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Begane vs verdieping I know that ground floor is called "begane grond" while all the other floors are referred to as "verdieping". Why this difference? Why isn't it "grond verdieping"? Is there some particular reason for this distinction or is it just traditionally like that? It also seems that the word "begane" is never used in any other context but just as begane grond, am I correct? Thanks in advance.
September 30, 2017
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Tanke. Idag bryttade jag min mobiltelefon. Jag kastade den därför jag hette arg men nu jag är väldigt generad.
September 3, 2016
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Is kimchicloud reliable? Yes, it is me again! I was looking for a few sentences and I found this site http://kimchicloud.com/ and it seems pretty nice, at least for everyday korean which is the part I looked at so far, but before really using it I wanted to know if I can trust it. Sadly it also uses romanization but it seems to be that way everywhere. It is weird, before starting it seemed hard to study without, now I just hate it, seeing romanzation only confuses me. So to the question again: can I use that site, does it have correct information? 고마워! (is this correct? Would you use formal or informal on Italki? I'm used to informal on the web)
October 23, 2015
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Why is stroke order important? I keep reading everywhere that it is very important to write in the right strike order, but rarely they explain why. The only explaination I found is here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroke_order : "writing characters should be economical, with the fewest hand movements to write the most strokes possible" it says, but while I can figure out why for chinese, I struggle to see that for Hangul. Take for example ㅁ, to me it would come natural just using the same trait for the whole figure, as if you were drawing a square, but instead it needs three separate strokes. Or ㄷ, I would use a single stroke for this one as well, like you do with a C (of course minding the corners) but instead it requires two strokes.I know the article is abotu chinese characters, but that's the one I could find, and I suppose Hangul carried it from the chinese writing system. Sorry if this may seem like a dumb question.
October 20, 2015
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Do you use romanization? I am used to languages with different alphabet also having a romanization, and korean does as well, but howtostudykorean strongly advises against it, because it says it's not faithful to Hangul sounds, and in general I never see it being used, apart from song lyrics where it makes sense. So, do you use it or you just forget latin letters even exist when you deal with this language? For now I am finding it really hard to memorise the sound and only have the Hangul letter to assoiate them with, but I guess you get used to it?
October 12, 2015
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swedishpod101 and other learning sites

Hej!
Has anyone ever used this site? I'm trying it now, but it seems pretty useless without paying for premium, all you can do is watch videos and listen to audio, but nothing interactive at all.

What is your experience with it?
I'm really struggling to find free sites that really teach me something new without translating from english (I don't like using another language to learn one, I prefer monolingual approach), and I'm still way behind to be able to read and listen to normal swedish sources and learn something out of it.

October 11, 2015
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Djurnanm Hej, jag hittade några skillnader mellan djurnamm i Memrise och i Rosetta Stone. t ex "anka" eller "and" på engelska "duck".Ordboken indikerar båda är rätt. Också "whale" är "val" och "valfisk" på ordboken. Här det många djur som har olika namn? Är det normal? Sorry for my terrible swedish, again, I try.
October 10, 2015
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Use of klart. Rosetta Stone has some sentences using the word "klart", which I looked up and seems to mean "clear". But the format of these very sentences is, for example: "Vi byggde klart det här huset för en månad sedan. Nu bor vi här." or "Jag läste klart en bok igår kväll. Nu behöver jag en ny." which would make me think action+klart=finished doing/completed that action? Am I right?
October 2, 2015
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Une petite chose que j'ai écrit dans une discussion. Je vous serais reconnaissant pour corrections. Même pour moi, je ne peux pas plus lire en papier après l'habitude du Kindle. Maintenant je lis un livre papier et je m'énerve parce que je ne peux pas cliquer les mots pour savoir qu'est qu'ils signifient, ou lire dans l'obscurité. Plus, j'ai accès à presque tous les livres du monde et en plusieur langues. Mon physique espace est aussi limitée et ça résout le problème avec digital espace, plus j'aime avoir plusieur livres tous en ma poche.
September 15, 2015
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