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Hi! I'm a graduate student who is a native English speaker, but wants to concentrate on learning Korean. I like helping others a lot! 안녕하세요! 제 이름은 데이빗이고 대학원생입니다. 쪽지를 보내시거나 친구로 추가 해주세요! 저는 다른 사람들을 도와주는 것을 좋아합니다. 그리고, 한국말은 잘 못하니까 이해해 주세요. 감사합니다! I have no official training for teaching English, but I do specialize in academic writing as I've written and published several journal articles and conference papers. I have 3+ years of experience in tutoring specifically Koreans in English while on an exchange program here at my university. 영어 궁금한 게 있으시면 말씀하세요!
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    While I'm not 100% sure (so I'm answering as a comment), I think the correct translation in English would be "hierarchy."
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    May 23, 2014
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    Summer seems to be coming in Korea

     

    Summer of Korea is 7,8 month. but today is very hot.

    In Korea, the summer usually comes during July or August, but it is getting hot already.

    I guess the summer is coming early already!

     

    I corrected your entry for flow and what sounds most natural. If you write it as above, you get across the same meaning, but in a more eloquent way. In English, we don't refer to each month as what number it is. Rather, we call it by some name (I'm not sure why... in Korean it's so much easier to just say 7,8월!). Your last sentence was correct except for the extra 'the,' but since, in my correction, I already used 'already,' I changed the meaning ever so slightly so that it doesn't repeat itself. It's good practice to try to never repeart a major word from the previous sentence otherwise it starts to sound a bit redundant. Hope this helps!

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    May 23, 2014
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    Insomnia

    I can't sleep these days. I don't know if it is that I can't sleep or don't wanna want to sleep. LOL

    'Wanna' is more of text lingo than anything else. If we're writing formally, this is never used. I added 'it is that' in an attempt to clarify the thought. "I don't know if the reason for my insomnia is my not being able to sleep or my not wanting to" is another way to phrase it and differentiate the two ideas.

     

    However, I go to bed very late and watch dramas with via my phone....and sleep much later than normal.

    You're watching the dramas with your phone has the meaning of you and the phone side by side watching the drama. I think that you mean that you are watching the drama on the phone's screen. In this case, it would be via the phone. The second phrase's corrections are for further clarity. 'Sleep later' may be good for conversation, but in a sentence for practicing more formal or creative writing, it's better to state that you are sleeping much later than usual or much later than normal.

     

    I can' sleep when even though I'm sleepy.. I do exercise everyday. What's the problem?
    It's crazy... I have to fix it.
    And it's already over past midnight. As soon as I write this note, I'll go to sleep!!!!!
    I hope I can sleep well....

     

    Great job :)

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    May 21, 2014
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    May 21, 2014
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    That's not at all a correct sentence, but something you might see when chatting which is where I expect you saw it. Joonho Kim translated right below. It's something like "hahaha it seems possible (in a teasing manner). lalala I can do this much however more difficult expressions are another story."
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    July 25, 2013
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    July 18, 2013
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    Going to correct this for fluency as well as grammar :) 준비가 되셨습니까? ㅋㅋ

     

    Today's diary.

    Today is so bad to me. Today is just not my day.
    because, The light above my room is out again.
    Ii don't know how to install electric lights. wWhat the........!!!!!!!!!!
    For now,i I have turned on my the desk light.
    maybe, this situation being continue on the next week. This situation looks like it may continue through next week. :<

    짜증나ㅜㅜㅜㅜ흐어어헝허어...

     

    일진이 참 안 좋네요... 힘내세요 :)

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    July 17, 2013
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    Hello! I think some more context needs to be revealed here for what's after those phrases, but I'll do my best at present with what you've given.

     

    <em>Haroun Tazieff, a Polish scientist, </em> is correct. Using it in a sentence, I would use it as such:

    Haroun Tazieff, a Polish scientist, was a famous cinematographer of volcanic eruptions and lava flows, and the author of several books about volcanoes.

     

    If I am to use the above sentence, in another way, I would also choose <em>The Polish scientist, Haroun Tazieff</em> as correct, as well.

    The Polish scientist, Haroun Tazieff, was a famous cinematographer of volcanic eruptions and lava flows, and the author of several books about volcanoes.


    If I am introducing the person of interest, I would introduce his name first, what his occupation was, and then what he was famous for. While both sentences I've written are grammatically correct, the first sounds more natural and the idea flows more smoothly.

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    July 17, 2013
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    Not native, but I do have conversational fluency so since this is a simpler question I'm confident this is right: 1.저은 집을 있이요 - I have a house. >>저는 집이 있어요. 2.저은 복장를 없에요- I do not have a dress. >>저는 복장이 없어요. With 있다 and 없다, as stated above in a comment, you never use the object particle (을/를). You always use the subject particles (이/가). It is a harder concept to get over when going from English to Korean when you think "I *have* a house," but instead you should think "For me, a house (of my own) exists." Also, make note of when to use each particle. Since "저" contains no consonant on the end (as in the if you sound it out, there is no consonant sound that ends it, but rather a vowel "Jeo"), you must use "는". "은" can be used if the syllable ends on a consonant. When a character ends with a consonant, so to speak, this, in Korean, is called 받침 "baht-chim." This also goes for the object identifiers, etc. So if you were to use 복장 in a sentence where it is the object, you must use "을" with it. For example, 오늘 저는 복장을 샀어요 - Today, I bought a dress. Hope I answered anything you might be confused about.
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    July 17, 2013
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    Interview

    Hello!! tToday I had a interview for a new job.. I was a little nervous... They asked me some cquestions such as like, why I want to work at this the firm?, and where and what I'm currently studyingdo I study? what do I study?.. wWell, iI hope that they call me again back.



    Great job! It sounded fairly natural. Be careful of commas and capitalization. The corrections I made were for better flow within the paragraph. Good entry and I hope you get the job!

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    July 17, 2013
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