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This is indeed surprisingly easy. Now, where's the cheat sheet for 'understanding' what we read (other than proper nouns)?!



Korean (letter) is easy. Korean (language) is quite difficult. There are many irregular syntax and postposition. Also, there are many rules for a prolonged sound.


Modern Korean no longer distinguishes a prolonged sound at least in the written form. Virtually all words that cannot be set apart without a prolonged sound have been changed to those that can. For example, a short 이 ("teeth") and a long 이 ("two") are now homonym in most dialects of Korean; the former 이 has many synonyms like 이빨 or 치아 however, so they can be often distinguished without a context.


yeah... that's a bit more difficult. i picked up the korean alphabet in an afternoon, and was able to read out loud almost any korean text put in front of me. after studying the language for a few more months, i was still only at a very low beginner level when it came to recognizing anything i read. i think it's one of the more difficult languages to learn.


That's what I feared. Unless you are willing to commit time/effort to really learn the language, I fear the usefulness of this is limited to impressing friends and staff at Korean restaurants.




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