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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 »

In this lesson at TalkToMeInKorean, we take a look at how to say things like "they said that they would do ...", "she said that she had done ...", etc. This is the final lesson in the series of lesson on -다고 and -라고. Be sure to review... Continue Reading »

안녕하세요. ^^ In this lesson, we are looking at the structure -(으)ㄹ 수 밖에 없다 [-(eu)l su ba-kke eop-da]. This is a combination of the two grammar points that were already introduced in our previous lessons. In Level 2 Lesson 17, we introduced how to use -(으)ㄹ 수 없다... Continue Reading »

In this lesson, we are looking at a very popular verb ending in Korean, -잖아(요) [-ja-na(-yo)]. -잖아(요) is used in various contexts and therefore has various meanings, but you can use -잖아요 most commonly when you want to ask the other person to agree with you or when... Continue Reading »

Welcome to another episode of TalkToMeInKorean! In this lesson, we are going to look at how to say "instead of" in Korean. The key expression to remember here is "대신에" [dae-si-ne].Thank you so much for studying with us and as usual, be sure to leave us comments and practice... Continue Reading »

There are many expressions in Korean that make a sentence less direct and less straightforward, and therefore a bit “softer”. In this lesson, we are going to introduce one of those expressions : Compared to, Relatively.Thank you so much for studying with us and as usual, be... Continue Reading »

Welcome to another episode of TalkToMeInKorean! In this lesson, we are looking at how to use the verb 말다 in the form “말고” and make expressions such as “Not this one but THAT one.” “Not here but over there.” or “Don’t buy it and use this one.”Thank... Continue Reading »

안녕하세요!! In this lesson, we are looking at how to use the structure "-(으)려나 보다". It is a way of expressing your assumption about a future action that you “assume” someone is going to take or something that you “assume” will happen. Are you ready? Have fun!... Continue Reading »

안녕하세요. ^^ Welcome to another lesson in the Word Builder series. 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.Hope you enjoy this... Continue Reading »

In this lesson, we looked at how the subject markers are contracted to shorter forms and be attached to the previous words. Listen in to find out how you can use word contractions wisely to make your Korean sound more fluent!Lesson PDF in other languages (Participate in... 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 »

안녕하세요. ^^ In this lesson, we are looking at how to use the structure “Verb + -(으)라고 + Verb”. Through our previous lessons, we have learned that -(으)라고, -ㄴ/은/는다고, etc are used for quoting what something is called or what someone said. And today, let us look at how... Continue Reading »

안녕하세요. ^^ In this lesson, we take a look at the verb ending -(으)ㄴ/는지. It is basically used with verbs related to knowing, guessing, informing, thinking, etc, for expressing the meaning “whether or not”.Thank you so much for studying with us and as usual, be sure to leave us... Continue Reading »

안녕하세요! In this lesson we take a look at the verb ending -(ㄴ/는)다는 and -(ㄴ/는)다고 and how they are used after verbs to talk about an action or a state. We also briefly review Lessons 10, 12 and 16 of Level 5 in this one. Are you ready?... Continue Reading »

안녕하세요. ^^ In this lesson, let us take a look at how to make narrative present tense sentences using -(ㄴ/는)다. This verb ending is usually used when you are talking to someone NOT older than you and on close terms with. It is also often used in writing... Continue Reading »