Spelling system?
First of all, I am very glad to have discovered this site. The flashcard app is great, and it's the only place online where I can find a list for the Ganada Korean for Foreigners series (or at least, for the unit I'm studying!).
But I'm confused about the spelling system. When the flashcard asks me to spell a word, I enter in what I know is the standard hangeul transcription, but it always tells me I'm wrong. If I see 개미, I type in "gaemi," but it will only accept "geh-mi," with the hyphen included. Are there specific transcription rules that this site is using? Or is it up to the individual list creator?
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There's an official romanization system that's accepted by the South Korean government and under that system 개미 would be gaemi but there are a lot of people who decide to stray from that system because they feel it would help them more.
I like the official way better because romanizing in a uniform way makes things a lot less messy and a lot less confusing but to each his/her own, I guess. Some people like to romanize in a way that's closer to the pronunciation.
Personally, I'd prefer if people just wrote in Hangeul haha.
Posted by afusian 6/23/12 (11 months ago)