Should I learn Hangul and then the Korean language, or the other way around?

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I have started to learn Korean, and at the moment I am taking all of my notes in romanised Korean with a view to learn Hangul either afterwards or at a later date.

Is this the right way to approach this or do you think I would benefit from learning Hangul and writing my notes in Hangul as well?
 
memyselfandi said:
I'm assuming that Hangul is the characters which Korean is written in and if so I would recommend that you do try to learn it early on. If you are learning using English characters then you will keep making assumptions about the pronunciation of things based on the rules in English which will probably be incorrect in Korean.
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You are correct, Hangul is the name of the Korean charachters/aplhabet.
Thanks for the advice, I will try and tackle Hangul as soon as I have time rather than after. But my main interest is in being able to speak in Korean first off.
 
Lil old me said:
I haven't learnt Korean but done a fair bit of Japanese and I'd say learn the hangul as soon as you can. My girlfriend learnt them before and said it wasn't difficult, they're fairly logical and just phonetic so you only need learn them once, unlike kanji!

Plus you can start reading or watching (with subtitles) original source material sooner which will help your language become more natural and accurate than just book work.

EDIT: if you haven't already I'd recommend downloading anki as a flash cards system for learning sentences and vocab. I found it invaluable with the Japanese!
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Thanks for the tips :) I will also be sure to check out those flash cards you mentioned. Komapsumnida! :)
 
BoonMonkey said:
OPPA GANGNAM STYLE
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'Oppan Gangnam seutayil' or '오빠 강남스타일' NOT oppa Gangnam style. He is not speaking English. If you want to say it in English it translates roughly as Brother is Gangnam style (though 'oppan' can only be applied in this way in some situations, not all, the Korean language does not work in the same way as ours). It is probably interpreted as our equivelant of 'Brother, you have Gangnam style!" :p

(8) Brother you have Gangnam style, bro, bro, bro, bro, brother you have Gangnam style! (8)
 
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timebomb26 said:
Yes, it is.

Definitely learn both at the same time. In fact it's very difficult to learn them separately.
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err... I think just the one is confusing enough thanks :) I don't want to confuse my sentences and jumble Korean in with Japanese.
 
kgi said:
Unless you are planning to live in S.Korea (or N.Korea?!) for the rest of your life, what exactly is the point?
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Who said anything about wanting to live there..? I don't have to live somewhere to want to learn the language :p

I'm learning it cos i love South Korea, i love Korean history and South Korean culture (i use the words 'love' and 'korean history' together loosely for a few of the more unsavoury events during and after the korean war of course). Plus South Korea are a major exporter of electronic components, microchips and robotics. Its a good way to make connections, and it will hopefuly be useful...

Also I have always wanted to learn a second language, Korean seems to do it for me, I like it :p And I like Korean music too. I was a fan of PSY way before Gangnam Style went viral haha :L

As for which part of korea I would be likely to live in (unlikely) or visit (north or south) i'll let you figure that out for yourself :rolleyes:
 
I like to think that I am serious about this, I am learning it on my own and I listen to a 15 minute lesson every evening,take notes, then spend a good half an hour every evening trying to force it in and sort out my pronunciation. Then when I am done, I review all of the previous lessons and try to apply the grammar and word order rules to the new words and rules I have picked up.

I will look at Hangul as soon as I can. I have a lot of free time in the evenings because I tend to stay up late, so time is not an issue (for the moment at least) I also occasionally use Korean during the day because when somebody finds out I am learning it, they ask me to say something in Korean. I dont know enough to say anything adaptive or interesting yet, but I know enough to string a couple of basic sentences together. Bearing in mind that I only started to pick this up last week :p
 
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