Talk To Me In Korean

In a previous lesson, we looked at how passive voice works in Korean. In this lesson, we are taking a look at the structure -어 있다. You can use structure with passive voice to say that something has been put into a certain state and stays that way.... Continue Reading »

안녕하세요! In this TTMIK lesson, we will take a look at how to say “no matter whether” someone does something or not in Korean with the ending -(으)나마나 [-(eu)na-ma-da]. This is very similar to what we studied in Level 7 Lesson 7 (아/어/여 봤자), but the endings have... Continue Reading »

안녕하세요! In the Word Builder lessons, we introduce letters and words that work as building blocks of the Korean vocabulary. They are not necessarily all Hanja words that are based on Chinese characters, but many of them are. In this World Builder lesson, we will be looking at... Continue Reading »

As in our previous lessons, we will be going over how to make “reported speech” sentences. In this lesson, you can add a little more ‘oomph’ to your Korean reported speech by studying how to use -(ㄴ/는)다잖아요/-라잖아요. By learning to use this phrase, you’ll be combining the things you learned... Continue Reading »

안녕하세요! This is the Sentence Building Drill (문장 만들기 연습) lesson! In this series, we will look at how you can expand your Korean sentence building skills by adding or replacing certain words in given sentences. All the “key” sentences that are used in these lessons are composed... Continue Reading »

Just as in the last few lessons, this type of structure is used when you are reporting to someone what another person has said to/asked you. In this lesson, we will be looking at how to use the ending 냐고 [-nya-go] to form reported questions such as,” I... Continue Reading »

안녕하세요! In our previous lesson, we learned how to say “they say...”, or “I hear that...” in Korean in order to re-tell someone what you’ve heard from someone else. The structures used for saying these are -(ㄴ/는)대(요) and -(이)래(요). In this lesson, we are going to look at... Continue Reading »

In this lesson, let’s take a look at how to say “they say...”, “I hear that...”, or how to re-tell someone what you’ve heard from someone else. The main 2 ways to say this in Korean are (ㄴ/는)대(요) and -(이)래(요). If you studied Level 5, Lesson 17,... Continue Reading »

여러분, 안녕하세요! In this lesson, we are going to look at how you can use the endings -다니까(요)/-라니까(요) to repeat or emphasize what you’ve already said to someone who seems to have ignored it the first time. This is not a very polite expression, even by adding a... Continue Reading »

Sometimes you forget someone's name, when you were supposed to meet someone or how to go to some place. In that case, you can ask either yourself or the person you're talking to and say "What was it again?" or "When were we going to meet?" in English.... Continue Reading »

In this TTMIK lesson, we will be going over how to say “no matter how...” in Korean. By using the word 아무리 in addition with a suffix, you’ll be well on your way to forming Korean sentences with meanings such as, “No matter how delicious it is, stop eating now”... Continue Reading »

안녕하세요! In the Word Builder lessons, we introduce letters and words that work as building blocks of the Korean vocabulary. They are not necessarily all Hanja words based on Chinese characters, but many of them are. In this World Builder lesson, we will be looking at how 기 (機)... Continue Reading »

In this lesson, we are taking a look at the verb ending -더라 [-deo-ra]. You will hear this often in situations where one person is telling another what they found out or experienced. What is -더라? -더라 [-deo-ra] is used when you are telling someone else about a new fact... Continue Reading »

Check how much you can understand from studying with Level 2 lessons of TalkToMeInKorean! To make the conversation more realistic, we have added some new words and expressions that did not get covered in Level 2 yet, but don’t worry; you have the PDF to use for reference!First... Continue Reading »

Welcome to our "causative" lesson. In English, when you say that you "make something bigger" or "to make someone sit down", you need the verb "make" but in Korean, you can attach a single suffix to the verb and the verb can take on the causative meaning. For example,... Continue Reading »