After learning and practicing a few Koreans words during my lesson with my great Thursday evening group of 4th graders, I have learned one main thing about the Korean language...
Annunciation does not exist.
When I asked the kids how to say "right" in Korean (with the right turn meaning) I heard one say "orlenjo", "orango", "ordujo", etc. I guess I'm just going to be sure to say "or" and "jo" and mumble some other sounds in the middle because that's what they do.
Everybody has said that once you get the alphabet memorized it makes it much easier. I should probably get started on that because so far my motivation for it hasn't been there. I would like to know enough though to interpret some signs and be able to order food the right way.
It is also a bit interesting to talk with other foreigners here and some can already tell where you are from by the accent. According to this guy I met from Wisconsin and a girl I met from Georgia, I have a "rural, northern Illinois, Chicago mixed accent".
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