Peace in Hangul

Suh-Tah-A-Cee = Stacy in Korean (Hangul)

Needed materials to practice Hangul Calligraphy...of which I suck.

What do you think this means in Hangul?

Tonight was my first Korean class at the Suwon Catholic Church.  My co-teacher, Ms. Kang, volunteers there to teach immigrants Hangul, every Sunday.  Most of her students are Phillipino.  Today, I was not here student as her class is an advance class.  I was assigned Ms. Ko, her given name, Seon Ok (Sahn Oak) who is a doctorate in Korean.  This intimidated me just a little and I was expecting a hardcore, memorization style Korean teacher.  So far, not so.  But then all I learned today was the vowels and consanants of the Hangul language and pairings of the two.  Quite frankly, pronunciation is difficult only in that I use facial muscles I don't use for English.  Other wise, elementary.

My teacher was very patient with me as we practiced the sounds of Hangul for two straight hours.  After which, my face was sore.  So, I came straight home and opened a bottle of wine to relax and blog of my experience.

I'm so happy to finally learn Korean on a consistant basis.  I always listen to my friends and co-workers as they speak Korean, so that I can understand pronunciation and hopefully, eventually, the grammatical sentence structure of Korean.

According to the FBI website, Hangul is the second most difficult language for Americans to learn.  Finnish being the first (WHO learns Finnish?).  I actually enjoy writing the language.  Even before coming to Asia, I started practicing a formal form of Japanese and really liked the way it felt when I brushed it.  I think Asian languages are beautiful when written in a calligraphic way.

I shall tap into my student resources in order to perfect my speaking and writing abilities for Hangul.  Wish me luck.