage of their 한류 status in other parts of the world. It's a tricky balancing act to please both parties but I'm hoping they can pull it off. On the flip side their focus on Japanese releases will give me an ample starting base of Japanese pop music from a group I already know and like for when I make the transition to learning Japanese (which I still plan to do at some point). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| The Real CZ Senior Member United States Joined 5430 days ago 1069 posts - 1495 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean | Message 542 of 844 05 March 2012 at 1:25am | IP Logged | ||
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Warp, BoA and DBSK did the same thing Kara is doing lol. BoA was even gone for five years
and that didn't hurt her popularity in Korea. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Ymer Diglot Newbie Sweden Joined 4621 days ago 20 posts - 20 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Korean | Message 543 of 844 05 March 2012 at 3:32pm | IP Logged | ||
Because of a music video? What did you do? Learn all the dance steps :)? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| The Real CZ Senior Member United States Joined 5430 days ago 1069 posts - 1495 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean | Message 544 of 844 05 March 2012 at 4:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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I watched the MV over and over. They're all so hot.
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