forum Angsty one-on-one?

Started September 22, 2018 by @Sugar-Lover

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Jason took a seat next to Nate. “Hey! Are you ready for another word?” Jason places his tray down on the table.

"Hells yeah!" Nate grinned and pulled out a pencil and a piece of paper so he could write it down.

“How about I show you how to write daebak first?” Jason took the pencil and paper and wrote down ‘대박’ on the paper.

Nate followed Jason's instructions, but it didn't look quite the same. "Wait…what did I do wrong?" He asked with a laugh.

Jason looked at the paper with a laugh. “How did you get that wrong?” Jason wrote it again, but this time slower, showing Nate exactly how to write each letter. “So the first letter is ‘ㄷ’, it makes a ‘D’ sound. You would write it to take the whole space between the lines.” Jason knew the stacking was Nate was probably getting confused. “Second letter is ‘ㅐ’ and it makes an ‘ae’ sound. And since there is nothing being stacked under it, it also takes up the space between the lines.”

Nate followed all of Jason's instructions carefully, not wanting to mess up that badly again. "What did I end up writing anyways?" He asked, hoping he was at least close to the word he was trying to write.

“What you wrote wasn’t actually a word. It was more of scribbles.” Jason chuckled a little. He wrote out the rest of the word. “This is where it gets tricky. Not we’re going to stack some letters. This letter,” he pointed to the ‘ㅂ’, “makes a ‘B/P’ sound. Write it so it takes up the top half of the line because you’ll need to write another letter below it.” Jason then pointed to the ‘ㅏ’. “This letter makes an ‘ah’ sound. Write it next to the ‘ㅂ’, also taking up the top half. The final letter makes a ‘g’ sound. Sorta like the word gun. Now this letter goes under the other two that we left space for.”

Nate continued to follow Jason's instructions and it looked a little more like it was supposed to this time. "How about now? Is this what it's supposed to look like?" He asked, getting excited over the fact that he might have done it correctly this time.

Jason nodded. “Yes. Now you just need to work on the penmanship, but it’s written correctly. Do you want your next word?”

"Yes! I did it!" Nate shouted and proudly showed the rest of the people sitting at the table. "What's my next new word?" He asked, turning back to Jason with a huge grin.

Jason smiles as he spoke with a deep and clear voice. “Annyeonghaseyo. It’s the formal way to say hello. You use it when speaking to elders, anyone with power above you or a stranger. Annyeonghaseyo.” Jason repeated the word.

Nate waved at Jason even though he was sitting right next to him, "Annyeonghaseyo!" He repeated then laughed. "That one's a little more difficult to say."

“Not by much. It’s really just ‘an young ha say yo’.” Jason broke down the word. “I bet you want to write out this long word now.”

"Um…maybe? How long is it?" Nate asked, not sure if he wanted to do that much writing.
(Don't worry, he's not serious, he's just joking. He wouldn't mind writing out the long word…XD)

Jason shrugged. “It’s not that long.” He quickly grabbed the paper and jotted down ‘안녕하세요’ is messy handwriting so he could count the letters. “Only twelve symbols but there’s only five boxes.”

(Hey, I forgot to tell you that I'm gonna be on vacation until Wednesday. I might manage to get online for a little bit at a time, but I'm not sure for how long or when…sorry…)
Nate's eyes widened, "That looks confusing." He laughed before picking up his pencil again and waiting to listen to Jason's next instructions.

(That’s fine)
“I’m going to do one box at a time. First letter, ‘ㅇ’, takes up the top half of the line and it’s just a place holder, so it doesn’t make any sounds. It looks sorta like an ‘O’. Next letter ‘ㅏ’, makes an ‘ah’ sound and also takes up the top half of the line. The last letter in this box is ‘ㄴ’, and it makes an ‘n’ sound. It goes under the first two you wrote.” Jason pointed to each letter as he was explaining them. He also drew them out in the air so Nate could see how exactly to write each one.

Nate watched and followed Jason's instructions carefully, hoping that this time he wouldn't mess up as bad as the last time.

Jason nodded as Nate was writing. He was doing a lot better than last time. “So for the next box the first letter is ‘ㄴ’ and it makes the ‘N’ sound. Make it take up the top half. Then the following letter is ‘ㅕ’. That makes an ‘yeo’ sound. This one takes up the top half also but so it’s inside on the letter before it.” Jason drew out ‘녀’ in the air. “So it looks like that. The final letter in this box is ‘ㅇ’. “It makes and ‘ing’ sound and goes under the two letters before it.”

Nate finished writing the new word and smiled. "It looks kinda like your's." He commented, showing it to Jason again as well as the rest of the people at their table.

Jason smiles a little at how cute Nate was acting. “The word you wrote was annyeong. That’s the informal way to say hello. just add ‘ㅎ,ㅏ,ㅅ,ㅔ,ㅇ,ㅛ,’ and you have a formal word.”

"I'm getting pretty good at this." Nate joked with a nod before laughing and attempting to write both of the words once again on his piece of paper.

Jason nodded in agreement. “Just keep practicing and you’ll be able to write all the words I teach you easily.”

Nate nodded at Jason's words and stuck his tongue out in concentration as he continued to try and write the words another time.

Jason looked around the table and for the first time realizing that there were other people there. He leaned over to Nate and whispered. “Who are they?”