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Ex-Overseas marketer. (MENA, Middle East & Northern Africa ; Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Senegal etc.) Some of them are Francophone countries, I can speak a bit of french as well. Now trying to make a career shift into Web developing and Data Analysis for public good via MOOCs like Coursera, Udacity. Currently working in a university as administrative associate dealing with public relation, event planning, and top-management support.

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I totally agree with what Cleiton, and Rafael said above. The applications like Duolingo, ANKI, and Memrise fit for kicking off your language learning journey, but that doesn't mean it is a total package to lead you a fluent speaker. I use "Memrise" for vocabulary study. It's a flash card application offering spelling correction, pronunciation samples like ANKI. However the essential part to become fluent speaker, or communicator, you need to be engaged in direct communication with local people as possible as you can.
I know it might not be easy, but for the preparation there are bunch of the sources provided by major broadcasting stations in the countries like TV5/RFI in France, CCTV International in China, arirang TV in Korea and so forth. That could be your next step to get more sources to enhance your learning.

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May 14, 2016
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1) 안녕하세요. OO사원입니다.
OO잡지(*일간지/신문/전문지)에서 귀<strike>하</strike>사의 광고를 보고 귀<strike>하</strike>사의 상품에 <strike>관하여</strike>대한 세부 사항들을 안내해주시면 대단히 감사하겠습니다.
* Journal could be differed in translation followed by the context.
일간지/신문 : Daily Journal (Newspaper), 전문지 : Specialized Journal or Magazine in a certain academic domain.
동보(동봉된/첨부된) 요청서에서 <strike>언급하는</strike>요청하는 <strike>아이템</strike>상품들의 가격을 c.i.f.조건으로 제시해주십시오.
그리고 인도기한, 지불조건 및 <strike>정기저긴</strike>정기구매 및 <strike>큰 주문</strike>대량구매<strike>을 위해</strike>시 <strike>주실 수 있는</strike> 가능한 할인 조건을 알려주시면 감사하겠습니다.
<strike>그런</strike>본 상품들의 <strike>연간소요량 </strike>연간 주문량<strike>은</strike> 상당히 <strike>큽니다</strike>규모가 있습니다..
따라서 귀<strike>하</strike>사 상품이 가격 경쟁력이 있고 <strike>납품이 신속하면</strike> 신속한 납품을 보장한다면, 귀<strike>하</strike>사에 <strike>큰 </strike>대량주문을 추진하겠습니다.
귀<strike>하</strike>사의 견적서를 기다리겠습니다.
안녕히 계십시오.

2) <strike>귀하의</strike> 보내주신 2016년 4월 20일자 서신 감사히 받았고 <strike>신경을 세심하게 써드렸습니다 </strike>신중히 검토하였습니다..
<strike>저희</strike> 주문을 희망하신 제품에 <strike>관하여</strike>대한 <strike>자세한</strike> 상세 견적서를 <strike>동보해드립니다</strike>동봉합니다.
모든 납기를 맞추게 확정 오퍼를 제출해드릴 수 있습니다.
확정 오퍼(확정 주문건)의 경우 / 오퍼(주문이)가 확정될 경우, 기한 내 납기는 보장드릴 수 있습니다.
가격과 지불조건은 상호간 합의에 달려 있습니다.
대량 주문을 해주시면 <strike>저희는</strike> 할인도 <strike>내드릴 수도 있습니다 </strike>가능합니다.
<strike>귀하의</strike> 조속한 회신<strike>을</strike> <strike>고대합니다.</strike> 부탁드리겠습니다.

Message me if you want further explanation. :)
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May 13, 2016
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처음 여기 들어오고 정민지씨께서 한국인인줄 알고 한국인이세요 라고 물어봤어요. I thought you, Ms. Minji Jeong, were native Korean, so I diretcly asked you that you were Korean when our time permits. 그래서 그쪽은 한국인 맞다고 하시더군요. You said you were Korean then. 아 그렇구나 라고 생각해봤는데 점점 가면 갈 수록 한국인 같지가 않아요. At the first time I accepted your identity, but you really do not seem Korean as time goes by. 한글을 타자 하는 방식이니 뭐 말하는 말투니 그냥 한국어를 배운 외국인으로 보이네요 제 눈에는. The way of typing Korean, and your speaking in Korean and so on. All the things make me think you are foriegner just studied Korean. 밀어붙히는게 아니라 정말 알고싶어서 입니다. The reason why I asked this is not to offence you, but really want to know the truth. 한국인처럼 위장하고 계속 한국인이라고 말한거 괜찮습니다. There is no matter if you disguise yourself as Korean, and let your around think you Korean. 저 오지랖 떨고있는거 압니다. I know I am asking very sensitive matter on you, and I don't have any right to judge you. 어제 처음 만났는데 바로 이런 글 적으니 저도 마음 좀 그러네요. I am very sorry to send you this kind of message just after meeting you yesterday. 근데 한국인으로써 알고싶슺니다. 정말 한국인이세요? As one of native Korean, I really want to know the truth with my utter curiosity. Are you genuinely Korean? * The tone of the sentences seems fairly upset.. Hopefully you don't think it seriously with generosity.
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May 12, 2016
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한국어로 처음 임의 문서 (The Temporarily Document written in Korean for the first time.)

안녕하세요! 저는 대학<strike>색</strike>생 미<strike>극라</strike>람미국사람/미국인 이<strike>여</strike>에요. Hello! I am American college student.
* 대학생 : College/University Student.
* 미국 : USA
* 사람 : Person
* 미국인 : American
* "~이에요" sounds more proper in the contexte cause "~여요" is concluding expression matching with "~이어요" which means "This/here is~" like ~입니다.".
 ※ FYI, ~여요 is shorter version of ~이어요. (이+어 = 여), and ~이어요 is informal way to deliver the meaning of "~입니다.".

<strike>적</strike>저는 캘리포니아에 살아요. I live in California.
* Please remind that ~에 is kind of <Marker>, even it acts as preposition in the sentence though. So you shouldn't make space between the noun with it.

저는 어제 퇴근후 학교에 갔어요. I went to/visited my school after finishing my work.

나는 매우/정말 피곤했다/피곤했어요! I was totally exhausted (yesterday).
* 매우: very (adv.)
* 정말: really (adv.)
* ~다. / ~요. Honestly the meaning of both concluding expression is the same with each other. However you should keep the nuance of tone(Formal/Informal, Written/Oral) in the whole paragraph.
 ~다. sounds more formal and proper to use in the news article. ~요. fits for oral communication and it delivers more friendly and informal attitude to the listener.

저는 오<strike>글</strike>늘 회의<strike>에 대한</strike>가 있어서 큰 <strike>시티</strike>(도시)에 갈거에요. I am going to visit a big city for a meeting scheduled today.
* 오늘 : Today
* ~에 대한 : Considering / About / For(Not Coordinate conjunction) / When it comes to, and so forth
* 회의가 있다. : Literally it means "There is a meeting", but it means "I have meeting" in the context.
* ~어서 : Means "because of" to modify the verbs like 하다(Do Sth)/있다(Be Sth)/갖다(Have Sth) into 해서(because I do Sth)/있어서(because I have/There is Sth)/가져서(because Someone has Sth).
* 도시 : City

나/저는 다시 피곤해 질것 같아요합니다 :( I think I would be fatigued once again.
* 나/저 : Both of words mean "I". You used "저" in previous sentence, so should use "저" accordingly matching with the speaking tone. As you might know, "저" is more polite expression to "나" in Korean.
* ~합니다. : ~ Did Sth / Have done Sth, so this is the past form, and not matching with your intend to occur in the future.
* ~할 것 같아요. : It seems that I would be ~

If having further inquiries, then please message me without hesitation.

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May 12, 2016
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Hmm..If you don't mind I should rectify your knowledge regarding Korean Standard Language. "방언" means dialect, and that means "경기 방언" is a dialect of 경기 province, Korea. Basically Seoul, the capital city of Korea, is located in the middle of 경기 province, but that does not mean two of them are the same. Go back to your question, it will be very hard to find official source for 방언. You may want to learn some of 사투리(Dialect) expressions to talk better with your acquantainces living there. For that reason, watching movies spoken in 전라도 사투리 would meet your want. I recommend one, please refer to below link. http://movie.naver.com/movie/bi/mi/basic.nhn?code=139674
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May 11, 2016
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너무 큰 의미 담지 말고, 지금 있는 그대로 좋은 기억 떠올리며 웃음도 지어보구. Please do not take it so seriously, and let you appriciate the things around you as just it is. Remind the good days of yours and make smile more. 너는 너무 많은 질문과 의미를 나한테 물어 보는데 그 물음이 좀 어색하고 Sometimes you ask me too many things, but I should admit that those inquiries are somewhat burden and sound little bit awkard to me. 어떤때는 답장을 하기에도 참 애매하기도해 Time to time, it makes me hesitated to reply on it. 그러니까 그냥 있는 그대로 지금 처럼 So..let us be just like what we are. (Minsik) Hopefully, this was what you expected.
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May 11, 2016
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명사 + 처럼
수정해 주세요. 감사합니다!

(생일 파티에서)

가: 오늘 미나씨의 생일인데 노래 불러 줘요. Today is Mina's birthday, so sing a song for her.
 *씨(氏) actes as Mr/Ms in Korean, but it uses more often in casual conversation.
 * 오늘 미나씨 생일이에요. 생일 축하 노래 하나 불러주실 수 있으세요?
 Today is Mina's birthday. Could you sing a song for congratulation?
 (▲ Upper expression sounds more polite and appropriate in the context.)
 * ~하다 / ~해주다.
 ~하다 means "Do sth", and ~해주다 is polite version of it. FYI, ~주다 means "Give Sth", so it literally means "Offer the behavior(doing)".

나: 노래 못 해요. I can't sing.
 * 저 노래 잘 못해요. I'm not good at singing.
 * 잘 is adverb, which means well.

가: 그런 말 하지 마세요. 가수처럼 노래 잘해요. Don't say like that. You sing well like a professional singer.

가: 하숙집 아줌마는 요즘 잘 해 줘요?
 How about your host-mother in your gesthouse? Does she treat you well?
나: 네, 엄마처럼 잘 해줘요. 걱정해줘서 고마워요.
 Yes, she's always nice to me like my mom. Appreciate for your concern.
 * Be careful when you space the words in the sentence. Especially, "잘".
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May 11, 2016
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자기 소개하기 (Self Introduction)
- Introduction : 소개

안녕하세요! 닐 거던이라고 합니다.
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<strike>거</strike>저는 스물 <strike>여듧</strike>여덟 살이에요. I am 28 years old.
 - I : 저 (Meaning "I" in formal way to begin the statement.)는(Marker given to the subject of the statement.)
 - Twenty Eight : 스물 여덟

지금 노즈 케러라이나 주에서 살<strike>아</strike>지만 제 고향<strike>이</strike>은 아라배마 주입니다. Now I live in Northcarolina, but I was born in Alabama.
 - 노즈 케러라이나 : 노스 캐롤라이나
 - 아라배마 : 알라바마 
 - 제 고향은('은' is one of markers given to the word acting as subject in the statement. There are 4 kinds of markers for subjects ; '은' / '는' / '이'/ '가'. Most people are strugglilng to distinguish which of the marker would be fitting for your subject, but the only way to get used to it is just reading many cases as much as possible. )

대<strike>하</strike>학교때 철학을 전공<strike>있</strike>했었어요. I majored in Philosophy in my college.
- University/College : 대학교
- 전공했었어요. (있었어요 : There was sth. 했었어요 : Somebody did sth. "있다." is past form of the verb "be" in Korean, and "했다/하였다." means "Did sth" in Korean.)
 * 전공 : Major

제 취미<strike>들</strike>는 자전거 타기, 둑서 읽기, 영화 보기를 좋아<strike>해습</strike>합니다. My hobbies are riding a bicycle, reading books, and watching movies.
* 독서 : Reading Books. ("독서" includes the object "books" in the word, so you don't need to add "읽기", which means "reading" in Korean.)
* 취미 : Hobby, Unlike English, Korean does not care that much in plural. That means your hobbies are many though, it should be written as singular.
 * 좋아합니다. : Present form of concluding phrase for the verb "like = 좋아하다".

주말<strike>때</strike>에 오씩하커나 <strike>진구 지내기</strike> 친구들과 노는 것을 좋아해요.
* 때 : Marker to the word meaning "Time" (ex. While I was walikng~ = 내가 걸을 때)
* ~하거나 : doing sth or other things (BTW, What did you mean for "오씩하커" ?)
* 친구 : Friend
* 지내기 : Staying
* 노는 것 : Playing or spending time for amusement. It's another form for "놀기"
 Be careful that the marker "를" is changed into "을" according to the object in the statement.

Hopefully it helps you understand Korean further. :)

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May 9, 2016
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