Monthly Archives: February 2013

Easy to Learn Korean 779 – Grammar-Punctuation

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779-Grammar Punctuation

Practice speaking Korean and punctuation!
Apple’s Voice dictation is a fun way to practice speaking Korean. Korean is available on your iPhone or iPad; enable it from the menu: Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards > Choose Add New Keyboard.

To Use:
Open Notes, Email, Messages or any program that supports voice dictation. Press the globe icon in the lower left to toggle languages to enable Korean. Next, press the microphone icon (next to the spacebar) and start speaking in Korean.

-Voice dictation recognizes spoken punctuation too. Try using the terms in this article and see if it can understand your pronounciation.

-You can also enable Siri to recognize spoken Korean for voice control. Settings > General > Siri > Language > Korean* (This is a bit more advanced, so practice simple dictation first.)

-Mac computers also have Voice Dictation built-in. Once enabled, press the (fn) key twice to begin and once to stop.

Support:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5176
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5449
*Ensure that you have an internet connection for both of these features.

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Easy to Learn Korean 778 – Presidential Pardon

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Korean Presidents are elected for a single 5-year term and Park Geun-Hye (박근혜) will take office as President on February 25, 2013. She is replacing exiting President Lee Myung-Bak (이명박). As do other world leaders, Korean Presidents frequently handout pardons before the leaving the Blue House.

778 Presidential Pardon

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Korea’s National Treasure #1 repairs near completion (Easy to Learn Korean 79)

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숭례문 Sungnyemun (also known as 남대문 Namdaemun)

79 Visiting Seoul 2

After being nearly destroyed in 2008 by an arsonist seeking revenge against the government, the gate will re-open to the public this April. They’ve rebuilt it using traditional methods and seem to have improved security around it as well. I’ve been waiting a long time to take visitors here again.

(Image taken after the scaffolding was removed, credit Korea Times)

Full story at the Korea Times.

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Easy to Learn Korean 538, 552 – Cold weather and staying warm

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Two articles on cold weather and staying warm.

552-Staying Warm538 - Feeling Cold

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Easy to Learn Korean 388, 391 – Hot water and heated floors

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Easy to Learn Korean 388 & 391 The temperature is hovering around 0 degrees Celsius and I’m sure there are foreigners in Korea trying to figure out their hot water and apartment heating controls. Korean apartments are heated by a … Continue reading →

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Mini mart drinks

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Had to run some errands today and noticed water coffee in the local mini mart (picture center). I haven’t seen it before and it made me think about the types of drinks that people like.

In Taiwan and China, for example, bottled tea is very popular. Sadly there aren’t many choices for bottled tea in Korea. There’s the American sweetened variety, the diet type for slimming, and barley tea. However, Koreans do love their coffee and there’s at least one coffee shop on every block.

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