In this lesson, you will learn how make to make what questions with ‘what’ 무엇 or 뭐. What is -? : – 뭐예요? 뭐 means ‘what’ in Korean. 뭐예요 question uses ‘뭐’ as an object and native Koreans use 뭐예요 question when the subject is not identified or they really don’t know what the hell … Read more
In this lesson, you will learn how make to make where questions with ‘where’ 어디. Where is : 어디에요? 어디에요 question use 어디(where) as an object. It always takes a noun for the subject. The meaning is simple : ‘where is some place?’. Basic 해요 style Where Question 지옥이에요 지옥이 어디에요? It is hell … Read more
In this lesson, you will learn how make to make why questions with ‘why’ 왜. 왜 Questions 왜 means ‘why’. I think why question is most similar to English why among other all wh-interrogatives. But the nuance is slightly different even how it works is same. Thankfully it’s not used as an object. Well… English … Read more
In this lesson, you will learn how make to make when questions with ‘when’ 언제. When is -? : – 언제예요? In previous who question lesson, you’ve learned about -누구예요 phrase. When question has a same way just like who question does. 언제 can work as an objective but still a question. English doesn’t have … Read more
In this lesson, you will learn how make to make who question by using 누가, 누구. Who is -? : 누구예요? In Korean, the order of words in ‘Who is -’ question is different. 누구 is placed in an object position and works as an object like ‘whom’ in English except it’s used as ‘who’. … Read more
In this lesson, you will learn how to request a permission to do something. Request Vocabularies As many other languages do, Korean also has many expressions for requesting. However, Korean has special conjugations to ask if ‘I’ can do something. so, ‘Can you -?’ and ‘Can I -?’ have a different phrase from each other. … Read more
In this lesson, you will learn how to ask or order someone to do in a polite manner. 세요 Imperative In the previous lesson, you learned how to make imperative sentence without changing a sentence much. 세요 imperative is more polite and nice than the basic imperative. But it becomes slightly more formal. 세요 … Read more
In this lesson, you will learn how to ask or order others to do something with 해요 imperative sentences. Ask And Order in Korean grammar Imperative sentence of Korean grammar is highly developed than other languages. Korean grammar has so many ways to order or ask someone to do something. In this lesson, We will … Read more
In this lesson, you will learn Korean Conditional Sentence with conjugation -면. Conditional Sentence With -면 Korean conditional sentence is made by postposition -면. It seems like a new verb conjugations. And, Yes it is lol. It doesn’t seem like a new verb conjugation, it is a new verb conjugation for you lol. Many … Read more
In this lesson, you will learn how to make Korean obligation sentence with ‘have to’, ‘must’ and ‘should’ in Korean. Korean Obligation Sentence English has ‘must do’, ‘should’, ‘have to’. However, They all are same in Korean. Korean language has only one modal verb for describing obligation in a sentence. Technically, Korean language doesn’t have … Read more
In this lesson, you will learn the negative form of ‘can’ which is ‘can’t’ or ‘cannot’ in English lol. a negative form of ‘can’ sounds so fancy lol. Korean can’t Korean grammar has 2 ways to say ‘can not’. One is a negative form of ‘할수 있다’ and another is an unique affix 못 for … Read more
In this lesson, you will learn conjugations to say ‘can’ and show possibilities. 할 수 있다 : Can do 할 수 있다 is a Korean conjugation which describes the possibility or the future possibility. This conjugation really shows well how Korean grammar works. ‘할 수 있다’ is ‘can do’ in English. Basic Form (하다 … Read more
In this lesson, you will learn basics of Korean numbers especially Cardinals. Korean Numbers Korean language has 2 types of number. One is based on Chinese, Another is based on native Korean. I prefer to call it PURE Korean though. Because that’s how Koreans call it. How To Use Them Both are used in different … Read more
In this lesson, You will learn how to make Korean negative sentences and understand conjugations better with them. Negative Conjugations So far, You’ve learned Korean has 3 conjugations for simple describing. It was ‘하다 (do, be + adjective)’, ‘이다(be + noun)’ and ‘있다(location / possession)’. Negative conjugations are different on each. Let’s see how different … Read more
In this lesson, you will learn how to make a question sentence in Korean and it’s super easy! Making Question in Korean Korean interrogative sentence is super easy to make with 해요 speech style. Follow next steps. Make a sentence Add a question mark at the end Done Celebrate dance Now, make every sentence … Read more
In this lesson, You will learn Korean adjective modifiers and how to use Korean adjectives to modify a noun in a sentence. Adjective is Verb in Korean grammar In conjugation lessons and a lot of tense lessons, you saw Korean adjectives work just like verbs and learned it’s called descriptive verbs. Then, what do you … Read more
I saw many foreigners said 잘지냈어요 as ‘how are you?’ in Korean, which sounds very very weird to native Koreans because they really don’t say that. That’s how European languages and English work, not Korean. In this lesson, You will learn how to say ‘How are you’ in 100% Natural Korean. The Real Meaning of … Read more
In this lesson, You will learn how to say ‘that dude’. I’m kidding, and Korean doesn’t have a word ‘dude’. Anyway, today lesson will be Korean determiners. Position of Korean Determiners Korean determiner in a sentence is always placed before a noun. It’s same to English. Easy! 저 사람 That person That and This … Read more
In this lesson, you will learn Unique Korean Pronouns with honorific and a little bit of Korean culture with those. Unique Korean Pronouns Korean language has so many pronouns. I think it’s East Asian cultures but slightly different from each. You don’t need to memorize all unique Korean pronouns since even native Koreans are also … Read more
In this lesson, you will learn Korean singular pronouns and the most natural ways to address other people. Finally you finished Korean tenses and start another thing YAY. It was too long. I know. it was too long. Today you will learn Korean pronouns. Maybe you know Korean language has honorific and its is … Read more
In this lesson, you will learn the most basic uses of Korean future progressive tense. YAY This will be the last Korean tense that you learn with super basic core Korean grammar. I’m pretty sure you can express almost everything you want to say by using a tense. Of course, it won’t be so easy … Read more
In this lesson, you will learn the most basic uses of Korean past progressive tense. Past Progressive Tense Korean past progressive tense describes a thing that was happening in the past. In previous lesson, you’ve learn Korean present progressive and the way how it’s built is pretty similar to English. Korean past progressive tense is … Read more
In this lesson, you will learn how Korean conjugations work with deeper understanding and what complex conjugations are. Conjugation + Conjugation If you have ever learned any language which uses conjugations in its grammar such as Spanish, you will be quite surprised Korean conjugations is on another level. Korean conjugations can be combined with another … Read more
In this lesson, you will learn the most basic uses of Korean future tense. Simple Future Korean future tense is quite simple than other Korean tenses. It literally describes things that will happen in the future just like English future tense. Actually it’s simpler than other languages’ future tense because ‘will’ and ‘be going … Read more
In this lesson, you will learn the most basic uses of Korean past tense. Simple Past Korean past tense actually has a lot of differences than English past tense. But for now, we will focus on its most basic use. It describes what happened in the past just like English past tense does. 저는 … Read more
In this lesson, you will learn the most basic uses of Korean Present Tense. You can understand this lesson easier if you read the Korean Tense Conjugations lesson first Korean Present Tense Korean present tense is the most basic form of any word and conjugation in Korean grammar especially when it’s written in 하다 speech … Read more
Korean grammar uses conjugations to decide the tense of sentence, just like other languages do. You’ve learned that in a previous lesson and you will learn exactly which part decides it and how in this lesson. MUST READ You will learn how Korean tense conjugation system works in this lesson, not tenses. You will learn … Read more
In this lesson, You will learn 있다 verb conjugation.To understand this lesson better, I recommend you to read Korean conjugation lesson first. 있다 Verb Conjugation Korean grammar separates the functions of English ‘be’ into 2 pieces, 이다 and 있다. 있다 is considered as a variation of 이다 sometimes but we are going to learn it … Read more
In this lesson, You will learn 이다 verb conjugation. To understand this lesson and 이다 verb conjugation better, I recommend you to read Korean conjugation lesson first. Verb Conjugations Korean grammar has 3 types of verb conjugations, 하다, 이다, 있다 (Some says it’s 2 without 있다, they consider 있다 as a variation of 이다). Verb … Read more
In this lesson, You will learn Korean verb conjugation 하다 which is the one of the most basic form of verb conjugations.To understand this lesson better, I recommend you to read Korean conjugation lesson first. Conjugations Korean grammar has 3 types of verb conjugations, 하다, 이다, 있다 (Some says it’s 2 without 있다, they consider … Read more
It’s the last core grammar of Korean language. You will learn what Korean conjugations are in Korean grammar in this lesson. Korean Conjugations It’s hard to explain but I will try to make it simplest. If you used past tense, the verb would change like from ‘learn’ to ‘learned’. That ‘ed’ is a conjugation. Then… … Read more
In this lesson, You will learn the most important and essential Korean grammar, Korean Markers. Korean Markers (Particles) Korean markers (also known as particles) are Korean post-positions which is same to English prepositions. However, the function and roles of markers are very unique than English prepositions. You will learn how Korean grammar uses markers to … Read more
In previous lesson, You’ve learned that Korean grammar has so many speech styles. Today you’re learning about most important 2 style styles : 해요 and 하다. 해요 Speech Style you learned Korean with 해요 speech style and Korean grammar has many speech styles. you know 해요 speech style is most important for you. However, you … Read more
In previous lesson, you saw almost Korean sentences end with -어요. It’s an unique feature that Korean language has, called speech styles or ending. You will learn this special Korean grammar. Speech Styles Koreans can express any regional dialect, their mood or attitude that their social position has to have in the text thanks to … Read more
In this lesson, you will learn how Korean grammar makes longer sentence structures. Longer Sentence Structures Of course, You need to learn a bit more to make a long sentence structure but maybe it will confuse you a bit because Korean grammar is quite free even it seems like it has no rule. You will … Read more
In this lesson, you’ll learn to understand Korean sentence structures and how to build Korean sentences step by step. Besides, you will see how different Korean language is compared to your language. Let’s take our first step into becoming a native Korean. Sentence Structures Korean sentence structures are built in a whole another way than … Read more
In A Movie Theater Day 5 : Acting and Directing I’m not so sure today Korean vocabulary lesson will be soooo essential but I brought some words that are essential in the movie industry. If you are interested in Korean actor and actress or movie or k-drama things, then it would be very good to … Read more
In A Movie Theater Day 4 : We Love A Big-Ass Screen Today Korean vocabularies you will learn are soooooooo different than your language even those words are so simple! I want you to open your mind always when you learn a language because it’s not just learning a language, it’s also learning a culture. … Read more
In A Movie Theater Day 3 : I’ll buy the tickets Korean has so many words for one thing. That’s tiring. I often wonder if Koreans really need all those words and yeah some people think same. This lesson makes me think about some really serious stuffs lol. It’s getting harder to make a fun … Read more
In A Movie Theater Day 2 : What Kind of Movie Do You Like? Everybody asks it at least once when you talk about movies. What kind of movie do you like? Asking about your favorite genre. Of course, Koreans are same. They make a same question for normal casual stuffs as you do. So, … Read more
In A Movie Theater Day 1 : Go To The Movies Everybody loves movies and I think it’s essential for having a date with someone else, once at least. So, new theme for a new week is about movie! In this week, we are going to learn new 25 vocabularies that we can use in … Read more
Snacks and beverages Day 5 : So Korean Stuffs Of course Korean has traditional Korean snacks or foods and it’s very different than what you normally see in your life. However, not many young Koreans enjoy it anymore because they got used to foods and snacks from foreign. I’m not so sure if it’s sad … Read more
Snacks and beverages Day 4 : Korean words based on Foreign Languages So many Korean vocabularies are from foreign languages. It’s not so weird because the origin of many snacks or conceptions is not from Asia (And, Korea was influenced by Japan and America. it’s a long story. I will make a story about it … Read more
Snacks and beverages Day 3 : Popcorn Is Awesome I really love popcorn. I can say I made today lesson only for popcorn. I really had to teach how to say popcorn in Korean. It’s popcon lol. Actually you don’t need to learn that lol but well, I love popcorn. Anyway! Maybe you will figure … Read more
Snacks and beverages Day 2 : Drinko Drinko Do you guys enjoy any beverages? For me, a cup of coffee is something I always need at morning. My brain is just dead until caffeine comes in. Well… I’m not sure if it’s sugar rush or caffeine though. lol. Anyway, Today Korean lesson is about beverages. … Read more
Snacks and beverages Day 1 : Snacks It’s really hard to describe a living creature’s life without eating right? If we don’t eat, we die. So, I think it’s super essential to learn. lol. And I’m 100% sure almost people who didn’t die yet enjoy eating very much. That means you will have so many … Read more
10 Useful Basic Korean Phrases for Every Situations in this lesson, you will learn 10 very useful but most basic phrases you can use in every situations for your traveling, chatting with Korean friends. Sometimes you can get a better service if you can speak Korean even it’s so simple when you are traveling … Read more
In this lesson, You will learn Korean batchim (받침) system with Korean alphabet Hangul (한글)Before you start this lesson, I recommend you to learn Korean alphabet first if you didn’t learn it yet. What is Batchim (받침) Exactly? This grammatical feature is really hard to explain in other languages. It’s a consonant placed … Read more
Hangul is the Korean alphabet and blah blah blah. Yeah let’s skip all boring introductions. I’ll tell you only the important things that you must know, you must understand the differences between Hangul and Latin alphabet like a consonant can go below other letters or that you can combine 2 different vowels to make a … Read more
