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That's a fantastic idea. I'm struggling to learn Korean, and it's tough because few of the words are recognizable to me. I have a base of English/French/Russi

That's a fantastic idea. I'm struggling to learn Korean, and it's tough because few of the words are recognizable to me. I have a base of English/French/Russian, so that doesn't help (much). I would love to try to put my grammar/flash cards aside and go the Harry Potter route. I can't code. What could you do to help me, an average user, do this with Korean?

legierski 14y ago
I don't know much about Korean, but if I were you I would just get a book and start reading it, no matter what. And check out somewhere online the most popular words in this language.
- klbarry 14y ago
  He would have to learn the Korean alphabet first (there are some highly reviewed books on Amazon which I cannot attest to). I've heard it's not super difficult to learn, though.
  - korussian 14y ago
    I learned the Korean alphabet (Hangul). It's by far the easiest/most logical natural language alphabet to learn, and takes just a few hours to get reasonably proficient. It rocks and I read it well... the trouble is I don't know what I'm reading. Korean is opaque, and though I have a book of the 6000 most used words in Korean, I don't find it very helpful when picking up a children's book, for example.
TeMPOraL 14y ago
> I can't code. I guess there are many people who would benefit from this idea and, like you, can't code. It sounds like a good idea for an Internet service - a list of words to check before reading book X in language Y.
cgag 14y ago
I don't think being able to code or do any sort of analysis is particularly valuable. When you read a 50,000+ word book, you're going to see the top 50 words enough times to get them down pretty well. I know I've picked up a lot of words like wand and owl from my copy of la piedra filosofal. I think just go get copies of books you know well, or childrens books (harry potter, the little prince) and start reading with a dictionary or wordreference near by. You could also pick up a frequency dictionary if you just want to build a base level of vocabulary.
protractor 14y ago
To plug a friend of mines startup: www.talktomeinkorean.com
neop 14y ago
I'm also learning Korean and I'm looking for a book to try and read. Unfortunately I haven't found any suggestions. From what I've heard children's books are actually harder to read because they use a lot of words that only children use. Harry Potter might be a good idea, but it seems to me like it would have a lot of fantasy related vocabulary which won't be very useful. A story set in modern day real world would probably be better.

legierski 14y ago

I don't know much about Korean, but if I were you I would just get a book and start reading it, no matter what. And check out somewhere online the most popular words in this language.

klbarry 14y ago
He would have to learn the Korean alphabet first (there are some highly reviewed books on Amazon which I cannot attest to). I've heard it's not super difficult to learn, though.
- korussian 14y ago
  I learned the Korean alphabet (Hangul). It's by far the easiest/most logical natural language alphabet to learn, and takes just a few hours to get reasonably proficient. It rocks and I read it well... the trouble is I don't know what I'm reading. Korean is opaque, and though I have a book of the 6000 most used words in Korean, I don't find it very helpful when picking up a children's book, for example.

TeMPOraL 14y ago

> I can't code. I guess there are many people who would benefit from this idea and, like you, can't code. It sounds like a good idea for an Internet service - a list of words to check before reading book X in language Y.

cgag 14y ago

I don't think being able to code or do any sort of analysis is particularly valuable. When you read a 50,000+ word book, you're going to see the top 50 words enough times to get them down pretty well. I know I've picked up a lot of words like wand and owl from my copy of la piedra filosofal. I think just go get copies of books you know well, or childrens books (harry potter, the little prince) and start reading with a dictionary or wordreference near by. You could also pick up a frequency dictionary if you just want to build a base level of vocabulary.

protractor 14y ago

To plug a friend of mines startup: www.talktomeinkorean.com

neop 14y ago

I'm also learning Korean and I'm looking for a book to try and read. Unfortunately I haven't found any suggestions. From what I've heard children's books are actually harder to read because they use a lot of words that only children use. Harry Potter might be a good idea, but it seems to me like it would have a lot of fantasy related vocabulary which won't be very useful. A story set in modern day real world would probably be better.