Talk To Me In Korean

Hello everyone! How are you doing? If you have been studying with us through Level 1, now it's time to learn to read and write Hangeul! The reason that we didn't start by introducing the Korean writing system from the beginning of Level 1 is because we believe that being... Continue Reading »

안녕하세요! We are back with another lesson for Level 1. And in fact, this is the last lesson for Level 1. Lesson number 25 will introduce how to say "from A to B" and "from C until D (in terms of time)" using the words 부터, 에서 and... Continue Reading »

안녕하세요 여러분! In this lesson, we are going to have a look at the interrogatives "why" "how" and also how to say things like "how much" "how fast" "how quickly" and so on. You can also review how to say "what" "who" and "where" in this lesson. Be... Continue Reading »

안녕하세요! In this lesson, we are having a look at the word 누구 [nu-gu], which means "who" or "whom", and how it is changed when used with the subject marking particle 가 [ga]. Listen in to find out how it changes and also to look at some useful... Continue Reading »

In this lesson, we are introducing some 하다 [ha-da] verbs. When we introduced the present tense conjugation in Lesson #16, and the past tense in Lesson #17, we mentioned that 하다 [ha-da] is conjugated in a special way, because it is followed by 여요 or 였어요 even... Continue Reading »

In this lesson, we are introducing how to form negative sentences in Korean. In Korean you can either add the word '안[an]' before a verb or conjugate the verb into a negative form by using the verb ending '지 않다[ji an-ta]' Find out how to... Continue Reading »

안녕하세요! We are back with the workbook files for Level 1 Lessons 11-20! First open the PDF file available in the sidebar, and then try answering the questions yourself, and check the correct answers at the end of the PDF file. And then also listen to the audio file... Continue Reading »

We are back with another number lesson! In lesson 15, we introduced the sino-Korean system and today we are introducing the native Korean number system. Having two separate ways of counting different things might look too complicated, and we will be surprised if you can memorize all the... Continue Reading »

Hello everyone, we are back with another lesson! This one is a bit shorter than the last one, and we are introducing how to say 'when' in Korean. You can also listen to many examples where the word 'when' is used to form questions. Listen in, check out... Continue Reading »

Welcome back to another addition of TTMIK Korean lesson! In Korean, as you already know, there are some ‘particles’ which are used to mark the roles of some nouns, and so far, we have learned about subject marking particles (이 [i] and 가 [ga]) and topic marking particles... Continue Reading »

In this TTMIK lesson, we are looking at the past tense of the Korean language. By knowing how to change your verbs into the past tense, you will be able to talk about what you did yesterday, who you met last week, and etc. If you already... Continue Reading »

In this TTMIK lesson, we are looking at how to change a verb in its dictionary form into the basic present tense. In Korean, when you look up a verb in a dictionary, everything ends in the letter 다 [da], and you have to get rid of... Continue Reading »

In this TTMIK lesson, we are talking about numbers. In Korean there are two sets of number, one is native Korean numbers and the other set is sino-Korean numbers. Sino-Korean numbers are numbers that are based on the Chinese language (therefore if you speak Chinese, you will find... Continue Reading »

In this TTMIK lesson, we are reviewing how to say "I want to" and at the same time going to practice making many sample sentences using the structure -고 싶어요 and also some other verbs.After listening to the lesson, try making your own sample sentences and answer... Continue Reading »

안녕하세요! In this TTMIK lesson, let's look at how to say "I want to"!!! It's very important to know how to say this when you start learning a foreign language because you need to express what you want in order to get what you want. Using this expression,... Continue Reading »