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Sample Lessons
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: 8.5 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
Review What You’ve Learned in Level 1
What you can find in this course:
Lesson notes
Sample dialogues
Review quizzes
Review lesson
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Review Quizzes and Interactive Audio Lessons
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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I can’t seem to access the audios to hear the lessons. It worked for me before but it no longer is ☹️
Never mind it’s just not working on my iPhone browser for some weird reason. But I love this site I’m learning so much.
Would LOVE some clarification on this!!!
IN LESSON #9:
Why do they use the example, 이책 for “this book”?’
I thought they would use 이거책 for “this book” since we learned that we learned that 이거 meant “This/This thing” not just “이”.
In addition to what Cora and Daniel said, you wouldnt use 이거 책 to suffice for it is a book, it has to be 이거 책이에요.
네, 이 means “this”, and 거 means “thing, item, stuff”. So it would make sense for this book to be “이책” and not “이거책”.
이거 책 – This is a book.
이책 – This book
이책 is “this book”, in the most basic form, with 이 serving as “this” 이거 is more like “this is”, so 이거 책 is more like “this is a book”
I’ve moved past lesson 23, but I’m still confused about the use of “이거 누구예요”. I thought that you weren’t supposed to use 이거 when referring to people. That being said, why is “이거 누구예요” used instead of “이사람 누구예요”? Does “이사람 누구예요” sound awkward (or less “normal”) in every day conversation?
안녕!
I had a question about pronunciation. In lesson 12 (level 1), the romanization for 잘 먹겠습니다 is [jal meok-kket-sseum-ni-da]. It seems like the “습” sound should be more like a “sseup” sound instead of a “sseum” sound. Is this just for easier pronunciation of the word?
티티믹 감사합니다!!
지희, 사랑
Thank you for the tip!
That’s really just how they make sound when ㅂ is followed by ㄴ due to nasalization. Same for 감사합니다 it comes out as kamsahamnida. Or 사라입니다 (This is Sarah) comes out as Sarah-imnida. It happens to ㄱ and ㅁ as well like how the word 국민(nation) is pronounced koong-min instead of kookmin. I hope this makes sense.
안녕!
I have a question about this sample dialogue conversation from Lesson 9
A: 이거 복숭아예요?
A: Is this a peach?
B: 아니요. 그것은 사과예요.
B: No, That’s an apple.
A: 이것이 복숭아예요?
A: Then is THIS a peach?
B: 네, 맞아요.
B: Yes, that’s right.
When A says 이것이 복숭아예요?, why it is 이것 instead of just 이거, if it is 이거, then is 이거가 복숭아예요? same/correct as well? In general when use 이것/이거?
I am sorry that I cannot answer all the questions but from what I know 이거 is actually 이것 but the ㅅ is omitted. So if you are trying to add a subject particle you have to use 이것 so it becomes 이것이. 이거가 is wrong. I hope I helped ^_^
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I have used “CONTROL P” i the past and it worked. But I’ve found the workbooks to be soooo much more helpful. There is one for each level and they match the audio lessons as well as written words and phrases.
I wish there was a review PDF.
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There used to be but I think they removed them when streamlining the site in August. The workbooks are better than the pdf in my opinion. I do have level1 pdfs saved on my work computer
Hi, I have just bought the subscription and started my journey. During the audio, I will need a pdf format of the lessons. Because, you know, it makes me uncomfortable to learn grammar rules from the site page. Where I can find the PDFs of the lessons?
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The workbooks for each level are great. I know I know more money. Control P works also.
안녕하세요! Are there any rules for writing numbers in words?
I apologize, but I didn’t quite grasp the intent of your question. Could you please rephrase it? 🙂
From what I can tell, unless you spell them out, like 하나, they use (1) roman numbers in writing.
Great course, engaging in every step.
The final review is quite helpful – so are the exercises at the end of each lesson.
안녕하세요!
I have a question to ask.
How to pronounce ……다, correctly? i.e: 하다 (ha da), 먹다 (meok tta).
(1) 먹다, ….다 pronounces “tta” bc the syllable b4 it ends with 받짐.
(2) 하다, 보다, 사다 and more, the …다 pronounces as “da” (without 받짐). However, i heard it’s pronounced similar to “tta” not “da” ?
Thanks.
There are exceptions with a lot of batchims, but broadly, if ㄷ is found between vowels it is pronounced more closely to a “D” sound. 하다 – haDa, 보다 – PoDa, 사다 – saDa, etc.
If ㄷ is the first letter, last letter, or found before a consonant, it is pronounced more closely to a “T” sound. 두다 – TuDa, 곧 – koT, 받침 – PaTchim.
You’d really need to go over the 40+ reading rules with batchim exceptions for a complete answer, but it’s way too much to memorize and overkill when starting out.
I really enjoyed the course content. Before venturing in your Core Grammar Level 1 – I learned the alphabet on Duolingo. I do not think that I would have gone as far, if I didn’t- have that basic knowledge first. I feel more and more confident in my knowledge, now I just need to drop the fear of talking. hahaha
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I so enjoyed this course. TTMIK was recommended to me by a friend who can speak Korean but is just now learning how to read and write it. Since starting this course back in July my confidence in learning Korean has improved a little bit. Like others, I enjoyed how condensed the lessons were so I was not experiencing information overload but so I can get bite sized lessons while having a busy work and home life schedule. I’m hoping as I progress I can speak more confidently to my mother in her native language.
Thank you TTMIK Team!
Wow, perhaps your mother is Korean! Thank you so much for your comment. 😆
I really love the layout of this book and the workbook too :).
I’ve tried studying in an other book series, but I really love the fact that there’s space for me to make notes. The fonts and colours also appeal to me :).
This book series is going to make it fun to learn Korean. Perhaps not easy, but definitely fun. I’ts a complete set up, with additional audio files.
I’m also grateful for the free material on youtube. Man, you do have a whole lot of information.
Thank you!
Gamsahabnida :).
Many thanks for your thoughtful comment ♡ Hope you enjoy learning with us! 😁
안녕하세요!
I love how the lessons aren’t too long and don’t take up too much of your time. I also like all the courses you can pick from, it’s very helpful. Thank you TalkToMeInKorean!
I was also wondering, anyone have any tips on how to practice speaking in conversations when you’re learning by yourself? Any suggestions would be great.
안녕히 계세요!
안녕하세요!
Thanks for your suggestions! Feel free to give me some more, too. 😊
You can do it in a few ways.
1. Acting: Using the TTMIK audio for the lesson, pause between dialogues. Read as one character, then repeat as the other character.
2. Shadowing: Using the audio, read alongside the voice actors, “shadowing” them and repeating until you have pronunciation correct.
3. Record yourself reading same sentences. Play it back or compare it to the official recording.
4. Talk to yourself. As you pick up vocabulary, just talk out loud using words/phrases you’ve learned.
The TTMIK Youtube channel has a lot of “Shorts” you can listen to and practice with, too.
I’ve been thinking about the same thing. Perhaps one could start a group in messenger and “call” to one another :).
I really have learned well but i have still have doubts and its hard ask for you so the most important thing to improve your site is give more suport and answers questions and doubts and also the students that say phrases in korean in the end of some classes need speak slowly or most of us can not understand . I do would like it could be vídeos not only voice. Thank you
Thank you for your feedback!
We will consider adding more features to continue to improve our website. 감사합니다!
It would be great if we had the option to play the videos at different speeds.
안녕하세요! i have a question on topic markers vs subject markers based on your quiz.
I noticed in the quiz that to say the weather is nice was : 날씨가 좋아요
In the lesson it was written as: 날ㅆ는 좋아요
What is the difference between using 가 vs 는?
Is it more emphatic using a topic marker than a subject market? So topic markers really make the point the weather is nice but using a subject marker is like a comment on the weather in passing.
감사합니다
Hey,
I’m still learning too, although from my understanding 날씨는 좋아요 means “I don’t know about other things today, but at least the weather is nice.” 이/가 is usually used as the subject, where as 은/는 would be considered a contrast -introducing a new topic too
Dear @TTMIK – I have a question, I thought when you use 아니에요 you should attach to the preceding noun a subject marking particle. In these lessons + in your book 1100 short Korean phrases you do not use them.
E.g.
이 버스 아니에요 vs. 가 이 버스가 아니에요
제 생일 아니에요 vs. 제 생일이 아니에요
제가 산 물건 아니에요. vs. 제가 산 물건이 아니에요.
So my question: Is the use of subject marking particles optional or is there a rule behind it? Should I better use it or leave it out?
Thank you! 🙂
In day-to-day conversations, particles like -이/가 are often omitted in Korean sentences. However, we recommend you have an understanding of when and how to use these particles before deciding to omit them🙂
I have a question about the past tense. How does 기다리다 become 기다렸어요 and not 기디리였어요? And 쓰다 become 썼어요 and not 쓰었어요? Why does it need to be shortened?
Hi!!!
there are rules for verbs finished in ㅡ , you need change this for ㅓ, 써요 썼어요
Hi, I have a question about the present tense (lesson #16) for 작다. It seems 작다 becomes 작아요 and not 작어요 (like 먹어요), why is that?
Thank you
So with 작다 first you take off the 다 now all you have is 작 because the ending vowel is ㅏ you use 아요.
In the lesson 2. in the quiz, in the audio question they have two same answers (네, 맞아요.)
Ignore my comment, I just realize It was me who didn’t see the grammar was different.
I live in the mainland of China. After buying your membership on April 9th, I found that I have no access to your videos and audios exclusively provided for members. I’ve tried many ways and still couldn’t make it. Except an automatic email in reply informing me that my request had been received and a response would be sent within 24 hours on April 15th, I ‘v got nothing till now. A resolution or a refund? I’ m looking forward to your reply.
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As we explained via email, Vimeo, our video player, is not supported in China.
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안녕하세요, I’ve got a silly question, hope anyone from ttmik could respond. Does 아니예요 exist, and if it does what’s the difference between 아니예요 and 아니에요?
The correct spelling is “아니에요”. “아니예요” is a common misspelling of the phrase(even among native Korean speakers).
It would be nice to have the option to turn off the Romanization so I can force myself to rely on Hangeul. Other than that I’m loving the course!
Oops, I meant that, not thar.
Thar would be nice.
I would love this option as well!
Thank you for your feedback. Currently, all the words and sentences are written only in 한글 from Level 4.