How I Became Fluent in Korean - Min-gyu from USA
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- Karl, or in his Korean name, 권민규, started learning Korean with Talk To Me In Korean back in 2014. After about 2 years of self-studying and 9 months of studying abroad in Seoul, he is very fluent in Korean now. So we sat down with him to ask him some questions about how he studied. For more Korean lesson videos, please subscribe to our channel: bit.ly/1YjfNbA
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I've only been studying a year, but this is a reminder I need to go way harder.
I've been studying studying Korean and discovered a great website at Napars Language Learn (google it if you're interested)
Two years later how you doin? Im hitting my one year mark this month and feel the same way
Hehe, keep it up Atlas! 😁
David Linch have u learned??? Im very interested!! :))
Art by Atlas h
i cant believe how accurate his pronunciation is, its almost native
pronounciation is so difficult for me TT
진짜 발음 좋아요.
@@user-xh3mp7se1l 나는 당신에 동의합니다
Sorry if this is wrong I'm still learning
@@kpopalltheway605 그냥 '인정/동의'로 대답하면 되요
Hobi's sunshine child Lol you definitely used google translate
I am studying, but I have a hard time making sentences and get anxiety talking to people. I will conquer this! Gah!
His Korean is so good! I hope to get as good as he is one day. :)
SakuyaLuigi 요즘 어떻게 했어?
TheDandi I'm proud of myself I understood that lol
나도요 ㅠ.ㅠ
Try to talk with s’one y’re comfortable with . It worked like wonder
how good is your korean now
it took 6 years to become as this good in english, and i still can't say the i mastered english! and he took 3 years and he's fluent in korean!!! that's goals
Faisal Mutairi keep learning english! it is really useful
What is your first language?
I have 1 year trying learn English
@@Imkaren0_0 Say
"I have been learning English for one year."
^^that should help
Can you tell me how long does it take to learn Korean language plz tell
Wow, I'm really impressed with all the hardwork that Karl (Min Gyu) did. Glad it paid off, he's so good now. And thank you for sharing your experience and tips!
He speaks Korean so well OMG 😭❤️
He went trough 6 levels in about 4 months.
That is some amazing diligence and passion.
I did it a lot slower
(10 months) but did not only limit myself to TTMIK (even at the start).
Really interesting video and nice to see someone studied in a pretty similar fashion and got basically the same results as me.
Great inspiration for everyone trying to learn Korean.
I study Korean since 2003 and I'm still lower intermediate
kamiel verwer Did you never stay in Korea?
Increasing vocabulary isn't as obvious as it seems.
I am married to a Korean since 5 years, lived in Korea a few years but I have a learning disability :)
2-3 months. He started in july and by september ( 2 months ) or october ( 3 months ) he was at level 6
How did learning with TTMIK (and other resources, as you said) work for you? Like, what level were you at by the time you got to level 6?
after a couple of years, wait for me ttmik team! I know, I believe my turn will come! You guys will interview me just like Karl. Count on me!! Hwaiting!!
Update: Apologies! I am taking up International Studies and the language that we need to study is French. Law and research papers are caving in on top of me! But my love for Korean culture will never change! Kudos to people who have been learning and doing their very best to know more about Korea! *Applauded*
Yes, ill be waiting for you to. You can do it if you never give up
I was thinking the same thing. I hope it’s going well for you
Pia Wang updates?
hows it going now
hows it going?
This is very inspiring. I need to put in more efforts in my studies!! let's work harder ^^
What a champ! This is my second year learning Korean - hopefully if I stay commited I will become as good as Mingyu.
Lmao
How’s year 3 going?
Well, did you achieve your goal? It’s been a year since the comment! :)
☆Kaishiteru☆ oops, forgot to tag you
hows it goin?
I agree on his methodes but also I think he got a lot better because of the language school! my friends who go there learn Korean really fast! I recommend trying a language school with a uni (어학당) .
Wow, he's a really fast learner! I've studied since September this year and I think I repeated Level 1 for the last few months over and over again, three times I think. Even though English is not my native language I think TTMIK is a very nice and enjoyable way to learn Korean!
Mrstincan Should i pay to use TTMIK?
Just_Kpop stuff -> Sure, why not? They provide textbooks and e-books and I'm sure it will be easier to learn Korean having those and it surely won't hurt TTMIK if you spend money on them :)
Everyone has its own pace.
The important thing is not to give up!
How u doing now?
I repeated level 1 6 times. Level 2 twice.
I think it really sticks with you that way
wOW...He did the exact same as me. First self study then go to a university. I recommend going to Sogang university in Seoul. I did 6 months there and that is when you really improve. No english for 6 months. Even the teachers didn't speak any english to us, we just quickly understood. Well done this guy! 대박!
What does it cost?
Planning to do the same...
How much dude?
I have a question. It has only been two months since I have started learning Korean and I was wondering what resources you would suggest. The only resources that I have found/use are TTMIK and Integrated Korean. Yes, I'm still a beginner.
@@kendall5748 "Korean Grammar in Use" is reallllly well organized.
I'm so proud of him. Very motivational. Thanks!
I am so lazy with my language learning, I'm taking it so slowly especially in comparison to Karl lol. But seriously, well done man! The hard work has sure paid off and you sound really natural in Korean. Thanks for sharing your story and for the added inspiration to keep going with learning more! :)
Are you still learning korean? Are you fluent?
I've been using talk to me in Korean and using hellotalk just like him lol
But man his Korean is so impressive !! I hope I can be as good as him one day !
Karin Otsuka I have HelloTalk. Wanna chat there together?
4 years later. I hope you can talk as well as he does now!
How is it now?
what i love about variety shows is that they like to add captions on the screen, so i can learn a lot of expressions from that as well. Sometimes they're obvious like 숭공 (success) and 박수 (clap), and other times I'd look them up.
This was great; I enjoy hearing how people learn languages :)
gMyzo It's 성공, not 숭공, FYI. Great! Keep it up😄
Dude I could understand a good bit of this conversation. I had to stop and read the korean subtitles sometimes because of the talking being a bit too fast, but I just surprised myself so much!
I think the biggest problem with non-native English speakers who are learning Korean is that most apps or books etc. are all in English which makes it hard to then translate it to your own language. especially grammatical English words. Most of the time I have to look those up which can be frustrating and times and makes learning go way slower..
jaehyun's yakisoba prince me too it can be frustrating sometimes , but it improves my english in the way of learning korean so it's all good lmao
@@cyellene agree
true omg
I would suggest sticking to only translating it to English rather than ur native language lol
Can you tell me how long does it take to learn Korean language plz tell
I made a really great friend thanks to Hello Talk, she messaged me as soon as she moved here from Korea a few months ago and now we meet at least once of week to hang out and have coffee :)
Dreena Marie :') awww
Truly inspiring!!! I have to study harder^^ Thank you 민규
Thanks for this video! I've been learning since June or July of this year (2016), and I just started level 2 TTMIK lessons, so I'm amazed he worked so fast! Nice work! I will keep studying so one day I can write these comments in Korean. :)
Any updates? ㅠ ㅠ
Any updates
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I know this video is old, but it popped up in my recommended. I was so surprised because I met Karl when he came to Korea for language school and I was amazed at what he knew. Made me want to do harder. Now I am finally doing the work to do so. So cool!
Inspiring and motivating.
정말 감사합니다 :)
who else just saw Mingyu thinking bout seventeen's Mingyu?
Sweet Lova Gal omg... I'm searching for a comment like this for so long! Hoshi's surname(Kwon) plus Mingyu 😂
OMG ME
I was because he is favorite member of seventeen
*Karl
i always come back to this video for encouragement.
Great job, Karl! You're empowering all Korean learners with your example.
wow he speaks so natural this is inspiring!!
This was very inspiring. Thank you for sharing this, TTMIK (and Karl).
Wow!!! I am just starting Level 2, and I feel very confident. Thanks for this video. It reinforces my belief that I can learn Korean! 정말 감사합니다 !
Thank you TTMIK for conducting this interview of 민규! It is very inspiring. I have been learning Korean for two years now and have made very little progress because I am also working on getting 2 bachelor degrees and working. Now that my university career is winding down and I will be graduating soon I will have more time to dedicate to learning Korean before I move to Korea in August to teach English. I discovered your books and lessons only a month ago and have learned so much more through the first few lessons of level one than any other resources I have tried. 민규 has inspired me to try harder to make time for language learning! I also watch 런닝맨 to listen to how words are naturally pronounced! Thank you guys for offering easy to understand, and quite affordable, books and workbooks to those of us studying on my own. I have recommended your lessons to a friend who just started learning Korean and she loves them!
우와 진짜 신기해요! 다른 사람들의 한국어 배우는 방법을 알아보는게 도움이 될 것 같아요.
또 이런 영상 만들어주시면 좋겠어요 ^-^ 언제나 저도 이렇게 권민규 씨처럼 TTMIK 영상에서 나오면 좋겠어용!!
ah this was so encouraging to me! i think i'm around the same level as him (in speaking at least)! i've studied alone using the korean from zero series (i did the 3 books in a year and a half)(many days i studied up to 7 hours) and then i entered intermediate level at a korean school where i studied for two weeks. i think what honestly really helped me was that i only watch youtube in korean, only watch korean television, and only listen to korean music lol after two years you can really understand so much and it's satisfying to understand lyrics!
Can you tell me how long does it take to learn Korean language plz tell
@@Myyyyyyylobeeeee I've been coming across your comment for so long now, that I feel your question needs to be answered.
The fact is that nobody can tell you the exact time you need to learn Korean or any language or any thing for that matter. As learning is different for everybody. Likewise, it'll be different for you as well. If I will take 2-3 weeks to complete one level, you might take only 1 week to do that.
It just depends on your passion and ability to grasp things to learn anything and nothing else.
Karl is an inspiration, congratz to the nice development! It would've been fun to know how many years it took before he decided to learn the language, from the point he got interested in Korea that is. I've made half hearted (I guess) attempts before, but the years being interested is really no joke anymore when passing 10 years :)
I am grateful with all the ttmk team thank you so so much for all your work! hi from Guatemala♥
우와. 정말 잘하시네요 ! 저도 아마 2013년 부터 TTMIK으로 한국어 공부 시작 했는데 아직도 조금 밖에 못해요 ㅠ 2일 전에 Hellotalk 처음 해봤어요. ㅎ 민규씨처럼 한국어를 잘하기 위해 더 열심히 해야돼겠어요. 모두 TTMIK으로 공부 하는 사람들 파이팅!
mstdfntlyincrdbl 진짜 잘한다...
Today, I hit the ten month mark of me learning Korean. I can read it pretty fast now and understand a bit. I understood about ten percent of what they said. 화이팅!
I hope one day I can speak Korean fluently like you, Karl. I'm just a beginner now :))
Nuttakarn Singtongla How’s your Korean now, 2 years later?
This is great. Just a reminder that we all learn in different ways and absorb information differently...some might be quicker,some others slow..as we say in the UK slowly but surely the goal comes nearer. Thank you
I just started using the ttmik lesson books and workbooks. I think they're great and so far Korean has been a lot easier than Spanish (which I took for about 5 years in school but didn't really retain much). But it seems Korean vocab and grammar just stick in my mind without much effort so I'm liking it lol
Nice job dude! We're pretty similar haha. I started studying Korean seriously summer of 2013, I finished TTMIK Lessons 1-7 within a few months (although you finished it faster), and this is my first time in Korea. You speak better than me though haha.
Wow that’s so cool! Are you fluent now??
😰
Really appreciate this video. I've been studying off and on for at least 2 years and I have yet to even build a complete paragraph. I just started TTMIK a few months ago and I'm loving the books. And I listen to the lessons on sound cloud every morning on the way to work.
How about now?
I agree with him, i learning english and korean with dramas and specialy with running man i loved, but its more fun when you learn by yourself
Wow he's amazing he is goals I agree with everything he says
Can't wait to get my talk to me in Korean books :)
Wow!! I envy this guy, he pronunciation is so accurate!! I hope I speak korean like him one day, fighting ✊🏼😊
Whenever I lose motivation, I will look at this video. Thank you very much for making it. 감사합니다!
I love what he said about variety shows vs dramas and how they speak. A Croatian guy I went to school with learned english by watching Family Guy...and it showed lol
Impressive. Totally motivated
It’s been about a year for me, I started TTMIK maybe half a year ago and I’m at level 8 now! It’s so easy to listen to while I’m walking or doing chores or traveling. I’m doing a lot of the same things as Karl (kpop, dramas, variety shows, HelloTalk, trying to find exchange friends, etc - also I like listening to Korean radio shows on the TuneIn app). But smoothly thinking on the spot while talking is still very hard, 여러분 화이팅! Good job 민규씨, an inspiration for all!
I did learn a Korean song when I was 22 by making my own phonetics. I found my notes from before. Now that I can read Hongul, I found the song on youtube with lyrics in Hongul. That song was from 1988. It feels good to be able to read the lyrics now.
Whats the name of the song?
I use Hello Talk too hm I think sice 2 months and this App is really good :)
I’m 9 months in and I just started level 5!!
This dude was dedicated
I'm scared to go on kakao talk and hello talk because of how awkward it would be for me to strike up conversation, I did do hello talk for japanese but I wasn't that into japanese before as i am now with korean. seeing that Min gyu worked hard and gave tips to help out I'll try them out and do it well to see improvements :3
She is so cute. And his Korean is extremely impressive and inspirational!
I just seen this guy on a show lmao.. And he was "Rolling" his eyes again and again.. Cuz some peeps were like saying that his Korean is not good.. Can't believe that I found him here lol
Thank you TTMIK , this video really giving me HOPE !
Oh my God he is very good in Korean language! He speaks like a native one. How I wish I can be like him too..😓 I am very slow learner.
So encouraging!!
This is so inspiring! He's so good!
I have no idea when I started learning Korean but I remember when I started learning Japanese. Officially on my 34th birthday. Maybe it's a good sign if you set a date to start learning a language and go from there. I learned Japanese pretty well although it took forever I stuck with it for over 6 years.
I started learning Korean a week ago, I hope to be as good as him one day!!
jimin stan
HAHA YES
we will find jimin a jams that RAP MON TOOK FROM HIM
oh my christ i’m actually trash
How're you doing?
i’m starting to teach myself korean and this just showed me how hard i have to work if i want to reach his level. i’m determined to do well at it
Omg this guy is pushing me so much with his advanced Korean.. I'm still in level 2.. 😭 I need to invest more time but also I have Uni omg
Wooo I watched a video of koreans guessing who’s korean by listening them speaking in Korean without looking when one Korean is with a few foreigners
And he was one of the guest!
My dream, My goal, and my inspiration! !!!! FIGHTING! !!
THIS GIVES ME HOPE.
So inspirational. Karl is goals!
But guys really don't give up even if it takes much more time to you. I started studying in 2011 and I ended losing track of it because my life was a mess and because I thought I wouldn't be able to travel to korea any time close to those times (bad, bad type of thought) I learned spanish first, became advanced in it, got to french first too, but my heart never forgot korean.
I started again last December and I AM ENJOYING SO DAMN MUCH!
Way more than french and for this reason I'm learning faster.
The process is the award in itself
This really motivated you as the learner to learn Korean and not give up!
진짜 권민규 씨가 한국어를 엄청 잘 하시네요. 저도 한국어를 배운지 벌써 3년 지나고 권민규 씨처럼 잘 할 수가 없어요 ㅋㅋ 특히 말할 땐 정말 잘 하지 못하는 편인데 더 열심히 공부를 해야겠죠
진효언 우와 근데 지금도 너무너무 잘 해요~!! 저도 배우고 있지만 아직도 연습을 많이 해야죠 ^^ 혹시 카카오 톡 있어요?
May 씨도 잘 해요 ㅎㅎ 네, 카톡이 있어요~
진효언
고마워요~ 카톡 ID가 뭐예요?
Wow, In three years time.. Amazing, great motivational video!
LOVED IT!!
Amazing to see what dedicatuon can do to you in just 3 years!
I will put more effort in my studies!
I've been studying Korean for about the same length of time and can barely put a Korean sentence together, I need to try a lot harder!
I’m watching this on July 13th 2023!! What are the odds? HAHA! Happy 10 year Korean learning anniversary Min-gyu! 🎉
This is amazing! So inspiring.
우아!!!!! 대박!!!
Haejin Lee wow amazing
Late to the party here but my name is also Karl, and I started studying Korean with TTMIK two weeks ago today, which is September 23, 2020. 9/9/2020 would be my start date and my 한글 master book (along with the 500 Korean verbs book) arrived just today. Looking forward to really digging in to learning Korean!!
3 years huh well this man gives me hope
+Kaley^_^ You can do it too!!
Kaley^_^ same
인터뷰 너무 깔끔해서 보기 좋았어요!
댓글들은 보통 한국어 배우시는 분들 같은데 한국인이 보기에도 흥미로운 동영상이었어요! 감사합니다 :)
We're all impressed, but more importantly, I'm much more motivated to keep on studying and practicing with my TTMIK books! Very inspirational interview.
So encouraging as a beginner to see foreigners speaking fluently!!
This is so amazing. His pronunciation is so good. I'm even more determined now to learn
I’m going to take a korean class in college but ima use this website to improve even more
Nice job Karl.
Min-gyu....you are my new motivation! In 3 years I will reach your level!
I've been studying Korean for the past four years, and I have been super lazy to study. It's true that I had no Korean supporting phone for the first two years and I didn't have any Korean books till 5 months ago, but I admit that I've procrastinated so much. Now I'm at a stage where I understand more Korean than I can speak or write. I'm really impressed by Min Gyu's hard work! Wish me strong will on my studies!
Owsome! thank you so much for all the lessons, I think I´ve been improving bit by bit just by hearing you guys! Coming soon to Korea, would love to meet you guys. From Queretaro Mexico. Saludos a todos y un abrazo.
I just started studying Korean last June and this is truly inspiring. Thank you. ^•^
한국어를 더 잘하고 싶으시면!!
Read Korean sentences out loud several times quickly. Your listening skills will be much better and your Korean pronunciation will be much better!!!!
@@rachelhankoreanteacher1628 wow thank you for the tip teacher
@@allenmae8738 😄😄😄 화이팅!!! ^^
i'm so jalous!!! i want to speak korean too! i'm gonna work hard for this! great job Min-gyu!!! :)
I think recording to yourself regularly to improve your speaking/pronunciation (weekly seems like a lot!) shows lots of dedication. I sometimes tell myself I will do this exact thing but then I'll do it once and in fact it turns out to be once a year.
I love her voice so much, I always used to listen her😊😊😊😊
I'm doing basic online class as of the moment & using Lingodeer app as well. I will download HelloTalk again...
Wow. Its really good to see that! Very happy for this people!
But I always wonder how everyone can just go to korea and attend a languages school....it must be so expensive!
I've been studying with the lessons too but i noticed a HUGE speed of improvement when i started talking with native speakers!
I hope I will also get to this level one day. I started to learn about 3 months ago and I am a bit frustrated at how slow my progress is. I started learning French one month later and it's going way faster. But I have to say that the Talk To Me In Korean website helps me a lot. I really appreciate there is also a written text under a recording of the lesson so If I don't catch it from the recording I can read it below. :)
This is kind of a motivation to study harder and combine various methods of learning.
Wow such a nice video, and very inspiring :)
This video really made me get up of my bed this morning in a good mood!
this is really inspiring thank you :)
These interview(s) helped me with my motivation! Thanks TTMIK. Every korean learner, 화이팅 !
Superb, both of you, teacher and student. Wonderful.