and you know the yellow you need me
though hi my name is Lindy and I've been
learning Korean since 2009 some of you
have asked me to give you some tips on
how to improve your Korean handwriting
so let's get started I'm gonna show you
firstly my notebook from 2009 then one
from 2012 and then my planner from this
year so you can see the progression of
how my handwriting has changed 2009 this
is when I just started so over here I
was copying a I think it's like rock
candy but if you look here you can see
how awkwardly I've written it you can
see the cute the G okay one kind of
bends a little which is a common sign of
beginner Korean language learners when
they write and my S looks very weird as
well it's sort of like one piece I'll
get to the S right now that is the whole
thing is not what an S looks like and
look how you have the coupe looks the
letters are just really awkward I will
get into detail just now let's move on
to 2012 okay I just noticed this at the
back of my notebook I was trying to
practice the cute Korean girls
handwriting by making the ears really
fat
take a look
so you can see my handwriting here has
improved slightly my letters seem a bit
more geometric and structured rather
than sort of stretched for lack of
better word let's look at this page I
also tried changing my handwriting a bit
over the years so over here you can see
I've tried to make it a little more
cursive and a little more flowy I
extended my vowels down so that they
looked more fancy but anyway this was
all a part of experimentation with my
handwriting and I can officially say I
have my own handwriting style now which
probably is not going to change right
let us look at 2018 all right here is a
little something I wrote in my planner
just some things to remember
well not to know I can't imagine it's
like forgive your ex-boyfriend and don't
think about him little stuff like that
but you can see my mind writing has
really changed it's a lot sharper a lot
more geometric and I can say it's pretty
more a lot more established than it was
previously
here's another page this was when I was
on the plane going to Taiwan on the way
to Hong Kong so that just gives you a
good example of what my handwriting
looks like right now me and my to-do
lists ignore the illustrations haha yeah
just the general idea so you can clearly
see the difference between writing these
really fact sort of stretched letters to
where I've got it now with these smaller
geometric more shaped I don't know how
to explain but I'm sure you can see the
difference so let's get into a few tips
about how to get your handwriting to a
phase where it looks a lot more native
there are three things I'm three things
I'm gonna focus on the first one is the
Luke which is the K letter the second
one is the S this you and then lastly
it's a combination of letters how you
can connect the vowels and consonants to
make your handwriting look a lot better
first of all we have the cuke which is
the K machine which is the s and then a
combination cop let's start with number
one you can see that's quite curved on
the side that is something beginner
Korean learners do a lot because they
see it written like that in a textbook
or on Google Translate and stuff what
you can do to improve this is to make it
a lot sharper and more geometric so
don't curve it like this but make it
sharper like that next one is to see at
the S you can see some people connected
at the top that is incorrect
it is two strokes and leave a little
space here so you start with a one big
line and then you connect it sort of one
third of the way down from the big one
like so then the cop again like I said
dog round you're okay you can do it a
lot sharper and then your ah remember
that your letter should fit into an
invisible block okay again the sheep not
like that not like that
I've seen many learners write like this
it's ha that is incorrect it needs to be
two strokes one - the word that I want
to use as an example is hot on hit which
a lot of beginner Korean learners kind
of look up on Google Translate and
they'll write it something like this
all right I also started out like this
now let's analyze what is wrong with
this and why it doesn't look like a
native person's handwriting as I said
before the s rather connect the second
line at the first little third of the
first line the eyes looking fine the
deer is quite a big problem a lot of
Korean learners write it like in one
stroke now what that does is it angles
these quite incorrectly doesn't that
look a little awkward right so remember
the Q which is Korean for K and then
need you take those and in between if
you put the earth which is just the
straight line so the Q a straight line
and then you see extract line you can't
blind me if clients need do you see how
much better these are looking in
comparison to these okay we already know
how to fix this used ah ha ah hey the
sheet has been fixed there Didier it is
bending up but it is written in the
correct stroke order one two three one
two three not that then you'll see that
it has changed what Bikaner Korean
learners often do is they write the heat
like this that is fine it is not
incorrect but what I'm not native Korean
speakers do they make it a lot more
natural by bending the top line and
putting it there an alternative way is
to do it like that that is also
perfectly acceptable
all of these are fine see that this is
starting to look awkward because you
have the tendency to make these lines
the same width so rather take this guy
and bend him a little let's take a look
at how I would write saranghae in my
handwriting you'll see here it looks
like the new beer has been written as
one stroke you can't do that if your
handwriting gets to the point where it
is almost like cursive just notes that
you can't do this if your handwriting is
still sort of blocky so it would look
very weird if you have ha um hey kind of
looks out of place whereas if it's in
the context of cursive it looks a lot
more natural you'll see here the a
instead of writing it like this I've
done that Hey
not hey what you can also see here as
that's this a doesn't look like an H
necessarily it's a lot thinner and
sometimes you can make this end line a
lot longer so
see here how the second line is a lot
longer I've spoken about third year that
you can kind of write as one stroke did
you see how it becomes part of the ah
alright let's take an example from my
notes in 2009 let's look at this on your
machine Maga we can see that the heart
I've written like this and the path I've
sort of spaced out the letters another
beginner mistake that people make is for
the double consonants they put the space
between them very white they can in fact
touch a little bit so that should look
like this huh makes the word look like
it's in a rectangle we want it to be in
a square so that's a lot more natural
not that but that you'll see here I've
confused the pube and immune this is the
pube this is new people often confuse
that don't worry about that that is just
a spelling rule this one gets people a
lot when they see it as a square they
will do this writing it as one stroke
also gives it some strange angles so how
do we write the meme correctly it is one
two three one two three
lastly let's analyze how I'm writing
currently look at the noon kind of turns
up and the ha go you can see the heap
and the up are connected and the all and
the you are also connected so let's look
at the hovel which means and incorrect
handwriting would be like this this is
very awkward and rough these are all
ways that I currently would write
Hubbell I tilt this line angle it down a
bit and you can see this one sort of
bends in but it doesn't curve it is not
a go it is so cool like that notice
carefully where the heat and the ah
connect at the top here okay oh look how
I've messed up my book Oh Deary
silly me I hope this video was useful
for you just remember it takes a lot of
time I had writing only improved after
quite a few years what's most important
is to keep practicing riding over and
over just by reading and looking at
other people's handwriting's alright is
not going to improve your career so make
sure you write it every single day also
don't feel discouraged if your letters
to look awkward my English handwriting
also looked really terrible until about
eighth or ninth grade so it takes a
while to establish yourself don't worry
and thinking you know you can do it
telling you looks like a viola see you
in the next video bye