"Take Your First Step into Korean Learning!"
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 Short and Digestible Lessons Fun Story-based Reviews Review Quizzes and Interactive Audio Lessons
By simply following our curriculum that covers 10 levels, you can take your Korean skills from absolute beginner all the way up to advanced.
Each lesson is bite-sized and easy to understand, as it focuses on one grammar point at a time and provides many example sentences.
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.
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.
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What you can find in this course:
Lesson notes
MP3 file
PDF file
Sample dialogues
Sample dialogues
Review lesson
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For Review Quiz for Lesson 16: I don’t understand why answer for question 3 “It’s really fast. = _____ 빨라요” is not “아주” ; and answer for question 8 “어제 길에서 경은 선생님 봤어요.” is not “진짜?”. Please explain. Thanks!
Hi! this is quite a late reply but for the first one – 아주 means quite. And since you want to say “It’s REALLY fast” rather than “It’s QUITE
actually nvm…. if for q3 its jogeum then why does the translation say “its very fast”? I guess i dont have enough context
I mean why is the correct answer for question 3 is “조금”, and for question 8 is “조금만?” ? Please help!
This must be really really late to reply back to as I just finished Level 2 and read comments every time I finish a level. But for Lesson 16, question 3 correct answer is jogeum because the question is asking for the WRONG answer, like what would not fit in the sentence, and since jogeum means a little bit, it would not match the phrase “it is really fast”. You had the right idea, but don’t worry I made the same mistake for not reading the question CAREFULLY. Haha.
As for question 8, same concept, the question is asking what DOES NOT fit the sentence or make sense at all. And since jogeum-man means only a little bit? That response does not fit with the sentence.
Basically just reading the question! Those questions get me all the time! Don’t worry 🙂
언젠가 한국어를 잘 할 거예요?
언젠가 한국어를 잘 할 거예요?
soon
fighting!! im learning korean too
화이팅!
Just finished Level 2. It would be great if the certificate was personalized with learner’s name on it.
Congrats ! Keep learning ! (Also finished level 2)
Congratulations!!
I’m agree with you~
I am also happy that I am Level 3 in the Level Test after finishing Level 2. The small progress that I make every week motivates me to continue my journey in learning the Korean language.
Just finished Level 2 🤩 I listened to every lesson many times, listened to all the sample dialogues, and answered all the quizzes before proceeding to Level 3. I will still come back to Level 2 sometimes to review because it is really difficult to remember all the words and all the rules. I also bought an ebook of the workbook to supplement what I just learned. Can’t wait to start Level 3. Thank You TTMIK!
Nice!
Hello! 🙂
Is there any way to download the PDF files all at ones?
Thank you in advance 🙂
*once, of course
안녕하세요 선생님! I hope you had a nice weekend. I think that there is a mistake in one of the review questions in lesson 16 of level 2. Number 8 to be exact. The question went along the lines of “I saw 경은 선생님” . I thought the reply would be “진짜?”, but it was “조금만”. Would you mind taking a look at it please? Thank you in advance.
Just to confirm, in Korean you say “go through the corner” not go around the corner. Lesson 28.
The lessons on particles are very well done. However, the fact that “you” is understood to be the subject when the object is marked with the particle might be helpful to explain. This is particularly as it is so different from English.
Yay! 2 단계 끝나요!
Thanks for yet another amazing level! Anyone interested in practicing Korean, send me a message @spaceboy18
Count me in to the group! :))
Ig? Twitter? Kakao?
Is this twitter?
im intersted in practising korean. im gonna try send you message
need partners to exchange! let me know!
Hi 🙂 I have a question about lesson 18: in the PDF it written 잘 하다 (with space) but in the quiz section it it written 잘하다 without space. Which one is correct? Or maybe both of them are correct?
대답을 미리 감사합니다 ^^
I just finished level two and I’m super excited for level three! Thank you TTMIK so much! 사랑해요!!!
It’s so good, I love ttmmik :)) Good luck 화이팅
I just finished level two and I’m super excited for level three! Thank you TTMIK so much! 사랑해요!!!
my kakao id is @parknabi11.I want to practice with u
Wait, is it just me or I don’t get it at all. XD I mean… I get it when I see it or when I hear it slowly I pick up some words and get it through context but just saying something out of the blue… I get all confused. Maybe too little practice… it’s fun though !
Me too🙁
You should keep reviewing over all lessons! Never move on to the next level without being confident enough about the last one. to help expand your vocab, write, look, or hear more sentences including the vocabs. The key is to practice! You’ll can do this! I believe in you! 🙂
Hello everyone! I just finished this level but I really need to practice more. My kakao ID is jmargo14.
Hi! I would also like to have partners to practice with :). My Kakao ID is Reemi_Eq
If you download an app called Tandem, you can find many korean natives there to practice with! I think it´s better to practice with natives. 😉
Hello!
I couldn’t find the app when I searched for it!
i would love to practise with you! my ID is YuriBella1
hh, can we be friends via kkao too???:)
Sure; tell me your ID or write me. My ID is jmargo14
hey, can we be friends in kakao too? I want to practice having conversations in korean if you’d like ^^
Hey can u give me your kakao ID too? I’d like to have study partners to talk to in korean and improve haha
Hello everyone!! I just Made a group chat in kakao for everyone that wants to practice korean. https://open.kakao.com/o/gXGlV8Uc this Is the link. AND the group Is called “한국어 말기 연습”
Hey can I join?
Just finished the first two levels, looking for a study partner. KakaoTalk ID: HKloveKdramas
Hey, I’d like to join! My ID is Annie~
It was great, now I can understand new words
same as welll
Can I join? My ID: Abdifatah28
the same
Hello everyone! I am wondering if you know a site where I can purchase Korean letter stickers for my keyboard. Thank you for your help.
Hi misspotchy☺️ You may DIY. I just print it and cut then glue it to my keyboard. Its easy n cheap too😉
depends where u live
amazon or ebay
I just finished Level 2 about 30 minutes ago and I’m looking for a study partner/group my KakaoTalk ID: 파란 요정 please add me if you are interested in studying with me. One more thing for TTMIK Staff I have a question about the verb: 가다 can you use it for sentences like “GOING to sleep” or “GOING to sit down” (저는 잘 거예여 but instead of 잘 its 잘가 or 가) even though technically you’re not moving. I know this is probably a dumb question but I’m really curious.
Hi PremiumSkittle. I am not staff, but yes, there is a way that you can use 가다 when talking about “going to go to sleep”. It is a more advanced grammar form. You could say “자러가” or “자러가요”. Go to sleep/I’m going to go to sleep) This grammar is formed when you go to do something. For example, you can also say “먹으러가” or “먹으러가요” (Go to eat/Let’s go to eat/I’m going to eat, etc.) So you would drop the 다 and then add 으러가 or 러가 depending on if it ended in a vowel or consonant. TTMIK has a lesson which can be found on Level 10 lesson 2. Hope that helps. Also I am an advanced student and Korean teacher. I love teaching Korean so you can add me to your chat and I can answer questions if you have. I am starting a Korean blog and hope to do Youtube as well so I’d love to get your requests or ideas for what you guys need help with. Feel free to add me. My id is: rmacissej
https://open.kakao.com/o/guZIFYUc
Here is an open chat, anyone feel free to join and ask your Korean questions!!
thanks ! I just have joined
Same question. Thanks!
i want to join too. my kakaotalk id : vnsa0327
Hi, can I join too? my KakaoTalk ID is: tiffanydavila
Can I join? My ID: Carol030117
Can you guys make a group ? So everyone could join .
hi, honestly I do not think that 가다 can be used in that situation. As in English, we don’t use the verb “to go” to say “I am going to bed”, but “to be going to”. I think you should give it a search about it because I believe that there should be a specific lesson for that. <3
Hey guys, I would love to join the group chat too! my KakaoTalk ID is Zuza99 🙂
Do you want me to help?
I started learning Korean. If you want a full grind on the grammar concepts, go on howtostudykorean.com . They provide all the grammar you need to know.
I just finished level 2. It would be great if I could join the group chat. KakaoTalk ID: jim102
hii, can I join? 🙂
Can join too? my KakaoTalk ID: caro6470
I would like to join the group chat. my KKTID is jujurockstar
Hi, I don’t know if you still have that group chat, if you do have it, please add me, my Kakao is: Sofiagol
i want join too, my kakao id is : krtikamnda
amazon or ebay
ignore this one i replied on a wrong comment lol
lol
can I join too? my id: vero03
I would like to join the chat too!
hi can i also join too?
uhm hi PremiumSkittle i wanted to add your id in ktalk but is was not found. can i have the correct ID? i really want to have a study partner.
If you want you can add me on KTalk too, I also finished Level 2 and I’m looking for a study partner. My ID is LaraJanine ^^
Can I Join too please
Can I join?
I would like to join the chat too!
Hi! I was wondering why it’s not possible to comment on each lesson? In the audio recording they always encourage us to leave comments! 🙂 I always thought that meant here on talktomeinkorean.com, not on soundcloud. But here I cannot comment on the lesson…
That was the old website!
It had Discord comments under every single lesson. And over the years gathered quite a lot of helpful information and people helping each other out. But they wiped all of that when they redid the website. Wasn’t a popular choice in learning circles, I can tell you that. And now they also made top level comments on this new site premium too as it seems… which is weird and arbitrary as free users like me can still post replies.
Wait we can, whoa
Hi all – I’ve just finished level 2! If you have and would like to practice, please let me know(: Best, Aaron
Hey! I wanted to know if you could help me maybe? I just started learning and I wanted more help since I’m studying 2 other languages. If you got insta then dm there. Amariixii is my user!
Hi, mine is @nhamination
Yeah I wanna do some practice
I am looking for someone to seriously practice with me. My insta is @afreen.practice. Please dm anyone!
yess!
Yes!
noob
Lu yg cupu janco
Yeah sure! I want to practice too:))
저도요!