Going Full Retard

An ancient Roman writing, probably around 150-250 AD about the German peoples. Found at https://www.thelatinlibrary.com/tacitus/tac.ger.shtml . Read through 6-9, of 46.

An ancient Roman writing, probably around 150-250 AD about the German peoples. Found at https://www.unrv.com/tacitus/tacitusgermania.php . Read through 1-12, of 46.

The book I am reading from is ISBN 978-4-87615-399-2, which can be found at: https://goken-net.co.jp/catalog/card.html?isbn=978-4-87615-399-2 . Did the first 100 Russian words that were in here. A very nice book that has Japanese, English, and the Russian as well as a Japanese transliteration of the Russian. I dunno, the most important part for me with this video is to read the Cyrillic. lol.

An ancient Roman writing, probably around 150-250 AD about the German peoples. Found at https://www.thelatinlibrary.com/tacitus/tac.ger.shtml . Read through 1-3, of 46.

So while the script used is Cyrillic, this actually isn't Russian but rather a 500 year old precursor to the modern Russian which is why I read the English to begin with in this video. Pretty much any Russian Orthodox Church resource would have a copy of this. It is kind of, ya know, a big deal given that it was the 400AD creed that all Christians claimed to confess as their faith.

I found this list at Tammy Korean and you can find it here: https://learning-korean.com/pdf/ . I'd like to slow walk the first sheet, since it has phrases for me to do; as such, went to this sheet which is all just vocabulary words. A kind of a slow day for me regarding practice since I wanted to do a few other things, first, so as to better lay out the playlist in a more final form when I finish this "edition" of Korean practice by myself. Kinda important to get in some Hangeul reading, lol, since I am in the only place in the world (besides North Korea) where I can expect Hangeul to be everywhere around me when I am in public. lol. A writing system tends to be much harder to input than a language, itself, yet also I mean... Perhaps not, maybe it's just that ... I dunno. There's the alphabet-ish character system of Hangeul, yes, yet it took 4 hours to learn back four years ago; the issue may just be that I am wanting to learn Korean but don't feel confident unless I can read Hangeul in a more speedily fashion. As such, that's the main point of this practice playlist. I guess? Meh, whatever lol.

This is a list of intermediate grammar produced by Tammy Korean and is available at: https://learning-korean.com/pdf/ . Again, I love this list due to having studied various languages both on my own and in college courses. An amazing resource for the purpose of learning Korean. Being at the mid-point of my Korea sojourn... I feel really good about how I have progressed through practicing such that I am now looking at Korean grammar resources instead of just mindlessly (or mindfully?) reading off endless vocabulary and phrases which are "in one ear and out the other". I see just... "This is the distilled grammar". It would be nice to pay attention to lectures yet, for me, I wish to be able to have something to do that is in addition to lectures such that I can ensure that I am truly learning and having a foundation for this particular language, the Korean language. I hope that others try to replicate a system which Tammy Korean has set up, for their own languages or others' languages. :)

Just as I perused the "Tammy Korean" enterprise, I thought I would look through "Key To Korean" since they are the second source of Korean practice material that I found. Key To Korean is this website: https://keytokorean.com/ . I prefer Tammy Korean due to wanting a structural school, online. However, this website seems to have a lot of resources and also tries to give additional grammar points in a different format that is immediately visible. However, my primary would probably be Tammy Korean since, as a German-American, I love structures like I love cathedrals. A kind of yin and yang way that I could see myself using these resources to get better at the Korean language, from an English speaking point of view. Still, as I said, I view Tammy Korean as my primary resource if I go forward: I love having lectures available to me.

This is a list of basic grammar produced by Tammy Korean and is available at: https://learning-korean.com/pdf/ . Given that I have studied languages by myself and in college courses, it is nice having this resource available for actual points in grammar for the words, or parts of language, that makes speaking useful. This allows me to produce sentences, paragraphs, and all that... By knowing particular ways to include these points into my conception for thinking in Korean. Just an overview/perusing video of this chart. I really like having this available! Something I like to do with lists is to copy them onto scratch so as to just... let the learning flow into me through perspiration. lol.

Looks like the Rumble channel is this, Ventriloquist Vance: https://rumble.com/c/VentriloquistVance . And this specific video is here: https://rumble.com/v2joxwc-kikm.html?e9s=rel_v1_b . Hilarious and I would totally be playing these videos on repeat so that I could learn Korean, should I stay here longer than the end of this next week.

This is a verb conjugation table produced by Tammy Korean and is available at: https://learning-korean.com/pdf/ . Having learned Japanese, I am really happy to see that Korean has somewhat of a similar system that can be created to help better understand the conjugation rules of Korean. The format and availability of this chart makes me really excited about, should I wish to learn Korean, knowing that Tammy Korean is the best teacher that I would first look into using her language resources among all the other references. This is absolutely amazing. Could totally feel confident in learning Korean by having a chart like this available during learning!

Discussing the table provided by "Tammy Korean" at: https://learning-korean.com/pdf/ . I loved seeing this and, also, printing it out... It is an absolutely beautiful chart! I wish that I had this when I learned Hangeul, four years ago, yet also... I am glad that I figured things out by now so as to truly appreciate this chart! It's an hour of me trying to present what I see regarding the important aspects to glean from this, among other topics regarding Korean language learning (at least, for myself and what I am intending in my practice methods).

I found "Tammy Korean" https://learning-korean.com/guide/ by looking for a vocabulary list. As such, I never paid much attention to the rest of the website. I find the website very impressive and, as you see, I hope you look to her work for help in learning Korean!

Picked up the list from https://hsk.academy/en/hsk-5-vocabulary-list . Yay! Finished all of the Chinese vocabulary practice recordings! (I did HSK 6 before HSKs 3, 4, and 5.) ... My Chinese sucks but, hey, maybe your's can be better now!

Picked up the list from https://hsk.academy/en/hsk-5-vocabulary-list . lmao. Got back from smoking and the starting commentary was, "let's talk shit about white women since the bad ones are the worst demographic whereas the good ones are nice like the lady whom I wished happy birthday, already". I dunno, lmao. But it was an interesting encounter plus I also tried to give an interpretation of how I think she felt about me; however, given that she's already gone, it's not like we can verify if she actually thinks the worst of me or if she even feels she is as much of a princess as I described her as. ... Princess as in "gong1 zhu1" and not zhu3.

Picked up the list from https://hsk.academy/en/hsk-5-vocabulary-list . Went ahead and jumped straight into more Chinese practice after a quick break. At like page 91 of 131, the stopping point, so perhaps I'll end up finishing on Part 7 or 8. ... I ended up with a final "Part 9" on HSK 6 precisely because the videos were longer. lol.

Picked up the list from https://hsk.academy/en/hsk-5-vocabulary-list . Complained a little bit about the car that honked at the trash collectors, to start the video off with lol. I mean, I started with 骂 lol.

Picked up the list from https://hsk.academy/en/hsk-5-vocabulary-list . Ended on 骂, which is not Ma1ma1 but ma4; scolding. ... Was trying to play with a cat before recording this and a few Korean passerbys joined in, haha. Was also fun motioning as if I were trying to shoot a pigeon, from time to time. I'm inside a city so it's a good thing I'm just using my hands; still, it's a little fun since we all wish the pigeons would be replaced by more fun birds like the crows or the tweeters.

Picked up the list from https://hsk.academy/en/hsk-5-vocabulary-list . Ended on 哈 , which crows say.

I found this list at Tammy Korean and you can find it here: https://learning-korean.com/pdf/ . I'd like to slow walk the first sheet, since it has phrases for me to do; as such, went to this sheet which is all just vocabulary words. Went through some vocabulary since I didn't want to immediate smoke after the short Chinese practice that I did. Not feeling the Korean as much but, meh, when I finish the Chinese practice... I found some grammar sheets so, heh, that might help me feel better about my Korean practice. There's quite a lot to do and, well, let's get to it! Eat the elephant, one bite at a time.

Picked up the list from https://hsk.academy/en/hsk-5-vocabulary-list . May as well run through the Chinese practice and get it over with. Should help me spot words in Korean a bit more readily. Also, if the young gal that left was on my floor, then I guess I can record for longer tonight; I didn't know who it was but it seemed there was another guest on the second floor last night, if not tonight then I can be recording for longer in my room since the other guests are on a different floor such that the noise doesn't travel to them. Yay! Princesses should remain in their castles, for the sake of us peasants. lmao.

Picked up the list from https://hsk.academy/en/hsk-4-vocabulary-list . Well, after wishing happy birthday to my friend and then going about my usual recording practice... I hath finished HSK4 and was still childish in the process. What? I'm waiting for my wife to show up into my life and the best chance for her to be who I think her is would be a ten year friendship whom I proposed to over two years ago. Given the crap we've been through, I guess that she's there but never realized that the best doesn't mean the most perfect except in fun and love. There's always struggles when you wait for the best. ... It's what allows us to appreciate the best when we finally find it. ... :)

Picked up the list from https://hsk.academy/en/hsk-4-vocabulary-list . Just like I ended the last one on "ping1 pang1 qiu2" because I loved the nuance involved... I'll leave you, on this video, with "wang3 wang3". I am such a child...

Picked up the list from https://hsk.academy/en/hsk-4-vocabulary-list . omg I lost it at "ping pong ball" since they MADE NEW CHARACTERS, IN SIMPLIFIED, FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS ONE PHRASE LOL. So I had to end on the best note ever. "ping1 pang1 qiu2".

Picked up the list from https://hsk.academy/en/hsk-4-vocabulary-list . Third time should be a charm: HAPPY BIRTHDAY KELLY! ... And as for the lady in Japan, she should be careful since I just met a wonderful Korean lady who really likes me and wants to practice English with me; told her that I'm here for another week and, I mean, maybe I spend three months with her and marry her instead of the lady in Japan. ... But I don't think I need to put the lady in Japan on notice for the infinite time. It's my friend's birthday so, well, I just wanted to be silly to help make her day feel just as special as she has always been to me. Friends, even if apart, are always friends; one of the few people whose birthday I always remember each year, whether I send a message or not. :)