Almost 4 weeks into the challenge...
... and records aren't being set.
That said, my Korean studies aren't completely in vain.
I can greet people and say goodbye.
I can introduce myself.
I can apologize.
I can say please and thank you.
I can say yes and no.
I can ask the taxi to take me to the airport or hotel.
I can order beverages.
I can request no octopus.
I can read and write the script.
Am I ready to become a Korea specialist? No. But I've learned a little bit about a language I once considered completely unlearnable.
When the 6 weeks are up, I don't expect to make learning more Korean a priority. But setting this time frame and seeing what I can do has been interesting, both for what I've learned about Korean and for what I've learned about my language learning patterns and approaches.
Next up, however, I've got Malay in 3 weeks sitting on the bookshelf, ready to go. I'll be curious to see how 3 weeks with Malay compares to six weeks with Korean.
That said, my Korean studies aren't completely in vain.
I can greet people and say goodbye.
I can introduce myself.
I can apologize.
I can say please and thank you.
I can say yes and no.
I can ask the taxi to take me to the airport or hotel.
I can order beverages.
I can request no octopus.
I can read and write the script.
Am I ready to become a Korea specialist? No. But I've learned a little bit about a language I once considered completely unlearnable.
When the 6 weeks are up, I don't expect to make learning more Korean a priority. But setting this time frame and seeing what I can do has been interesting, both for what I've learned about Korean and for what I've learned about my language learning patterns and approaches.
Next up, however, I've got Malay in 3 weeks sitting on the bookshelf, ready to go. I'll be curious to see how 3 weeks with Malay compares to six weeks with Korean.
2 Comments:
Malay will be a breeze compared to Korean. The grammar is much easier (in my opinion) and I think you can get further with Malay in a month than you would with Korean. I haven't tried to learn Malay per se but have dabbled with Indonesian in the past (which is not that far off). :)
I live in Malaysia, and I'm a native speaker of the Malay language. I'm fluent in both English and Malay, so if you need any help, or have questions about the spoken and written forms of the language, I'd be happy to clear things up for you.
Malay is a an extremely simple language. No tenses, no gender forms, very few inflections. Plus the English phonetic alphabet encompasses (exceeds, really) all the sounds in the Malay language. However, in the spoken form of Malay there are quite a number lot of regional dialects/accents. They may or may not be easier than the standard form, depending on which region you're talking about.
Oh, and Indonesian Malay and Malaysian Malay differ only in the way they are spoken, and that certain words have slightly different connotations (e.g. kota means 'fort' for Malaysians, but 'city' for Indonesians), but it's about 95% similar.
Drop me an email (I'm afraid of robots picking up my email, so go to my site and send me an email through there), and I'll get back to you.
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