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Korean Snacks World Cup | Crowning the best Korean snack

I met my friend 의주 and we played the Korean snack "World Cup" game, which is a ranking game where you select the best Korean snacks among the given options.

Which of these snacks have you tried before, and where would you rank each of them? (This video is not sponsored.)

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대다 Habits | Live Class Abridged

Last Sunday we had a live Korean class about the grammar form ~아/어/etc. 대다, which is used to express that someone does something as a habit or continually, or that an action is too much or too extreme.

The full live stream, including the introduction and Q&A at the end was nearly 2 hours, but you can enjoy the abridged version in just over 8 minutes.

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힘들다 vs 어렵다 | Korean FAQ

힘들다 and 어렵다 both have similar translations in English, but do not have the same meaning. This means there situations where you shouldn't use one or the other.

Since they have similar translations, they are often used incorrectly. Here's how you can tell the difference between these two verbs.

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My Top 10 Favorite Korean Foods

I've been asked over the years what my favorite Korean food is, but hadn't shared it on my YouTube channel until now.

Enjoy my list of my top 10 favorite foods you can try in Korea.

Which of these have you tried before?

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~데 Form "Contrast" and "Explain" | Live Class Abridged

Last Sunday I did a live Korean class all about the ~데 form. For example, 하다 would become 하는데 (as an action verb), or 먹다 would become 먹는데, and descriptive verbs like 작다 and 크다 would become 작은데 and 큰데.

We learned how this form is conjugated, what it means, what it feels like, and how and when to use it.

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Incorrect Korean that you’ll hear at restaurants (Honorifics) | Korean FAQ

A lot of Korean is incorrect, just as there are many English mistakes used commonly in English speaking countries. But that doesn't always make them necessarily wrong. Some "incorrect" Korean is used commonly in restaurants, in order to make the Korean sound extra polite - even more polite than is necessary. There are some specific grammar forms you'll hear more often in restaurants, and I'll show you what these mean and why they're technically incorrect... but I'll also show you how they can also be right.

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How to Ride the Bus in Korea | Getting Around in Korea

I learned how to ride the subway and train while living in Korea, through lots of trial and error. The bus is no different, but it took a lot more trial and error than the other methods.

No matter where you visit in Korea, there will be some sort of bus system. Although how well it works will depend often on the population of that city. Even when I visit smaller cities, there has been a bus system. But a bus system is only useful if you know how to use it, and because I didn't understand how it worked well I often ended up just walking or taking the subway or some other means of transportation more often. But with a lot of trial and error, and a lot of time, I eventually learned how to ride the bus well enough to rely on it. So I wanted to make a video with all of my tips I've learned throughout many years, to hopefully help some people who would also like to use it during their next trip to Korea.

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Important Hanja: 분 (分) (한자) | Korean FAQ

I occasionally make videos about Hanja if I feel they're important to know, and this week's video is about the Hanja 분 (分).

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I tried to talk in Korean using only Papago translator

Papago is the most popular translation app and web site for translating Korean and English, but is it perfect? Does it need to be perfect?

My friend Kenny and I tried to have a Korean conversation using only Papago, and it was impressive! But things also didn't go as well as I thought.

Find out why you might want to avoid Papago (or any other translators) when trying to learn Korean, and also when you might actually want to use it to help you.

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는 둥 마는 둥 Half heartedly | Live Class Abridged

The advanced grammar form ~는 둥 마는 둥 can be used to show that someone half-heartedly does something, or barely does it, or doesn't do it properly. But there's a deeper meaning to the form which comes from its pieces - mainly the particle 둥. If you learn how to use 둥, this form is quite easy to understand and use in any situation. We also covered how to use ~을/ㄹ 둥 말 둥, which uses this same 둥 particle but in a different way.

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