Verbage

I’m here at school (feeling rather sick) trying to learn Korean verbs for a test this afternoon. Korean stems are so different from Japanese in that they all end in 다. The conjugation depends on the stem which lies before the 다. For example 알다 becomes 알아요, whereas 먹다 becomes 먹어요. It’s all dependent on [...]

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군만두 and grammar

I made 군만두 (goon mandu) for the first time yesterday. They are fried (and part-steamed) Korean dumplings filled with all sorts of yummy stuff. I was surprised how well they turned out. I should have taken my own photo, but here from the web is a photo of ones that look very similar… Yummacious! Really! [...]

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So crazy!

Things have been super crazy–hence the lack of blog posting! I pimped out Maggie Sensei this week and had some good feedback about that (and several questions about why I’m pitching someone else’s site and not my own!! I just think it’s a really good place to start, continue, or end! LOL). I got my [...]

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인사

Greetings, in both Korean and Japanese, are very different to those in English. For example, usually we just say “hello!” or “How are you?” or “Nice to see you” no matter the time of day or the person we’re speaking to. In both Japanese and Korean there are many more rules about what to say [...]

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Changes

So I changed my major successfully and it looks like I’ll be graduating next fall (still good news, although I was SO hoping that it would be in the spring). I have a LOT to do for graduate school though. In fact, the list I received from OSU is very, very long! I may possibly [...]

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当ててみて。。。

… I still haven’t decided on whether or not to drop Japanese. I’m really at a loss as to what to do. I need the 300 level for my degree… but maybe I can *change* my degree to something more fitting. I’m not sure though. Like switch to History (only they don’t have an Asian [...]

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Dilemma

So. I have a dilemma. Korean is really taking a lot of time and is pretty hard. I have decided that I want Korean to be my second language and Japanese my third. This of course throws a spanner in the works for taking Japanese this semester–in that it’s going to be a little too [...]

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Lots of thoughts

So, things are still getting into their groove. It’s a little crazy. H1N1 is sweeping through the University and also my son’s first grade class. We’re all a “little” sick, but thankfully nothing major. I hope to keep it that way. I’m already feeling behind. I created a list of all the kanji from Genki [...]

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疲れている

あまりに多くの宿題のするで私は疲れてしまった。 So… busy…. brain… melting! It’s really crazy. I have so much work–and trying to keep up with Japanese on top of Korean is a little daunting. However, I’ve decided (hopefully) that Korean will end up being my first language (well, technically second) and Japanese after that. Of course, I’d like to be fluent in [...]

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