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안녕하세요! 저는 영어-한국어 공부 친구를 찾고 있어요. 스카이프로 이야가 해 봅시다. 저는 일년동안 한국에서 살았고 그 기회가 최고이었어요. 제가 사람들이랑 이야기하는 것은 진짜 좋아합니다잉! I am currently looking for English-Korean study buddies. I have Skype. Please let me know if you would like to have some conversations. More about me: I am from the USA. I am fluent in Portuguese and I have lived in Brasil. I speak Spanish very well. I worked in Korea for a year and am getting better with Korean. I love working with languages.
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    Arabic letters (alphabets?)

    I got/had a chance to look at Arabic symbols letters.
    I haven't thought much about having a looking at Arabic, but I think this it is fun to see a new things (for the first time)[grammatically correct, but new = first time, redundant).
    Of course, I'm feeling it seems difficulty with this because this is the first time, but reading symbols will make me be able to pronounce (vocalize?) words I will see since now from now on. ^^

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    February 12, 2013
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    I understand where you are coming from. In English, we have Must/should/have, and they all can have different meanings and nuances, which seem to be lacking in Korean. However, how I would translate what you truly mean in English when you say "I want you to be happy" would be using the Korean construction of 으면 좋겠어요. 당신은 행복하면 좋겠어요. so, literally, the words mean, If you are happy, I think that is good. In Korean, it will give the same feel as "I hope/want you to be happy" while avoiding the feel of have/should that you explained. for more examples and explanation, please see: Talktomeinkorean.com Level 8 lesson 8 http://www.talktomeinkorean.com/lessons/l8l8/ This is a much more common and natural expression than 원하다
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    February 4, 2013
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    Carnaval

    The Carnaval is arriving and this party is very famous in my city (Salvador). Many people from the various countries come to here. But, not all like this party. For exemple, me :)
    I'm looking forward to this period to relax on an island close to here, called Coroa. I will go with my boyfriend, my sister, my sister-in-law, my brother-in-law, my brother-in-law's wife, and two friends. It will be nice. We will have fun together \o/
    We will be able to wake up late, to sleep late, to relax, to swimin, to play frescobol, to play volleyball and to be happy :)
    Meanwhile, the people will be here, jumping back the trios eletrics, a lot of noise and a thousand people toghter....

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    February 2, 2013
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    I think you mean "Back to the future." What this means is that some people went back in time to the past, and now they are trying to get back to the future where they belong. For example, they went back 30 years into the past in the movie (to 1955) and now Marty is trying to get back to future 30 years so he can go home. He wants to return to the year 1985. For more, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_Future#Plot
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    February 1, 2013
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    It's an irregular form. The verb is 맵다. To be spicy http://endic.naver.com/krenEntry.nhn?entryId=9b3e957cc8ff434aa97dcdbedb0d3a64&query=%EB%A7%B5%EB%8B%A4 a similar (form) verb is 밉다 see this free Korean lesson for more information about this irregular form http://www.talktomeinkorean.com/lessons/level-3-lesson-11/
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    February 1, 2013
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    1 This is the one I'm not 100% sure about. I think it is just alliteration. I don't see any special meaning here, but I could be wrong. Alliteration is repeating the same sound, in this case the 'd' sound for poetic effect. I think the meaning is just "We are serious" "We have a lot of (deep) connections with 101 niggas" Something like that. 101 dalmatians is a movie and book in English 2. ad-lib: To improvise all or part of a speech or other performance, In rap, this is also known as freestyle. freestyle: A form of rapping in which the emcee makes up lyrics while rapping. It is not an uncommon practice in rap to not pre-plan the words. You make the song as you sing it. So, the meaning is similar to "Don't get murdered over your song, before you sing it (without writing the lyrics beforehand)" 3. Git?? schemin?? Git is a colloquialism for 'get'. I'ma git you = "I am going to get you", which in this song, probably means "I am going to kill you" scheming is to plan (sometimes something evil/illegal). The meaning is "I am planning (to get you/kill you" with this Keenan) 4.Forty Cal fettuccine, Forty cal means Forty Caliber, which is a gun (firearms) term. Forty Caliber is a type of ammunition size used in guns. He is using alliteration again, repeating the 'F' sound. 5.Fab?? I think Fab refers to Fabulous, one of the co-stars in the song. The person's "bitch" (girl) is going to fall for Fabulous, meaning that she will prefer Fabulous to him. 6. hors d'oeuvre: A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal. It is a french word we use in English to mean the (usually) small foods we eat before we have a meal, like as people arrive, they can snack on something while other guests arrive for a meal. They can often be eaten with toothpicks. The meaning is that he is really big, and they are small (insignificant) Examples of Hors d'oeuvre Canapés Caviar Deviled eggs Dumplings Bruschetta pigs in a blanket
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    January 31, 2013
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    Here are some examples that I think will help answer your question. http://www.koreangrammaticalforms.com/entry.php?eid=0000001250 from the link above: "Interjected 말이다 (말 words, talk + Plain Style copula -이다): it is to say = I mean, you-know, you-see, now see here, let me tell ya, uh, that is, I'm tellin' ya." Other people's answers to this question http://www.italki.com/answers/question/77523.htm#.UQpb3qXneSp Also, please note that there are some Korean verb endings that look very similar to this. For example, see http://www.talktomeinkorean.com/lessons/level9lesson4/ TTMIK Level 9 Lesson 4 / -고 말다 "express something you end up doing or when a certain action comes to an end or is completed after a series of events. -고 말다 is similar to -아/어/여 버리다, but there are a couple differences."
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    January 31, 2013
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    A very useful explanation on Korean spacing http://www.talktomeinkorean.com/?s=spacing By modern rules, Korean spacing _should_ look a little similar to how English is spaced (spaces between most words). However, in colloquial (non-textbook) Korean, it's not uncommon to not put spaces, or put very few. (Though, it might look a just a little uneducated/informal) Some real-life examples from text messages: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36nPCjm073k#t=14m33s As you can see at 14 minutes and 33 seconds, their text messages completely lack spaces. As you begin to understand Korean better, you will understand it even without spaces. Thinks like ㅋㅋ (laughing), ^^ or ~ act sort of like spaces. (taken from the Korean TV show "SNSD and the Dangerous boys" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls%E2%80%99_Generation_and_the_Dangerous_Boys 소녀시대와 위험한 소년들 Also, if you are learning Korean on your own (the same way I am), I highly recommend using Talktomeinkorean.com and http://korean.sogang.ac.kr/, both are free websites that will teach you almost everything you need to know. Some more real-life Korean spacing examples: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moP4imfsT3o#t=7m38s at 7 minutes and 38 seconds (this one has a few spaces, but also leaves out many spaces) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36nPCjm073k#t=24s at 24 seconds and more at 38 seconds
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    January 31, 2013
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    "I went to polytechnic university" is ungrammatical.

     

    It is okay to say, "I went to a polytechnic university." Most people will _not_ think you mean that you just visited one. However, if you want to be even more clear, you can say "I studied at a polytechnic school," or "I went to (Name of the school), which is a polytechnic school"

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    June 24, 2012
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    June 24, 2012
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