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Study path

Eight stages. Finish one before the next; every lesson you open gets a checkmark here.

1 Read Hangul 한글 읽기

Week 1. Every sign, every menu.

  1. 1Hangul — the Korean alphabet한글
  2. 2Korean vowels (모음)모음
  3. 3Korean consonants (자음)자음
  4. 4Tensed consonants (된소리)된소리
  5. 5Compound vowels이중 모음
  6. 6Korean alphabet chart — 140 syllables with audio한글 표
  7. 7Batchim — final consonants받침
  8. 8How syllable blocks stack음절 구조
  9. 9Hangul stroke order — all 24 basic letters with numbered diagrams한글 필순
  10. 10Hangul check한글 퀴즈
  11. 11Listen — Hangul듣기 · 한글

2 Sentence engine 문장 만들기

Particles, endings, tense, negation.

  1. 1Korean sentence structure — SOV and why the verb comes last문장 구조
  2. 2Particles — the map of a Korean sentence조사
  3. 3은 / 는 — topic particle은/는
  4. 4이 / 가 — subject particle이/가
  5. 5을 / 를 — object particle을/를
  6. 6에 / 에서 — place and time에/에서
  7. 7Verb stems and the -요 ending동사 활용
  8. 8Past and future시제
  9. 9Saying no — 안, -지 않다, 못부정
  10. 10Questions — 까, 요, and question words의문문
  11. 11Particles check조사 퀴즈

3 Numbers & time 숫자와 시간

Two systems, counters, clocks, money.

  1. 1Korean numbers: native vs Sino-Korean (full chart 1–100)고유어 수 · 한자어 수
  2. 2Counters (단위 명사)단위
  3. 3Telling time시간
  4. 4Dates and money날짜와 돈
  5. 5Numbers check숫자 퀴즈
  6. 6Time & permission시간 · 허락

4 Politeness 높임과 말투

Speech levels and honorifics.

  1. 1Speech levels — 해요체 and friends존댓말 / 반말
  2. 2Honorifics (높임법)높임법
  3. 3Korean honorifics chart — verbs, nouns, particles, titles높임말 표
  4. 4Honorifics drill존댓말 연습
  5. 5Honorifics check존댓말 퀴즈

5 How to say it 이럴 땐 이렇게

The phrases people actually search for.

  1. 1How to say hello in Korean안녕하세요
  2. 2How to say thank you in Korean감사합니다
  3. 3How to say sorry in Korean죄송합니다
  4. 4How to say yes and no in Korean네 / 아니요
  5. 5How to say please in Korean주세요
  6. 6How to say excuse me in Korean저기요
  7. 7How to say goodbye in Korean안녕히 가세요
  8. 8How would you say it?이럴 땐 뭐라고?

6 Survival Korean 생존 회화

Restaurant, subway, taxi, café, shop.

  1. 1Greetings and leave-takings인사
  2. 2Restaurant Korean식당
  3. 3Subway and bus Korean지하철
  4. 4Taxi phrases택시
  5. 5Café Korean카페
  6. 6Shopping Korean쇼핑
  7. 7Convenience-store phrases편의점
  8. 8Phrase check회화 퀴즈
  9. 9Listen — phrases듣기 · 회화
  10. 10Restaurant check식당 퀴즈

7 TOPIK I 토픽 I

Vocabulary, grammar checklist, practice test.

  1. 1TOPIK I study track — what the test is and a 6-week plan토픽
  2. 2TOPIK I vocabulary list — 153 essential words by theme토픽 I 어휘
  3. 3TOPIK I grammar list — 39 patterns with examples토픽 I 문법
  4. 4Want and can (고 싶다 / 수 있다)고 싶다
  5. 5If and when (으면)으면
  6. 6Because (아서 / 으니까)왜냐하면
  7. 7Relative clauses (는 / 은 / 을)관형형
  8. 8TOPIK I practice토픽 I 연습

8 Tools & habits 도구

Type, listen, look up, review.

  1. 1Korean keyboard layout (두벌식) — how to type Hangul한글 키보드
  2. 2Typing practice타자 연습
  3. 3Flashcards플래시카드
  4. 4Dictionary사전
  5. 5How to hear Korean here듣기
  6. 6How to use this Korean hub공부법
  7. 7Progress진도

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