Recording summary · August 2020
[2020-08-10] How I became FLUENT in Korean in only 6 months [f4X26U5Eraw]
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Overview
Daniel achieved Korean fluency within six months while in Japan, motivated by relationships, aided by prior Japanese skills, and studying Korean textbooks during downtime from an Osaka language school.
Daniel explained that foreign loanwords and names follow the conventional pronunciation of the spoken language rather than adopting native accents mid-sentence, responding to criticism concerning Japanese terms in a Ghost of Tsushima review.
Themes
Learning the Korean alphabet and initial motivation originating from an online relationship.
Studying Korean while staying at a guesthouse in Japan and dating a Korean woman.
Linguistic similarities between Korean and Japanese facilitating study with Japanese-language materials.
Attending a Japanese language school in Osaka and studying Korean textbooks during spare time.
The impact of daily conversation with native speakers on language mastery and subsequent Korean proficiency.
Pronunciation conventions for loanwords and foreign names when speaking English or Japanese.
Developments
In 2009, an online relationship with a first Japanese girlfriend ended after approximately two years.
Daniel learned the Korean alphabet in around two days before traveling to Japan.
A second relationship ended with Daniel being blocked on social media after a few weeks of dating in Japan.
Daniel attended a three-month course at a Japanese language school in Osaka funded by Daniel's father.
Commenters criticized Daniel's pronunciation of Japanese terms in a review of Ghost of Tsushima.
Uncertainties & gaps
Daniel is unsure of Daniel's current Korean proficiency level after approximately four years without speaking the language.