Core Grammar Level 5 (formerly Essential Course Level 5)

"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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Reviews

Julianne Horsley, January 31, 2022

안녕하세요! 질문 있는데요. 아는 분 있으면 대답해줄래요? In the following sentence, can someone tell me why they used 라고 하다 in the places they did instead of 다고 하다? Would it relate to Lesson 10? Lesson 19?
지민아, 항상 네가 “형 저 살찌지
않았어요?”라고 얘기할 때마다
“어! 너무 돼지 같아!”라고
말하고 싶은데 상처받을까봐
말하지 못했다고 한다.
I thought 라고 하다 was related to attaching itself to verbs and was for commands or requests or for nouns. I hope my question makes sense!
- Naoual, February 23, 2022
  
  Here is a whatsapp group for beginners and also intermediate ! Welcome 😉
  https://chat.whatsapp.com/GBpKaONHHSM7AhqMbOrry6
- Emily Miltenberger, February 3, 2022
  
  My understanding is because there is a full quote, a direct quotation, you would use -라고 하다. The only time you’re going to use -다고 하다 is if you’re giving an indirect quotation. For -다고 하다 you’re changing the verb or descriptive verb used by the speaker into it’s literary form to provide the indirect quotation. With -라고 하다 you’re keeping the phrase exactly the same, surrounding it with quotes – no adjustment to the literary form.
  To give you an illustration in English and Korean:
  direct quote: My mom said, “Don’t eat the cake before eating dinner!”
  우리 엄마가 “저녁을 먹기 전에 케이크 먹지마!” 라고 했어요.
  indirect quote: My mom said we can play outside today!
  우리 엄마가 오늘 밖에 놀아 도됀다고 말했어요.
  - Emily Miltenberger, February 3, 2022
    
    Note – you can also use 라고 하다 for indirect quotations, but this is if you’re quoting nouns
RJ Basa, January 12, 2022

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!
https://open.kakao.com/o/gQkDANTd
- Purva, April 9, 2022
  
  Hey can i join
- Naoual, February 23, 2022
  
  Here is a whatsapp group for beginners and also intermediate ! Welcome 😉
  https://chat.whatsapp.com/GBpKaONHHSM7AhqMbOrry6
  - peaceidehen, March 9, 2022
    
    안녕하세요, could you please resend the WhatsApp invite link. This link was reset. I really need people to practice with 🥺. 정말 감사합니다
stream hopeworld, December 23, 2021

안녕하세요 에러분!

I’ve started a Google Classroom if anyone would like to join using the code e27babn. You can also join the Kakao groupchat using this this link: https://open.kakao.com/o/geSyS3Od

And if anyone wants to help run the Google Classroom, just message me on Kakao at @vbngloss!
- 12 Alfred Marshall Castillo, Christine Riye, December 24, 2021
  
  I wanted to join but gclass said it doesn’t accept my account. ): Is it perhaps open to public?
  - Naoual, February 23, 2022
    
    Here is a whatsapp group for beginners and also intermediate ! Welcome 😉
    https://chat.whatsapp.com/GBpKaONHHSM7AhqMbOrry6
Antonia Espigares, December 14, 2021

Hi! I have difficulties in understanding differences of various formal speech forms.
For example, what’s the difference between 갑니다 and 갑시다?
And also what’s the difference between 갑시다 and 가세요 which both are supposed to be use in honorific speech.
Thanks!
- 은하Louise, December 15, 2021
  
  The title is: why you shouldn’t say 갑시다 to everyone to mean “let’s go”
- 은하Louise, December 15, 2021
  
  Hey, check out their video about that on youtube…it helped me a lot!
Ian Paul B. Saligumba, November 24, 2021

Finally, I’m done with this course.
Tim Shriner, August 4, 2021

The review dialogue uses this phrase: 같은 회사인가?

Is this using the -(으)ㄴ 가 보다 grammar form without the 보다?
- Stefan, August 13, 2021
  
  No! It’s a different questioning form, I guess it’ll be seen later on the courses
Ricardo Jesus Bochelen Abad, August 1, 2021

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”
Sharmistha Jatua, June 30, 2021

Can you please check the sentences? I really hope you do.. 🙏.
Luna said that she is a student
루나 씨가 학생이라고 말해요.

Mr. Lee said that Mr. Hoseok is the director of a popular film.
이 씨가 호셕 씨는 그 인 기간 영화의 영화감독이라고 해요.

Hyun woo heard that it is a beautiful weather
횬우 씨가 아름다운 날씨라고 들어요.

Hyun woo heard that it is a beautiful weather so he wants to go to a restaurant
횬우 씨가 아름다운 날씨라고 들어서 식당에 가공 싶어요.

As soon as I returned home I started cleaning the rooms.
저는 집에 돌아오자마자 방을 청소하는 것은 시작했어요.

I guess you don’t like chocolate.
초콜릿 안 좋아하나 봐요.

I guess the earring is expensive.
귀걸이가 비싼 가 봐요.

I guess the red dress is short.
빨간 드레스가 작은 가 봐요.
- Okazaki Iwato, January 31, 2022
  
  Luna said that she WAS a student. 날씨가 학생이라고 *말했어요*.
  - Okazaki Iwato, January 31, 2022
    
    *루나 씨가*
Senida Kakeš, June 3, 2021

누군가 연습하고 싶은지 인스타그램이나 카톡으로 연락 주세요. 제 인스타그램 아이디가 “happychildofnature” 이라고 해요. 그냥 한국어 연습 하고 싶으라고 이렇게 말해요.
저기로 만날 수 있고 연습 시작한다!
- MIDO Nory, June 6, 2021
  
  hi thank you for the apportunity . I am learning korean and I would love to practice sometimes with you but are you korean or are you learning the language too ?
  - YI Jinsu 이진수야, June 8, 2021
    
    S/he is asking to practice
Norman Aviles, May 29, 2021

Hi which workbook or book would you recommend to me if I just finished this level? I don’t really know how to practice, I think I need a workbook to practice.
Hanjin Mi, May 28, 2021

What’s the difference between 것 같아요 vs 나 봐요 vs 듯해요 ?
- Senida Kakeš, June 3, 2021
  
  것 같아: you say what you think
  Ex. 오늘 비가 올 것 같아요. : I think it will rain today.
  나 봐요: you guess/ assume (used with action verbs)
  Ex. 또 비가 오나 봐요.: I guess it’s raining again.
  ㄹ 듯하다: to be likely to/ to be about to(do)
  Ex. 비가 올 듯해요. : It’s likely to rain.
Habibe, April 22, 2021

저는 Habibe 라고 해요.선생님 물어보다가 대답이 찾고 써러 봐요. 감사합니다.
Habibe, April 20, 2021

저는 level 5 를 끝나려고 했는데, 다른 책을 공부해서 안 해요.
Sidharthan Nair, April 19, 2021

안녕하세요 선생님들. 질문 하나 있어요 .. about the chapter 5 review dialogue. They use both forms ..나 보다 and ..나 봐 in various places in the sentences.. is there a change in nuance when using the dictionary form directly e.g. .. 근데 너 그 사람 정말 좋아하나 보다. Related question – wouldn’t this become ..나 본다 in the narrative present tense? I feel like i hear 나 보다 many times in dramas as well
- Ozi N, May 5, 2021
  
  안녕하세요! 저는 선생님이 아닌데 도와드리려고 노력할게요. I’ve noticed that when people use the dictionary form like that, it seems to have an exclamatory 느낌, almost like you just realized it or you feel it a little bit more strongly. I hope this makes sense.
Lena, February 27, 2021

in lesson 14, in the review the sentence 11월 되니까 확 추워졌어요 does it mean its becoming november so it is cold? And you can use 아/어/야서 in this sentence too right?
- Rebecca, March 2, 2021
  
  It means ‘its becoming cold because its January’ and yes you can use 아/어서 with this sentence
리아김, February 4, 2021

omg i just finished level 4!! and im planning on starting level 5 on monday.. but before i start i wanted to practice everything i have learn so far… is there anyone i can study with?
- 혜린, May 29, 2021
  
  i finished level 4 almost one year ago and just started level 5 today :”
- Mariam, February 22, 2021
  
  me too
- michelle kim, February 20, 2021
  
  Me too!
- Silvestru Andreea , February 16, 2021
  
  Hii!Yeah,I have just finished level 4 as well. Want to practice together?
  - kamila cuellar, February 22, 2021
    
    Hiii, would you like to practice with me? Do you have instagram? I wanna practice korean, too.
Angel Dominick Mkumbo, January 27, 2021

I can’t thank you guys enough.
Brianna, January 15, 2021

안녕하세요 선생님! I have a question about lesson 14. It says you can’t use -(으)니까 to talk about your own feelings and situations but later uses the example “저 지금 바쁘니까 나중에 전화해 주세요.” I know since it’s an imperative, you can’t use -아/어/여서, but why can we use -(으)니까? Isn’t this describing one’s situation? 더 설명해 주실래요? 감사합니다!
- Andy Coates, February 26, 2021
  
  I think the not talking about your own situation thing applies to the effect, rather than the cause. So in that sentence, the effect is ‘please call me later’, which is not about yourself.
- Evelina, January 21, 2021
  
  I think grammatical points come before one’s personal feelings and situations, so if a sentence is imperative it doesn’t matter whether it describes one’s situation or not, you just know you gotta use -(으)니까.
- candice, January 15, 2021
  
  i am curious abt that too. but it is decided by last imperative thing i think? 저 지금 바쁘니까 나중에 전화해 주세요. 저 지금 바빠서 나중에 전화할게요..
Angel Dominick Mkumbo, January 5, 2021

TTMIK is the best. OMG! I listened to the Review conversation of level 4 without reading the dialogue and I understood 97% of the conversation. I can’t express how happy I am. I Started learning Korean 4 months ago. TIP ADVICE, consistency is the key guys, keep going, its better to keep going than to stop and start over again! I love you (my Korean teachers), I really hope to meet you guys some time later. I am looking forward fr more fun in the coming LEVELS.
Marwen Sevilla, December 19, 2020

Level 5 Lesson 8- is it only me but is the “~ㄴ 데” in “카메라 살 건데, 뭐가 좋아요” is still in future lesson?
- candice, December 25, 2020
  
  it is in level 3 lesson 21
- Marwen Sevilla, December 19, 2020
  
  I already know lesson 21 from level 3 but i think it is a different structure. Am I right?
  - 우주, December 30, 2020
    
    카메라 살 건데 is basically doing two things. It’s saying “I’m going to buy a camera but…” and it’s connecting it to the other point of the sentence which we learned in level 3. The particle 가 can be used when you are describing something in a sentence so in 뭐가 좋아요? it is saying what is good about the camera (very loosely translated as “describe what is good”)
Maria Nowicka, November 15, 2020

Hello! I have a question about Lesson 4 (I guess, I assume). I’d like to say that someone is ‘하다 verb’, for. example someone is diligent (부지런하다). Can I use the -나 보다 form here to say “I guess he is diligent” – 부지런하나 봐요? Is such descriptive phrase still an action verb? Same could go with “I guess it’s important, She must be wealthy”… There’s quite a handful of 하다 descriptive forms and I can never tell if they’re still action verbs, or already adjective verbs. Hope my question is clear! PS In the ‘diligent’ sentence, would 부지런한 사람 같아요 be a good way to say it? (Does it carry similar meaning?) Thank you!
- Retty Rizda, March 1, 2021
  
  Cmiiw, -하다 here is used to make a noun like “부지런” become verb (whether it’s an action or description verb) so 부지런하다 in english is “to be diligent”, (for example 건강 is “health” and 건강하다 is “to be healthy”. So 부지런하다 is still description verb. And refer to the grammar, -ㄴ가 보다 is used here and it become 부지런한가 보다.
  
  부지런한 사람 같아요 is correct.
  
  Thank you, hope it’ll help. ^^
- Ahlem, November 21, 2020
  
  The way to know descriptive verbs is always by translation so “to be diligent ” is descriptive !
Ruth k., October 9, 2020

Hi 한역하세요 ~
I have a question about lesson number 14 (으)니까, as I understand from the lesson ~(으)니까 Can be used when the end of the sentence is about an order or recommendation ( let’s~) I can use ~(으)니까 and if it’s about feelings ( like something that happened in the past) I can use ~ 서. Then why in the simple dialogue the woman used the ~(으)니까 structure? ( 시험 끝나니까 너무 좋아요)
And I have to say that TTMIK is the BEST way to learn Korean ! I’m in love with this website !!You’re doing a great job~!
Thank you ^^
- TalkToMeInKorean Staff, October 21, 2020
  
  (으)니까 is used to explain why something happens or someone does/feels something. That’s why 시험 끝나니까 너무 좋아요 is also correct. ->시험 끝나니까 너무 좋아요(ㅇ) 시험 끝나서 너무 좋아요(ㅇ) Both of these can be translated into this: Since(Because) the exam is over, I feel so great! Don’t forget that (으)니까 is like ‘because, since, as’! 🙂 Hope this helps.
Zell Cariaga, July 18, 2020

하이 여러븐들 나하고 같이 한국어를 공부할래요?
내 카카오톡 ID: ihatebossanova
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- uz mix, September 21, 2020
  
  응 공부나 하자~~
- Mariana Esther, September 11, 2020
  
  안녕하세요 Zell님!! 저랑 같이도 연습해도 될까요? 제 인스타는 @marianaesthrs .. 저랑 같이 연습해도 됐으면 좋겠어요 ^^ 감사합니다
- Anne Vicente, September 4, 2020
  
  나랑 학습할래요
  - 니키타, September 7, 2020
    
    나 할 수 있어요 🙂
Bernice Magpayo, July 17, 2020

Just starting Level 5. Is there any available group chat in Kakaotalk to practice Korean with? Thank you!
- alien_ nations, November 27, 2020
  
  I can practice with you if you like 🙂 I’d like a study buddy.
moonchild, July 16, 2020

ttmik으로 한국어를 공부하면 한국어를 잘할 수밖에 없어요:)
- TalkToMeInKorean Staff, July 31, 2020
  
  감사합니다 🙂

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