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• Read more about 으려면 Grammar – Expressing “If You Intend To” in Korean
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The “Rock-Carved Standing Buddha in Yaksu-gyegok Valley” on Mt. Namsan in Gyeongju. Carving History

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I started learning Korean in 2005, back before most people had high speed internet, and before YouTube was a thing. But that didn’t matter, because learning Korean just takes a lot of studying and a TON of practice, and I was able to do both of those and while living in Korea. So I compiled some of the most important things I’ve learned over the past 20 years into today’s newest video.

• Read more about 20 Years of Learning Korean | The Truth No One Told Me
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• Read more about 인데 Grammar – How to Connect Ideas Naturally in Korean
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• Read more about Geumdaeam Hermitage – 금대암 (Hamyang, Gyeongsangnam-do)
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I woke up at 4:30 a.m.—not because I had to, but because some restless part of me still believes in fire. The kind that burns across the sky in brilliant pinks and oranges, the kind of sunrise that makes people stop dead in their tracks and remember, “Oh right… I’m alive, and I live on a goddamn planet spinning through space.”

• Read more about No Sunrise, No Problem
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• Read more about Brain Boost: Does Learning a New Language Really Make You Smarter?
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• Read more about Taejongsa Temple – 태종사 (Yeongdo-gu, Busan)
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In the third episode of our quiz series I challenged my son Jeremy to an onomatopoeia challenge. This is something he might be better at than me, since kids learn onomatopoeia from children’s books a lot more than Korean learners (such as myself). But I’m also a teacher, so who knows? Actually I know, because I filmed the video with him.

What challenge should we do next?

• Read more about Who is the Korean Onomatopoeia Master? | Son vs Dad
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Both ~(으)나 마나 and ~봤자 are used to say that it “doesn’t matter” whether you do something or not, but the way they’re used is different. ~(으)나 마나 uses verb stems while ~봤자 uses a conjugated verb.

• Read more about ~(으)나 마나 & ~봤자 “No Matter” | Live Stream Abridged
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• Read more about Korean Letter Names – What to Call Each Hangeul Alphabet
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• Read more about Tongdosa Temple Changnyeong Propagation Center – 통도사 창녕포교당 (Changnyeong, Gyeongsangnam-do)
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