On the weekend, when I have more time, I will attempt studying a newspaper article. I will try and decipher it by firstly getting the vocabulary down and then reading it looking at the grammar and trying to work out the meaning of the sentences.
Korean grammar is a real killer. I wonder what the western polyglots think about Korean. Do they find it especially hard?
Also, Korean words don't sound nice and are not memorable. That is my impression. They are very much unlike Latin words in this sense. I don't know whether it's because of the high content of Chinese words in the Korean language (people have been saying it's 70%) or whether it's the native Korean words or something else. I really do not like Korean words.
At least Hangeul is not that hard to read (though I prefer Latin writing and characters) so I can't complain too much. Imagine struggling with Hanja AS WELL AS learning a foreign language. Ugh!
