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How to Learn Korean in Your Car?

Stuck in traffic? Losing time in your car? Have you ever felt that in all this wasted time, you could have watched the 750 episodes of One Piece, finished the last Super Mario ten times, or even better…you could have learned Korean? Between family, friends and work, in addition to this time-consuming commute, it can become difficult to find time to properly learn Korean. Fortunately, every problem has a solution, and what could be a better solution than turning that commute time into learning time? Stop passing the time mindlessly listening to the radio and try some of our best tips for mastering Korean in your car! Click Here To Start Learning Korean Right Now! You can learn Korean in your car, hands free While driving,... Show more

Top 15 tips to remember words when learning Korean

Hey Korean learner! We recently gave you some shortcuts to learn Korean. In your journey to become fluent and conversational in less time that is needed to say “Gotta catch 'em all”, we will this time give you the Top 15 tips to remember words! 1. Use repetition: reading, writing and speaking words over and over again. 2. Associate words with drawings, pictures and funny scenes. 3. Try to use the language routinely in the context of daily life. 4. Reading as much as possible, especially the newspaper, helps you to remember words. Click Here To Start Learning Korean Right Now! 5. Learn about the roots of words and how different words are related to each other. 6. Speak as often as possible with native... Show more

Learn Korean with the NEW My Flashcards System (beta)

Premium Members, your Premium Account just got a whole lot more powerful! My Flashcards now allows you to study the Korean words you want by importing lists from audio and video lessons, your My WordBank and the Korean Core Word Lists 2000. Here's a quick rundown of the new features: My Flashcards Dashboard: My Flashcards have a brand new interface. Import words from any audio and video lesson, My WordBank and the Core Word Lists. Create, edit and delete as many decks as you want! Create a New Deck: How you want to study is completely up to you! You control what displays on the front and back of cards. Create new decks out of the existing words in My Flashcards. Simple pick the words, name your deck and you're ready to study. ... Show more

A Few Simple Questions

In today's lesson we'll go over how to ask someone a few simple questions. Vocabulary 네 ( yes ) 아니오 (no) 도 (too, also) 회사원 (office worker) Grammar Focus The Formal Interrogative - -ㅂ/습니까? This construction is used to ask a question in a formal level of politeness. It attaches to verbs as a final sentence ending. -ㅂ/습니까 (-m/seumnikka) can be attached to any verb to form a present tense question with that verb. This conjugation is in the formal politeness level and is used for very formal situations. Formulating Yes-or-No Questions The formal interrogative sentence ending is -ㅂ/습니까? (m/seumnikka?) and attaches to the end of verbs. “Noun 1는(은) Noun 2입니다.” This sentence structure is using... Show more

A Friendly Introduction

This Lesson adds more vocabulary and grammar to help you introduce yourselves. Vocabulary 씨 - (Mr., Ms., Mrs.) 연 주 씨. 안녕하세요. - Honam is a student. 선생님 - teacher 유라 씨는 선생님입니다. - Yura is a teacher 이 다 - To be 우와! 한국이다! - Wow! It`s Korea The Honorific Suffix - 씨 In Korean 씨 (ssi) is the honorific suffix. Just as the title suggests, it gestures respect to the name it is suffixed to. It can be used to respect anybody. It is unisex and can be used regardless of age. It is used more frequently than the English titles, Mister, Misses, and Miss. If two people are not on casual terms, they will typically suffix 씨 (ssi) to the other person's name. It is only used when referring to... Show more