Why do People Like the Korean Language so Much?

"영어는 링구아 프랑카인데 요점이 무엇이다?"

What's the point when English is the lingua franca of the modern world? Why Korean, the language of such a small country? You could go into European languages and proving useful in schools, What can you do with Korean?

사실은 한국어를 어떻게 사용하고 모른다. 아버지의 집에서 수건의 라벨이 읽었을 때 한국어 위한 사랑은 시작했습니다.

Truth is, I'm not quite sure what exactly you could do with Korean. All I know is that when I was 11 years old, I read a label on a towel at my dad's place, just observing all the different languages telling you how to wash it. I came across a language that was so geometric in appearance: symbols with perfect circles accompanied by straight, horizontal and vertical lines.

And then half way into high school, I discovered K-pop (yes, I have gotten a bit tired of it now). Back then, I found myself tapping my feet to the catchy rhythm, mesmerised by unique choreography (this is how I got into dancing, BTW).

요즘에 드라마들이 보고 좋아합니다.

Nowadays, I enjoy watching K-dramas. there's something about romance that has us living in ignorant bliss that everything could be perfect. Some of us have to pretend. Crash Landing on You reaffirms the faith in me that in difficult times, something great can come out of it. In Yoon Se-ri's case, it was love. In mine, it could be anything – I'm waiting for it with a delicate heart.

I've been studying Korean on-and-off for about 8 years now, just when I started taking a liking to K-pop, and somehow, it just makes sense. Adjectives are mostly in the form of verbs (unless you're using multiple adjectives) and hangeul is so easy to write and pronounce. What I can say that is difficult for sure is that there are so many difference tones of voice. These come in connectives or inflections and it's hard to know which ones to use in a context. But I think this will come with immersing myself in the culture, so I'm just going to continue watching dramas for the time being.

한국의 문화를 존경한다.

I'd love to immerse myself further into the culture. I love their mannerisms, they have me thinking, 'why don't Western people bow?" Sometimes when I'm feeling really apologetic or grateful, I have an incline to bow, but it would be so weird in my culture. They also have fantastic work ethic. However, I think that was spawned out of managers and people in higher positions abusing their power. As someone who is very much interested in creative media, it would be lovely to work in a country that capitalising on their abilities in the field.

In sum, I just think the language is beautiful, where you can accurately express what's in your heart. And the same goes for their culture, where there is so much diligence in the professional world.