<p>I want to learn Korean, but...would there be much use to it if I learn it?</p>
<p>I mean, the language seems really interesting, but there just doesn't seem much that I would be able to do with it. :/ Can you guys tell me of some stuff I can do with a knowledge of Korean? I plan to go on to Medical school, by the way, not international relations (or similar fields).</p>
<p>thanks,
ansar</p>
<p>Also, is it my experience or do Koreans not like foreigners learning their language?</p>
<p>Korean is a pretty easy language to learn since Hangul was I guess just made easily. Theres not much you can do with knowing the language here, but if you become a doctor and went to Korea. You can make a lot of money since you’d be able to have both Korean and American clients. Doctors in Korea, make bank. No lies.</p>
<p>Yeah…Hangul is pretty simple. </p>
<p>Nice knowing being a doctor in Korea makes a lot of money. That seems to be the trend for doctors all across the world. ;)</p>
<p>All languages are equal in difficulty… I don’t get how you assumed that Korean was any easier.</p>
<p>As for the alphabet, it is considered the “most scientific/logical writing system” in the world. It’s simple and concise, and that’s probably where you got your assumption from…</p>
<p>Well, I’m just referring to the alphabet.</p>
<p>Haha,as for you last question, Koreans love it when foreigners know a lot about their country, culture, and language.</p>
<p>I think all countries appreciate people learning their language, it’s just to what extent they’ll like it. (French, anyone?)</p>
<p>Koreans delight when foreigners can speak their language, they’ll love you and you’ll be more than just their “token foreign friend.”</p>
<p>If you learn a language just because “it’s useful” then good for you, but learning a language you truly love you’ll become fluent in no time :)</p>
<p>Actually, while the Hangul alphabet and hence, writing, is fairly easy to learn, it is considered a pretty difficult language to speak properly.</p>
<p>Many say that Mandarin is easier to learn than Korean speaking-wise.</p>
<p>you also have to be good looking b/c Korean people care about physical appearance a lot</p>
<p>^ Uh, OK (but no more than anywhere else).</p>
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<p>I’m Korean, and I have never heard any reasoning to back up this assertion. Really. Someone PLEASE enlighten me. Then again, I think all alphabets are equally rational (or irrational, depending on if you’re a glass half full or half empty kind of guy).</p>
<p>And yeah, learning Korean’s pretty useless for a prospective doctor, unless you want to practice medicine in Korea. And Korean patients here in the US without health insurance tend to go to Korean doctors that take cash or go to Korea. Well I guess you could specialize in plastic surgery and make bank in Korea…everyone and their brother’s getting plastic surgery. It’s ridiculous.</p>
<p>Hangul is known to be easy to learn due to its simplicity (an Indonesian tribe w/o a writing system recently picked Hangul as its alphabet/writing system for that reason).</p>
<p>And actually, many plastic surgeons in Korea are desperate for business (esp. since the drop in patients from overseas).</p>
<p>Easy to learn doesn’t make it scientific or logical. And for a European, I’m sure the English alphabet is more intuitive.</p>
<p>But I guess plastic surgery in Korea’s some kind of bubble and the same thing’s happening. Too many plastic surgeons, not enough people getting nose jobs.</p>