Jumat, 28 Juli 2017

polyglot? : trilingual for now



My mother tongue is Bahasa Indonesia, my second language is English, then I learned Chinese, and I am learning Korean.

It all started when I was hooked with Chinese/Taiwan dramas (during elementary I guess). Was it Meteor Garden? But anyway, thanks to those good looking guys that I got myself learning Chinese (language). 

I am an Indonesian with Chinese ethnicity, back then I did not speak Chinese. Mom, dad and my big family, grandma grandpa do not speak Chinese since they were all born in Indonesia *me too. Mom and dad said they had learned Chinese before but never really use it. Luckily I was interested in learning Chinese, I took Chinese course from junior high thru high school, then I went to medschool in China. And that makes me the only one in the family who actually speak my ancestors' language *still learning and improving my vocab until now tho

Finished with medschool, I came back to Indonesia and had to go through some paperwork to get my license as a GP. During that period of time I took German courses, but it was kinda hard for me to pick up Deutsch. It is quite similar to English but not really, and it is none like Chinese. After learning for some time, I decided it wasn't my "thing".

Currently I am learning Korean (self-taught). I am so into Korean dramas just because the actors and actresses are so good looking, I mean the have great skin, and the wardrobes are fabulous. So chic! It is kinda hard to learn the grammar by myself and not practicing it but I will persevere since taking course for Korean is not an option for me now (no time). One of my bucket lists is going to Korea so learning Korean will be useful later. And I just love the language and its culture/food. Hehe.

Since I am learning by myself, I use Youtube a lot and I found a channel called Talk To Me In Korean. The channel is very helpful and I found out that the guy from the videos (called Hyunwoo if I'm not mistaken) have an excellent English which he taught himself. If you listen to his English you would have thought he studied abroad, but he didn't. Plus, he also speaks very fluent Japanese and French besides Korean, his mother tongue. Such a language genius!

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