Soo-jin Blog
This blog is my stage outside the chat. I unpack the language the way I’d tell a smart friend: honestly, with real-life examples, and zero textbook boredom. Binge the posts or drop in before a lesson.
You can also argue with me in the comments. Ask, doubt, try your own phrasing — I reply myself. This blog is for people who want to sound human, not just “finish the unit”.
Let’s be honest: the first time a Korean friend asked me 밥 먹었어? — literally “Did you eat rice?” — I panicked and checked my teeth for spinach. It took me three more encounters to realize she wasn’t auditing my meals; she was just saying “How are you?” In Korean, food is the heartbeat of small talk, and rice (밥) isn’t…
Read more →Let’s be honest: if you walked into Seoul’s Hongdae neighborhood speaking the Korean from your textbook, people would understand you—but they’d also think you’re a walking time capsule from 1995. Textbooks are fantastic for grammar and formal speech, but they lag behind the living, breathing language of the street.…
Read more →Welcome back to GoTxt, everyone! I’m Soo-jin, and today we’re going to talk about the absolute backbone of the Korean language. Forget the fancy grammar for a second. If you only learn four things, make it these: 있다 (it-da, to have/exist), 없다 (eop-da, to not have), 하다 (ha-da, to do), and 말하다 (mal-ha-da, to say/speak).…
Read more →You know that moment when you send a Korean meme to a friend who’s learning the language, and they just stare at you? You wait for the laugh, but instead you get a polite nod and a “that’s… nice?”. I’ve been there. As a teacher, I see it happen all the time. The problem isn’t that your friend is humorless — it’s that…
Read more →Hey there, it’s Soo‑jin, your friendly neighborhood Korean teacher and a hopeless meme addict. I’ve giggled at thousands of cat pictures, glitchy text messages, and those perfectly sarcastic reaction images that English‑speaking internet produces every day. But early on in my teaching journey I made a happy little…
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