Talk To Me In Korean

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 »

Remember how to say “to become + adjective”? Some descriptive verbs in Korean used so commonly in this manner that they are almost used as independent words. Let us take a look at some of those words and learn how to say “to improve”, “to change”, “to increase”,... Continue Reading »

Do you think you know everything about saying basic greetings in Korean? Test your knowledge by taking a quiz!There are 12 questions in thie quiz and you have 2 minutes to complete all the questions!Take the Quiz HereContinue Reading »

Saying “or” to link words or sentences is very simple in English, but isn’t as simple in Korean; it all depends on what part of speech you are linking that makes the translation vary. In this lesson, we are taking a look at a few of the various... Continue Reading »

안녕하세요! In this lesson, we will look at the commonly used verb ending, -거든(요). It has a very subtle meaning, and when used correctly and appropriately, it can make your Korean sound much more natural and fluent. Learn how to use this ending with teachers 현우 and 경은!Continue Reading »

In this lesson, we are going to be taking a look at the suffix -겠-. This suffix is used a lot in everyday Korean, but is often confusing or not understood well by Korean language learners because of the various meanings it can take on. Listen to this... Continue Reading »

In Korean, when you are talking about the definition of something or when you want to express what you think is the definition or the nature of something, you can use the expression -(이)라는 것은. Join us for this lesson to learn how to use -(이)라는 것은 to... Continue Reading »

안녕하세요! In this lesson, we will go over the expression -(으)ㄹ 겸 [-(eu)l gyeom] and how it is used. This expression can be used in place of a / (slash) or “and” when something or an action has a dual purpose or position. Let’s study how to use... Continue Reading »

안녕하세요! Welcome to the 9th installment 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. In this... Continue Reading »

안녕하세요! In our previous lesson, 경은 and 현우 explained how to say “I mean...” in 4 different ways in Korean. Now that you know how to explain what you mean, how do you ask someone else what he/she means? Have no fear, that’s why this lesson is here!... Continue Reading »

Welcome to Lesson 11 of Level 6 of Talk To Me In Korean! Just like there are different ways of expression “I mean...” in English, there are just as many ways in Korean. However, in this lesson, 경은 and 현우 will be breaking down the 4 most common... 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. Today, we will be giving a lesson on the expression -(으)ㄴ/는 김에. This expression is used to form sentences such as “Since you are already going to do A, do B” or “While doing A, do B, too.” We know that all of our listeners will... Continue Reading »

안녕하세요! In this lesson, we will be looking at how to say “I’m not sure if...” in Korean by using the structure -(으/느)ㄴ지 잘 모르겠어요. As with many other aspects of the Korean language, it’s important to remember that this structure is not going to be translated word... Continue Reading »

The Korean expression, 어차피 [eo-cha-pi], can be translated to many things in English and sometimes doesn’t translate very well as some of the various translations for the word are “anyway”, “in any case”, or “one way or the other”. Come join in as 현우 and 경은 explain how... Continue Reading »