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Core Grammar Level 2 (formerly Essential Course Level 2)


"Take Your First Step into Korean Learning!"

 

LevelLevel 1
TypeAudio
Duration5.5 total hours
Lessons 26
Language English & 한국어

 

Main topics of the Level 1 course:

  • Basic greetings
  • How to count numbers in Korean
  • Basic grammar for forming your first Korean sentences 
  • Present and past tense
  • How to say "who", "why", and "how" in Korean 

 

Table of Contents

Average lesson length: 13 minutes

Lesson 1. Hello. Thank you. / 안녕하세요. 감사합니다.
Lesson 2. Yes. No. What? / 네. 아니요. 네?
Lesson 3. Good-bye. See you. / 안녕히 가세요. 안녕히 계세요. 안녕.
Lesson 4. I’m sorry. Excuse me. / 죄송합니다. 저기요.
Lesson 5. It’s me. What is it? / 저예요. 뭐예요?
Lesson 6. What is this? This is … / 이거 뭐예요? 이거…
Lesson 7. This, That, It / 이, 그, 저
Lesson 8. It’s NOT me. / 아니에요.
Lesson 9. Particles for Topic and Subject / 은, 는, 이, 가
Lesson 10. have, don’t have, there is, there isn’t / 있어요, 없어요
Lesson 11. Please give me. / 주세요.
Lesson 12. It’s delicious. Thank you for the food. / 맛있어요. 잘 먹겠습니다. 잘 먹었습니다.
Lesson 13. I want to … / -고 싶어요
Lesson 14. What do you want to do? / 뭐 하고 싶어요?
Lesson 15. Sino-Korean Numbers / 일, 이, 삼, 사
Lesson 16. Basic Present Tense / -아요, -어요, -여요
Lesson 17. Past Tense / -았/었/였어요 (했어요)
Lesson 18. Particles for Location / 에, 에서
Lesson 19. When / 언제
Lesson 20. Native Korean numbers / 하나, 둘, 셋, 넷
Lesson 21. Negative Sentences / 안, -지 않다
Lesson 22. 하다 verbs
Lesson 23. Who? / 누구?
Lesson 24. Why? How? / 왜? 어떻게?
Lesson 25. From A To B, From C Until D / -에서/부터 -까지
Review What You’ve Learned in Level 1


Why you'll LOVE our Essential Korean Curriculum

  • All Levels Covered
    By simply following our curriculum that covers 10 levels, you can take your Korean skills from absolute beginner all the way up to advanced.

  • Short and Digestible Lessons
    Each lesson is bite-sized and easy to understand, as it focuses on one grammar point at a time and provides many example sentences.

  • Fun Story-based Reviews
    You can review the entire course through a fun story! The final lesson of each course features a fun story that allows you to review all the grammar and vocabulary introduced in the course.

  • Review Quizzes and Interactive Audio Lessons
    You can test your new knowledge through review quizzes and interactive audio lessons, where our teachers ask you questions, and you can respond and check where you need to improve.


Who teaches this course?

Hyunwoo
Kyeong-eun

 

What you can find in this course:

Lesson notes


MP3 file


PDF file


Sample dialogues


Sample dialogues


Review lesson


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Reviews

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    • 강두루,

      asads

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  5. Ursula Shekhar,

    시간이 오래 걸렷ㅅ지만 2 닫계를 배우는 주말 즐거웠습니다 . As you say in Korean “Fighting “☺️ for learning level 3 Thanks to the 2 선생님 Your jokes are lame 😄But you content and teaching is very very good 👌

  6. Moajuny,

    Hello! Teachers sometimes say that “maybe you already saw this word in your vocabulary”. Is there any word list that includes not only the words in the lesson but also some other expressions? I would love to know!

    • Simran Kaur Shiledar,

      Ah no… actually I don’t think there’s a word list but the textbooks conatain a lot of words which aren’t stated in these pdf lessons… like along with sample sentences and conversations they keep introducing new words… and they say this for maybe cuz we have come across many words from level 1… so maybe that’s the reason… since I’m referring both … these lessons and the textbooks I haven’t come across or have heard of any word list…
      Oh and also … what level are you on??… how is your journey?… I’d love to know… and would love to share mine too

  7. RJ Basa,

    Hi! Here is a link to Kakao chat where native speakers help us out learning Korean.
    There are several regular group study sessions where you can talk with Korean learners and Korean natives!
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    • Ivana,

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    • Jennifer Olivia,

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      • Laura Lexa,

        why doesn’t the link work?

      • Simran Kaur Shiledar,

        Canyon please resend the link as a reply to me?… I’m unable to join…

      • Mustafa Aftab,

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      • Ayesha Ansari,

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      • Pihu Goel,

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      • Agustina Papuccio,

        hi! is there a new link for this whatsapp group? I cannot join. Thank you!

  8. stream hopeworld,

    hey yall!

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    i also made a google classroom that you can join using the code: e27babn

    hope to see yall there!

    • Kaoutar Dergaoui,

      Hi! Here is a link for Kakao group chat!
      Korean native tutors help us out learn Korean language and answer for our questions through regular study session!
      Link: https://open.kakao.com/o/gQkDANTd

      • Morris John Luna,

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  9. Brianna Mae,

    Hello! If I created a group chat on kakao where we could all help each other study and practice speaking Korean would anyone be interested?

    • Kaoutar Dergaoui,

      Hi! Here is a link for Kakao group chat!
      Korean native tutors help us out learn Korean language and answer for our questions through regular study session!
      Link: https://open.kakao.com/o/gQkDANTd

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      • Christine Martel,

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  11. Imelda,

    Just finished Level 2. It took me many months to get this done. I like how there is a test at the end of the level to put it all together.

  12. Michelle Barreto,

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  13. Alex Ribeiro,

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  14. Alex Ribeiro,

    Hello Guys,
    Im doing Level 2 now!
    How about we create a group to study together? we can use Kakaotalk or Discord.
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    I’m 26, fluent in English.

    My kakotalk ID is alexribbeiro

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    • Kinanti Lapulo,

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  15. Sheetal Sarang,

    I finally completed level 2…Yay!! (Lazy me was stuck at the last lesson for soo long 😩)

  16. Christine Martel,

    Just starting level 2 bought a bunch of books last week and can’t wait to start using them.

  17. Amina_TTMIK,

    I just completed Level 1, and this week I’m going to be revising Level 1 and start with Level 2. Anyone interested in a study buddy on Kakao (I’m from Germany, fluent in English, 26 yrs, and looking to complete 2 topics per week)?
    My KakaoTalk ID: dkalsdk_09

    • Whendie Feliciano,

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      • Jsultana,

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    • Jenna Maica Yap,

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    • Elza M,

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  18. Tom Farmer,

    So far so good. 35년전에 미국에서 한국어 처음 공부했어요. 그런데 오늘 한국은 다시 제 마음에 있어요. TTMIK 에게 도와 주셔서 삼사합니다.

  19. Olmiche,

    삼겹살 고 이 맛있어요 그리고 한국 음식이에요

  20. Milan Drlík,

    It’s been a long time since I finished this level. I think it’s missing crucial information that verbs turned into a noun or adjective(either 기 or 은/는/을) still take object(를, action verbs only) and subject(이/가). Not knowing this makes understanding long sentences, like 10 words but only 1 verb, quite difficult. Until I figured out this I was having a hard time understanding how are words related to each other.

  21. Jessica Gershman,

    지금 저는 공부해야 되요. 재미 있어요!

    • Reitumetse,

      When I first started level 2 I couldn’t understand this sentence at all. Now I know exactly what you said and I’m so excited

    • Emily,

      The satisfaction when you can understand what someone else’s saying

      • 마이무나,

        So true XD

      • Nils Schröder,

        haha, thought the same 😆

  22. Jessica Gershman,

    Hi. I just finished lesson 19 and have a question. Can present progressive be interchangeable with using 는 것 in 19? For example 지금 노래를 듣고 있어요 verses 지금 듣는 거는 노래여요? 감사합니다 😊

    • Minh Nguyen,

      The first sentence says “Right now I am listening to music” whereas the second says “Right now the thing I am listening to is music.” The first sentence would probably be an answer to “What are you doing right now?” where the second sentence would be an answer to “What are you listening to right now?” Not sure if it makes too much of a difference but I don’t think those sentences are necessarily interchangable.

      • Jessica Gershman,

        감사합니다 😁

      • Fabrizio448,

        alguien me ayuda? tengo problemas no me deja entrar al nivel 1 del curso solo me deja entrar a todos los niveles menos el 1 🙁 cuando entro al 1 me lleva a la configuracion de mi cuenta

    • Amanta Kamilan,

      hi jessica i think the second verse using 는 것 means the song im listening to now and as i’ve watched from kdramas Koreans just use the 아요 어요 해요 for the simple version of present progressive for example 지금 노래를 듣고 있어요 can be changed to 지금 노래를 듣기 해요 im also still learning please correct me if im wrong

      • Jessica Gershman,

        감사합니다! I’m not sure about your 듣기 will look into it more 😀.

    • tomasss,

      I think you’re right but don’t trust me at all, i’m also learning!

  23. Hicamia Himuldang,

    I just finished lesson 2 about object marking particles. Just wondering what if my sentence is watching TV while doing the dishes. Should I omit the object marker between TV and watch and also between dishes and do? where should the object marker be placed? Thank you

    • Kavya chaudhary,

      Pagal

      • Ravi,

        lol

  24. Ariel Arnold,

    Does anyone have any tips on how to better help me remember vocabulary?

    • Joslin Real,

      memrise is a god. i use the howtostudykorean sets. its extremely rich in vocabulary and is specific.

    • Ava Heredia,

      you should use quizlet !! They have things for each lesson here so you can remember and practice vocab through flashcards and typing etc

    • Ultrasa Player,

      Hello! In your daily life, try to name objects or places in Korean. Like if you are in the bus and that you see a university student say university student, 대학생.
      If you don’t know how to say it at the moment, search “university student “ on your phone’s translator or just write it and search it later.

    • Tifanny Laurencia,

      I used Avocards app in phone to learn many new vocabularies and remember some vocabs that I already know. That helps me a lot..

      • Ariel Arnold,

        Thank you for the suggestion!

    • bobtheawsm,

      Use a SRS program like Anki.

      • Ariel Arnold,

        Thank you!

  25. Jessica Gershman,

    아직 저는 한국어를 친구가 없어요

    • Fátima D.,

      It’s 한국! 한국어 means Korean <3

    • Catu9810,

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      • SOKUNTHEAHAN,

        Yeah

    • Isabella,

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    • Júlia Vecchi,

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      • The Crazy Hub,

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    • Itzel Sevillano,

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      • Angel,

        Tandem is “safe” but nobody talks to you

      • Lamia,

        Same problem here I’ve downloaded it few months ago and nobody talked to me until now 😢

      • Queen,

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      • Angel,

        Yes, after a week I finally meet someone