TTMIK Level 3 lessons 22 to 25

[china_shop]

Lesson 22: It could...

-(으)ᄅ 수도 있다 means “it could...” “it’s possible that...” or “it might...”.

Sample sentences from the TTMIK PDF:
제 친구가 알 수도 있어요 = My friend might know.
저 내일 올 수도 있어요 = I might come here tomorrow.
저 내일 안 올 수도 있어요 = I might not come here tomorrow.
저 내일 못 올 수도 있어요 = I might not be able to come here tomorrow. (Note: NOT 올 수도 없어요.)
이거 가짜일 수도 있어요 = This might be fake. (Note: 가짜 = fake, vs 진짜 = real)
정말 그럴 수도 있어요 = It might really be so.

Lesson 23: Wordbuilder: 학

어학 = language learning
언어학 = linguistics
독학 = self-study, independent study

Lesson 24: 르 irregular verbs

토끼를 5년 동안 길렀어요 = I had a rabbit as a pet for five years. / I grew a rabbit for five years.

기르다 - to grow, to keep as a pet

Lesson 25: -네요

크네요
컸네요

맞 + 네요 = 맞네요 = I see that it’s correct! (Finding out a fact for the first time.)
여기 있네요! = Oh, here it is!
별로 안 춥네요 = Well, it’s not that cold.
아무도 안 왔네요 = Oh, look. Nobody is here yet.
벌써 11월이네요 = Wow, it’s already November!


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Comments

[zeborah]

Oh, is 질짜 the word that I think of as "chinCHAAA"? --Specifically the 'n' being ㄹ, I mean.

(I taught English in Korea for two years, and have a linguistics background, but was mostly with other foreigners, so my Korean is this weird mash of stuff I learned from a teach-yourself-Korean book before I left; stuff I learned in order to take a taxi or order a pizza; stuff a colleague tried to teach me formally except I was a terrible student; bits I picked up anyway at church or whereever; and bits I've picked up since coming back from watching Dae Jang Geum and so forth. So it's strange for me because most languages I learn primarily from reading and hearing/speaking only secondarily - including Chinese! - but Korean I guess I learned primarily from hearing/speaking, so keep being startled at how something is spelled even though I do actually understand the phonology of it.)

[china_shop]

Oh, is 질짜 the word that I think of as "chinCHAAA"? --Specifically the 'n' being ㄹ, I mean.

Ahaha, actually it's spelled 진짜, and that was a typo. *fixes* And yes, it is that word.

Ooh, interesting way to learn. I'm doing the classes-and-podcasts-and-dramawatching-and-language-exchange thing, which is more methodical but I suspect much slower.

ETA: Are you still learning Korean, or have you moved on to something else?

[zeborah]

Ah! I knew ㄹ does a bunch of interesting things in different phonological contexts, I guess this just isn't one of them after all. :-)

I don't think this is the best way of learning a language (for me personally; everyone has different best ways) mostly because it leaves me so stranded about the grammar, and grammar is the thing I'm good at so not feeling confident with it leaves me unconfident with everything. But it does leave me with a fairly eclectic semi-familiarity with bits of the language!

I wouldn't count myself as actively learning, really. I'm mostly focused on Te Reo at the moment. But I'm not not-learning, either. I'll consume any tidbit about any language that appears in my vicinity, and also randomly start teaching myself Ancient Greek for a fanfic I'm writing, as you do. --But, getting back specifically to Korean, my sister's recently mentioned she's thinking of taking a trip to Jeju-do, with the implication that I could go along with as incompetent interpreter/cultural guide, which sounds heaps of fun but makes me think I should probably brush up on the language. I need to find out how serious she is about this plan and what sort of timeframe she's thinking and get out my old textbook...

[china_shop]

Ah! I knew ㄹ does a bunch of interesting things in different phonological contexts, I guess this just isn't one of them after all. :-)

It's more likely to change the pronunciation of a preceding ㄴ, eg, 연락하다 is pronounced yeol-lak-ha-da

And yeah, I am enjoying the grammar a lot. Most of it is pleasingly logical. I don't think I could handle immersion without at least some grammar study thrown into the mix.

I keep feeling like I should be learning Te Reo, but I can only handle one new language at a time, so I'm giving myself another couple of years for Korean, and then I'll switch. By then I should have several friends I can practise Te Reo with, so there's that. :-)

Have fun on Jeju-do, if you go!