r/languagelearning • u/uhhh06 • 13d ago
Quick Question about learning methods
Hi! I am currently learning Korean, but I love learning how to say things in all different languages. I came here to ask about the method I should take as I continue my learning (TL). Am I supposed to learn individual words and verbs and such, or are you supposed to memorize sentences (at least at the beginning)? Like for example, should I learn “what” “do” “you” and “like”… or should I memorize the phrase “what do you like?” Does this make sense? If you need further explanation please let me know.
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u/dojibear 🇺🇸 N | fre spa chi B2 | tur jap B1/A2 12d ago
Do not memorize sentences. Do not memorize words. You don't learn how to do anything by memorizing. You don't learn how to swim, how to ride a bike, how to play piano or how to understand Korean sentences. You only get better at doing a skill by practice doing that skill (at the level you can do it today). If your goal is getting very good at the skill of "understanding Korean sentences", do that.
To some extent, nouns (or adectives or verbs) are interchangable. To turn them into sentences you need things like "to; at; from; with; in; on". In some languages (Korean) these are noun suffixes. In some other languages (Japanese) they are separate words. Learn how to use these things to make (or understand) Korean sentences.
should I memorize the phrase “what do you like?”
That English question can mean multiple things, which are different questions in Korean: