I’m going to Korea in a month for the first time to see my girlfriend’s mom and a year ago she told me to learn Korean but I haven’t gotten to it. But now I’m ready to sit my ass down and learn. Any recommendations on resources?

I have heard of Konglish but that seems different. For instance, 바비뀨 (barbeque) or 웨딩 드레스 (wedding dress). I keep thinking "oh it's just hangeul-ized" but that's obviously not the correct term.

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저는 한국어를 배우고 있이유 using YouTube, Rosetta Stone and a textbook. I went over some sound change rules for the 받침 and a few others, but I'm wondering if there's one for ㄹ when it's between two vowels. It doesn't seem to matter if the two vowels are in the same syllable or not. On videos or Rosetta Stone, it sounds like it's making a very light, quick D. For example, the ㄹ in 여자아이들이 sounds like ㄷ. Yo-ja-a-i-deud-i. Is this a rule I haven't learned yet? Or doth my ears deceive me?

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Hello. I just want to ask for tips to speak confidently. I started learning Korean last year but stopped for a few months. Started studying again but I'm not as confident in speaking as before. Planning to review all the vocabulary and grammar lesson since the start of my study. Can you guys please give me tips on how to do it efficiently? Thank you.

Hello everyone. I hope you’re all doing well. So I just started learning Korean. But I want to ask which proper app to use? I know Duolingo is bad so I am using Falou. I do not know anyone who speaks Korean in my personal life. Some guidance would be amazing. Thank you!

So I was wondering when people say the name "석류" it sounds more like "성유". Is it a sound change rule or something to do with batchim?

hello!! im Luvelle, 15F. im a very very very, beginner level at korean. i learned how to read hangeul last year and totally gave up after learning about 15 phrases or so and i recently wanted to pick it up again. so far i know maybe about 50 words in korean and only the very basic grammar. im just looking for someone around my level to interact in korean with and motivate each other to continue learning. my ideal place to contact each other is discord. thanks in advance!! :>

I think my book has some mistakes… I’m at the begging of that “learning korean” book and at the first page, it is explain that “ㄱ” before an « i » is written « K », which make sense to me as i use to write Kimchi, Kimbap, Kim etc. But in the exercises, the book said it’s Gimtchi and Gimbab… so i’m a bit lost and i don’t get what is the correct way of writing and saying that 🤠 Thanks for the help

hello!

my grasp on korean is upper beginner level. i can have basic conversations and i am still studying grammar and basic words. i understand how to conjugate verbs and how to use them in a sentence as well. i’m looking for someone who wants to practice with one another via calling or texting on discord. we can play video games as well with voice chat in korean as well. i’m currently in a korean class so i can share anything that i learn there with you as well.

hope to hear from some people!

When skiing “send it”or “just send it” is a common saying and I was wondering if 보내다 was correct? Its context is as you can imagine… in reference to doing jumps/cliffs etc. thanks in advance

Hi Friends,

Here is an online Hangul Flashcards App.

https://hangulcards.com

Thank you.

I have been trying to study from Real-Life Korean Conversations for Beginners and in each lesson there's a whole page dedicated to just two lines from the conversation for that lesson, then there's one page for the interlinear Korean and English conversation, and later one page just for the Korean.

Then there's a whole page for grammar which I either find too advanced and the short explanation is not enough for me to learn a whole hew grammar concept or it's something they've already covered in the grammar textbooks so it's superfluous. I do like the pronunciation and cultural tips sections.

Since I start by actually flipping to the end of the lesson and reading the conversation without English translation I feel like I do a lot of flipping back and forth and there's maybe only two or three pages in each lesson that I find useful.

I think in theory it's a great book to practice reading and listening but in practice it can get quite frustrating. Especially when I think of all the unnecessary shipping I paid and how much room it takes on my shelf.

I had similar experience with their My First 500 Korean Words book.

Does anyone else fee, this way? How do you study with these books?

Hi I was writing down some practical Korean phrases that I found on instagram. It’s in the Korean alphabet then they write the pronunciation In the English alphabet so it’s easier for beginners to understand. And I was wondering what sound changes this sentence use? 거짓말하지 마세요. (geojinmalhaji maseyo) the 짓 confused me a bit. I thought it was pronounced (t) at the end. Is there another rule change here?

After messing around a bit with Google Translate back and forth between English and Korean, I've decided it's an unreliable, if not terrible, translator. I played around with words from the same sentence in both languages and got a variety of results. I copied a paragraph in Korean and pasted it, but the result in English was WAY off base. The paragraph was about an account in the Bible regarding Paul and Silas teaching people in Thessalonica. The English result of the translation was all about ancient Roman roads going through rugged mountain terrain. I have digital copies of the same book in both languages, so I know what it was supposed to say.

I tried some things on Deepl and Quillbot as well, but not as thoroughly as Google. One of the two gave me the same result with the paragaph experiment.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a reliable online translator?

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Hello all, I hope all is well! I’m very new to studying Korean language and I’d like to know where to start. Right now I’m learning Hangul and some basic everyday phrases. I even found a couple of movies and tv shows to watch. I also was able to find cute Korean folklore books for kids! I’m so excited, I’m even getting into the music too! ( any K-pop lovers, may you please comment your favorite music groups, I’d greatly appreciate it). How did you connect with this language? Was it hard? Did it come natural? I’ve studied other languages in the past but I’ve always avoid Korean because it looked really hard. Thanks to my friends, they’ve inspired me to start learning the language and culture. I look forward to learning more from you all! 고마워!

My husband and I have just started learning Korean using YouTube classes and videos. I have two different flashcards starting with "I'm" (or equivalent). One is 나는 한국어를 배운 and the other is 자는 (name) 이영요. The videos we learned these from didn't go into detail as to why we should use 가는 vs 자는. Can someone please clarify this for me?

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I find a lot of lessons for grammar but I find few exercises, so I have difficulty constructing sentences or practicing the language, where can I practice?

Yeah I really do need help. I don’t want to take any topik test or whatsoever. I am studying Korean, so I can speak and write to survive in this country. I am using talk to me in Korean , grammar in use and some other resources. When I study about grammar, I understands it . I get it . I always write down every lesson and make my own sentences. But I have a problem. After the lesson I completely forget everything. It’s not sticking in my memory. Also whenever I want to make sentences or say something in Korean, I first think about the right grammar point or particles to use for some mins before I say anything. It’s like solving a mathematical problem in my head. How do you guys master this and get it. I am in level 3 of talk to me in Korean . I try to go back always to review. This Situation made me to never go past level 3 in talk to me in Korean and keep going back to what I learnt over and over again without moving forward. But after review i forget it. I only remember some grammar points or particles when I am reading or see it in a movie subtitle. I am thinking to forget grammar completely and focus on reading, using Anki and watching contents. I have also come to conclusion that writing every lesson is waste of more time, since I keep forgetting everything. Maybe I should just read the lessons , watch and listen to them and forget about taking notes. What is your opinion bout this ? What did you guys do to make it stick properly, and can use it in ur daily conversations without thinking about it like some maths.

This is too long , sorry guys but I will appreciate your opinions .

Several times I was asked in this sub where I get Korean textbooks and I promised myself I would make a post about it and.... um... forgot. But better late than never, right?

I collect Korean textbooks and I found the cheapest option is to get them directly from Korea. I live in Europe and markup on Korean books in European stores is so high that even with express shipping from Korea and paying VAT the total price is much lower if I order directly from Korea. A textbook that costs €15 in Korea would easily be €40 in Europe. Or more.

Before the pandemic some of the stores I ordered from had the much cheaper and slower economy shipping option too but that option still hasn't returned.

I checked and US prices seem similar to EU ones. I don't know about other countries so it's best you check the total before buying and compare.

So here it goes, my favorite Korean (text)books online stores:

1. HangeulPark

PROS: Cheapest prices for Korean textbooks, same as if you bought them in Korea. An enormous selection, from popular University textbooks and Darakwon, to obscure academic books on a single aspect of Korean language no one ever heard about. They have them in all languages they've been published in, so mostly English and Korean, but also Chinese, Japanese, German, French, and so on. They publish textbooks as well. Their site is in English. They're the first to stock newly published books, so I use them for the info, too.

CONS: No Talk to Me in Korean (TTMIK) textbooks. Don't have Korean books that aren't textbooks (so, no novels, magazines, and so on). Search function sometimes returns no results for books they do have (I use google or search by category when this happens).

2. Seoul Selection

PROS: Also great prices. Have some TTMIK textbooks, and a medium selection of Korean books that are not just textbooks. They have small publishers and obscure books too. Also have books about various aspects of Korea in English. I found found some TTMIK textbooks to have a lower price than in the official TTMIK store. They have US version too, but it's cheaper for me to order from Korean one and their Korean site is also in English.

CONS: The site looks so outdated I thought the store doesn't exist anymore (but I ordered last month and everything went smoothly). An occasional typo so search doesn't return the book I'm looking for. It sometimes takes them longer to stock new books than HangeulPark. Smaller selection of textbooks than HangeulPark.

3. The BIG ones: Kyobobook, Aladdin, Interpark

PROS: Every imaginable Korean textbook, novel, webtoon, magazine and so on. Same place and prices that Koreans shop at. I only used Kyobobook so far but intend to try out others too. (Yes24 doesn't allow for authentication of non-Korean accounts. There is a global Yes24 but they mostly only sell Kpop stuff).

CONS: Sites are only in Korean so you have to use automatic translators. Not optimized for overseas cystomers customers, quite complicated to set up an account compared to the first two. Kyobobook wouldn't charge me directly but required me to buy some kind of coins/vouchers at fixed prices so I had to spend more money than the price of the order was and the rest just lies there unused in my account. Quite annoying. No PayPal.

That's pretty much it. I recommend you follow the order I listed them in here. If you can find everything you want in HangeulPark buy there, if not then Seoulselection, if not then tackle the big bookstores. HangeulPark is a lot easier to use and it's always good to support small bookstores than bug big chains, especially when it doesn't even cost more to do so.

Other options I am aware of are TwoChois and TTMIK official store but I found HangeulPark and Seoulselection cheaper than TwoChois, and in TTMIK store I can't grab books from other publishers, so I don't have any experience with ordering from those.

I have the most experience with HangeulPark. I think I ordered around a dozen times from there.

Do you have any other recommendations with good selection, affordable prices and international shipping?

Hey :) I've been learning Korean for a little while now, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in studying together? I'm not yet at a conversational level, as I'm still a beginner, but I think having people to study with and support each other would make learning more fun.

I''ve created a whatsapp group (max 5 people) where we do daily exercises and help each other out. Is anyone interested ?

I'm a beginner and started by learning 한글 and now am focusing on vocab and sentences through a mix of anki, go billy videos, and Korean input.

I feel like I'm getting a bit better at hearing the different sounds but I'm struggling with making the sounds that aren't really used in English and I feel like I'm kind of just guessing at making them and don't want to create bad habits that way that holds me back.

I'm looking for good resources that show things like mouth shape/tongue position.

My biggest struggles right now are ㄹ and the difference between regular/strong/double consonants. I also feel like my ㄱ and ㅌ don't quite sound right.

Why why why I always forget them and my tutor corrects me. I am sorry tutor I don't mean to disrespect the nouns on purpose I just forget to give them tails literally every time I speak.

Hello,

Would taking a reading piece in Korean prepared for beginners and then writing the romanization (transcription) help me improve my reading? Or is romanization no-no? Any tips?

In the TTMK MY FIRST 500 words book 1 I think it is saying that 저희 means “my”. But, when I look it up online it says “we/our”. Is the book wrong or does it have more than one meaning. If it does how would I know it means “my” or “we/our”?

I've recently been using Duolingo Korean and sometimes I see translations for certain words that I've never seen before, I wonder if there are just multiple translations or if the app doesn't give the right words. Can I trust this app?

여러분, 안녕하세요! I’ve been working on this app for the last few months and would love to get people’s thoughts on it. It’s called issen, which is a personal, conversational AI language tutor for intermediate / advanced learners. It remembers who you are and naturally adapts the chats and lessons to your particular learning style and goals.

The idea came from my experience trying to learn French. I’ve spent years at it going through many online tutors. I like the experience of a dedicated teacher a lot, but on top of being expensive and often a bit awkward, I move around a lot, so an in-person teacher is extremely hard for me to manage. I tried a bunch of language learning apps (Babbel, Duolingo, Rosetta Stone, etc.), but none of them really compared to having an actual teacher.

The idea for issen is for it to be that actual conversational teacher, accessible directly from your phone at any time.

You can check out the app at issen.com. Please do let me know what you think, if you have any questions or feedback, or want to talk about language learning in general!

Hi, I’ve been using duolingo on and off for a while and I recently switched to Busuu and TEUIDA. I think they are both great but I’m wondering if it would be best to stick to one app. Would it also be best to follow along to a YouTuber such as Go Billy or Hailey Your Korean Friend.

I have done a few lessons as well from HowToStudyKorean.com.

I’ve never self studied a language before so all of the options are a bit overwhelming and I can’t decide on who I should stick to. I do have that ‘I need to find the absolute best resource’ mindset. Sorry for rambling but some advice/guidance would be great 💜

Hi. I just started learning Korean, my name is Thea and I was wondering how I should translate my name without it having a different meaning, like “tea” the drink 😂 is ㅌ헤ㅏ accurate or does it sound weird?