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Curriculum
Learn
Source lessons are English. Korean stays Korean. Glosses follow the language you picked.
Week zero
Hangul
The map, not an alphabet. Read a menu before you memorize a speech.
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- 01 Blocks, not beads8 min
- 02 Six pillars: 아 어 오 우 으 이10 min
- 03 Plain consonants you meet on signs12 min
- 04 받침 — the closer10 min
- 05 Read a real menu8 min
- 06 Tense letters: ㄲ ㄸ ㅃ ㅆ ㅉ10 min
- 07 Reading street signs7 min
- 08 Tense consonants — ㄲ ㄸ ㅃ ㅆ ㅉ6 min
- 09 Reading menu numbers7 min
- 10 Writing your name in Hangul6 min
- 11 Konglish you already speak6 min
- 12 Reading receipts and labels7 min
- 13 Reading chat nicknames and texts6 min
- 14 Why 감사합니다 sounds like 감사함니다8 min
First 72 hours
Survival
Counter Korean. Cafe, subway, convenience store, taxi, sorry.
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- 01 안녕 vs 안녕하세요7 min
- 02 이걸로요 / 주세요8 min
- 03 Numbers that take your card9 min
- 04 Gates, lines, last trains9 min
- 05 CU at 1 a.m.7 min
- 06 Taxi, Kakao T, here8 min
- 07 Table size, heat, the bill9 min
- 08 Phone, SIM, and data8 min
- 09 Banks, ATMs, and 신분증9 min
- 10 Delivery nation: boxes, food, and doorbells8 min
- 11 Café order, no panic7 min
- 12 Finding the bathroom5 min
- 13 Taking the city bus7 min
- 14 Clothes shopping7 min
- 15 Pharmacy, minimal Korean7 min
- 16 The clinic visit8 min
- 17 I lost my ___6 min
- 18 Wi-Fi, SIM, and hotspot6 min
- 19 Weather small talk6 min
- 20 Telling time & dates7 min
- 21 Making reservations6 min
- 22 Returns & refunds6 min
- 23 Emergency numbers5 min
- 24 Rainy day survival5 min
- 25 Joining the gym6 min
- 26 Small favors & requests6 min
- 27 Taxis, advanced6 min
- 28 Convenience store food5 min
You live here now
Daily
Apartment, work small talk, group chat, making plans, 반말.
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- 01 언제 시간 돼요?8 min
- 02 Kakao is a dialect8 min
- 03 Who dropped 요 first9 min
- 04 Management office, parcels, floor noise9 min
- 05 Lunch, leaving first, the meeting8 min
- 06 병원 without panic9 min
- 07 Making plans that actually happen9 min
- 08 카톡 culture: group chats and 꾸물꾸물 replies8 min
- 09 Grocery shopping7 min
- 10 Cooking Korean at home7 min
- 11 Laundry day6 min
- 12 Trash day is sacred6 min
- 13 Apartment neighbors6 min
- 14 The daily commute6 min
- 15 Lunch with coworkers6 min
- 16 Meeting Korean7 min
- 17 Weekend plans6 min
- 18 Talking hobbies6 min
- 19 Dating & apps7 min
- 20 Anniversaries & couples culture6 min
- 21 Apartment hunting7 min
- 22 Moving day (이사)6 min
- 23 Calling for repairs6 min
- 24 KakaoTalk etiquette6 min
- 25 Splitting bills5 min
- 26 Haircut in Korean6 min
The part apps skip
Culture
Honorifics, age, 눈치, soju table, K-drama vs the street.
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- 01 존댓말 is a map of the room10 min
- 02 눈치, 빨리빨리, the air8 min
- 03 The soju table is a classroom8 min
- 04 K-drama vs the street8 min
- 05 Age is a public number7 min
- 06 Gift-giving rules6 min
- 07 Company dinners (회식)7 min
- 08 설날 & 추석7 min
- 09 Café culture6 min
- 10 Seasonal Korea6 min
- 11 University life (대학생)6 min
- 12 Hiking is the national sport6 min
- 13 Skincare & K-beauty6 min
- 14 The MBTI craze5 min
- 15 정 — the untranslatable glue6 min
- 16 Discount culture5 min
- 17 Korean weddings6 min
- 18 Baseball fever (야구)6 min
- 19 오빠, 언니, 누나, 형7 min
- 20 돌잔치 & birthdays5 min
48 hours in Korea
Travel
Airport to hotel to hotteok line. The trip, phrase by phrase.
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- 01 Landing: airport Korean in 40 minutes9 min
- 02 Check-in: keys, floors, breakfast times9 min
- 03 Ordering: the 이거 주세요 power move10 min
- 04 Directions: 죄송한데, ___ 어디예요?9 min
- 05 Markets: 얼마예요 and the dance8 min
- 06 Help: pharmacy, clinic, and staying calm9 min
- 07 T-money card, mastered6 min
- 08 Luggage storage & porters6 min
- 09 Changing money & exchange rates6 min
- 10 Palace visits6 min
- 11 Jjimjilbang survival7 min
- 12 Easy day trips from Seoul7 min
- 13 Jeju Island basics7 min
- 14 Busan weekend7 min
- 15 Noraebang night6 min
- 16 Photo spots & photos6 min
- 17 Festivals & crowds6 min
- 18 Hanok stay6 min
- 19 Temple etiquette6 min
- 20 Night views5 min
- 21 Souvenir shopping5 min
- 22 The last day5 min
- 23 Rental cars & driving6 min
- 24 KTX & train travel6 min
- 25 Hotels & motels6 min
- 26 Goodbyes & 잘 가요5 min
For the fans
K-Wave
K-drama lines, fandom speak, comment culture. Subtitle-free mode.
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- 01 K-drama lines that survive contact with reality9 min
- 02 Fandom speak: 덕질 입문10 min
- 03 Variety show speak: the 오프닝 멘트 toolkit9 min
- 04 Webtoon & webnovel language9 min
- 05 Gaming & PC방 Korean8 min
- 06 댓글 문화: reading the comments9 min
- 07 Idol life, in Korean6 min
- 08 Concert survival6 min
- 09 Audition & survival shows6 min
- 10 Drama filming locations5 min
- 11 Fandom apps & slang6 min
- 12 Webtoon & manhwa genres6 min
- 13 K-fashion & idol style6 min
- 14 Music charts & 음원5 min
- 15 사극 — period drama speak7 min
- 16 Korean cinema vocab6 min
- 17 Esports & PC bang6 min
- 18 Mukbang & food content5 min
- 19 K-hiphop & slang6 min
- 20 Street busking culture5 min
- 21 Fan meets & fancalls6 min
- 22 Comeback season6 min
- 23 Fandom slang6 min
- 24 OST culture5 min
- 25 Busan International Film Festival5 min
- 26 World tours & 본진5 min