Core Grammar Level 4 (formerly Essential Course Level 4)

"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

Average lesson length: 13 minutes

Essential Course Level 1

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
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lalalaala, June 26, 2020

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Phuong Tran Ngoc, June 24, 2020

Dear TTMIK team,
Thanks a lot for the amazing work that you do for us to learn Korean!
I have a question related to the listening lesson of level 4. I cannot find in which previous lesson have we learnt the conjugation of 새 컴퓨터 사 줄게

Also I understand all the grammar points, but I hardly remember them afterwards, the same with vocabulary. Do you think the tip is to write down things as much as possible?

Many thanks!
- Jerry Chen, June 29, 2020
  
  Hi,
  I’m not part of the TTMIK team, but I think something that helped me remember the grammar points is to write sentences using those grammar points that relate to your own life. It helps me at least remember it. hope this is helpful!
moonchild, June 21, 2020

Hi
I have a doubt about lesson 13
Why did they say 불변해하지 마세요 instead of 불변하지 마세요?
- TalkToMeInKorean Staff, July 31, 2020
  
  Good question 🙂 불편해하지 마세요=Don’t be uncomfortable.
  불편하다 -> Focus on your feelings. ex) 나는 지금 불편하다. 지수는 지금 불편하다.
  불편해하다 -> Focus on your act. Imagine that you describe someone’s act. ex) 지수는 불편해하고 있어.
Anandhi , June 18, 2020

Hi! I have a doubt in lesson 10.

He is popular among friends.
= 친구들 사이에서 인기가 많아요.
Why is there 들 after 친구? Even if it’s an object particle shouldn’t it be 친구를 ?
- Paula✨, June 28, 2020
  
  Hello!
  As Yasuko told you, it is a particle that indicates the plurality of the noun that is attached to. In the context that is used here, it means “friendS”, remarking that it is more than one.
- Yasuko, June 24, 2020
  
  들 is not an object particle.
  It means “plural”
  친구-들 = friend-s
  I’m Japanese, so sorry for my poor English…
  - jasmine, October 10, 2020
    
    tysm, I didn’t ask the question but I was thinking the same thing. Also, your English is great don’t worry haha
- Afreen Fatima, June 24, 2020
  
  Even I have this doubt! If someone can help us out, please?
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- TalkToMeInKorean Staff, July 31, 2020
  
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Noemie Quijano, May 30, 2020

Hi TTMIK! Good day! I’m just a little bit confused about one of the examples in Level 4 Lesson 28 wherein the verb to be small which is 작다 when formed with -아/어/여지다 becomes 작아지다. Why is that? I thought -아 is used only when the verb stem ends withㅏ or ㅗ and 여 is special for 하다 only so the rest will use 어. 작다 ‘s verb stem is 작 with final consonant ㄱ therefore it should use 어 but in the example given, what was used was 아. Am I missing something? Kindly enlighten me about this. Would appreciate it a lot. Thank you!
- Michiko, June 4, 2020
  
  I’m not a TTMIK team but I think it doesn’t talk about the last verb stem but instead the last vowel of the verb stem, so in 작 the last vowel is “ㅏ” so it would be 작+아지다 if you still doubt another one is 재미있다, drop 다. 재미있 it didn’t become 재미있+어지다 because of “ㅆ”but instead the last vowel which is “ㅣ” in “있”. Hope it helps
- Jiyeon, May 31, 2020
  
  Hi! The verb 작다 became 작아지다 because the the if a word stem ends in a consonant, you should look at the vowel before the last consonant. In that case 아 is the last vowel before ㄱ so 아 was used.
  - Jiyeon, May 31, 2020
    
    *because if the word stem ends…
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- TalkToMeInKorean Staff, July 31, 2020
  
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johnny barinas, May 25, 2020

여러분 안녕하세요 전 오늘부터 TTMIK와 함께 한국어를 공부하기 시작해서 너무 감사하고 앞으로 내 한국어를 어떻게 좋아질 건지 궁금해요. 난 한국에서 1년 동앙 있기 때문에 한국어를 공부하기 사작했고 계속 하고 있는데 이제 내 고양(콜롬비)에 사니까 한국어를 연습할 사함이 없고요. 난 TTMIK에 대한 좋은 말을 많이 들었는데 TTMIK와 함께 공부하자고 생각하지 않았어요. 오늘 진짜로 좋은 지간이 하게 됐어요. 재미있는 수업에서 배운 대로 한 마디를 쓸게요.
“TTMIK와 함께 공부하는 학생들은 갈수록 한국어를 더 잘해요”
- TalkToMeInKorean Staff, July 31, 2020
  
  감사합니다 ! 🙂 남겨주신 댓글을 이해하는 데 전혀 어렵지 않았어요. 자연스러운 한국어에요 ^^ 앞으로도 TTMIK과 함께 열심히 공부해요! 화이팅 ~!
Guinna Irinco, May 24, 2020

Hi! I’m just wondering about the sentence ending in one of the examples in Lesson 20: “어쩌면 비가 내릴지도 몰라요”.
Was the -지도 모르다 ending discussed in any lessons prior to Lesson 20? I might have missed it, as I had no clue about this ending until it came up in Lesson 20.

Thank you! More power to TTMIK!
- TalkToMeInKorean Staff, July 31, 2020
  
  Thank you for asking us. 🙂 We don’t cover ‘-지도 모른다’ until Level 4. You can find ‘-지 잘 모른다’ in Level 6 lesson 8. Happy studying ^^
Rachel, May 19, 2020

그럼 저도 코멘트를 남기고 싶어요. 저는 작년부터 한국어 배워요. 그때는 너무 힘들었으니까 1월에 공부하기 그만하지만 요즌은 다시 시작했어요.
우리 부모들은 아주 바빠서 제가 고양이에게 한국어로 말해요. 발음이 정말 나쁜 것 같은데 열심히 계속 연습할 거예요!
실수 있으면 알려주세요 :))
- TalkToMeInKorean Staff, July 31, 2020
  
  Awesome ! 🙂 Hope you enjoy learning Korean with us !
- Michelle Campa, June 4, 2020
  
  Wow idk if its wrong i dont think so, but i am amazed at how good youre. Like i understood everything but i would never thought I could write a paragraph as you. Could we help each other?
Michiko, May 15, 2020

Lesson 4 quiz answer:

“졸려서 자고싶어요 그런데 내일이 시험이에요”

I’m sleepy so I want to sleep but tomorrow is the exam

이거 맞아요?
- TalkToMeInKorean Staff, July 31, 2020
  
  Perfect 🙂
Armin Myca Favorito, May 9, 2020

I’ve been speaking broken Korean for 10 years now. But I’ve decided to really learn the language since the start of the Community Quarantine here in the Philippines. Thank you TTMIK for all these helpful and wonderfully made lessons! I’m about to start Level 4 now!

여러분 건강하세요 ~
- TalkToMeInKorean Staff, July 31, 2020
  
  Hi 🙂 Thank you so much for learning Korean with us ! We’re glad that our lessons are helpful for you. Keep up the good work ! ^^ Hope you stay safe and healthy ~! ^^
Abida, May 5, 2020

안녕하세요! 저는 아비다 이에요. 저는 열다섯살 학생 이에요.
지금 코로나바이라스 때문에 학교 안 가요. 집에서 공부 해요. 우리 선생님들이 줌에(ZOOM) 까르쳐요. 항상 들지않은데, 나중에 공부 해요.
여러분 공감하세요. 공감수록 더 좋아요.
마지막에 TTMIK 너무 많이 감사합니다.
(if anything is wrong please correct me)
- David Myung, May 22, 2020
  
  Hi Abida! I think there are just 2 errors and its very minor. The first one is “저는 아비다 이에요.” You should remove the spacing in between “아비다” and “이에요”. In addition, “이에요” should be “예요” since the last syllable of your name, “다” ends with a vowel. The second one is “까르쳐요.” There’s only a spelling error so it should be “가르쳐요” from the verb 가르치다. By all means, you did pretty well. Good luck with school!
  - Abida, May 24, 2020
    
    감사합니다!
- Karima Boutalib, May 12, 2020
  
  안녕하세요 아비다 …. 우리 친골 수 있어요?
  id kakaoTalk : SmileyAngel
  - Abida, May 19, 2020
    
    죄송해요. 저는 kakaotalk 없어요. ㅠㅠ
    그리고, 늦게 대답변서 죄송해요. 😓
    감사합니다. ❤️
- Abida, May 5, 2020
  
  공감을수록*
Ialê Luise, May 5, 2020

I understand every grammar point but could only understand the final listening in a very general way, even repeating it so many times. Perhaps I am lacking vocab. Still, is it ok to proceed to level 5? ):
- Augusto Fornitani, May 8, 2020
  
  I’m in a similar situation: not much of a listening difficulty, but apparently a lack of vocabulary. However, I allow myself to proceed based on this indication at the top: “Listen to the dialogue between X and Y, and check how much you can understand just by listening to the 100% Korean dialogue, and then study with the transcript and translation below.”
  
  Two things I do and it’s not explicitly required, though can be what they mean with “study with the transcript and translation”: I make my own version of a transcript, then check against TTMIK’s. Then, after having the right transcript, I translate it — and of course also check that against the site’s translation.
  
  I guess the audios are more of a “checkpoint” or “landmark”, just to see that we’re still not there. But even if it gets more complicated, we’re still getting at least some parts of it. Try listening to the previous audio challenges, for instance. You’ll notice that those are now 100% understandable (or near that).
Tian Tian, May 2, 2020

I remember having a small quiz at the end of each level, but it’s missing now. Perhaps due to the new website. Anyone knows where to find it?
- Rachel, May 19, 2020
  
  In the first lesson of this chapter, there actually is a quiz. But in all the following ones it’s only available for Premium membership, I think.
Greg Vilnius, May 2, 2020

Re : ㄹ 리가 없어요,
Can the -가 in 리가 ever be omitted ?
Is there a ㄹ 리가 있어요 ?
- TalkToMeInKorean Staff, July 31, 2020
  
  그럴 리가 없어요=그럴 리 없어요 (ㅇ)
  가 can be omitted 🙂
Lorena Santiago, April 30, 2020

About to start level 4. Let’s goooo!
- TalkToMeInKorean Staff, July 31, 2020
  
  Good job 🙂
Lilou Clt, April 21, 2020

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Suzana, April 17, 2020

안녕하세요!!! TTMIK 레손들 정말 감사해요!!! 저는 한 질문 있어요. What is the difference between 같이 and 함께 and are they interchangeable? Same goes for 이제 and 지금. Thanks in advance!!
- TalkToMeInKorean Staff, July 31, 2020
  
  When you want to say ‘together’, you can use both ‘같이’ and ‘함께.
  ex) “우리 같이 가자.” “우리 함께 가자.” “너랑 같이 사과 먹고 싶어.”, “너랑 함께 사과 먹고 싶어.” ->All of these are correct.
  However, when you want to say “like/as” , you can only use ‘같이(처럼)’ . (not 함께)
  ex) “쟤는 너같이(너처럼) 착해=He/She is kind like you” (ㅇ) “쟤는 너함께 착해” (x)
  As for 이제 and 지금, they both have the same meaning as well : “now” . ex) 지금부터=이제부터=from now on
  But, in some situations, they can’t be interchangeable. I’ll give you an awkward example.
  -> A: 너 언제 왔어?=When did you get here? B: 지금 ! (ㅇ) 이제 ! (x) Hope this helps. 🙂

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