One of the wonderful things about K-pop is that there’s genuinely so much to discover. Dozens of groups (and soloists) are regularly releasing and promoting new music, with more joining the ranks each year. When you’re a brand new fan, the sheer amount of songs and albums out there can definitely be overwhelming. And asContinue reading “K-Pop Starter Kit: 21 Groups to Know in 2021”
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K-Pop Starter Kit: Some Column and General Blog Updates
Happy Halloween, everyone! Long time no talk! I’m sure some of you have noticed I’ve only done news recaps for about a month or so, and that a lot of posts that I said I was working on have been massively delayed. A lot of this is because the latest series for my K-pop StarterContinue reading “K-Pop Starter Kit: Some Column and General Blog Updates”
K-Pop Starter Kit: August’s Topic is Now September’s Topic
Hi all! As you can probably guess, I’ve chosen to delay my monthly posts for August’s K-pop Starter Kit and roll them over to September. Though I spent pretty much all of my summer vacation writing and prepping posts for my blog – this series included – there just wasn’t enough time to get toContinue reading “K-Pop Starter Kit: August’s Topic is Now September’s Topic”
K-Pop Starter Kit: What’s In Store for August
Hello all! I’m a little behind this month because finishing up July’s topic took more time than I planned. I started out my vacation all ready to make tons of posts, but catching up on sleep kind of messed up my schedule. (^^”’) August is a rush of comebacks for K-pop and I have aContinue reading “K-Pop Starter Kit: What’s In Store for August”
K-pop Starter Kit: How to Determine Your Korean Age
Korean age isn’t specific to K-pop, but I wanted to make a post about it since the concept can be a little confusing. And if you ever want to live in South Korea, it’s important to know yours because people always state their Korean age as opposed to their international age (aka how many yearsContinue reading “K-pop Starter Kit: How to Determine Your Korean Age”
K-Pop Starter Kit: A Crash Course in Korean Honorific Titles
Along with speech levels, titles are an essential part of Korean that beginners need to know. This is another potentially new concept for native English speakers, since we usually reserve titles and honorifics for formal settings and occasions. We mostly use them with people whom we don’t personally know well; we don’t need to doContinue reading “K-Pop Starter Kit: A Crash Course in Korean Honorific Titles”
K-Pop Starter Kit: A Crash Course in Korean Pronouns
Personal pronouns are another element of the Korean language that beginner learners might find confusing. First of all, they usually come in at least two versions: more polite and less polite. So just like speech levels, each one is appropriate for specific circumstances. However, the real tricky part is that Koreans don’t use pronouns asContinue reading “K-Pop Starter Kit: A Crash Course in Korean Pronouns”
K-Pop Starter Kit: A Crash Course in Korean Speech Levels
While learning Korean, it’s important to remember that South Korea is a hierarchical society. There’s an emphasis on age and status, and you really need to pay attention to how you speak to others. This can be hard for native English speakers because we don’t have to do this – there are times when we’reContinue reading “K-Pop Starter Kit: A Crash Course in Korean Speech Levels”
K-Pop Starter Kit: Reading Hangul With K-Pop Idol Names
In my last post, I showed you K-pop group names both in English and transcribed into Hangul. This time, we’re going to practice reading Hangul by breaking down some Korean names. If I were running a language blog, I’d probably do this with basic Korean words. But I have a K-pop blog, and I’m writingContinue reading “K-Pop Starter Kit: Reading Hangul With K-Pop Idol Names”
K-Pop Starter Kit: Reading Hangul With K-Pop Group Names
Once you’re familiar with the basics of Hangul, you’ll start to notice a fair amount of Korean words are actually taken from English. It’s the same in K-pop, where many groups’ names have English origins. So since we’re moving from learning letters to making words, this post will show you how to read Hangul byContinue reading “K-Pop Starter Kit: Reading Hangul With K-Pop Group Names”
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