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Core Grammar Level 7 (formerly Essential Course Level 7)

Target level

from upper beginners to advanced learners

What can you achieve through this course?

  • Learn to express flavors with delicate words and expressions
  • Learn to express textures with the most natural Korean words
  • Broaden your vocabulary by learning the expanded meanings of Korean expressions for flavors and how they are used in daily life
  • Learn relevant grammar points and pronunciation rules"

 

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Lecturer

Yeji Kim

Course language

English

What can you find inside the course?

  • 11 video lesson and lesson notes with more detailed explanation
  • 2 lessons for review quizzes

Table of contents

  1. 맡닀 - to be spicy
  2. μ§œλ‹€ - to be salty
  3. 싱겁닀 - to be bland
  4. 달닀 - to be sweet
  5. μ“°λ‹€ - to be bitter
  6. Review Session (Lessons 1-5)
  7. κ³ μ†Œν•˜λ‹€ - to be nutty + Ξ±
  8. λŠλΌν•˜λ‹€ - to be greasy
  9. λ‹΄λ°±ν•˜λ‹€ - to be mild-tasting
  10. λ–«λ‹€ - to be astringent
  11. μ‹œμ›ν•˜λ‹€ - to be cool
  12. Review Session (Lessons 7-11)
  13. 식감 - Textures in Korean

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Reviews

  1. ,

    basic reply test 11/21

  2. stream hopeworld,

    Reviews
    μ•ˆλ…•ν•˜μ„Έμš” μ—λŸ¬λΆ„!

    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!

  3. Sonia Williams,

    Can someone help with how to conjugate -μ•„/μ–΄/μ—¬ 봀자 please (level 7 lesson 7)
    I understand μ—¬ 봀자 with ν•˜λ‹€ as this was explained fully in the lesson and review but I can’t understand when you need to use μ•„ 봀자 or μ–΄ 봀자.
    I’ve tried searching online but it’s just confusing. Please help. Thanks.

    • Chinh Nguyen,

      You cannot just add 봀자 to the verb stem, you have to “conjugate” the verb first. So for example, μ—Žλ“œλ¦¬λ‹€ (to bend down) should be μ—Žλ“œλ € 봀자; ν„Έλ‹€ (to shake off) should be ν„Έμ–΄ 봀자; κ³ λ₯΄λ‹€ (to choose) should be 골라 봀자.

    • E S,

      If I understand your question correctly, you do not know in which situation to use this grammar, right?
      You use it to say, “Whether you do it (whatever) or not, it will be unnecessary.”

  4. Larry Aaron,

    레슨 1 ν€΄μ¦ˆμ— λ„μ™€μ€¬μœΌλ©΄ μ’‹κ² μ–΄μš”. λ§žμ€ λ‹΅μž₯은 ‘μΌμ›”μ΄κ΅¬λ‚˜’라고 ν•˜λŠ”λ° ‘λ³΄λžŒμ•„, λ°₯ 먹자’ν•˜κ³  무슨 μƒκ΄€μΈκ°€μš”? ‘μΌμ›”μ΄κ΅¬λ‚˜’λŠ” 의미 2 가지가 μžˆλ‚˜μš”?

    Correct Answer
    β‘‘ μΌμ›”μ΄κ΅¬λ‚˜

    Explanation
    A: λ³΄λžŒμ•„, λ°₯ 먹자.
    = Boram, let’s eat.
    B: 벌써 ______! κ°€μž.
    = It’s already ______! Let’s go.

    ν•œ μ‹œκ΅¬λ‚˜
    = (I see that) it’s 1 o’clock
    μΌμ›”μ΄κ΅¬λ‚˜
    = (I see that) it’s January
    μ μ‹¬μ‹œκ°„μ΄κ΅¬λ‚˜
    = (I see that) it’s lunch time
    μ‹œκ°„μ΄ μ΄λ ‡κ²Œ λκ΅¬λ‚˜
    = (I see that) it’s this time

  5. Sidharthan Nair,

    Was that a product placement for ν”Όλ°€μ˜ 숲 in lesson 3??? I see you guys are trying K-drama strategies πŸ™‚

  6. chika,

    여름 처럼 λ‚ μ”¨μ˜ˆμš”. 이런 λ¬Έμž₯ μ•ˆλΌμš”? κΌ­ ‘같이’λ₯Ό μ¨μš”?

    • Joseph Choi,

      There’s no such thing as μ—¬λ¦„μ²˜λŸΌ 날씨, but there are 여름같은 날씨. 처럼 is usually used in ways of “such as” and 같은 as “like”. So when you say μ—¬λ¦„μ²˜λŸΌ, it would be “such as summer” but 여름같은 날씨 would be “weather like summer” or “summer-like weather”

    • Retty Rizda,

      As for me, cmiiw tho, you can use -처럼 for that sentence but without space. So it’ll become μ—¬λ¦„μ²˜λŸΌ λ‚ μ”¨μ˜ˆμš”.

    • Harshithasri,

      actually, that kind of sentence is not very common way of describing the weather… I don’t think people usually say “the weather is like snow” even in English…

    • Lexi,

      β€˜μ—¬λ¦„ 같은 날씨’ μ•„λ‹ˆμ—μš”? 날씨λ₯Ό λ¬˜μ‚¬ν•˜λ‹ˆκΉŒ.

  7. μ΄λŒ€μ •,

    μ‰½κ²Œ μ“°λ‹ˆκΉŒ μž¬λ―Έμžˆμ–΄μš”. 더 μ—΄μ‹¬νžˆ κ³΅λΆ€ν•˜κ² μ–΄μš”.

    • TalkToMeInKorean Staff,

      κ°μ‚¬ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€ πŸ™‚ ν™”μ΄νŒ…!

  8. Shaikh Nuzhat,

    I want to order intermediate expression book. And it’s showing that for India it has been 31 may can you please update it so I can order the ASAP

    • TalkToMeInKorean Staff,

      Thank you for the inquiry. I regret to inform you that it’s not available to ship to India due to the current situation. I’m so sorry for the inconvenience. Alternatively, you can find our e-books at the bookstore page. Hope this helps.

  9. deniz bozkir,

    hi TTMIK i have been thinking about the differences between 게 λ˜λ‹€ – κ²Œλ˜μ–΄ μžˆλ‹€.
    can u explain to me shortly γ… γ… γ… γ… γ… 

    • TalkToMeInKorean Staff,

      -게 λ˜λ‹€ = to get to (gradually) do something
      -게 λ˜μ–΄ μžˆλ‹€ = to be bound to be in a certain state (eventually)
      “μ•Œκ²Œ λ˜μ–΄ μžˆμ–΄μš”(You are bound to find out eventually).” shows a bit more conviction than “μ•Œκ²Œ 될 κ±°μ˜ˆμš”(You will find out).”

      • eaintthu phyo,

        Hi , I have a question. For the 만큼 , we should use (으)만큼 for future. For present , λŠ” 만큼.Here ,I want to know whether λŠ” 만큼 only is used for both Quality verb and Action verb. And how about for past.
        Please help me explain.πŸ˜€πŸ˜€

  10. Meiyee,

    Hello TTMIK ~ In Lesson 19 there is a sample sentence “μ €λŠ” λͺ‡ 살이냐고 λ¬Όμ–΄λ³΄λŠ” 게 제일 μ‹«μ–΄μš”.”
    May I ask what 게 here means? Seems I hear ” -λŠ” 게” (Am I correct?) quite often in Koreans’ daily conversation. Thank you very much!

    • TalkToMeInKorean Staff,

      게 is short for 것이. πŸ™‚

    • Olivier Frier,

      Hello, i think it’s the fusion between κ±° from “thing” and 이 as the subject particle

  11. link,

    are you going to publish the level 8 textbook or level 6 workbook as paperback?
    Thanks πŸ™‚

    • TalkToMeInKorean Staff,

      Level 8 textbook has come out!
      We aim to publish Level 6 workbook but we’re not sure how long it will take.

  12. Guru datta,

    How can we tell WHAT HAPPENED in korean. Gamsahamnida

    • TalkToMeInKorean Staff,

      You can say 무슨 μΌμ΄μ—μš”? in Korean. : )

  13. Joanne Liew,

    Hello there, I have a few questions.
    1. I am currently studying Korean in a 학원, and this site helps me a lot in my Korean language learning. However, since the upgrade, I have not been able to find or use the search function that you guys used to have, so I admit that it is a lot harder to find the lesson for certain words that I need some understanding on. For eg, (λŠ”)게, (으)γ„΄/λŠ”λ°. May I know where can I find those and is the search function coming along?
    2. For lesson 28, is (γ„΄/λŠ”)λ‹€λŠ” 것 the same as (Verb)+ λŠ” 것이 which equals to (Verb) + λŠ”κ²Œ?

    Thank you.

    • jeremie gariepy,

      Personally what I use to bypass this problem is to use the google search bar to find certain words. For instance, I could write : λŠ” 것 κ°™μ•„μš” talk to me in korean. Most of the time you can figure out the lesson directly from a google search, and then proceed to the desired lesson

    • TalkToMeInKorean Staff,

      1. We are working on adding the search feature again. We’re not sure how long it will take but we appreciate your patience in the meantime.
      2. They mean almost the same but it adds “In my opinion/the nature of” kind of meaning when you say (γ„΄/λŠ”)/λ‹€λŠ” 것.
      Happy Studying! ✏️

  14. Brandon,

    Hello! I have a question for lesson 15. I understand we can say something like “뭐더라?”, “λ­μ˜€μ§€?”, or “λ­μ˜€μ£ ?”, but I was wondering also if it was possible to say “λ­λ˜λ°μš”?”, since -λ˜λ°μš” is the μ‘΄λŒ“λ§ version for -더라? Would “λ­λ˜λ°μš”?” be wrong/unnatural?

    • TalkToMeInKorean Staff,

      λ­λ˜λ°μš”? is incorrect, and λ­μ˜€μ£ ? is μ‘΄λŒ“λ§ version πŸ™‚

      • Brandon,

        κ°μ‚¬ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€!!

  15. Kinneret,

    Hey TTMIK i want to start level 8 but it says this content is for members only and i am signed in. What should i do?

    • Kinneret,

      Never mind it suddenly appeared, but thank you for helping

    • TalkToMeInKorean Staff,

      The issue might have been an error because we’ve tried sign in with basic member account, and it works well. If you are still having trouble with the issue, please email us.

      • Kinneret,

        I’m still having issues and I’ve tried logging out and I even changed my password.

      • TalkToMeInKorean Staff,

        We checked your account again, and you are able to take level 8. If you are talking about sample dialogue and review quiz, those are only for premium members. Sample dialogue and review quiz from each lesson 1 are opened as trials. Hope this helps. If you need further help, please email us.

  16. Chanapha Somang,

    ν•œκ΅­μ–΄λ₯Ό μžμ„Έν•˜κ²Œ μ΄λ ‡κ²Œ κ°€λ₯΄μ³μ£Όμ…”μ„œ λ„ˆλ¬΄ κ°μ‚¬ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.저도 μ—΄μ‹¬νžˆ κ³΅λΆ€ν•˜κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€!

    • TalkToMeInKorean Staff,

      κ°μ‚¬ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. ν•œκ΅­μ–΄ 곡뢀 ν™”μ΄νŒ…!

  17. Tokki美,

    im really thankful for ttmik that i could get this far in korean! I dont even live in korea so i dont think i will speak korean much in my daily life, but because of your website it really motivates me to learn! 정말 κ°μ‚¬ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€! πŸ˜„

    • TalkToMeInKorean Staff,

      Thank you for studying with us! We will do our best for our learners. Happy studying πŸ™‚

  18. 마이클,

    이 λ ˆλ²¨μ—λŠ” μ‹ κΈ°ν•œ 문법이 κ°€μž₯ λ§Žμ€ 레벨인 것 κ°™μ•„μš”. 특히 μ € 같은 κ²½μš°μ—λŠ” 여기밖에 ~길래 μ—λŒ€ν•œ 레슨 ν•œλ²ˆλ„ κ²½ν—˜ν•œ 적도 μ—†κ³  왠지 μ•„μ§κΉŒμ§€λŠ” λ”±νžˆ μ–΄λ–€ μƒν™©μ—μ„œ μ“Έ 수 μžˆλŠ”μ§€μ— 이해 잘 μ•ˆ κ°€λŠ” 것 κ°™μ•„μš”. 계속 μžμ—°μŠ€λŸ¬μš΄ λ¬Έμž₯을 보고 μ΄ν•΄ν•˜λ„λ‘ λ…Έλ ₯ν•  μˆ˜λ°–μ— μ—†κ² μ£ . 또 κ°μ‚¬ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€ μ„ μƒλ‹˜λ“€!

    • YI Jinsu μ΄μ§„μˆ˜μ•Ό,

      할말이 μ—†μ–΄μš”. 전에 제 ν•œκ΅­μ–΄ μ•„μ£Ό 쒋은 쀄 μ•Œμ•˜λŠ”λ° 이제 μ•ˆ 쒋은 λ‚˜λ΄. μŠ¬νΌμš”:(

    • TalkToMeInKorean Staff,

      κ°μ‚¬ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ‹€μ–‘ν•œ 글을 많이 읽으면 문법을 λΉ λ₯΄κ³  μ‰½κ²Œ 이해할 수 μžˆμ–΄μš”! 문법에 λŒ€ν•œ 질문이 μžˆμœΌμ‹œλ©΄ 이메일 λ³΄λ‚΄μ£Όμ„Έμš”. ^^

    • Tokki美,

      μš°μ™€ ν•œκ΅­λ§ λ„ˆλ¬΄ μž˜ν•˜μ‹œλ„€μš” γ… γ