Priority #1: 한글 (Hangul - Korean Alphabet) - Basic Consonants
I know some of you are interested in learning Korean from the beginning. Not a problem! This group is the right place, not only for…
Month: March 2021
2. -밖에 + 없다 (Negation) = Only, Nothing but; -면 되다 = Only Have to …
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Student Boarder 하숙생; Lazy Survivalists' Minimal Questions - 어디로 어디서
Somewhere in your long life, you may have to fly to a foreign country, far away from your home, even if you don’t speak one…
How to Introduce Yourself Professionally to Your New Boss; How to Bow in Korea I
If you plan to work in Korea, it makes perfect sense to learn how to introduce yourself correctly. Professional society in Korea is notoriously hierarchical. …
As Time Goes By 세월이 가면 by 박인환; Even If -도
Concessive clause with -도 When a Korean clause has an ending with “-도,” it is an expression of “concession.” In English, such a clause can…
1. Oh Sea, Do You? - A Few Beautiful Sounding Words
Today’s Korea is a peninsula, so it is “almost” surrounded by seas or the Pacific Ocean. However strange it may sound in English, Korea is…
Light and Shadow - 빛과 그림자; Conjunctions; When … -ㄹ 때
Here is a list of basic conjunctions in Korean. I selected only the ones that are not “particles” or endings. They function just as English…
Just the Two of Us Missing Each Other - 그리운 사람끼리; Advanced Expressions of Numbers and Colors I
Numbers 1 and 2 Every student of Korean knows that 하나 means “one” in Korean. But did you know 하나 as an adverb can also…
How I Wish to Go - 가고파 by 이은상
Do you live, by any chance, far away from your hometown? Do you often miss your hometown? If so, no matter where you live now,…
미소를 띄우며; Conditional Sentence: If…, … would … = -다면, …-ㄹ텐데”
Subjunctive (or conjunctive) mood is one of the features of European languages that often perplex Korean speakers. In Korean, there is no such thing as…
