"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
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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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Hey .. Question here .. Lesson 9 (으)면 안 되다
Example : 팔면 안 돼요 should it be = 팔으면 안 돼요
Please explain the use of (으) on this rule . thanks
Ends with a vowel or ㄹ => -면
Ends with a final consonant => -으면
Happy studying!
안녕하세요 ! 제 하루에 대해서 뭔가 썼어요. 선생님, 정정해 좀 줄 수 있습니까 ? 미리 정말 감사합니다 🙂
오늘 깨운 다음에, 가족이랑 같이 아침 먹고, 밖에 산책을 나갔어요. 산책 동한, 제가 사람들은 많이 만났지만, 코로나 바이러스 때문에, 우리 이야기하지 않았어요. 집에서 왔을 때, 제 부모님들은 낮잠을 자고 있고 제 동생은 콤퓨터로 게임을 놀고 있었어요. 지금은, 오후 3시예서 한국어 계속 열심히 공부하고 있을 거예요.
Merci beaucoup 🙂
Wow! Awesome! You are doing really great.
오늘 일어난 다음에 가족이랑 같이 아침 먹고 밖에 산책을 나갔어요. 산책하는 동안 사람들을 많이 만났지만 코로나 바이러스 때문에 이야기 하지 않았어요. 집에 왔을 때 부모님은 낮잠을 자고 계셨고 동생은 컴퓨터로 게임을 하고 있었어요. 지금은 오후 3시예요. 한국어 계속 열심히 공부할 거예요.
Happy studying! ♥️
Thank you so much, I love everything about TTMIK <3
오늘 일어난 다음에,가족이랑 같이 아침 먹고, 밖에 산책을 나갔어요. 산책 동안 저는 사람들을 많이 만났지만 코로나 바이러스때문에 서로 이야기하지 않았아요. 집에 도착했을 때, 제 부모님들은 낮잠을 자고 계셨고 제 동생은 컴퓨터로 게임을 하고 있었어요. 지금은 오후 3시여서 한국어 계속 열심히 공부하고 있을 거예요.
HELLO!! TTMIK TEAM. first of all thank you so much for your hard work. You guys are amazing. I m having so much time listening to u guys.
I have a question. When we are conjugating 되다 to for example present tense form arent we supposed to add -어 fuse the ㅣ syllable of the verb stem to form 여. But in the examples it is 돼/ Can u plz explain how does this work?
vowel of 되다 is ㅚ not l
되어 -> 돼 / 되었다 -> 됐다
뵈어 -> 봬 / 뵈었다 -> 뵀다
쐬어 -> 쐐 / 쐬었다 -> 쐤다
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You’re doing great! 잘하고 있어요! 파이팅!
I love this site. It’s awesome!
I love this site, too!
TTMIK has kept me sane while desk warming in Japan.
Hope we can keep you sane! 😀
I’ve been learning Korean for a year through children’s books and had difficulties in grammar. But ttmik helps me a lot. Explaining thoroughly. Thank you so much for your lessons and I’ll keep learning.
Thank you! Happy studying!
In this corona time, talk to me korean ,has helped me to study korean by staying at home. Thank you so much for your help.
Thank you for studying with us! Stay safe!
Is there any way to download all pdfs or mp3s together? It’s tedious trying to download them one at a time.
Sorry for the inconvenience. 😭
Hello TTMIK! I would ask a question regarding to lesson 1, 을수록/ㄹ수록 which part is
학생일수록 which I don’t kinda get. Since ㄹ수록/을수록 should be attached on verb stem but the 학생 isn’t a verb right? ㅠㅠ Anyways thankyouuu 너무 너무 감사드립니당
From what I understood, I think its because the 을/ㄹ 수록 part is not attached to the noun ”student” itself but the the ”이에요” part. If you say 학생이에요, it means I/he/they is/are a student, right? So if you attach the 을/ㄹ 수록 part to the verb ”to be”, it becomes 학생일수록 , which in that particular case means ”espacially if you are a student”. Again, this is from my understanding so I might be wrong, but I hope it’s still helpful. 🙂
I kinda get it, thanks a lot! 님 고마워용 ㄱㅅ
I believe the answer is in the podcast for that lesson.
Talk to me in Korean staff and members, I just wanna say thank you for the in depth lessons and consistent passion you’ve had throughout these years. I started learning Korean mainly as a BTS stan however I matured and actually found myself having a passion to learn it as a result of the effort you put into making comprehensive and logical lessons. Words can’t amount to how grateful I am for you guys and dedication you’ve had into building your brand ♥️.
Just so you know I too plan on teaching English in Korea whenever this pandemic ends and i obtain my degree.
감사합니당~
Wow! We appreciate your sincere comment.
Thank you so much. It means a lot to us!
Stay safe and healthy! You are going to be a wonderful teacher. ❣️
hello everyone i’m looking for someone to learn korean with .and help eachother i can talk some korean so we can practice with eachother i’m 18 y old .. my instagram is @wafia.brk
Expect a message soon 😭😫
hi guys! I have made a new Instagram based on my korean studies and would love your support and follow, and also we could help each other learn korean by becoming buddies! my Instagram username is tangerinestudies_
한국어를 공부할수록 똑똑해요.
요즘 체육관 진짜 갈래요, 근데 코로나 때문에 못해요.
TTMIK에서 올술록 한국어를 더 좋아요.
TTMIK과 함께 한국어 공부를 해요! 🙂
TTMIK에서 공부할수록 한국어를 잘해질 것 같아요.
한국어 공부 화이팅!
Can we make different words with the word builders? 감사합니다
Yes! You can make so many different words using word builders.
If I want to express”These days,I do not learn Korean that often”，can I say”요즘에는 한국어를 별로 공부하지 않아요.”? Can I drop the 는 here?
Thank you very much~
Your Korean sentence is perfect!
Hi TTMIK team,
I’ve been studying Korean for few months now, and I don’t feel like I’ve improved as much a expected.
I’m on. level 4 now and there many points from the past levels that either I don’t remember or even forgot !
What would you recommend me to do apart from just doing the exercises and listening to the podcasts?
Thank you so much for your help !
Jeff
Learning a language is not easy, but you’ve been studying Korean for over a few months. That is already amazing thing you’ve done for your Korean skills. Sometimes, you might feel you are stuck at some parts, but if you keep moving forward, you will eventually be on the level you’ve been looking for. Please enjoy studying Korean, and if you have any other questions, feel free to contact us 🙂
Honestly I’ve only gotten time to learn Korean as a hobby so I end up with months of time between doing two lessons, so though I only just finished level 3 after a little over a year, my placement test allocated me to level 5. I would say the only reason this is possible is because of viewing Korean content. Whether that be music, dramas, variety shows, random YouTube videos, literally anything and just talking in Korean. No one around me knows Korean so I just talk to my family in Korean and then translate it for them. I suggest just view content and let yourself absorb the language. The more you see people talking in Korean in different situations the better. For me the most helpful are videos of Kpop idols, for example BTS’ Bangtan Bombs and BTS Episodes, because you see multiple people in various situations speaking Korean with all different sets of vocabulary, levels of formality, etc.
(P.S. Korean gets easy with practice. Even my dog knows Korean now and does tricks with me just giving him verbal instructions in Korean, which is why he is also the one I converse with the most in Korean.)
About your dog: I also often speak to my cat in Korean. And the good thing is, my cat is like a reminder to do some speaking practise – whenever she jumps on my lap I just talk about what I ate this morning 😀
I definitely feel like I have caught up some stuff in Korean, I understand more than I used to couples months ago !
Watching videos helps a lot indeed.
And I never talk to myself or even practice out loud …
I speak 6 languages and am working on my 7th (korean) and though everyone’s way of studying is different. I recommend you combine several learning sources. For example, YT vids, books, apps. I like to divide each source and combine them by beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Along the way I just look at new words just to build my vocabulary each day without worrying about grammar or spelling. Once I believe I am at intermediate I will just watch TV shows and movies using subtitles in both my native language and what I am learning. This helps instill pronunciation, and common phrases while picking up new vocabulary even more. I go back to “intermediate” books and study guides, apps etc then watch again. As an added challenge once I believe I am middle to upper intermediate I will start reading books up until advanced. This especially helps with vocabulary, spelling, and grammar. I always read last and dont put alot of emphasis on proper spelling or grammar in the beginning if at all. For me, talking and hearing is more important and the rest becomes easier.
My parents for example, went to America not knowing English after they got married. They learned English through talking and vocabualary. I think when you have too many sources it becomes hard for some because they arent keeping it simple or doing it a way they learn best. Most people (myself included) learn best by ear so if thats you (like most people are) just listen and talk while building vocab. read and worry about “perfect” grammar. If you learn best by writing and repititon, do that while learning. Incorperate what you are best at to memorize your material. You mentioned you forgot past things so I also think you may not be reviewing as well as you should. You have to speak it too while learning, If theres no Koreans to talk to, you must practice alone or find a buddy online. Language is lost when you dont use it often enough.
Thank you for sharing your advice. Awesome!!
Super helpful advice Deborah, thank you so much !
Indeed I do watch videos online, kdramas, BTS episodes … my boyfriend is Korean (but he never helps me though lol).
Along side your workbook, do you keep notes of what. you’ve learned over the past levels?
Also, would you be interested in sharing Kakao iD, so we can practice?
Hey! I would be interested in sharing my kakao ID with you 🙂 Even though I learn korean for 1,5 years, I´m really bad but I would like to practice with you.
You should try to talk to your Korean boyfriend in Korean even if he speaks English back to you. That might be still helpful for you 🙂
감사합니다
감사합니다 🙂
감사합니다♥️♥️♥️ 매일 여기에서 공부합니다🥰
복습 귀즈들이 정말 대박이에요~ 제가 그동안 댓글로 열심히 쓰던 연습은 다 없어진 게 아쉬운데 이제는 여기서 한국어 배울 수 있는 과장이 훨씬 더 좋아져서 다행이에요. 퀴즈 추가한 것 덕분에 대체적으로는 복습하는 것도 훨씬 더 쉬워졌고요! 선생님 정말 감사합니다!
새로운 사이트에 대해 좋은 말씀 해주셔서 감사합니다. 앞으로 더 좋은 공부 자료들이 제공될 수 있도록 노력하겠습니다! 🙂