Korean
한국어 · Hangul first, then grammar and speech levels, taught in English.
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Basic vowels
ㅏ ㅓ ㅗ ㅜ ㅡ ㅣ and how syllables are built
reviews
0 due
Words from finished lessons show up here when it's time to repeat them.
challenges
all wordsDaily challenge
20 questions, the same all day. Your first score counts.
not done yet
Sprint
As many right answers as you can in 60 seconds.
Survival
Endless and slowly harder. Three mistakes and you are out.
Mixed practice
No timer, no lives. Words, grammar and drills until you stop.
endless drills
Hangul reading
Read syllables and real words. Higher levels add tense consonants, compound vowels and batchim.
Particles
은/는, 이/가, 을/를 and friends: pick the form that fits the noun.
Conjugation
Polite, past, future, formal and more, including the ㅂ/ㄷ/르/ㅅ/ㅎ irregulars.
Numbers & counters
Two number systems: Sino-Korean for money, dates and minutes; native for counting and hours.
lessons
HangulThe alphabet
Learn to read Korean in five short lessons. Everything after this is written in Hangul.
A1Beginner
Greetings, introductions, numbers, particles and your first verbs.
- 1 안녕하세요 Greetings, thanks and apologies
- 2 저는 학생이에요 Introducing yourself with 이에요/예요
- 3 이게 뭐예요? This, that, and the topic and subject particles
- 4 일, 이, 삼 Sino-Korean numbers: money, dates, phone numbers
- 5 하나, 둘, 셋 Native Korean numbers: counting, age, hours
- 6 어디에 있어요? 있어요 / 없어요, location words and 에
- 7 밥을 먹어요 Present tense -아요/어요 and the object particle 을/를
- 8 어디에 가요? Going places: 에, 에서 and (으)로
A2Elementary
Past and future, negation, connecting sentences, abilities and honorifics.
- 1 어제 뭐 했어요? The past tense -았어요/었어요
- 2 내일 뭐 할 거예요? Future -(으)ㄹ 거예요 and wanting -고 싶어요
- 3 안 가요, 못 가요 Negation: 안, 못, -지 않다 and -지 못하다
- 4 월요일부터 금요일까지 Days of the week, parts of the day, time particles
- 5 이거 얼마예요? Shopping, counters and polite requests
- 6 그리고, 그래서 Connecting sentences: -고, -아서/어서, 그런데
- 7 수영할 수 있어요 Ability: -(으)ㄹ 수 있다 and -(으)ㄹ 줄 알다
- 8 할머니께서 주무세요 Honorifics: -(으)시-, special verbs and 께서
B1Intermediate
Obligation and permission, conditions, reasons, modifiers, experiences and the irregular verbs.
- 1 해야 돼요 Must, may, and must not
- 2 시간이 있으면 If -(으)면, because -(으)니까 and -기 때문에
- 3 공부하고 있어요 Ongoing actions, intentions and purposes
- 4 먹는 사람, 먹은 사람 Modifiers: turning verbs into adjectives for nouns
- 5 비싸지만 좋아요 But and background: -지만, -는데
- 6 먹어 본 적 있어요? Trying and experience: -아/어 보다, -(으)ㄴ 적이 있다
- 7 Irregular verbs ㅂ, ㄷ, 르, ㅅ and ㅎ irregulars
- 8 기분이 어때요? Feelings, and -아/어하다 for other people
B2Upper intermediate
Reported speech, casual speech, nuanced reasons, news vocabulary and idioms.
C1Advanced
Written style, advanced connectors, Sino-Korean roots, sentence-final nuance and four-character idioms.