This was great, and I think it’s a good idea to split the explanation from the rest of the lesson. But I was a little confused about all of the frog croaks during the dialog. I was expecting one near the idiom, but the frog was croaking a lot before the idiom was said!

This lesson is yet another example of how you are teaching REAL Korean. Using the intimate politeness level, The mother using ~지, even explaining how some pronunciations sound “cuter” and are more for women. Those are just a few examples of things that are rarely taught in other settings.

And… iTunes didn’t download the file yet…anyone else having the same problem?

Hmmm… the lesson is downloading fine for me on iTunes. Did you guys try right clicking on the Podcast title and selecting “Update Podcast”?

Great lesson! I was a little confused by the frog croaks at first too.. but after reading the pdf and listening a few more times it made more sense.

I love the 아, 왜?! by the son ^-^

Hi all! Thanks for the feedback!

The frog sound effects was a little confusing! Sorry about that, we didn’t realize how confusing that was until post-production!

Austin, thanks for the compliments Did you already know what 청개구리 means?

Ann Marie, thanks for the idea on the bell sound. Having one consistent sound for any idiom or phrase of the day should be much easier to recognize

Daniel, we intend to keep these dialogs fairly simple, but not too simple. We want to introduce vocab words and grammar points, but at the same time, focus on the idiom or phrase of the day.

Was anyone able to get the idiom or phrase before they heard the bonus track??
Who was a 청개구리 when they were younger?

I really enjoyed this lesson. It wasn’t difficult and it reminded me of the 청개구리 story that I had heard before and forgotten. Thank you to the bonus track for reminding me of a great folk tale.
In my experience idiomatic expressions in English tend to be over used by foreign learners (of English). Is this because they are prevalent in Korean daily speech or would a foreign learner of Korean sound awkward if his speech were full of these expressions?

A good lesson! I think for the next one you can take off the “pilot” label.

I’m finding that I’m learning more from listening to the two intermediate lessons over and over than from the beginner/newbie lessons. In the easier lessons, there’s only one thing that is to be learned, but in intermediate lessons each time I listen I learn something different.

Was this the first lesson that we heard 세얼선셍님 (sorry, not sure ’bout spelling!) speak such a long passage of Korean? I liked it!

Steved, I tend to think that Korean idiomatic expressions are not used any more than their English counterparts. This specific idiomatic phrase “청개구리” is almost like a phrase that every Korean family knows and uses. So this one is probably one of the most commonly used ones out there.

Maxie, we do intend to use much more Korean as the lessons move on. Apart from Newbie and Beginner, we should be using much more Korean

seoulsista, glad you enjoyed the lesson. This phrases usage is 99% referring to the relationship between a parent and a child.

for some reason this lesson never did download thru iTunes….newbie #10 did though.

I got it too 저도 받았어요~

[…] If you remember the idiom pilot lesson from this week we learned about a 청개구리. Since the boys at the orphanage can be pretty disobedient, I thought I’d ask them about this word. If you go to the actual YouTube page, you can see a rough English transcript in the video description. […]

oh and I did finally get this lesson downloaded thru iTunes.

[…] –At this point they might run away…. to another room, so I chase after them, capture them, and carry them to the door while they scream– Bratty kid: 아 찐자…먹기 싫다고! Ah, really! I said I don’t want to eat! Austin: 너 빨리 안가? 오늘 왜 그래? 니가 청개구리 같아! 신발 신어! Get moving! What’s with you today? You’re being a real brat! Put your shoes on! Bratty kid: 신발 없거든! I don’t have any shoes! Austin: 거짓말! 오늘 학교 안 갔어? 학교 갈때는 신발 안 신았어? That’s a lie. Didn’t you go to school today? Weren’t you wearing shoes then? Bratty kid: 신았는데 지금 어딘지 몰라! I wore them, but I don’t know where they are now! […]