When I told my TaeKwonDo teacher I started learning Korean the literal first thing he said was "WHY!??!? Why would you do that??" And I said "To spy on you of course!" He laughed, I laughed, we laughed, and then he punched me in the gut.
I am a Taekwondo instructor and my purpose to learn Korean was to read Taekwondo literature written in Korean only. I teach my students Korean language too.
i was a taekwondo student when i was really young, i started learning korean last year. i knew taekwondo was a korean sport but i never tought i would learn the language of taekwondo's country of origin
As an active duty soldier, I was married to a Korean woman for 15 1/2 years (1978-1995). I could read and write 한글 but only knew the basic salutations and how to count and tell time. I could communicate from point A to B on the buses and felt my Korean was much better than most other American soldiers married to Koreans; although I only spoke in the present tense. I barely finished H.S. in 1974 with what nowadays would amount to an 8th grade education level, so understanding grammar rules and conjugation was far beyond my comprehension level. I never knew any Korean woman who taught their children Korean (unlike the German wives) or wanted their children to study Korean. Today, I have a MAT and am a 63 year old retired school teacher. I began seriously re-studying Korean two years ago. I am using Billy's books (Book 2, Chapt 3) along with TTMIK (Level 3). I truly wish I had not wasted so many academic years. Good luck to everyone on their Korean journey.
I've been learning Korean for 2 years now, and I got kinda shameful to say it out loud because everytime I share it with someone. Ppl come at me : oh! You're a kpop fan! For sure, you only learn Korean cuz u like kpop. And especially on RUclips, when someone is learning Korean and is also a kpop fan, ppl come at them saying : koreaboo! Well,,, no ?? Pls, ppl need to change their minds
I feel shameful because I have been learning Korean for 4 years now, and I'm indeed a k-pop fan, but I am not learning it for my favorite bands or whatever. It'd be nice to know the lyrics and understand them without translation, but that's not my reason. I've been surrounded by Koreans my whole life, when I was 7 I met a boy named Jin and he told me about his family and taught me my first word(s) and hangul. The language is tied to me. I just hate that the people I tell that I speak Korean always call me a koreaboo, which isn't true. I already get looked at weird for enjoying Korea's music, it's already bad, but saying I am learning it and I get told all the awful things.....ugh sorry it just bothers me. Why can't I be both?
i was on vrchat (a vr game where you can meet people in virtual worlds) and i often go to a korean world to practice listening or speaking. a few days ago, i met someone who's a new learner and we had a good discussion about why we were interested in korean. now, in the middle of our convo, some guy came up to us and asked what we, english speakers, were doing in a korean-based world. he immediately assumed that we were koreaboos! the girl i was talking to explained that her friend wanted her to learn it, but i was hesitant to be judged because my reason was kpop. he didnt change his mind even when we tried telling him what koreaboos really are. i even posed the question: "if an english native speaker were to want to learn spanish, would they be a 'spainaboo' or something like that??" he said "no..." so i replied, "right, because its normalized." i shoulda said to him "you're just scared to admit that you're in the wrong" LOL
4 years late to respond. But I relate to this so much!!! I'm very hesitant to tell people I'm learning korean because most people know I'm a huge kpop fan, but actually my reasoning for learning has nothing to do with that. I was a kpop fan for 5 years before I started learning Korean. You'd think if I was doing it for that I'd have started at my peak of being a fan.
I'm (slowly) learning Korean because I wanted to learn an Asian language and the fact that Korean is phonetic seemed really cool to me. It is true that my first exposure to the language has been through music (소향♥) but there's so much more that I like about it!
The discouragement from learning Korean is less from Koreans than from other foreigners who live here. They don't like that you're learning it because it makes them feel self conscious about being here for ages without studying.
In my experience foreigners who live in Korea that don't learn Korean just don't talk about it at all, because they'll get called out on it. The only times I've had someone say that Korean isn't useful, is from Koreans themselves. Generally they compare it to like German, which has ~120 million speakers, or something like that. When I talk to Americans in America about it, the most I've gotten is "why Korean over X?", but not really any discouragement.
also the same with asian americans, theyre always the first ones to call ppl koreaboos but koreans living in korea always find it amazing we're learning it. i never understood it
This is so true. I’ve been learning Korean for a little over a year now, and the Koreans I’ve met have been encouraging and helpful. However foreigners not so much, as someone said; ”it’s not a useful language that can benefit me”.
@lazer tag In big cities there are foreigner bars and restaurants where everything is in English. Some people just stay in that bubble. They get a coworker/ romantic partner/ friend to make all of their phone calls and whatnot. Or they just wait around until they get someone who speaks English.
I'm learning Korean to connect with my heritage. My grandparents, aunts, and mom came to the USA. Unfortunately, none of the grandkids speak Korean and I want to change that. I want to be able to speak with my grandma in her native language and make her proud. I just wish it wasn't so late in the game. I'm starting at 22, but hopefully in due time I can achieve fluency. And maybe even inspire my cousins to follow my lead.
I started to learn Korean because of Drama and wanting to understand without having to read subtitles. But the more I learned the more I feel in love with the culture, the people, the country... So the reason I started was right, but then it changed. Also about politeness level. When I started I didn't give a hoot, but in that year I have been learning I started to change in that regard as well. When someone younger than me (and speaks Korean with me) uses 반말 I get do feel offended. I actually decided when I started to first learn 존댓말 and later add 반말 when I get more secure with it, but at some point it started to mix. When I got to know my first Korean friend, she made sure to ask for my age and insisted on me using 존댓말 with her to get used to it, because it is better to be too polite than to offend by being rude.
I am a Kpop fan but that is not the first reason I learned Korean. My first reason, when I was still a child, I thought I will be cool to other people if I have a language I know aside from my native one. Kpop only makes me want to learn it more.
i was exposed to korean through kpop too. it is seriously amazing how a country's music industry can make millions of people learn their language and profit their economy. truly genious
The "why bother?" question has actually been kind of inspiring for me. That plus your video about taking photos around 을지로 makes me want to take a day to go around my town taking pictures of Korean signs and shops just so I can show Koreans that even in this big English-speaking country sometimes you need to go beyond that and learn another language to be part of the local culture :)
The reason why I learn Korean is: Short answer: I have the right to understand what I listen to and watch. Long answer: 1. I grew up listening to Backstreet boys, Westlife, Nsync, Boyzone...etc and once that lovely era of the 90s and the millennium ended, those singers were replaced with the new modern English songs which don't appeal to me. Not wanting to disrespect anyone, but I'm not listening to songs like "anaconda", nor would like to watch a naked woman singing in a "video clip" 🙄. This is just not my cup of tea. K.pop is much cleaner and it is fun to watch people dance than watching them strip 🤷♀️. I still listen to English songs as long as they are audible though. 2. Korean variety shows are sooo funny, creative and entertaining and takes a lot of time to get subbed, if they get subbed at all, and I like to laugh every now and then, you know, like normal humans. 3. Korean drama are much shorter and less smutty than American drama ,my own opinion, that's why I enjoy watching them. So I learn Korean to understand what I listen to and watch, why is this considered a crime, while I see some Americans try to learn French and Spanish, and everyone consider this as cool, but Korean language isn't cool to learn, double standards.
I am 100% on the same trail!! I was motivated to learn English to understand BSB among others and Friends without reading subs (plus to be on the teachers good side because she was kind of terrifying) but then I missed learning a language in adulthood so I had to pick one and I looked at the kpop songs I was already listening to and went "Yeah, I'd like to understand these lyrics.. why not let's use the same motivation that worked once before" and with that I just fell in love with Korean deeper and deeper both as a language but also so many channels of entertainment, history and much else! I love their shows too like gag consert and running man! I'd love to learn languages for life but Korean was picked because it just happens that I miss boybands and good music you want to dance to without annoying nakedness and I think it's a great bonus when you actually understand and can sing along! Like the good old times :p Also I don't get why it's shunned to like a group because they look good.. it's how I liked boybands growing up as well. *shrug*
Me as well. I learn English when I was 14 for backstreet boys and the others and cause I wanted to understand movies without needing subtitles. In 2006 I moved to Greece and slowly I stop listening English music, for the same reasons you wrote . Greek music wasn't my cup of tea, cause their modern stuff is slutty too. I already liked Ost's from anime so I was inclined to try to learn japanese, but one day I watched a korean movie called "baby and I" and the sound of korean fascinated me. I started watching korean movies and dramas, their Ost took me to their music, and I discovered several artist wich I enjoyed some songs but that was it. Until 2012 when I felt in love with exo. Even like this, I never put time into learning the language, but I decided to start now. I dont care what anyone around me tell me or call me. I am going to learn korean cause I love that language. Their Writing system, their sounds and all. Even if I never going to be able to visit Korea, I am going to learn korean. I even thought to make a RUclips channel showing my progress on it. Do you think is a good idea?
@@chanyeolswife5235 I learned English because of backstreet boys too,😅🤭 and now I have a master in English Literature. I can't imagine my life without the English language now. My whole career is based on it and to think I learned it for a band may seem stupid, but this is what life is all about, small decisions changing a whole life. As for the RUclips channel, go for it. If you have the time and wouldn't mind the effort, by all means do it. If you succeeded, then well done; if not, you've got nothing to lose.
@@dedasab I feel the same, English that I once called "so dumb and a waste of time because I'm never gonna use it" when I was 10 and now I'm living in the US and is my most comfortable language. I too never would have thought it would impact me so deeply but now I love it! And I'm just over the moon that I found another language to fall in love with and I'm excited to see what memories my life will bring as a reward once I've learned it! If I hadn't loved BSB I wouldn't have met my husband who's American. Heck I wouldn't be a farmer despite that it was my dream because Sweden didn't have opportunities for me, I wouldn't have my horses (especially never would have afforded a Haflinger but Enya was just $500) and I definitely wouldn't have the dog that is like I dreamt him into life. Sweden would never have created a border collie/corgi and I love his will to please and that touch of corgi stubborn. I love that he is both velcro and independent too 😍 Learning a language is so life changing and opens so many wonderful opportunities and relationships! I've met some extremely inspirational people thanks to English. I can not wait to meet inspirational Koreans too, as well as other cultures after that because I want to learn languages forever. 😍 I can't wait for the people I will befriend one day because of this! Even right now, meeting other BSB fans so many years later is just amazing! I'm proud of you both :)
@@chanyeolswife5235 Yes if you start documenting your journey please tag me and I'll follow and support you! It is so cool to meet other BSB fans that learned English thanks to them so many years later that I definitely feel a bond with both of you already. We have similar taste in music and in languages so of course I'll support you if you choose to document your journey! Like I wrote just a few seconds ago I'm proud of you guys. :) We all became fluent for the same motivation and that is so insanely cool! The fact that we still walk the same path into the next language is double cool!
I don't get why some people think there are wrong and right reasons to learn a language. Who cares what the reason is? Learning another language is a good thing regardless.
Guys who learn Korean trying to get with Korean girls - there's nothing wrong with that, no need to be shameful about it, be open about it and it is ok because it is a great effort and determination in order to reach their goal in romance.
I remember once in college learning Mandarin Chinese for 4 months (4+ hours per day) in order to date a girl. I regret that relationship. I don't regret my time studying the language one bit.
I started learning Korean after lockdown. My bf dumped me and I thought what did I enjoy the most in lockdown, Jolly and Korean Englishman vids. It sparked my interest in Korean culture. I have only been learning for 2 months now but to just begin to understand a different culture and engage with it is amazing. Already, I have learnt so much about how I learn and what helps. I love your videos Billy Korean, as they help me to see the wider picture to learning and present direction for this. I will definitely be watching more of your videos to help with this process and some of the learning video's to progress my learning further. Thank you :)
Seems like something that happens to most language learners. I'm just learning because I love the sound and it would be cool to speak. Plus so many *_want to know_* English and it'd be easier to help them, if I knew some of theirs. This is my experience though.
I started learning way back in 2012 because I wanted to learn a non-romance language that used a non-latin alphabet. After a lot of research I decided Chinese and Japanese were too heard to learn to read and write and settled on Korean. After that I discovered TV/music etc. because my Spanish teacher used Spanish TV&music to help us learn. Now I live in Korea and it annoys me that everyone assumes I am learning Korean because of kpop or kdramas. I've also had a lot of people (foreigners) question why I'm learning because I'm in Seoul and they could visit for a couple of weeks and use only English. Its a lot different to visit versus live in a city.
Kind of was covered in the first one but that if you like K-pop and are learning Korean that you don't truly appreciate and understand or care about any other aspect of Korean. When I say I got into Korean because K-pop was my real first exposure to the writing, language, and culture and that was a Segway to me lovingg so many other things about Korea because now I have a Segway to the culture. Most people assume if I say I got into Korean through K-pop that I think K-pop is all Korea is which really annoys me so now I'm afraid to even say I got into it through K-pop
@@SaraStar7373 exactly! There are people who only are learning for kdramas or K-pop and that is cometely okay. But people have such a stigma around K-pop. I used to too before I started listening
I think I got into Kpop because I love how the language sounds. It's so beautiful. Essentially I wanted to learn Korean because of many groups that I listen to using so much Korean context in their lyricism and I just wanted to fully understand their lyrics. Through kpop and the studying I learned about Korean culture which made me want to learn more and more. I've always thought language is a fundamental part of culture (history, jokes, idioms, literature, dialects, art, etc) and not learning it makes me feel like I'm missing on something.
In 서울 I went to language exchanges about 3-4 nights a week for months, so I had a LOT of initial conversations with Koreans. A lot of these misconceptions are dead on, particularly the trope about wanting to learn for Korean girls, and spicy food. Actually the "oh wow you can handle spicy food" thing was starting to get more than a bit annoying. The other trope I found annoying was "you're living in Korea, so that must be why your spoken ability has improved". Yeah, that, and not the fact I consciously practiced and dedicated time to language exchanges. One thing related to the 반말 trope is I've had Koreans straight up just speak 반말 with me immediately, without even acknowledging it when I first met them. No respekk. I didn't really come across the genius one but I can agree with how it removes agency from you and it removes all the work you had to do in order to reach an intermediate+ level of Korean. Also every single couple that I met with a bilingual Korean partner, the foreign partner almost NEVER learned Korean. I lived in 세종시 and I knew several people who had been there for years and hadn't learned anything. In 부산 I met the owner of a brewing company and restaurant there who had been there almost ~10 years and hadn't learned much at all. I think it's extremely difficult to have your romantic partner also be your teacher, and most people don't have the drive to go out and find a teacher or school.
I have learned the whole Hangul on my own and now attending a Korean course in London. I love the musicality. I hope to put it at good use and as I work in central London, I bump into many Korean people. So, hopefully I can help with direction or just simply saying Hello!
Lol I’m half Korean and the reason I’m learning is to connect with my Korean side... my father (married to my Korean mom) speaks little Korean outside of ordering food n booze 😂
I'm learning Korean for a few reasons. I have studied Korean history since college days. I would have learned earlier but my life was far far too demanding at the time to do so. I have a Korean friend who is in the music business. I helped him with his English beginning in 2004. When I was able to begin studying Korean, he was very happy. More than a few years into life, I want to keep my mind active. A good way is to learn another language. I already know French and Spanish, so I wanted to learn a language that uses a different alphabet.
Korean culture and food is why I started....then the door opened from there. When you open your mind to limitless possibilities life is amazing. It's different when you're forced to pick a language (i.e. high school elective) and just end up liking Spanish language and actually visiting Korea and end up falling in love with it.
I want to learn Korean so I can properly have a conversation with Koreans in Korea. I wouldn't go to another country expecting them to know my main language. That's kind of ignorant.
I think the worst part is that misconceptions 1 and 3 were actually right about me. Initially, at least. But it evolved to a point where I'd actually have to put in work and effort, and that, in turn, deepened my appreciation for the language, and now I just want to know it for me. Plus, I'd like to visit, and I don't want to be *that guy* who just points at everything or be reduced to charades without a local who can speak English and Korean. But no, you nailed it. No matter why you start out learning it, no one is going to learn it for a simple reason. You eventually just have a desire to learn that goes beyond that initial catalyst.
I havent heard much misconceptions yet but I have discovered that some of my friends are subconciously racist towards Asians so learning Korean has helped me weed out some bad friends because I would never have known otherwise. Most good friends just say they are super proud of me and inspired to learn languages too because my passionate attitude makes it seem more fun and less intimidating, yay! But the bad ones... I'm quite disgusted to put it bluntly.
Ngl I started learning Korean bc of their media, like watching korean dramas without subtitles ofc (although that doesn't seem really necessary but i wanna appreciate the acting without having to miss it bc of subs), but most specifically to be able to read manhwas and webtoons that aren't licensed in english or to be able to engage with celebrities. i know it's a very lame reason to learn a language but I tell myself that stimulating my brain learning a new skill regardless if it'll be useful or not in the future, is much more better than just sitting around and wasting hours on youtube like i often do for example. I also struggle studying for my major, but learning smth that you actually enjoy on your free time and learning how to study with it, and then applying those methods when actually studying for your major isn't useless imo.
I mean to be fair, I think a lot of people are learning Korean since they're into kpop, kdramas, or korean books, or something along those lines. But that's not a bad thing, it's a good thing. One's reason for learning something shouldn't be looked down upon no matter what it is. Some people wish to understand song lyrics, and some want to talk to people in another language.
I wanted to try learning a language with a different writing system... I originally chose Thai bc I was already watching Thai dramas so I was like that'll work and once I get a grasp on it I won't have to read subtitles! (I'm a sloooow reader).. as a first forgein language Thai is a bit much. it's like a math equation trying to figure out which tone to use for any given word, and there are not many free learning materials online ( I wanted to wait before I invested all my money into the language). The actual writing system is really hard to memorize as well. After about a month of trying to sort out Thai letters I found out about 한글 and all of its cool features to make learning it pain free. I was instantly sold.. I then had a moment of internal debate that started with "What the hell am I gonna use korean for?" This is a long story to say I started getting into K-pop to have at least some semblance of an excuse to learn Korean.. only after did I find a bunch of people shaming the concept of learning a language bc they like the media. Why? Who cares? I have an actual facination with learning the new grammar, and I wouldn't have known that otherwise.. I'm planning on hopefully going back to Thai one day, and learning about all of its fun grammar quirks. For people to shame others for learning a language for reasons they don't think are good enough is just plain rude in my eyes. Let people do what they want!
Kia Ora Andy from a fellow New Zealander :) I was so surprised to hear that familiar accent lol. I am learning Korean because I married a Korean man :) It was quite a few years ago now and at a time when Korean language resources were few in NZ and because we aren't living in Korea, he didn't see it as necessary to teach me or our children much of his language. But I kept dabbling with what I could find and then I stumbled across TTMIK. I am older now and will probably never arrive at a great level of fluency but I enjoy the challenge of learning :) Also learning the language, watching Korean dramas, variety shows, etc, has helped me to understand the culture and history more and so therefore understand my husband more, his attitudes and mannerisms, etc. I just wish I'd had access to all these things earlier in our lives:)
한글 is the reason I'm learning Korean. It's just really simply and really easy to learn and the way it's put together is just really interesting to me. Seeing that there weren't many characters in 한글 made me really want to learn Korean having already wanted to learn a foreign language at the time.
On the reason for learning in my case, I definitely do enjoy korean media, but I am also (as a german) really fascinated by the culture and the language itself. Because the german language is known for being harsh and rough sounding, I absolutely love the way korean sounds.💜
i think that i for sure fit into some of these misconceptions haha but my passion for languages and my love for the beauty of the korean language is in no way diminished from this fact!!
I'm married to a first generation Korean American, but he doesn't know Korean lol. I'm learning so our kids can get more connected to that aspect of their culture.
As I think about it the things I've realized is that my reasoning now versus then isn't so based in watching dramas or kpop. At the moment I'm in a lull period with Korean due to my Japanese learning journey. Maybe one day I'll get back to Korean. But this was definitely a video that makes me think.
I learned korean because my girlfriend complained that I should learn her language even though she spoke perfect English. I was also interested in Japanese so I said why not korean 😆
I think my case is totally different .after destroying my life to escape from reality I started learning Korean though I am not good learner but I force myself to keep. Learning
Do you think it's more frowned upon here or there? I've found it's best to keep it a secret here in America. For some reason if someone finds out that becomes your identity and it becomes fun to try to embarrass you over. 🤷🏼
That's true tho sure I was Introduced to Korean language and capture because I found kpop but that's not the reason I'm trying to learn it *only like 8% the reason but not the main reason more of a side dish of a reason I guess you could say* but I'm learning it because I have a passion for learning languages and I find the Korean language EXTREMELY diffrent even beatiful in a way but also more of a challenge for me but also it's just cool being able to read a foriegn alphabet plus knowing more languages is a good opportunity to make freinds and learn new things I've always been a curious person very intrested in learning about calture very different from what I'm used to my language learning list is quite large but kpop and kdramas are not #1 reason for learning but because I wanna learn many language and visit alot of places I just personally enjoy learning new things I'm also learning Spanish swedish and real German *I speak a German dialect called low German so I wanna learn what we call high German or real german not the dialect * I also plan to start learning Japanese and brush up and improve on my French Which means by the time I know all the languages I want to know I'll be able to speak English Low German German Swedish Spanish French Korean Japanese And the list might grow as well So it's not just because of kpop
and then you have people like me learning cause it looked easier than japanese so why not🤣 but then i somehow became obsessed with it. its an interesting language :) i get the "ew why" thing from english speakers. like whats wrong with me haha i think it doesn't matter what made you interested in a language as long as you developed a passion for it
Gotta learn to step your game up. I went through two large bags of takis in one sitting before. That being said I would never do it again. Very unhealthy and while I loved the flavors of the spices the heat didn’t get to me but the pressure did.
Nice chat! Would a breuvage labeled 에이드 every be carbonated or alcoholic, or is it more exclusive to juice? ... definitely have felt many of these misconceptions as a negative reaction or if not negative at least an assumption to my Learning, some of these have happened with other languages îve worked on like my partners birth language and via love did not automatically become my teacher and translator and neither of us had much interest in the media . . . so glad to see this pointed out ... people just assume a lot of stuff about the WHY « korea just kinda choose me 🙌 I would never think learning a language is a waste of time », love it...
ㅋㅋ 이런걸 많이 들었어요. 나는 부산에 살고 2년 동안 한국어를 공부하고 있어요. 원래는 kpop과 kdrama 때문에 한국어를 배우기 시작했지만, 그 후에 한국으로 여행을 와서 문화, 음식, 그리고 한국사람들과 사랑에 빠졌어요. 편하게 말할 수 있어서 한국인들이 항상 남자친구가 있냐고 물어보고있는데요.... 하지만 여자친구 덕분에 내 한국어 말하는 능력이 꽤 좋아요 ㅋㅋ 내 호주 친구들과 몇몇 한국인들은 왜 내가 한국어를 배우는지 물어봐요.. 왜 그것에 대해 물어보는지 몰라... 너무 재미있으니까! 난 앤디처럼 15년동안 한국어를 공부하고싶어요! ^^
I absolutely HATE "omg you like Korea! You must love BTS!" I hate all KPop (I can name one or 2 rock bands I like, I just do not like pop period) or "omg what KDramas do you like?" I don't like KDramas, although I have come to the conclusion that until I live in Korea (working towards) I should watch for listening practice, though I'm at a "well, I don't enjoy so how the hell do I pick one?" Or my total fav, I LOVE Japanese culture and being told "that Japanese guy looks like he's from BTS" or the time I was in Japan for a rock concert and a girl in my dorm at the hostel was there for some KPop (I believe BTS but I might be wrong) and she found I was in Japan for a concert and she's like "I'M GOING TO BTS TOO!" (bc no other bands exist) then she got super mad it wasn't them. I love both countries and I HATE people equating them
I'm just tired of reading instead of watching so I decided to learn how to understand them... rather than speak the language but if I could learn how to speak it, the better.
At first I wanted to learn Korean because of a video game;;;; later on I found more reasons of course but that was my motivation. Later on I was called a cringy kpop fan and a koreaboo and I Had no idea what kpop is. I don't even like anything besides shinee and stray kids nowadays. I find bts annoying and overrated... I hate to be called such stuff because I don't even like it. Guess it's just me? :/ P. S. Also I find it extremely annoying when in every non related to korean video I see comments like ARMYYYYYYYY like ugh..
That's what a misconception is.... They make these broad assumptions and generalize people when in reality (like most generalizations) that is not the case for most.
The partner thing is really annoying because it seems to erase all the effort and curiosity you have and have put into learning the language and culture. It renders the whole process completely 2D, I really don't like it.
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When I told my TaeKwonDo teacher I started learning Korean the literal first thing he said was "WHY!??!? Why would you do that??" And I said "To spy on you of course!" He laughed, I laughed, we laughed, and then he punched me in the gut.
That took a turn at the end...
I am a Taekwondo instructor and my purpose to learn Korean was to read Taekwondo literature written in Korean only. I teach my students Korean language too.
i was a taekwondo student when i was really young, i started learning korean last year. i knew taekwondo was a korean sport but i never tought i would learn the language of taekwondo's country of origin
This is so hilarious 🤣🤣
Um
There are so many koreans who speak really good English, I just tell them that THEY'RE amazing for learning english too!
"You're breathtaking!"
As an active duty soldier, I was married to a Korean woman for 15 1/2 years (1978-1995). I could read and write 한글 but only knew the basic salutations and how to count and tell time. I could communicate from point A to B on the buses and felt my Korean was much better than most other American soldiers married to Koreans; although I only spoke in the present tense. I barely finished H.S. in 1974 with what nowadays would amount to an 8th grade education level, so understanding grammar rules and conjugation was far beyond my comprehension level. I never knew any Korean woman who taught their children Korean (unlike the German wives) or wanted their children to study Korean.
Today, I have a MAT and am a 63 year old retired school teacher. I began seriously re-studying Korean two years ago. I am using Billy's books (Book 2, Chapt 3) along with TTMIK (Level 3). I truly wish I had not wasted so many academic years. Good luck to everyone on their Korean journey.
I've been learning Korean for 2 years now, and I got kinda shameful to say it out loud because everytime I share it with someone. Ppl come at me : oh! You're a kpop fan! For sure, you only learn Korean cuz u like kpop.
And especially on RUclips, when someone is learning Korean and is also a kpop fan, ppl come at them saying : koreaboo!
Well,,, no ?? Pls, ppl need to change their minds
Yes! I use to feel shameful about it for that exact reason! I agree people need to change their minds
I feel shameful because I have been learning Korean for 4 years now, and I'm indeed a k-pop fan, but I am not learning it for my favorite bands or whatever. It'd be nice to know the lyrics and understand them without translation, but that's not my reason. I've been surrounded by Koreans my whole life, when I was 7 I met a boy named Jin and he told me about his family and taught me my first word(s) and hangul. The language is tied to me. I just hate that the people I tell that I speak Korean always call me a koreaboo, which isn't true. I already get looked at weird for enjoying Korea's music, it's already bad, but saying I am learning it and I get told all the awful things.....ugh sorry it just bothers me. Why can't I be both?
i was on vrchat (a vr game where you can meet people in virtual worlds) and i often go to a korean world to practice listening or speaking. a few days ago, i met someone who's a new learner and we had a good discussion about why we were interested in korean.
now, in the middle of our convo, some guy came up to us and asked what we, english speakers, were doing in a korean-based world. he immediately assumed that we were koreaboos! the girl i was talking to explained that her friend wanted her to learn it, but i was hesitant to be judged because my reason was kpop. he didnt change his mind even when we tried telling him what koreaboos really are.
i even posed the question: "if an english native speaker were to want to learn spanish, would they be a 'spainaboo' or something like that??"
he said "no..." so i replied, "right, because its normalized."
i shoulda said to him "you're just scared to admit that you're in the wrong" LOL
4 years late to respond. But I relate to this so much!!! I'm very hesitant to tell people I'm learning korean because most people know I'm a huge kpop fan, but actually my reasoning for learning has nothing to do with that. I was a kpop fan for 5 years before I started learning Korean. You'd think if I was doing it for that I'd have started at my peak of being a fan.
I'm (slowly) learning Korean because I wanted to learn an Asian language and the fact that Korean is phonetic seemed really cool to me.
It is true that my first exposure to the language has been through music (소향♥) but there's so much more that I like about it!
same here!
What's 소향?
@@blink_vittar 소향 (Sohyang) is a Korean singer. She's one of the most amazing soprano singers in the world.
The discouragement from learning Korean is less from Koreans than from other foreigners who live here. They don't like that you're learning it because it makes them feel self conscious about being here for ages without studying.
And there it is.
In my experience foreigners who live in Korea that don't learn Korean just don't talk about it at all, because they'll get called out on it. The only times I've had someone say that Korean isn't useful, is from Koreans themselves. Generally they compare it to like German, which has ~120 million speakers, or something like that. When I talk to Americans in America about it, the most I've gotten is "why Korean over X?", but not really any discouragement.
also the same with asian americans, theyre always the first ones to call ppl koreaboos but koreans living in korea always find it amazing we're learning it. i never understood it
This is so true. I’ve been learning Korean for a little over a year now, and the Koreans I’ve met have been encouraging and helpful. However foreigners not so much, as someone said; ”it’s not a useful language that can benefit me”.
@lazer tag In big cities there are foreigner bars and restaurants where everything is in English. Some people just stay in that bubble. They get a coworker/ romantic partner/ friend to make all of their phone calls and whatnot. Or they just wait around until they get someone who speaks English.
I'm learning Korean to connect with my heritage. My grandparents, aunts, and mom came to the USA. Unfortunately, none of the grandkids speak Korean and I want to change that. I want to be able to speak with my grandma in her native language and make her proud. I just wish it wasn't so late in the game. I'm starting at 22, but hopefully in due time I can achieve fluency. And maybe even inspire my cousins to follow my lead.
I started to learn Korean because of Drama and wanting to understand without having to read subtitles. But the more I learned the more I feel in love with the culture, the people, the country... So the reason I started was right, but then it changed. Also about politeness level. When I started I didn't give a hoot, but in that year I have been learning I started to change in that regard as well. When someone younger than me (and speaks Korean with me) uses 반말 I get do feel offended. I actually decided when I started to first learn 존댓말 and later add 반말 when I get more secure with it, but at some point it started to mix. When I got to know my first Korean friend, she made sure to ask for my age and insisted on me using 존댓말 with her to get used to it, because it is better to be too polite than to offend by being rude.
I am a Kpop fan but that is not the first reason I learned Korean. My first reason, when I was still a child, I thought I will be cool to other people if I have a language I know aside from my native one. Kpop only makes me want to learn it more.
i was exposed to korean through kpop too. it is seriously amazing how a country's music industry can make millions of people learn their language and profit their economy. truly genious
The "why bother?" question has actually been kind of inspiring for me. That plus your video about taking photos around 을지로 makes me want to take a day to go around my town taking pictures of Korean signs and shops just so I can show Koreans that even in this big English-speaking country sometimes you need to go beyond that and learn another language to be part of the local culture :)
Haha! "you don't choose the Korean life, the Korean life chooses you" haha I have never heard truer words 😂😂
If anyone ever thinks learning a foreign language is a waste of time it's really just a show of ignorance
It is a waste of time if you hate it :"D
On the other hand, if you enjoy it: It is time well spend!
The reason why I learn Korean is:
Short answer: I have the right to understand what I listen to and watch.
Long answer: 1. I grew up listening to Backstreet boys, Westlife, Nsync, Boyzone...etc and once that lovely era of the 90s and the millennium ended, those singers were replaced with the new modern English songs which don't appeal to me. Not wanting to disrespect anyone, but I'm not listening to songs like "anaconda", nor would like to watch a naked woman singing in a "video clip" 🙄. This is just not my cup of tea. K.pop is much cleaner and it is fun to watch people dance than watching them strip 🤷♀️. I still listen to English songs as long as they are audible though.
2. Korean variety shows are sooo funny, creative and entertaining and takes a lot of time to get subbed, if they get subbed at all, and I like to laugh every now and then, you know, like normal humans.
3. Korean drama are much shorter and less smutty than American drama ,my own opinion, that's why I enjoy watching them.
So I learn Korean to understand what I listen to and watch, why is this considered a crime, while I see some Americans try to learn French and Spanish, and everyone consider this as cool, but Korean language isn't cool to learn, double standards.
I am 100% on the same trail!! I was motivated to learn English to understand BSB among others and Friends without reading subs (plus to be on the teachers good side because she was kind of terrifying) but then I missed learning a language in adulthood so I had to pick one and I looked at the kpop songs I was already listening to and went "Yeah, I'd like to understand these lyrics.. why not let's use the same motivation that worked once before" and with that I just fell in love with Korean deeper and deeper both as a language but also so many channels of entertainment, history and much else! I love their shows too like gag consert and running man! I'd love to learn languages for life but Korean was picked because it just happens that I miss boybands and good music you want to dance to without annoying nakedness and I think it's a great bonus when you actually understand and can sing along! Like the good old times :p
Also I don't get why it's shunned to like a group because they look good.. it's how I liked boybands growing up as well. *shrug*
Me as well. I learn English when I was 14 for backstreet boys and the others and cause I wanted to understand movies without needing subtitles. In 2006 I moved to Greece and slowly I stop listening English music, for the same reasons you wrote . Greek music wasn't my cup of tea, cause their modern stuff is slutty too. I already liked Ost's from anime so I was inclined to try to learn japanese, but one day I watched a korean movie called "baby and I" and the sound of korean fascinated me.
I started watching korean movies and dramas, their Ost took me to their music, and I discovered several artist wich I enjoyed some songs but that was it. Until 2012 when I felt in love with exo.
Even like this, I never put time into learning the language, but I decided to start now. I dont care what anyone around me tell me or call me. I am going to learn korean cause I love that language. Their Writing system, their sounds and all. Even if I never going to be able to visit Korea, I am going to learn korean.
I even thought to make a RUclips channel showing my progress on it. Do you think is a good idea?
@@chanyeolswife5235 I learned English because of backstreet boys too,😅🤭 and now I have a master in English Literature. I can't imagine my life without the English language now. My whole career is based on it and to think I learned it for a band may seem stupid, but this is what life is all about, small decisions changing a whole life. As for the RUclips channel, go for it. If you have the time and wouldn't mind the effort, by all means do it. If you succeeded, then well done; if not, you've got nothing to lose.
@@dedasab I feel the same, English that I once called "so dumb and a waste of time because I'm never gonna use it" when I was 10 and now I'm living in the US and is my most comfortable language. I too never would have thought it would impact me so deeply but now I love it! And I'm just over the moon that I found another language to fall in love with and I'm excited to see what memories my life will bring as a reward once I've learned it! If I hadn't loved BSB I wouldn't have met my husband who's American. Heck I wouldn't be a farmer despite that it was my dream because Sweden didn't have opportunities for me, I wouldn't have my horses (especially never would have afforded a Haflinger but Enya was just $500) and I definitely wouldn't have the dog that is like I dreamt him into life. Sweden would never have created a border collie/corgi and I love his will to please and that touch of corgi stubborn. I love that he is both velcro and independent too 😍 Learning a language is so life changing and opens so many wonderful opportunities and relationships! I've met some extremely inspirational people thanks to English. I can not wait to meet inspirational Koreans too, as well as other cultures after that because I want to learn languages forever. 😍 I can't wait for the people I will befriend one day because of this! Even right now, meeting other BSB fans so many years later is just amazing! I'm proud of you both :)
@@chanyeolswife5235 Yes if you start documenting your journey please tag me and I'll follow and support you! It is so cool to meet other BSB fans that learned English thanks to them so many years later that I definitely feel a bond with both of you already. We have similar taste in music and in languages so of course I'll support you if you choose to document your journey! Like I wrote just a few seconds ago I'm proud of you guys. :) We all became fluent for the same motivation and that is so insanely cool! The fact that we still walk the same path into the next language is double cool!
I don't get why some people think there are wrong and right reasons to learn a language. Who cares what the reason is? Learning another language is a good thing regardless.
Guys who learn Korean trying to get with Korean girls - there's nothing wrong with that, no need to be shameful about it, be open about it and it is ok because it is a great effort and determination in order to reach their goal in romance.
I remember once in college learning Mandarin Chinese for 4 months (4+ hours per day) in order to date a girl. I regret that relationship. I don't regret my time studying the language one bit.
I’m learning korean to get with korean guys
@@GoBillyKorean billy your books are the best i bought all three and have been learning korean on and off for 4 years =)
@@GoBillyKorean Awww 🥺🥺
B: "You're probably not gonna go through the effort of learning a whole entire new language just so you can impress a girl."
A: "I might." 😎
I started learning Korean after lockdown. My bf dumped me and I thought what did I enjoy the most in lockdown, Jolly and Korean Englishman vids. It sparked my interest in Korean culture. I have only been learning for 2 months now but to just begin to understand a different culture and engage with it is amazing. Already, I have learnt so much about how I learn and what helps. I love your videos Billy Korean, as they help me to see the wider picture to learning and present direction for this. I will definitely be watching more of your videos to help with this process and some of the learning video's to progress my learning further. Thank you :)
Are you still learning?
@@angelic18 I stopped for awhile but have since restarted.
@@chloesankey5243 ahh, i see...화이팅!
Seems like something that happens to most language learners. I'm just learning because I love the sound and it would be cool to speak. Plus so many *_want to know_* English and it'd be easier to help them, if I knew some of theirs. This is my experience though.
i learn korean because i like 한글 :3
I started learning way back in 2012 because I wanted to learn a non-romance language that used a non-latin alphabet. After a lot of research I decided Chinese and Japanese were too heard to learn to read and write and settled on Korean. After that I discovered TV/music etc. because my Spanish teacher used Spanish TV&music to help us learn. Now I live in Korea and it annoys me that everyone assumes I am learning Korean because of kpop or kdramas. I've also had a lot of people (foreigners) question why I'm learning because I'm in Seoul and they could visit for a couple of weeks and use only English. Its a lot different to visit versus live in a city.
Kind of was covered in the first one but that if you like K-pop and are learning Korean that you don't truly appreciate and understand or care about any other aspect of Korean. When I say I got into Korean because K-pop was my real first exposure to the writing, language, and culture and that was a Segway to me lovingg so many other things about Korea because now I have a Segway to the culture. Most people assume if I say I got into Korean through K-pop that I think K-pop is all Korea is which really annoys me so now I'm afraid to even say I got into it through K-pop
this!!
Yes omg! The second I say I’m learning Korean the question is ‘oh so you like k-pop?’ And I’m like hhhhh well *yes* but that’s not the only reason
@@SaraStar7373 exactly! There are people who only are learning for kdramas or K-pop and that is cometely okay. But people have such a stigma around K-pop. I used to too before I started listening
I think I got into Kpop because I love how the language sounds. It's so beautiful. Essentially I wanted to learn Korean because of many groups that I listen to using so much Korean context in their lyricism and I just wanted to fully understand their lyrics. Through kpop and the studying I learned about Korean culture which made me want to learn more and more. I've always thought language is a fundamental part of culture (history, jokes, idioms, literature, dialects, art, etc) and not learning it makes me feel like I'm missing on something.
In 서울 I went to language exchanges about 3-4 nights a week for months, so I had a LOT of initial conversations with Koreans. A lot of these misconceptions are dead on, particularly the trope about wanting to learn for Korean girls, and spicy food. Actually the "oh wow you can handle spicy food" thing was starting to get more than a bit annoying. The other trope I found annoying was "you're living in Korea, so that must be why your spoken ability has improved". Yeah, that, and not the fact I consciously practiced and dedicated time to language exchanges.
One thing related to the 반말 trope is I've had Koreans straight up just speak 반말 with me immediately, without even acknowledging it when I first met them. No respekk.
I didn't really come across the genius one but I can agree with how it removes agency from you and it removes all the work you had to do in order to reach an intermediate+ level of Korean.
Also every single couple that I met with a bilingual Korean partner, the foreign partner almost NEVER learned Korean. I lived in 세종시 and I knew several people who had been there for years and hadn't learned anything. In 부산 I met the owner of a brewing company and restaurant there who had been there almost ~10 years and hadn't learned much at all. I think it's extremely difficult to have your romantic partner also be your teacher, and most people don't have the drive to go out and find a teacher or school.
I have learned the whole Hangul on my own and now attending a Korean course in London. I love the musicality. I hope to put it at good use and as I work in central London, I bump into many Korean people. So, hopefully I can help with direction or just simply saying Hello!
Lol I’m half Korean and the reason I’m learning is to connect with my Korean side... my father (married to my Korean mom) speaks little Korean outside of ordering food n booze 😂
I'm learning Korean for a few reasons. I have studied Korean history since college days. I would have learned earlier but my life was far far too demanding at the time to do so. I have a Korean friend who is in the music business. I helped him with his English beginning in 2004. When I was able to begin studying Korean, he was very happy. More than a few years into life, I want to keep my mind active. A good way is to learn another language. I already know French and Spanish, so I wanted to learn a language that uses a different alphabet.
Korean culture and food is why I started....then the door opened from there. When you open your mind to limitless possibilities life is amazing. It's different when you're forced to pick a language (i.e. high school elective) and just end up liking Spanish language and actually visiting Korea and end up falling in love with it.
I want to learn Korean so I can properly have a conversation with Koreans in Korea. I wouldn't go to another country expecting them to know my main language. That's kind of ignorant.
I think the worst part is that misconceptions 1 and 3 were actually right about me. Initially, at least. But it evolved to a point where I'd actually have to put in work and effort, and that, in turn, deepened my appreciation for the language, and now I just want to know it for me. Plus, I'd like to visit, and I don't want to be *that guy* who just points at everything or be reduced to charades without a local who can speak English and Korean.
But no, you nailed it. No matter why you start out learning it, no one is going to learn it for a simple reason. You eventually just have a desire to learn that goes beyond that initial catalyst.
I havent heard much misconceptions yet but I have discovered that some of my friends are subconciously racist towards Asians so learning Korean has helped me weed out some bad friends because I would never have known otherwise. Most good friends just say they are super proud of me and inspired to learn languages too because my passionate attitude makes it seem more fun and less intimidating, yay! But the bad ones... I'm quite disgusted to put it bluntly.
9:44. Hope there's some ice in those drinks, to treat that BURN!
Ngl I started learning Korean bc of their media, like watching korean dramas without subtitles ofc (although that doesn't seem really necessary but i wanna appreciate the acting without having to miss it bc of subs), but most specifically to be able to read manhwas and webtoons that aren't licensed in english or to be able to engage with celebrities. i know it's a very lame reason to learn a language but I tell myself that stimulating my brain learning a new skill regardless if it'll be useful or not in the future, is much more better than just sitting around and wasting hours on youtube like i often do for example. I also struggle studying for my major, but learning smth that you actually enjoy on your free time and learning how to study with it, and then applying those methods when actually studying for your major isn't useless imo.
I mean to be fair, I think a lot of people are learning Korean since they're into kpop, kdramas, or korean books, or something along those lines. But that's not a bad thing, it's a good thing. One's reason for learning something shouldn't be looked down upon no matter what it is. Some people wish to understand song lyrics, and some want to talk to people in another language.
I wanted to try learning a language with a different writing system... I originally chose Thai bc I was already watching Thai dramas so I was like that'll work and once I get a grasp on it I won't have to read subtitles! (I'm a sloooow reader).. as a first forgein language Thai is a bit much. it's like a math equation trying to figure out which tone to use for any given word, and there are not many free learning materials online ( I wanted to wait before I invested all my money into the language). The actual writing system is really hard to memorize as well. After about a month of trying to sort out Thai letters I found out about 한글 and all of its cool features to make learning it pain free. I was instantly sold.. I then had a moment of internal debate that started with "What the hell am I gonna use korean for?" This is a long story to say I started getting into K-pop to have at least some semblance of an excuse to learn Korean.. only after did I find a bunch of people shaming the concept of learning a language bc they like the media. Why? Who cares? I have an actual facination with learning the new grammar, and I wouldn't have known that otherwise.. I'm planning on hopefully going back to Thai one day, and learning about all of its fun grammar quirks. For people to shame others for learning a language for reasons they don't think are good enough is just plain rude in my eyes. Let people do what they want!
Kia Ora Andy from a fellow New Zealander :) I was so surprised to hear that familiar accent lol. I am learning Korean because I married a Korean man :) It was quite a few years ago now and at a time when Korean language resources were few in NZ and because we aren't living in Korea, he didn't see it as necessary to teach me or our children much of his language. But I kept dabbling with what I could find and then I stumbled across TTMIK. I am older now and will probably never arrive at a great level of fluency but I enjoy the challenge of learning :) Also learning the language, watching Korean dramas, variety shows, etc, has helped me to understand the culture and history more and so therefore understand my husband more, his attitudes and mannerisms, etc. I just wish I'd had access to all these things earlier in our lives:)
Me: Oh, I’m learning Korean (:
Other person: So are you a Koreaboo?
한글 is the reason I'm learning Korean. It's just really simply and really easy to learn and the way it's put together is just really interesting to me. Seeing that there weren't many characters in 한글 made me really want to learn Korean having already wanted to learn a foreign language at the time.
On the reason for learning in my case, I definitely do enjoy korean media, but I am also (as a german) really fascinated by the culture and the language itself. Because the german language is known for being harsh and rough sounding, I absolutely love the way korean sounds.💜
2:51 Whoa! Brutal for the misconception😨
i think that i for sure fit into some of these misconceptions haha but my passion for languages and my love for the beauty of the korean language is in no way diminished from this fact!!
I hear it so often from other people or koreans „why dont you learn a useful language?“ geez just let me learn xD
every language can be useful! even pig latin! lol
I started for Kpop i stayed for the culture with all its up and downsides.
I'm married to a first generation Korean American, but he doesn't know Korean lol. I'm learning so our kids can get more connected to that aspect of their culture.
As I think about it the things I've realized is that my reasoning now versus then isn't so based in watching dramas or kpop. At the moment I'm in a lull period with Korean due to my Japanese learning journey. Maybe one day I'll get back to Korean. But this was definitely a video that makes me think.
I learned korean because my girlfriend complained that I should learn her language even though she spoke perfect English. I was also interested in Japanese so I said why not korean 😆
I think my case is totally different .after destroying my life to escape from reality I started learning Korean though I am not good learner but I force myself to keep. Learning
Do you think it's more frowned upon here or there? I've found it's best to keep it a secret here in America. For some reason if someone finds out that becomes your identity and it becomes fun to try to embarrass you over. 🤷🏼
I'm learning to be part of a Korean community in a game I really like.
I'm learning Korean because I get paid more once I get proficient enough.
That's true tho sure I was Introduced to Korean language and capture because I found kpop but that's not the reason I'm trying to learn it *only like 8% the reason but not the main reason more of a side dish of a reason I guess you could say* but I'm learning it because I have a passion for learning languages and I find the Korean language EXTREMELY diffrent even beatiful in a way but also more of a challenge for me but also it's just cool being able to read a foriegn alphabet plus knowing more languages is a good opportunity to make freinds and learn new things I've always been a curious person very intrested in learning about calture very different from what I'm used to my language learning list is quite large but kpop and kdramas are not #1 reason for learning but because I wanna learn many language and visit alot of places I just personally enjoy learning new things I'm also learning Spanish swedish and real German *I speak a German dialect called low German so I wanna learn what we call high German or real german not the dialect * I also plan to start learning Japanese and brush up and improve on my French
Which means by the time I know all the languages I want to know I'll be able to speak
English
Low German
German
Swedish
Spanish
French
Korean
Japanese
And the list might grow as well
So it's not just because of kpop
How's it going with the language learning 😁
and then you have people like me learning cause it looked easier than japanese so why not🤣 but then i somehow became obsessed with it. its an interesting language :)
i get the "ew why" thing from english speakers. like whats wrong with me haha i think it doesn't matter what made you interested in a language as long as you developed a passion for it
Yess thank you 😍😍😍 pz talk in Korean
Wow! Hello New Zealand!!
What are some good videos to learn the basics? I've got hangul down, but I don't know where to go from there
I don't recommend videos, but instead I recommend books or courses. I made a video about the steps here: ruclips.net/video/1LQqiZtLguM/видео.html
I wouldn't survive the spicy food there. I ate some Takis the other day and I could only eat one before I had to stop 😂
Gotta learn to step your game up. I went through two large bags of takis in one sitting before. That being said I would never do it again. Very unhealthy and while I loved the flavors of the spices the heat didn’t get to me but the pressure did.
Billy, is there anything like a 1-month language crash course in any college or academy ?
Not that would be effective. 1 month is way too short to learn any sort of conversation skills. But perhaps a 6+ month course in Korea could work.
As soon as I heard his accent I was like wow he’s nzer but tbh there’s more Australians so I dismissed it but when he said he from nz I was like 🥺
Nice chat! Would a breuvage labeled 에이드 every be carbonated or alcoholic, or is it more exclusive to juice?
... definitely have felt many of these misconceptions as a negative reaction or if not negative at least an assumption to my Learning, some of these have happened with other languages îve worked on like my partners birth language and via love did not automatically become my teacher and translator and neither of us had much interest in the media . . . so glad to see this pointed out ... people just assume a lot of stuff about the WHY
« korea just kinda choose me 🙌 I would never think learning a language is a waste of time », love it...
It's not alcoholic. Just basically like (lemon) soda mixed with some flavor, and often carbonated.
very good to know
ㅋㅋ 이런걸 많이 들었어요. 나는 부산에 살고 2년 동안 한국어를 공부하고 있어요. 원래는 kpop과 kdrama 때문에 한국어를 배우기 시작했지만, 그 후에 한국으로 여행을 와서 문화, 음식, 그리고 한국사람들과 사랑에 빠졌어요. 편하게 말할 수 있어서 한국인들이 항상 남자친구가 있냐고 물어보고있는데요.... 하지만 여자친구 덕분에 내 한국어 말하는 능력이 꽤 좋아요 ㅋㅋ 내 호주 친구들과 몇몇 한국인들은 왜 내가 한국어를 배우는지 물어봐요.. 왜 그것에 대해 물어보는지 몰라... 너무 재미있으니까! 난 앤디처럼 15년동안 한국어를 공부하고싶어요! ^^
wait Billy is married?!
moominie 😂 he has a child too
Jemmini13 😭😭✋🏻 that’s so cute wow i can’t believe i never knew 😭
I absolutely HATE "omg you like Korea! You must love BTS!" I hate all KPop (I can name one or 2 rock bands I like, I just do not like pop period) or "omg what KDramas do you like?" I don't like KDramas, although I have come to the conclusion that until I live in Korea (working towards) I should watch for listening practice, though I'm at a "well, I don't enjoy so how the hell do I pick one?" Or my total fav, I LOVE Japanese culture and being told "that Japanese guy looks like he's from BTS" or the time I was in Japan for a rock concert and a girl in my dorm at the hostel was there for some KPop (I believe BTS but I might be wrong) and she found I was in Japan for a concert and she's like "I'M GOING TO BTS TOO!" (bc no other bands exist) then she got super mad it wasn't them. I love both countries and I HATE people equating them
I'm just tired of reading instead of watching so I decided to learn how to understand them... rather than speak the language but if I could learn how to speak it, the better.
5:16😲😲😲😲😲😲 he's married???? OMG
he even has a child
당신에 영상을 재밌게 보고있다 구독도 하였다 계속 이런 영상을 많이 올려줬으면 좋겠다
This guy is like a skinny Jemaine Clement
Wow im the third comment!!!!!
At first I wanted to learn Korean because of a video game;;;; later on I found more reasons of course but that was my motivation. Later on I was called a cringy kpop fan and a koreaboo and I Had no idea what kpop is. I don't even like anything besides shinee and stray kids nowadays. I find bts annoying and overrated... I hate to be called such stuff because I don't even like it. Guess it's just me? :/
P. S. Also I find it extremely annoying when in every non related to korean video I see comments like ARMYYYYYYYY like ugh..
特別有名韓國電視劇是大長今！
I'm learning korean because of blackpink
These aren't misconceptions. They're true for some learners and not for others.
That's what a misconception is.... They make these broad assumptions and generalize people when in reality (like most generalizations) that is not the case for most.
솔직히 대부분의 한국 사람들은 영어 할 줄 알면 한국어 배울 필요 있나 하고 생각합니다.
그래서 한국어를 잘 하는 외국인들을 보면 혹시 공부하는 다른 이유가 있나 허고 생각하는가 같아요.
궁금한 게 있는데 한국에 살면서 한국말 못하면 불편한가요? 그냥 궁금해서 ..
네 저도 처음에 한국어를 너무 못해서 많이 불편했어요.
The partner thing is really annoying because it seems to erase all the effort and curiosity you have and have put into learning the language and culture. It renders the whole process completely 2D, I really don't like it.
Hi I'm the second comment