I started learning Korean in Germany and made my first Korean friends via a language learning app. Since they also lived in Germany and we were learning each others languages, we already had something in common and it wasn't difficult to become friends. When I went to Korea a few years later, I lived with the family of one of those Korean friends back in Germany, and got to know more people through them. I also met several young Koreans through a Korean language club in Seoul. I think learning Korean was the best way to get close to people. If they don't feel the pressure to speak another language with you, they become comfortable fast. :) And I was even able to talk to other foreigners who didn't know much English, like for example a girl from Japan. Korean became our common language.

@ahnwonil

7 ай бұрын

Hi, could you please let me know which language app did you use? I want to make friends but I learn Korean online)

@Amipalovestwilight

7 ай бұрын

@@ahnwonil Yes, it was Hellotalk and I think also Tandempartners.

@ahnwonil

7 ай бұрын

@@Amipalovestwilight thanks a lot!

@monticarlo8064

7 ай бұрын

You seem to have quite a gift for languages. 😀

@myrokk6472

7 ай бұрын

I made the exact same experience :D (Habe auch einen Freund (Koreaner) der in Berlin für eine Weile lebt :D)

It's imperative to choose your source of English learning carefully. In my case, I picked up the language from young skateboarders. One day, I was late for my English lesson, and my teacher reprimanded me. She asked me if I was happy about being late, and I responded using the best vocabulary I had learned from American teenagers. Unfortunately, my response landed me in detention for insulting the English teacher. My classmates were impressed by how fluently I expressed my frustration, but it was a hard lesson to learn for my nine-year-old.

There is no recipe, depends on many things, your age, your experience and social skills. I live in Korea for 5+ years, and never had a need to learn Korean beyond the basics, because I like to be alone and work alone, yet I managed to make several very close friends here, using English only.

thank you for speaking slowly and clearly! a good material for learning ♥

I know that typically people would speak faster than this, but just want to give a shout-out. 예지씨는 was speaking at the perfect pace for understanding the listening and being able to read the captions at the right pace as well. Often times, videos would speak too fast and a person wouldn't be able to listen and understand or read the caption fast enough. Great video!

@talktomeinkorean

6 ай бұрын

Aww thank you so much!! 💛

I loved hiking in Korea so much, went to Bukhansan twice (this year and 10 years ago). And honestly the interactions with the people were so heartwarming. They were cheering me up the same way, it just made me smile. And I also felt that the "hiking people" were more relaxed and didn't care about the looks and appearance so much, kind of more easy to approach.

@bunnies8773

7 ай бұрын

I had a similar experience hiking 설악산. There was a family that had been hiking the same path as me. We saw each other at the peak, but didn't really interact in the beginning. Then, we were both climbing down around the same time and the family (husband, wife, and two small children) seemed like a lot of fun. We would sometimes pass by each other whenever one of us took a break (it took about 2 hours to go down). At the end, when we finally reached the bottom, the family was ahead of me on the trail. I then noticed the little girl running towards me. The dad had sent her to me with one of those small vitamin drinks and she gave it to me. I was super grateful for that moment and thanked her in Korean. Suddenly, she was so surprised that I spoke Korean and happily ran back to her family. It was a really wonderful moment.

@giannilyanicks1718

6 ай бұрын

easy to say when u speak perfectly the language

I've made a ton of Korean (and foreign) friends by going to Language Exchange meet-ups. The Korean people there seem to be more open to the idea of speaking english or helping foreigners with their Korean. Plus it's much easier speaking in small groups than one on one and having awkward silence. I've also made many friends randomly at gyms. Gyms typically have the best environment to make friends as everyone is supportive of eachother.

@enviritas9498

5 ай бұрын

For gyms, you also get all the endorphins from working out to make conversations feel less stressful.

@ajrt_2118

4 ай бұрын

I go to a Culcom branch and as an introvert find it so overwhelming in the group sessions sometimes. lol I def work better 1:1. But it's so hard to find those kind of natural and consitent situations here. ha

For me, I am level 5B in 서울대 한국어 (intermediate Korean speaker). Despite the fact that I can communicate with people about most basic topics pretty easily, I can’t get away from the fact that I don’t look Korean, Asian, or even white. So Korean people are constantly assuming that I don’t know any Korean and it’s really hard to get them to speak to me. One time I try to join a club at my school, and I literally greeted everyone by speaking Korean, introduce myself in Korean, ask questions about the club in Korean …and the whole time the students just kept freaking out because they couldn’t speak English…..??? so my experience, unless I go down the street just spouting in Korean left and right, I experience exactly what she said here 1:15 😔 most people think have to speak English to speak to me and so they don’t speak at all.

@isa_vv

6 ай бұрын

the greatest korean language practice for me was in the shops and cafés😅😅 because cashiers were trying to explain me everything in korean (even though I couldn’t understand some of it) that was kinda funny^^

이 영상 내용은 정말 맞는 것 같고 앞으로 한국에 오실 TTMIK시청자들에게 많은 도움이 될 것 같아요. 저도 한국에 오기 전에 외국인들에게서 한국인 친구 사귀는 게 많이 어렵다는 말을 듣곤 했어요. 듣고 좀 염려를 했고요. 미국에서 한국까지 멀리 가는데 친구를 못 사귀거나 그냥 외국인들이랑만 어울리면 정말 아쉽지 않나 하는 생각도 들었요. 그래 가지고 한국에 와서 한국 친구 사귀려고 최대한 많이 노력해야겠다고 마음 먹었어요. 제가 이 영상에 추천해주신 걸 우연히 하게 됐는데 소모임 정말 좋더라고요. 클라이밍을 안 한지 꽤 오래 됐지만 사람도 만나고 운동도 할 겸...그런 마음으로 작년에 소모임을 통해서 클라이밍 모임에 가입했고 한 일년반동안 꾸준히 갔아요. 이렇게 오랫동안 하다 보니 같이 클라이밍가던 사람들이랑 정도 들었고 아주 소중한 친구들이 됐어요. 한국인 친구 사귀고 싶어하시는 분들에게 정말 강추해요. 등산도 좋긴 한데 한국산들은 정말 험하고 굉장히 힘들어요 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ. 심하게 호흡을 하며 얘기하는 게 정말 쉽지않아요.

I had an encounter with a random Korean girl before. I went to a Korean girl group concert here in my country (Philippines). While I was at the concert, I noticed that she was talking in Korean, but she was good at speaking English as well. So, I was beside her and I said "한국인이요?", she heard it and said yes in Korean while in shock on how I was good in Korean (self-studying). That was a good experience of meeting a random Korean, although I'm currently in between basic and intermediate level. Hoping to meet more Koreans with same interests as me in the future. TTMIK 선생님과 예지 선생님은 비디오 주셔서 감사합니다. 화이팅!

언니,i‘m turkish🇹🇷and my dream is to study in Seoul!😊 I‘m learning korean since 3years and i can speak korean fluently🎉 For me it was way more easy to learn the language since the grammar and the sentence structure in korean is the same as in turkish and japanese😮.So i learned it like that it isn‘t a foreign language for me. There are also a few words which are the same in turkish. 나는 너무 행복합니다❤ My next step is to find korean friends.👍🏼 튀르키에서 인시드립니다🫶🏼 우리는 너를 사랑해요🇹🇷🇰🇷 I wrote it in english so everyone can read it😊 Thank you for reading.

@sarperergin3376

6 ай бұрын

bu mu fluent çeviriden yazmışsın bildiğin :D

@jasintavak-stephens867

3 ай бұрын

아 녕 I’m also studying Korean and would like to study Turkish as well. But for now, I’m focused on the korean but until then we could become friends so you’d help me with the korean and when I’m ready for the Turkish, you could assist me. What do you think of it?

전 현제 한국인 친구 만들수 있는 2가지 어플을 쓰고 있는데 되게 도움 되더라고요. 하나는 헬로우톡 (hello talk) 이라는 어플이고 다음 건 마음(maum) 어플인데 차이는 많아요. 마음 같은 경우에는 사람 쌩뚱맞게 만나는 것이고 대부분 20/30대부터 가끔은 40대 가깝 나이를 가지는 사람들이 잘 나오는데요. 그런데 되게 친절하고 말도 맞고 너무 착하더라고요. 그 헬로우톡에는 한국인 학생들이 많이 나오는데 그렇게 친절하지는 않지만 친철한 친구들도 가끔 있어요. 전 그어플을 통해서 글로벌 친구들을 사귀게 되었는데요. 그리고 한국인 친구 만들때 많이 사귀어볼 필요도 없고 그냥 맨날 연락 잘 되는 친구 딱 1명만 있어도 충분할거 같아요

Thank you for helping to bridge the culture gap and give better understanding!

These are my favorite sort of videos. Great simple listening practice 🙂

@kamiel79

7 ай бұрын

After 20 years of studying, this is still hard for me. Please do recognize how blessed you are if you can learn fast, sir

@loonartms

6 ай бұрын

​@@kamiel79damnnn 20 years you must've been using duolingo

@Eurocoo

5 ай бұрын

@@kamiel79 20 years and this is hard? I’m sorry bro but it’s not all about someone’s innate ability to learn fast or not, I can guarantee you’ve taken many breaks in that time and probably used inefficient strategies. This coming from someone who also believes they’re slow at learning

Oh what a coincidence! I was watching your old korean listening videos just yesterday and wishing you would bring those back 😮감사합니다!!

저는 영국에 살고 있는데 한국어를 연습하려고 한국인 친구들을 만나고 싶은데, 우리 대학에서는 한국에서 온 교환학생들이 많아도 친해지기가 어렵더라고요 ㅠㅠ 어떻게 다가가면 좋을지 몰라서요.. 다행히 며칠 전에 어떤 한국 분이 저에게 언어교환 앱으로 메시지를 보내줬는데 같은 학교 다니는 선배라는 걸 알게 됐고 어제 처음으로 직접 만나고 영어와 한국어로 이야기를 나누면서 그 분이 너무 친절하시고 좋은 사람이라고 느꼈으니까 점점 친해졌으면 좋겠어요 🥹

@ddhd6576

6 ай бұрын

와... 글만 보고 첨에 한국인이신줄 알았네요 한국어 너무 잘하세요

@kasiagarczynska5492

6 ай бұрын

@@ddhd6576 앗 과찬이신데 너무 감사합니다!! 😊😊

@user-vo2ru9sv8q

6 ай бұрын

정말 영국인 맞아요? 한국인 평균보다도 맞춤법이 훨씬 더 정확하네요. 글만 보아서는 한국인 중에서도 상위 10%에는 들어갈 것 같아요.

@kjblueskyjp

6 ай бұрын

Your koreanlanguage writing ability is nearly perfect. I am an original SouthKorean, but because of my fucking local dialect, I was asked which country person are you.

@user-yz5iw2xz8g

6 ай бұрын

@@kasiagarczynska5492 '과찬이신데...' 대박이다 과찬이라는 표현은 진짜 한국 사람같은뎈ㅋ

I'm learning Korean and for sure I need to practice so I tried many apps for worldwide online language & culture exchange and we don't need to meet offline but still it's really hard to make Koreans friend through those apps because either they won't answer or they'll just say few words and that's it It feels like there are a lot of barriers between us, which makes me wonder why they use those apps if they don't wanna make friends!

I've been slowly learning korean for about a year now. I'm going to Korea (Seoul and Busan) for 3 weeks in December. I hope I can learn as much as possible before then!

@jessepettit5058

7 ай бұрын

I am in seoul right now and i too have been learning Korean slowly for about 1 year. I recommend learning as much Korean as possible as it will make your experience much more enjoyable. I regret not learning more before I came.

@Flutteredbutterflyy

6 ай бұрын

​​@@jessepettit5058 how long it takes to learn till topik-3 level..?? It's is considered intermediate level I wanna take masters degree from Korea So after getting topik 3 Can I easily understand Korean and get admission there?

@jessepettit5058

6 ай бұрын

@@Flutteredbutterflyy it would depend on how much time you can spend learning each day

@Flutteredbutterflyy

6 ай бұрын

@@jessepettit5058 still is a year enough to learn and get topik 3, 4 fluency if someone is investing around 8-9 hours in study? I need to do masters from Korean univ by next year

@arkwinger

6 ай бұрын

korean...too hard... korean people..fail to understand foreigners speaking korean... 너무 실망해요 ㅠㅠ

I made some friends in a piano academy for adults where partying and social activities also take place. Sharing hobbies is a good way to start a conversation and it's more comfortable to speak Korean with people one knows, not having to feel as nervous about making mistakes as when talking to strangers. As people get older and busy with work or families, it does however get harder to make new friends.

It was easy for me to make friends with Koreans while studying in Taiwan. They were foreigners and so was I . We had to communicate in Chinese 😊

정말 감사합니다, 예지 선생님❤ TTMIK 🙏🏼❤️

Great learning format for complete beginners: casual conversation + subs + relatively slow speech + the vocabulary is repetitive. Looking forward for more similar videos. Thanks!

저는 4월부터 6월까지 한국에 갔었어요. 3주 동안 영국인 친구와 언니도 여행했지만 그 후에 혼자 여행했었어요. 게다가 제가 영국 사업을 위해 원격 근무로 해서 평일에 호텔이나 카페만 갈 수 있었어요. 그 때 생각보다 너무 외로웠었어요. 확인, 카페 직원들이랑 음료나 음식을 시켰는데 저에게 그것은 대화 아니에요. 다행히 아저씨랑 아줌마랑 같이 얘기했었는데 똑같은 대화 계속 가지고와서 좀 섭섭하네요 ㅋㅋ. 추천해주셔서 감사합니다! 한국에 돌아가면 그 팁을 꼭 따르올게요.

Another thing is.. i think for foreigners it’s not ‘ hard per se’ but for koreans to open up to the idea of anyone can be a friend. If you both have the same interests..both just have a good vibe.. that should be enough.. i think Koreans even with other koreans have a hard time becaus of they seniority thing as well. When you take that stuff away.. it’s pretty easy to make friends if you click with someone.. but the most important thing is - are you willing to be friends with anyone?

Obviously doesn't apply to all Koreans but from my experience it has been hard to make friends sometimes here because you get placed into the "foreigner friend" box. It feels like my title of foreigner outweighs me as a person. There are a lot of Koreans who are curious about other cultures and practicing English, and I think their are intentions are good. But, sometimes I wish they can take a moment to remember we are just people too.

@choichoimj

7 ай бұрын

To most Koreans, the close friend means much deeper relation, almost at the family level. Your pending at "foreigner friend relation" is not because you are a foreigner, but because your relation might not have reached at that level. Just friend level is just better aquaintace in most cases.

@melissaaaaa

7 ай бұрын

@@choichoimj Unless you are also a foreigner in korea, please don't invalidate my experience. Thank you

@toastrh9137

6 ай бұрын

@@choichoimj as someone mixed, pending at ''foreigner friend'' is sadly true. please do not invalidate someone else's experience just because you haven't experienced it. thank you.

@Ekatna

6 ай бұрын

I shared the same experience. In my case it wasn't really the language barrier but yeah, you're the foreigner friend, who's great for parties or very rarely, but you won't be more than that and when there will be a "new foreign friend", you'll be in the "past" box. As you said, not all Koreans are like that, but I have experienced that twice already

@donaldliden4545

6 ай бұрын

​@@choichoimjnothing at all to do with korea but i hear you,i live in north of Sweden my whole life i had ppl come and go in my life ,there is maybe 5-6 persons thats been around many years.I dont have problem getting friends at all so a had many new friends here and there.But when i meet a new person and think ok this one is nice hang with,its not like a scale of friendlevel or a competition whos the closest friend but fact is if i meet someone foreign or from a city a bit far from here i put them in same foreignerbox you guys talking of because ,good or bad, there is 99%risk this person will move on in a not so far away future so ill not invest too much of my self in these people even i might see them as really good friends at that time in life.Advice dont take ir personal if you dont get really really good friends over there because were will you be in say 5yrs from now?another city,country,school?you will never become childhood friends anyway and when you are 50yrs old you will not even remember that friend you tried so hard become besties with😉

✨ 미국, 영국, 유럽에서는 낯선 사람과 대화하면 사망할 수 있습니다. 뉴욕 지하철 역의 표지판: "Please Do Not Smile At Strangers" Really!!!

I love this series of korean listening, I can't wait for more. 예지 선생님 수고하셨습니다 ❤

@talktomeinkorean

7 ай бұрын

ㅎㅎㅎ재밌게 봐주셔서 감사합니다 💛

한국어 교육용 영상이네요 ㄷㄷ 띄어쓰기까지 완벽하게 발음해주시네요 역시 선생님들은 다르네요

@mdhafizurrahmanhafizur5383

5 ай бұрын

Are you korean?

@mint-chocokorone

3 ай бұрын

@@mdhafizurrahmanhafizur5383 yes

Please！！More such series of videos please！ LOVE IT！！😍

Scandinavian people are also like this (for the most part). Especially outside the bigger cities

Although Korea and Sweden are so far apart our behaviours are so similar.

@dac33nr58

6 ай бұрын

Really, how so?

I would think it's hard to make friends anywhere in the world, people are not readily fond of letting you in their world just like that

정말 정확한 분석인 것 같아요. 한국인 친구 만들어 싶어하는 사람 보이면 이 영상을 보여줘야겠어요

@chosenjinbaka

6 ай бұрын

나는 방힉마다 영국의 국제영어학교에 가면 조선인 친구 사귀고 싶어하는 영어 배우러 간 각국 외국인에게 너가 백인이면 조선어 몰라도 한국인은 밝고 상냥한 태도로 너를 대할 것이지만 너가 조선어를 잘해도 동남아시아 남아시아 흑인 히스패닉이면 조선인에게 백린를 대할때와 같은 태도를 기대하지마. 조선은 인종차별이 심하니까. 그리고 기본적으로 거짓말 사기가 일상으로 그 비율은 압도적인 세계1위야.조선인과 가까워지면 반드시 후회한다. 이렇게 말해준다.

한국에 6년 반 살았는데도 익숙해지지 않아..ㅋㅋ 재가 봤을때 친구 만드려면 똑같은 나이 아니라면 거의 불가능.. 근데 같은 나이 친구들이 성격이 맞은 애들 많지는 않아. 지난주 회사에 입사했는데 너무 숨이 막히더라고 답답하고😅.. 나이, 직위, 등(위 아래) 대한 중요성이 너무 강요한 것 같아서 힘드네. 한국에서 제일 친하게 진했던 친구는 나보다 10살 차이나는 외국인 형이였고 친구처럼 지냈어요. 고향에도 나랑 똑같은 나이인 친구 많지는 않아. 한국에서도 "Best friend"친구 정도 될 한국인들이 있었지만 다 나이 차이 있어서 친해질 수 있는 만큼 친해지지 못해서 너무 아쉬었어요.

@talktomeinkorean

7 ай бұрын

그렇군요 😭😭😭 그래도 새로운 회사에서 좋은 친구 만드실 수 있길 바랄게요!! 🥹

@thesufferingengineer6003

7 ай бұрын

@@talktomeinkorean 감사합니다

9:22 '알은체' 에서 어렴풋이 느껴지는... 역시 국어 전공자이신걸까

Thanks for the tips ❤

OMG I just started to learn Korean a few days ago and your video popped up, and I understood some parts. After Chinese, Korean seems like a walk in the park. The pronunciation and the writing. New subscriber, thank you for making these and showing the city.

재미있는 동영상이네요! Very interesting take! 감사합니다!

Love this, thank you for sharing! I wonder if a follow-up video on "정" would be interesting? The 정 you have with a person when you become friends and what is expected in that relationship.

맞아요 저는 한국인인데 외국인 친구가 한국말을 조금이라도 할 줄 알면 조금 더 편하게 다가갈 수 있는거 같아요 영어를 쓰더라도 한국 문화에 대해서 알고 있으면 한국에서만 쓰이는 단어를 설명하지 않아도 돼서 훨씬 소통하기 편했어요

@ladies-and-gentleman6828

5 ай бұрын

What do you do for a living?

You have explain everything i wanted to know perfectly... thank you very much😊😊😊❤❤❤

I feel like doing this for practice helps. Like if i were to make a short coversations similar to this and have it evaluated by native korean could definatly help with speaking practice and listening to this allows me to understand more since i probably wouldnt have said the same things 예지 선생님 said. Huh might wanna give it a go

In Germany i feel like it’s similar with making friends. One time my mom told me that she actually became friends with some people in a Billard bar and i was very surprised.

제가 제일 예지 님에게서 좋아하는 영상 타입입니다 ❤ 많이 고맙습니다

@talktomeinkorean

7 ай бұрын

꺄 감사합니다 💛

Thanks for the interesting insights into Korean culture. Now I know why I have not been able to make friends with Koreans. Very sad actually !! In comparison, in China it is very easy to make friends.

👍🧡 thank you very much. l learned more vocabularies, pronunciation, sentence structures just by listening.

My opinion (I'm korean) 1) Most korean people especially in their early 20s go to college and spend time with their friends in college so its kinda hard to make young friend who can spare their enough time with foreigner. 2) we kinda have stereotype about dating app. The guys who just want one night stand and ugly girls,,,, nobody talks about this,,, but thats how I feel 3) talking to random people. This one is the main reason. If you try to talk to someone and that's not in college or work, there's gonna be always first barrier. I found a way to go over that barrier when I was 24 (before then, all the friends I met and talk to was in school ) But still most of my friends don't know how to talk to random person 😅

It’s the same in Laos for a Laotian Lao-American in the country! 🇱🇦

No Brasil se faz amizade em qualquer lugar e em qualquer momento, principalmente quando acontece algo surpreendente. Até mesmo em fila de ônibus!

@erikaestevao

6 ай бұрын

Verdade..hahah

I am Korean living in Seoul. I also want to make foreign friends, but the problem is that I and "potential" foreign guys have almost nothing to meet for. If there were people who like bicycles, bowling, or skating, they and I might share the time enough to become friends.

@hidayat1999

6 ай бұрын

Hello! I am 24, I love to travel. I was in Korea 3 months ago. I hope to visit again. Let's be friends!

@ladies-and-gentleman6828

5 ай бұрын

What do you do for a living?

@Jurihyun

5 ай бұрын

​@@hidayat1999 Feel free to leave me the news when you visit Korea :)

@Jurihyun

5 ай бұрын

@@ladies-and-gentleman6828 I am pharmacist :)

I did not know Jenny from BP also teach the korean on YT :D

I haven't made any Korean friends online yet. During my time as a university student, I made some Korean friends, but later, we didn't keep in touch. I think I only know two Koreans that I still talk to. It is also harder to make friends on HelloTalk since many people are learning Korean. I hope I can make some friends in the future. 😊

@derpwadder

6 ай бұрын

Hope it works out for you!

@JuanAguilar-ly7di

6 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊@@derpwadder

@I.am.karley

5 ай бұрын

I also use Hello Talk ....best of luck though

과거 유교적 엄숙한 분위기가 어느정도 현재에도 이어지다보니 뜬금없는 곳에서 낯선 사람과 갑작스럽게 교류하는게 어색하죠 ㅋㅋㅋ 눈 마주쳤을때 웃는게 서양에서는 미덕이지만 동북아에서는 당황스러운 모습이고, 스몰토크도 알지도 못하는 사람들끼리 시시콜콜한 이야기 나누는게 실없는 것 처럼 보인다고 해야하나 ㅋㅋㅋ 물론 과거에는 외국 문화에 대해서 무지했던 시절이라서 외국인들의 행동에 대해서 이상하게 느꼈지만, 지금은 한국사람들도 외국인들의 행동을 알기 때문에 외국인들의 커뮤니케이션을 심하게 경계하고 그러지는 않습니다. 다만, 아직 한국인 끼리는 그냥 알지 못하는 사람과 낯선 곳에서 갑작스럽게 교류하는게 별로 없죠 ㅋㅋㅋ

I made a Korean friend because I met him in the US and then went to visit Korea. I think that way is probably much easier than meeting Koreans who just live in Korea. Unless you really master the language and learn the culture well.

It is very interesting that you made the point of ‘Korean’ looking. I went to K-mart and people naturally spoke Korean to me and looks a bit disappointed when I spoke English only. I guess that could motivate me to learn Korean ❤one of my team members is Korean American I am friendly with. I hope someday I can speak only Korean with him for like 1hr lol

make more of thisssssssssssss!!!! 😭

You know I don't have to worry about that because I have many Korean friends even when I am in my country....😊😊 I mean just look at you all I have got you as my korean teachers as well as friends ❤❤❤

I'm Korean! I really want to make international friends~ but it is really hard to make them. I used some language exchange applications for learning English and Japanese, but only weird guys contacted me. I'm a married woman, so I want to make a friend who is 30's and woman because I'm 35 years old. I do not live in Seoul, so there is a few foreigners here. There are so many people who want to make international friends like me. Korean people do not know how to connect to them. Paradoxically, I even feel difficult to make international friends in Korea haha

@ECS1190

6 ай бұрын

Hey, I would love to have a Korean Friend! I'm married man, and my wife is a dorama lover! Actually I'm from Brazil, if you have any interest please reply this comment!

@erikaestevao

6 ай бұрын

Brazilians are in everywhere...ahha. É noissss.

@bebe77778

6 ай бұрын

@@ECS1190 I can speak only Korean , Japanese and English. I heard Brazil speaks in Portuguese. I need a woman friend :) If your wife can speak English, I can be friend of her

@discoverborders1878

6 ай бұрын

It's really hard to make a friend in Korea I'm here in Korea since 3 months

@MaliLakmali-il3ob

6 ай бұрын

Hai..frend..I'm srilankan girl..

맞아요! 같은 아파트에 (특히 원룸에) 사는 사람들이 인사 잘 안하네요. 이탈리아랑 달라요 ㅋㅋㅋ 저는 우리 아파트의 엘레베이터에서 거기에 사는 사람한테 인사할 때는 대부분 사람들이 인사 안하거나 놀라는 표정이었어요. 처음으로 아주 섭섭했어요~ 😅 이제 좀 익숙하게 되었어요 ~

Video Topic Idea: I'm curious how real Korean culture differs from what is portrayed in Korean media.

Thank you It's very useful

i need this! moreeeeeeee!

OMG 🤭 I was trying to learn korean with this vidéo but ended up falling in luv with her voice 😂 anyway thank youu 🥹🤍

@talktomeinkorean

4 ай бұрын

Aww thank you! 감사합니다ㅎㅎ

Beautiful place and pretty Yeji 😌

영상을 보며 공감이 많이 되었어요. 우리나라에서는 'small talk'을 잘 안하는데 외국에 가보면 모르는 사람인데도 엘레베이터에서 마주치면 인사하고 small talk 하는 것이 인상적이었어요. 그리고 저는 외국에서는 모임을 할 때 이 친구 저 친구 불러서 모임에 가면 새로운 친구를 만날 수 있는데 한국에서는 모임 멤버가 정해져있어서 멤버 외에는 그 모임에 부르지 않는 것이 흔해요.

As Korean, it's difficult to make foreign friends as well. In my neighborhood, it's less likely to see them, and even if I come across them, it isn't easy to talk to them because they might think of me as a strange person. 😅 Anyways, hopefully, you guys could make good friends in Korea.

@ladies-and-gentleman6828

5 ай бұрын

What do you do for a living?

I remember when my father had moved to a totally different place. When I went to visit him it was very different from what I was used to. First thing I noticed was that all the businesses closed at 5 pm except for restaurants,bars and possibly a bowling alley or movie theater. No shopping malls or clubs ... Basically it wasn't a place for a young person in college or just out of college. The only way you could make friends is to join a club or organization. This place is in the USA... But it has changed so much since then.

전 18년째 한국에 살고 있습니다. 여러분 걱정하지 마세요~ 저는 지방에 사는데 아직도 친구 만들기 어려워요 감사합니다 좋은 동영상 . . . . 이상 19살 한국 소년이였습니다

That was helpful. Thanks.

영상 제미있었습니다 감사합니다🙂🙂

I couldn’t believe I actually understood 90% of what you said. 😂

@talktomeinkorean

6 ай бұрын

Great job!!

@kjblueskyjp

6 ай бұрын

your koreanlanguage is nearly original SouthKorean standard.

Hola yo vivo en España y acá es muy común que puedas entrar en una conversación de otras personas para dar tu opinión, no hace falta que conozcas a alguien simplemente das tu opinión y puedes seguir conversando sin que nadie te diga algo, esto pasa a menudo en los bares, restaurantes o cafeterias, también en gimnasios o lugares turísticos.

나는 이 채널을 통해 한국어를 아주 잘 배우고 있습니다. 감사합니다

감사합니다! 재미있었어요

🎉🎉🎉 잘 소식을 하셨어요 감사합니다~.

I understood %85 of them without turning subtitles 🎉

@melisakiko

5 ай бұрын

when did you start studying?

@naz__07

5 ай бұрын

@@melisakiko I took an A1 course 4 years ago but because of I was too young and after that I didn't study any Korean for my high school entrance exam for one year, so i forgot some of the things i learned. I started again two years ago and now I'm on B1 level and trying to get a B2 level proficiency ❤️

@melisakiko

5 ай бұрын

@@naz__07 wow that's actually coolll i'm in highschool rn and this gave me motivation ty

@naz__07

5 ай бұрын

@@melisakiko you're welcome and i'm in high school too, i started when i was 12 years old. i'm trying to balance it with my lessons since i want to be a doctor

@naz__07

5 ай бұрын

@@melisakiko once RM from BTS replied me on his birthday live, i asked him a question in korean. i think that this will give a motivation to you lol

저도 한국에 산지 35년이 되었지만 아직도 한국인 친구 사귀기가 힘이 듭니다😢

I still want to learn the academics anyway, and be literate if I ever have the chance. Thinking about things like that fires up my curiosity, but I still respect boundaries if I dig deep too far. I'm trilingual....somewhat, (Indigenous language - Navajo, Japanese (Studies the most/Familiarized with/Elementary level reading even though I never participated in JLPT) and English (Native language)) and this is the most foreign and mysterious to me, but that's what I love about it. _So much foreign literature and academics to explore and see, and even participate in!_ I'm more than happy to aid anyone any emotional support to anyone alike (Whether overseas or western,), let the person be themselves with no judgement and have a good time around me. (ENFP YOOP) I'm shy at first, but I'm more than happy to make friends! :o

예지 선생님에게 정말 감사합니다 :) 영상을 잘 봤습니당. 한참 동안 한국어를 배우고 있는데 안직 실력이 놈 부족한 같애요 ㅠㅠ 그래서 이 영상을 봤더니 이정도로 이해가 되는 걸 갑자기 놀랐습니다. 생각보다 머릿속에 더 많이 넘겼나 봐 ㅎㅎ

@talktomeinkorean

7 ай бұрын

재밌게 봐주셔서 너무너무 감사해요 🥹💛

It's a very good idea . Thank you , I hope it would work 😊😊

감사합니다 선생님!

Какая хорошая дикция, приятно слушать

English rather than as a language but a major subject of exam that may determine your life really gives awful impact on east Asian countries like Japan, Korean and Taiwan. We really need to get over this unecessasry obsurdity.

In the Netherlands its common to talk to strangers on the streets and my dad met a man he never heard of but they became friends in the first second.

@erikaestevao

6 ай бұрын

In Brazil as well

Nice video, makes me want to meet you in a climbing gym, playing badminton, or anywhere else, and I'm not even in Korea!!

So so so so so hard to make friends in Korea. I lived there for 2 years and worked for some different companies. everything she says is correct. Korean's don't like talking to strangers, they feel like English is just a test subject to get into the right university, cafe/bar are all set up so you don't have to interact with strangers - in fact, it's very difficult to do it. there are also shops that are unmanned so you can just go about your own life without ever interacting with anyone if you want to. honestly, all this and more made living in Korea for me not very fun and I couldn't wait to leave in the end. and yes, I did learn Korean to some extent (went to a local university for many months + more). glad I've left.

@girafffurious

6 ай бұрын

Congrats

They started studying English from kindergarten and they always come over with the " language barrier"pss just excuses, bur when they sing in English they know all the lyrics, show them money and you will see how perfectly they speak English

이해하는 것이 쉬워서 감사합니다 😊

@kamiel79

7 ай бұрын

For me, it is still hard after 20 years of studying. Don't forget to feel blessed if your brain can learn fast!

@De_rekening_a.u.b.

7 ай бұрын

Agreed! Learning a langauge as distant from your own as Korean is from Dutch/English (I assume English in your case) is super difficult. It's not that I understand everything, it's more that I get what she's saying (give or take a couple of words). It also really depends on the topic. Anyway, I've got lots of respect for you. Studying for 20 years shows me you've got an insane level of commitment. Keep learing 💪 @@kamiel79

It's very true. I lived abroad for most of my life and I found it very hard to find friends in Korea. Since I'm a Christian, I was able to meet various people at church and integrate into their friend groups, but if I did not have that, it would have been extremely lonely especially given that I did not have any high school or university friends here. Another difference is that in the US, people are quite open to talking about deep topics quite early on, but Koreans find it difficult to open up, and they do so only after they've gotten to know each other for some time. Koreans also don't ask too many personal questions (they don't want to come off as intrusive or nosy), which means that they are easily taken back when asked personal questions. Now I think about it, I wonder if we just have different understanding of what it means to "get to know someone." I always implicitly thought knowing someone was to know their thoughts and personal history and stories, but Koreans focus less on that and more on a person's occupation, their status, their activities and things they've done together - maybe that's why Koreans came across as superficial to me initially. But once I've gotten closer, I find they are concerned about the deeper thoughts individuals have as well, just not expressed quite explicitly.

I had a thought during lectures that I've been exploring recently: If you are looking to make 'friends' in Korea, you perhaps have the wrong perspective. Instead, you should look to make 'hyung', 'nuna', 'oppa', 'on-ni' and so on. That is the more natural form of relationship for people here. For example, I have many people around me that I call 형 (as well as 누나 and lots of younger people) - our relationship is very strong, there's a lot of 정, and we care for each other. However, I would never call them by their name, I wouldn't start eating before them, and I recognize that they are older than me in my words and actions. Of course, this is a completely alien concept to many people from other societies or cultures, but it's very natural here and perhaps the easiest, or most appropriate way to integrate into Korean society... (This is not meant to be the final word on the subject. Just the start of a conversation and a line of thought I'm currently exploring)

감사합니다.❤❤

Maybe it is just me but it is hard to make friends even in my own country... :')

11:26 저도 등산을 제일 좋아하는 운동이에요. 근데 한국에는 등산을 좋아하는 사람들이 거의 모든 마흔 나이 이상 많더라고요. 😭😭 제가 만약에 젊은 사람을 산길에 만나면 97% 정도 외국인이에요. 그래서 결국 영어로 말하게 돼요. ㅋㅋㅋ제가 등산할 때 예지씨처럼 한국 사람들을 만났으면 좋겠어요. 🙏🏻

@talktomeinkorean

7 ай бұрын

ㅠㅠㅋㅋㅋ 맞아요! 코로나 때는 2030 사람들도 등산을 많이 갔는데, 요즘엔 그때에 비해서 훨씬 덜 가는 것 같더라고요... 🤔

I want to introduce to you "Black Man in Taiwan" (黑男）to show how he make friends on streets with strangers. It is really funny. By the way, Korean language sounds really funny. Almost alien-alike.

Cute you are ❤️ thanks for the video 🙏🙏

고마워요

Big Thump UP for not using Dating apps their. I hope this point wont change. :))

많은 외국인 분들이 한국에서 행복하시길~

very good

Nice❤